Jan 2, 2014, 11:00 by Michael Croft

Forbes | Sanofi has agreed to join an effort begun by GlaxoSmithKline to share clinical trial data. Sanofi will make available trial data and clinical study reports.

Dec 31, 2013, 13:25 by Michael Croft

New York Times | Cancer, once thought of as a "rich nation's disease," is growing more and more common in low-income countries – prompting major confrontations over drug patents.

Dec 30, 2013, 11:10 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | A trial management expert discusses the steps hospitals can take to turn clinical trials into successful business ventures.

Dec 30, 2013, 10:35 by Michael Croft

Sioux City Journal | A pilot program from the Avera Health hospital network is now using gene panels to help choose pain medications in certain specialized cases.

Dec 27, 2013, 12:55 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | As the U.S. and Europe brace for gene therapies to enter the marketplace, a new study provides one of the longest-term reports yet on the effects of a single course of gene therapy on a patient with a rare skin disorder.

Dec 26, 2013, 11:25 by Michael Croft

Dec 24, 2013, 13:45 by Michael Croft

Washington Post | A major national newspaper runs a commentary personalizing the obstacles physicians face when working electronic health records into their practice.

Dec 23, 2013, 13:00 by Michael Croft

News Medical | Two years after Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts implemented its Alternative Quality Contract system, local health care experts are examining the program's effects on pediatric care.

Dec 23, 2013, 08:25 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | Clinical news from around the industry, including a new CLIA lab supporting clinical cancer trials, natural language processing of electronic health records, and more.

Dec 20, 2013, 12:00 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | Dr. Karen DeSalvo will be the next National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced yesterday. Her first day will be January 13.

Dec 19, 2013, 08:00 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | With a wealth of genomic and clinical treatment and outcomes data, the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation wanted to build a data gateway for researchers to share data, treatment details, and push research forward. To build the underlying infrastructure, they turned to John Quackenbush and GenoSpace.

Dec 17, 2013, 11:00 by Michael Croft

Forbes | Big healthcare data is coming. Matthew Herper spoke with some industry movers about the use of personal fitness devices to more accurately track healthcare measures and the likelihood of database-based clinical trials.

Dec 13, 2013, 10:00 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | The entry deadline for the inaugural Clinical Informatics News Best Practices Awards has been extended until Friday, December 20.

Dec 12, 2013, 12:30 by Michael Croft

Dec 10, 2013, 10:20 by Michael Croft

Business Wire | Foundation Medicine has released its second genetic cancer profiler for clinical use, this time targeting hematologic cancers and certain sarcomas.

Dec 6, 2013, 08:00 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | The pharmaceutical industry has commissioned the first survey of participants in clinical trials to ask how the trial materials impacted patients' experience and compliance.

Dec 5, 2013, 09:20 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | Guest Commentary | As budgets become tighter and tighter, many pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device companies are having to continually re-assess the way that they are supporting research and development activities to ensure a cost effective approach while maintaining quality.

Dec 3, 2013, 09:20 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | PharmaPros is shifting their focus and changing their name. The company has unveiled a new identity — eClinical Insights, Inc. — and a clinical software platform that values automation in a “post-EDC world.”

Dec 3, 2013, 00:00 by Michael Croft

NOTTINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - Dec 3, 2013 - Exco InTouch, the leading provider of patient engagement and data capture solutions for clinical research and healthcare providers, is taking part in an mHealth Solutions session regarding patient-centric clinical trials at the annual mHealth Summit on Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Nov 26, 2013, 14:00 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News Brief | A new computational model released by the HIV Resistance Response Database Initiative (RDI) tailors HIV drug cocktails to individual patients, without the need to perform expensive genotyping.