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BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES - Sep 27, 2016 - BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ideaPoint, an Anaqua company providing software to transform and solidify innovation and strategic growth programs across global companies in science-based industries, today announced the appointment of Scott Martin as independent chair of the steering committee forClinicalStudyDataRequest.com (CSDR).

Designed for use by the life sciences research community, CSDR is a secure web-based solution that provides a mechanism to request access to global clinical study data and supporting documents from multiple companies for the purpose of analyzing the data to advance scientific and medical research and improve patient care. Martin will provide sponsor-independent leadership and support the consortium’s strategic vision to enhance sponsor collaboration and researcher access. Martin has held the position of principal at the Chicago-based KMR Group for 20 years and has been active in many leading R&D organizations within the biopharmaceutical industry, including the Pharmaceutical Benchmarking Forum (PBF) which was founded in 1997.

CSDR was established in 2013 and built on the ideaPoint platform, to provide researchers and data sponsors with a secure system to manage the request process of research data for the benefit of world health. Sponsor members include Astellas, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, GSK, Lilly, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Takeda, UCB  and  ViiV Healthcare.

“CSDR is poised to provide even greater benefits to the broader healthcare community, expanding access to clinical data that in turn can prove crucial to researchers trying to cure disease,” said Scott Martin, Chair of ClinicalStudyDataRequest.com Steering Committee. “I am pleased to be able to help CSDR promote greater openness and access to data.”

“ideaPoint and the sponsors believe this is an important next step for CSDR,” said Scott Shaunessy, CEO, ideaPoint. “Scott Martin has been successfully chairing the well-established Pharma Benchmarking Forum, a multi-sponsor forum that parallels the CSDR steering committee in many ways. Scott has excellent knowledge of clinical development, the pharma business, and academic research. He is a skilled moderator and facilitator and we believe he will be instrumental as we work together to foster further growth and success”.

About ideaPoint
ideaPoint, Inc. is dedicated to providing clients with software solutions that help them repeatedly spot and seize the innovation and partnering opportunities that create growth through new products, new services and new business models.

Since its launch in 2008, ideaPoint has delivered the software to transform and solidify innovation and strategic growth programs across global companies in science-based industries.

For additional information, please visit http://idea-point.com

About ClinicalStudyDataRequest.com

ClinicalStudyDataRequest.com is the industry leader in global clinical trial data transparency.  It is multi-sponsor Request System which provides a secure process for researchers to request access to global clinical trial data through a publicly available website. An Independent Review Panel and process overseen by the Wellcome Trust review Data requests received from external researchers. Access to clinical trial data provides opportunities to conduct further research that can help advance medical science and improve patient care. This helps ensure the data provided by research participants are used to maximum effect in the creation of knowledge and understanding. Study sponsors who have committed to use this site are Astellas, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, GSK, Lilly, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Takeda, UCB and ViiV Healthcare.

If you are a study sponsor interested in listing studies on this site, contact information is provided here.

About Anaqua, Inc.
Anaqua helps corporations and law firms turn intellectual property into competitive advantage. Its software platform combines insight from big data analytics with critical tools, best practice workflows and services into one efficient, intelligent environment that helps IP practices work more efficiently and make better decisions faster. Many of the best-known brands and most innovative products were conceptualized, evaluated, protected and monetized through the ANAQUA platform. Founded in 2004 by IP leaders from The Coca-Cola Company, Ford Motor Company, Kimberly-Clark and British American Tobacco, Anaqua is a privately held company headquartered in Boston (U.S.) and has locations across Europe and Asia.

For additional information, please visit http://www.anaqua.com.

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