• Alnylam And Sanofi Report Strong Results For Novel Hemophilia Drug

    STAT |  An experimental hemophilia drug developed by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals with partner Sanofi all but stopped bleeding in many patients in a clinical trial.

    Jul 10, 2017

  • White House Names A New CDC Director

    Pacific Standard |  The Trump administration has chosen a new director for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Appointee Brenda Fitzgerald is the former commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health.

    Jul 7, 2017

  • Patrick Soon-Shiong Takes Over Operation Of Six California Hospitals

    STAT |  Patrick Soon-Shiong's privately owned umbrella company, NantWorks, picked up a majority stake in the management company of the nonprofit hospital chain Verity Health. The majority stake in Verity Health will provide Soon-Shiong with an opportunity to test the products his firms have in development and on the market.

    Jul 5, 2017

  • Digital Pathology And Deep Learning Set To Provide Prognostic Tools To Pathologists

    Clinical Informatics News Contributed Commentary | Whole slide images is the latest offering from digital pathology to pathology departments and translational research centers with the hope of amassing invaluable, untapped information.

    Jul 5, 2017

  • Google Spin-Off Deploys Wearable Electronics For Huge Health Study

    Nature News & Comment |  Large projects explore how to integrate data from smart devices with other health metrics.

    Jul 5, 2017

  • FDA Announces New Review Process for Orphan Drug Designation

    Clinical Informatics News  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled a strategic plan to eliminate the agency’s existing orphan designation request backlog and ensure continued timely response to all new requests for designation with firm deadlines.

    Jun 29, 2017

  • Seniors Miss Out On Clinical Trials

    Kaiser Health News |  More than 60% of cancer patients are older adults - and that will rise to 70% by 2040. Yet seniors continue to be underrepresented in clinical trials, making it difficult to assess how treatments are likely to help or harm them.

    Jun 29, 2017

  • Medidata, Greenphire, dii, And More: News From June 2017

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | News, products, and partnerships from around the clinical trial and healthcare community including news from Medidata, Greenphire, dii, and more.

    Jun 28, 2017

  • Quest Diagnostics And Walmart Partner To Offer Lab Testing Services In Stores

    Modern Healthcare |  Wal-Mart Stores will bring Quest Diagnostics' laboratory testing services to 15 Walmart locations in Florida and Texas by the end of the year. The partnership signals Walmart's continued expansion in the healthcare space.

    Jun 27, 2017

  • Sequencing Healthy Patients Reveals That Many Carry Rare Genetic Disease Risks

    Bio-IT World |  In a new paper published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, along with collaborators at Baylor College of Medicine, report the results of the 4 year, NIH-funded MedSeq Project, the first-ever randomized trial conducted to examine the impact of whole genome sequencing in healthy primary care patients.

    Jun 27, 2017

  • News And Notes From 2017 DIA Conference

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | The 2017 Drug Information Association Conference took place this week in Chicago, Illinois. More than 8,000 professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device communities from more than 50 countries around the globe attended the conference, promoting new products and partnerships.

    Jun 23, 2017

  • Opargo Partners With athenahealth's “More Disruption Please” Program

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | ​Opargo today announced a partnership with athenahealth through athenahealth’s “More Disruption Please” program, making Opargo part of the athenahealth Marketplace. The partnership hopes to optimize healthcare practices, health systems, and surgery centers.

    Jun 22, 2017