Hospital Angelina Caron of Campina Grande do Sul, Paraná has nearly one million patients, making it the largest hospital in Brazil to join Clinerion’s network.
Firma Clinical Research collaborates with patient advocates to integrate patient-specific information into its clinical trial patient care partner training program, as the company conducts more procedures in-home 'than ever before.'
The Friends of Cancer Research, in collaboration with Iqvia and other health care research organizations, are working to determine where and when real-world data can be trusted.
PRA Health Sciences’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Symphony Health, has launched a ‘first of its kind’ national market measurement solution integrating prescriber, patient, and payer insights.
The CRO has opened a new clinic in response to demand for early-stage research, specifically for Alzheimer’s Disease, and expanded its footprint in India to conduct studies ‘at favorable pricing with faster timelines,’ say company executives.
To improve patient safety and reduce risk, Elsevier is developing an improved drug-drug interaction risk calculator in collaboration with several pharma partners, including Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, and Servier.
InsightRX raises $10m in a Series A funding round to further develop its treatment individualization platform and broaden the therapeutic areas in which it’s applicable.
PPD is expanding its immunochemistry and biomarker space by 8,000 square feet, the addition of which will also support a dedicated team for one of the company’s global biopharmaceutical clients.
Signant Health is piloting the use of eConsent in a ‘landmark’ study in China, the successful completion of which will encourage further adoption of the technology across the Asia Pacific region, says VP.
Bayer collaborates with Accenture on the Intient clinical platform, which integrates internal and external clinical data to accelerate drug development insights.
In response to demand for flexibility, Cromsource has consolidated its hybrid services model to provide customers with an alternative to fully outsourced or functional service provider (FSP) models.
The digital health company AMRA has entered into an exclusive agreement with the largest imaging CRO in Japan as part of its work to provide ‘critical informatics’ to the drug development industry.
There has been a lot of discussion surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in drug development – with several deals, alliances, and partnerships made so far this year. Here, Outsourcing-Pharma takes a look back at some of these announcements, as...
hyperCore International is the first site network to receive the ‘Virtual Trial Capable’ certification after completing VirTrial’s recently launched training program.
Aetion today announced that former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has joined its board of directors to help to advance the use of RWE in drug development and commercialization.
Shimmer Research launches an initiative to develop a set of open-source algorithms and software tools for analyzing wearable sensor data – and, ultimately, standards that will be accepted by industry and regulators.
Medidata is building a global library of pre-configured, pre-approved eCOA questionnaires to accelerate study start-up in collaboration with Icon's Mapi Research Trust – “a win-win-win” for all involved.
Clinerion is deploying Volv’s AI algorithms across its hospital network as part of a recently announced strategic collaboration that includes plans to bring an ‘enhanced value proposition’ to both companies’ expanded client base, says CEO.
South Korea looks to accelerate review timelines and study start-up with a new five-year plan that will benefit biotechs looking for locations outside the US to ‘ramp up’ clinical development programs, says CRO.
The pharmaceutical and biotech product development consultancy Boyds acquires Blue Duck Consulting to boost its clinical and medical affairs services offering.
The FDA has extended its agreement with CluePoints to augment the agency’s oversight of clinical trials using data-driven approaches, with additional testing ideas focusing on moderators of treatment effect and real-world evidence, says CCO.
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Patients often feel more comfortable sharing their feelings with a device than with a health care provider, found researchers at Janssen, who have developed a new voice technology application for clinical trials.
Javara, Elligo Health Research, and Circuit Clinical are leading ‘a monumental shift’ in how clinical trials are conducted through the ‘integrated research organization’ model, which is taking on traditional approaches challenged by ‘participant scarcity’...
From pilot projects to process changes, the evolution of patient centricity is affecting all aspects of drug development, say industry experts, who share best practices and lessons learned.
After ‘holding its breath’ for nearly half a decade, pharma and health care companies are ready to implement new technology in clinical trials – though data standardization will be key to fully realizing the benefits.
Fewer investigators cite patient recruitment as a top challenge in a recent report which finds investigators also more willing to participate in future clinical trials if working with a preferred central lab.
The network for clinical and imaging data launches a new ‘Real World Imaging’ offering to complement existing real world evidence – and help overcome the challenges of bias and homogeneity, says CEO.
To meet the needs of increasingly complex clinical trials, and sponsor desire for control and scalability, Covance launches an expanded FSP offering focused on delivering ‘clean data.’
The global CRO Cromsource has opened a new office in Research Triangle Park – home to many current and potential clients – after growing more than 150% over the two years, says COO.
Increasingly complex clinical trials are putting pressure on CROs to expand their service offerings in what has been a historically monolithic space – with diagnostics also continuing to play a more important role in the market, says industry expert.
Advarra is set to acquire Forte in a bid to expand its offerings to include an integrated suite of standards-based trial management products and services – a platform for ‘an interconnected clinical research ecosystem,’ says CEO.
The acquisition of Bioclinica’s clinical research site business extends PPD’s trial enrollment business to five continents, 20 countries, and more than 180 research sites.
The Canadian CRO Everest Clinical Research will receive up to up to $100,000 to support the development of new technology for managing data from clinical research trial sites.
The eClinical solutions provider opens the doors at its new headquarters and expects to reach double-digit headcount growth in 2020 amid industry-wide ‘digital transformation.’
The last month of summer saw several hires, including a lead for Worldwide Clinical Trials’ Japan operations, CEO appointments at CordenPharma and LabConnect, and Altasciences’ new CSO, who joins the company from Syneos.
Freenome’s multiomics platform is being used in a Phase II clinical trial to help identify patients most likely to respond to ADC Therapeutics’ antibody drug conjugate.
Orgenesis is developing a ‘distributed’ processing solution – backed by its point-of-care cell therapy platform and CDMO business – to provide approved cell therapies to patients at a fraction of today’s costs, says company executive.
Arkivum to create an e-archive for Idorsia to store and manage its large amount of data regarding products returned from CROs, after the latter’s separation from Actelion.
Atelerix to work on the development of gel stabilisation technologies enabling room temperature storage of Rexgenero’s cell therapy candidate, under an Innovate UK grant.
After launching its eResearch solution earlier this year, WCG announces a pre-configured version to help smaller clinical trial sites manage research and attract additional opportunities.
Veeva Systems has boosted its capabilities in its Veeva Vault RIM to manage regulatory documents and processes for medical devices and diagnostics manufacturers.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is partnering with Medable to accelerate patient enrollment for its Light Treatment Effectiveness study.
ARG opens new offices in Warsaw as well as Amsterdam, the new home of the European Medicines Agency, both ‘ideal’ locations among Brexit uncertainty, says CEO.
Australia-based Nucleus Network has acquired an early-phase clinical research organization in the US, which has a broad range of access to specialist patient populations, says CEO.
