• Certara Launches Trial Simulator 2.3, Improves Clinical Trial Success

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | Certara has announced the launch of version 2.3 of its Trial Simulator software to help drug developers improve clinical trial design, resulting in greater likelihood of trial success.

    Nov 29, 2018

  • US Health And Human Services Looks To Blockchain To Manage Unstructured Data

    Clinical Informatics News | The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is making waves in the blockchain space. The agency’s Division of Acquisition (DA) has developed a new system, called Accelerate, which gives acquisition teams detailed information on pricing, terms, and conditions across HHS in real-time.

    Nov 29, 2018

  • SHYFT, The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Pure Storage, And More: News From November 2018

    Clinical Informatics News | November was full of exciting news in the clinical trial and healthcare community, including partnerships, products, and promotions from SHYFT, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Pure Storage, and more.

    Nov 28, 2018

  • Clinical Finance: The Most Precious Of The Necessary Evils

    Clinical Informatics News | Clinical finance can sometimes be viewed as a necessary evil. Chris Chan, Executive Director, R&D Finance, at Fibrogen, discusses how clinical finance can improve trial timelines, the challenges of adjusting the clinical team’s goals, and how the Lord of the Rings factors into it all.

    Nov 27, 2018

  • Inside A Stanford Study On Virtual Reality Aimed At Helping Pediatric Patients

    STAT |  Researchers hope that virtual reality can ease anxiety among Spanish-speaking patents, and ultimately put their children at ease before medical procedures.

    Nov 21, 2018

  • Another Architect Of IBM's Health Care Strategy Leaves The Company

    STAT |  IBM is losing a top executive, David Kenny, who led its efforts to apply artificial intelligence to health care and other industries.

    Nov 20, 2018

  • Deadline Approaches For 2019 Participant Engagement Award

    Clinical Informatics News | The deadline for the 2019 Participant Engagement Award is November 30. The award, given each year at the Summit for Clinical Ops Executives—SCOPE, is designed to inspire innovation and change in how the industry communicates with participants in the fields of recruitment and retention in clinical trials.

    Nov 19, 2018

  • UCB Releases Virtual Assistant App For Parkinson's Patients

    Clinical Informatics News | UCB has released PD Coach, a virtual health assistant app for Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. The app is powered by Verint Systems’ Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA) solution.

    Nov 16, 2018

  • Leveraging Clinical Data Standards to Optimize Business Outcomes

    Clinical Informatics News | In the almost two years since the FDA mandated compliance with the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium’s (CDISC) data standards, life sciences organizations have striven to adhere to these newly established guidelines for all clinical and non-clinical studies initiated after December 2016. There have been challenges, but the very real—and not inconsequential—operational and commercial benefits that clinical data standards offer the life sciences industry are becoming apparent.

    Nov 15, 2018

  • FDA Proposes Changes to Informed Consent Rules

    RAPS |  On Tuesday, FDA proposed changes that would allow Institutional Review Boards to waive or alter requirements for obtaining informed consent for certain clinical trials involving minimal risk to participants.

    Nov 14, 2018