May 10, 2013, 08:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research is getting a major boost from a newly launched Pooled Resource Open-access ALS Clinical Trials (PRO-ACT) platform, which has amassed more than 8,500 de-identified clinical patient records into a single, harmonized dataset. Multiple pharmaceutical companies are now actively exploring PRO-ACT, seeking ways to streamline clinical trials and develop better treatments for the rare and highly heterogeneous disease more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

May 10, 2013, 08:00 by Michael Croft

Med City News | Quintiles' second IPO yesterday raised $947 million. The offering prices Quintiles at $6.6 billon, 70% larger than the next largest CRO--Covance.

May 9, 2013, 07:00 by Michael Croft

Boston Herald | A new genetic test—Oncotype DX Genomic Prostate Score—purports to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer, helping doctors and patients decide if they should their cancer right away or can safely monitor it.

May 8, 2013, 15:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua News Brief | Vanderbilt University launched a $20,000 worldwide Health App Challenge last week, aimed to transform patient clinical summaries into easy to understand personalized health information.

May 7, 2013, 12:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua | EMC announced new solutions at its EMC World event leveraging the EMC Documentum platform to meet compliance requirements, increase productivity and securely collaborate across the extended enterprise while accelerating time to value and reducing the total cost of ownership.

May 6, 2013, 09:00 by Michael Croft

Computerworld | Jim Turnbull, CIO at University of Utah Health Care in Salt Lake City, talks about how IT is changing healthcare, recruiting health IT talent, and the next big opportunities.

May 3, 2013, 12:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua | The first details of the planned reorganization of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) were announced this morning. The changes reflect a renewed focus on three key elements: how to better support the scientific work of the EMA committees, how to better share the data the Agency holds and how to better meet the needs of its stakeholders and partners.

May 3, 2013, 10:00 by Michael Croft

eWeek | The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson's Research has been seeking insights on how mobile data can aid Parkinson's patients. LIONsolver, which stands for Learning and Intelligent Optimization Solver, won the foundation’s February; challenge to encourage use of patient data from smartphones for monitoring and treatment of Parkinson's.

May 3, 2013, 09:00 by Michael Croft

Forbes | Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the Council for Affordable Health Coverage, and the American Academy of Family Physicians have launched Prescriptions for a Healthy America to promote mediation adherence.

May 1, 2013, 10:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua | Comprehend Systems is launching the online signup of Comprehend Clinical. By signing up online and connecting Comprehend to their existing data or EDC system through the cloud, executives, data managers, study managers, clinical operations, monitors and others can start analyzing a single study with Comprehend almost immediately.

Apr 29, 2013, 13:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua | Guest Commentary | “It’s easier for patients and it makes us more efficient.” Laurie Jassenoff, Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Palm Beach Research Center, is talking about the benefits of electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) systems for collecting data from clinical research patients.

Apr 26, 2013, 13:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua Video | Sandy Aronson, Executive Director of IT of the Partners HealthCare Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine (PCPGM), speaks with Bio-IT World Editor Kevin Davies about GeneInsight IT platform.

Apr 26, 2013, 05:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua | BioPharm Clinical has added Study Advisor forecast solution and a new user interface to its clinical trial feasibility tool. 

Apr 25, 2013, 13:00 by Michael Croft

Forbes | What does the architect behind Google Health do when the application is closed? Roni Zeiger started Smart Patients—a clinical trials search engine and social community that focuses on empowering cancer patients.

Apr 25, 2013, 09:00 by Michael Croft

Computerworld | Dr. Robert Walker, director of health innovation for the U.S. Army Surgeon General, is frustrated with the electronic health record (EHR) system. "It [takes] the focus away from the patient and put it all on the computer,” he says.

Apr 24, 2013, 15:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua | Major changes loom on the horizon for health care. John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center shares his outlook on the future state of care with Bio-IT World Editor-in-Chief, Kevin Davies.

Apr 23, 2013, 14:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua | In a survey conducted by CenterWatch, clinical trial investigator sites and study sponsors reported that most accessed many clinical portals, and an integrated solution would be welcome.

Apr 19, 2013, 15:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua News Brief | Oracle has integrated Oracle Health Sciences InForm and Oracle Argus Safety in an effort to help clinical trial sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) more cost-effectively and efficiently capture and manage information on adverse events.

Apr 17, 2013, 10:00 by Michael Croft

eCliniqua | Contributed Commentary | As the health care industry increasingly functions as a marketplace, now more than ever patients are playing a more active role in their care—from demanding visibility into costs of medical services to interacting with physicians in new ways to participating in preventive care measures.

Apr 16, 2013, 15:00 by Michael Croft

Xconomy | Transparency Life Sciences (TLS) is calling for transparency in clinical trials to improve study design, quality and outcomes while drastically reducing costs.