• Veeva Acquires Crossix For $430M

    Clinical Research News | Veeva Systems announced its acquisition of Crossix Solutions last week. Under the terms of the agreement, Veeva will acquire Crossix for a purchase price of $430 million, paid all in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.

    Sep 30, 2019

  • 23andMe Consumer DNA Giant Is Moving Into Clinical Trial Recruitment

    STAT |  23andMe will partner with a fast-growing startup to help match its customers with nearby study sites based on their diseases, demographics, and DNA.

    Sep 26, 2019

  • Shimmer, IQVIA, Certara, and More: News From September 2019

    Clinical Research News | September was full of exciting news in the clinical trial and healthcare community, including partnerships, products, and promotions from Shimmer, IQVIA, Certara, and more.

    Sep 26, 2019

  • Site Survey Taps Fears About Complexity, Tool Overload, and Decentralized Trials

    Clinical Research News | A survey conducted by the Society for Clinical Research Sites and sponsored by Oracle highlights clinical researchers’ growing dissatisfaction with redundant software, as well as a shift in how sponsors view the relationship between the site and the patient.

    Sep 24, 2019

  • The Potential for Digital Tech in Clinical Trials – How to Improve Engagement & Weed Out Deception

    Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | From predicting which participants are at risk of nonadherence at the start of the clinical trial to notifying site managers when a participant missed a dose, digital technology like artificial intelligence can help avoid multi-$100 million mishaps by ensuring participants are complying to clinical trial protocols—ultimately reducing clinical trial deception, misleading data and associated costs, while also improving outcomes.

    Sep 23, 2019

  • How Machine Learning Supports Clinical Research

    Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | Artificial intelligence has been made possible by the increase in accessible, large-scale computing power which, in turn, has brought machine learning to realization in clinical trials and research.

    Sep 19, 2019

  • European Innovations Awards Winners Announced At SCOPE-Europe

    Clinical Research News | Clinical Research News announces the winners of the European Innovations Awards at the Summit for Clinical Ops Executives-Europe. DNAnexus, Guys and St Thomas' NHS trust (GSTT), and Tata Consultancy Services were recognized.

    Sep 18, 2019

  • Delight And Innovation In The Future Of Clinical Research

    Clinical Research News | Koen Kas, founder and CEO of Healthskouts, challenges the audience of the second annual Summit for Clinical Ops Executives, Europe not to just serve patients and treat disease, but to seek health outcomes and promote delight.

    Sep 17, 2019

  • Visualizing The Clinical Trial

    Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | Not so long ago, clinical data analysis was confined to two main activities: checking data entry at the individual trial sites and programming systematic checks against the collected data. These tasks remain important, but advances in electronic data capture, integration, analytics, and visualization have introduced new ways to monitor the conduct of the trial in more holistic and insightful ways.

    Sep 13, 2019

  • Academic Medical Center System Infrastructure Trends and Related Challenges for Conducting Clinical Trials

    Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | Though academic medical centers (AMCs) may differ widely, they generally share the same tripartite mission: research, medical education, and patient care. Yet, increasingly, complex clinical research systems and processes present common challenges to all of these prestigious institutions, regardless of their differences, that can weigh heavily on research staff.

    Sep 12, 2019