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Aug 4, 2016, 09:31
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Michael Croft
CardioBrief | Two articles in the New England Journal of Medicine express concerns about clinical trial data sharing and propose limitations and safeguards to limit its impact. Risks include: misleading analyses, enormous cost, and patient privacy.
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Aug 3, 2016, 09:25
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Michael Croft
PITTSBURGH, PA - Aug 3, 2016 - Curable, a non-profit research accelerator that applies engineering approaches to medicine to develop solutions for rare diseases, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer Lisa Boyette, MD, PhD, has been named a 2016 PharmaVOICE 100 honoree
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Aug 3, 2016, 05:45
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News | In Conversation | Pfizer had selected Oracle's InForm Cloud Service and the Siebel Clinical Trial Management and Monitoring Cloud Service to help manage and monitor its more than 300 clinical trials a year. But Oracle Health Sciences is also making a push into smaller markets, intent on convincing customers that their offerings are “right-sized” for all kinds of sponsors. Clinical Informatics News spoke with Steve Rosenberg, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Health Sciences, about the company’s work with Pfizer and how it serves much smaller companies as well.
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Aug 1, 2016, 15:45
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News Briefs | News and product launches from clinical IT, bio IT, and diagnostics technologies include software to facilitate the move to value-based care, and new breast cancer panels.
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Jul 29, 2016, 05:05
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News | The goal of clinical trials is to develop and market superior therapies with maximum efficiency at minimum cost. But doing so depends upon the ability to successfully complete every trial step with nuanced behind-the-scenes timing, skill, and precision. These rarely-noticed mundane, yet critical technological processes are taken for granted but are an integral part of today’s pharma landscape.
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Jul 28, 2016, 12:24
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Michael Croft
Xconomy | It took longer than FluGen planned, but a human clinical trial is now underway for the experimental universal influenza vaccine that the Madison, WI-based biotech startup is developing.
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Jul 28, 2016, 10:32
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Michael Croft
Computerworld | Microsoft is creating some 3.2 million square feet of data center space in the West Des Moines, Iowa, area but in three separate locations. The combined investment is about $3.5 billion.
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Jul 27, 2016, 16:33
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Michael Croft
STAT | The government released its first overall hospital quality rating, slapping average or below average scores on many of the nation's best-known hospitals.
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Jul 27, 2016, 14:45
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Michael Croft
Kaiser Health News | Some clinics on NIH's website charge people to participate in testing of unproven treatments - and it can come as a surprise to unsuspecting patients.
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Jul 27, 2016, 10:05
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Michael Croft
STAT | A treatment for Alzheimer's remains elusive, despite decades of work and hundreds of millions in investment. The latest drug to fail is from biotech TauRx.
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Jul 26, 2016, 17:56
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Michael Croft
PHILADELPHIA - Jul 27, 2016 - ERT, a leading provider of high-quality patient data collection solutions for use in clinical drug development, today announced that Insights Cloud has been named a finalist for the Innovative Healthcare Technology of the Year award by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC)
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Jul 26, 2016, 17:34
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Michael Croft
RAPS | The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday finalized guidance that lays out how to design medical device clinical trials that allow for changes based on data, while maintaining study validity and integrity.
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Jul 26, 2016, 11:01
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Michael Croft
MUNICH, GERMANY - Jul 26, 2016 - Definiens, the pioneer in Tissue Phenomics solutions for diagnostics development and commercialization, today announced the release of the Tissue Studio 4
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Jul 26, 2016, 05:00
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News | CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Want to succeed in the healthcare or life-sciences sector as a top-tier, influential executive in the world of big data and analytics? Top experts convening at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this month advised that, among other things, the key lies in fostering a collaborative corporate culture and working well with others.
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Jul 25, 2016, 12:07
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Michael Croft
DOYLESTOWN,, PA, US - Jul 25, 2016 - Bioclinica®, a provider of specialized technology-enabled services supporting clinical trials, today announced it has acquired Compass Research, a leading U
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Jul 22, 2016, 10:38
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Michael Croft
Nature News & Comment | Gene-editing technique to treat lung cancer is due to be tested in people in August. Sichuan University's West China Hospital in Chengdu plans to inject lung cancer patients with cells modified using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique. The clinical trial received ethical approval from the hospital July 6.
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Jul 21, 2016, 12:34
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Michael Croft
PRINCETON, NJ - Jul 21, 2016 - Certara®, the leading provider of decision support technology and consulting services for optimizing drug development and improving health outcomes, today announced the appointment of Nathan Teuscher, PhD, to vice president of pharmacometric solutions
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Jul 21, 2016, 11:05
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News The urgency to find treatment for his ailing father inspired an MIT professor to develop a method to successfully predict cancer therapy outcomes, replacing intuition with data, potentially saving millions of dollars, and extending patients’ lives up to six months.
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Jul 21, 2016, 08:54
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Michael Croft
PITTSBURGH, PA - Jul 21, 2016 - Curable, a non-profit research accelerator that applies engineering approaches to medicine, today announced that its annual GAME CHANGER Gala will be held from 5:30-10 p
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Jul 20, 2016, 08:13
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Michael Croft
PRINCETON, NJ - Jul 20, 2016 - Certara®, the leading provider of decision support technology and consulting services for optimizing drug development and improving health outcomes, today announced that Mitsubishi Tanabe has joined its Simcyp Consortium and licensed its proprietary Simcyp® Population-based Simulator
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