• What GlaxoSmithKline Learned From Their Digital Trial of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Clinical Informatics News | Patients say they would rather participate in a mobile or digital clinical trial than a more traditional site-based trial, but getting a mobile trial to work has proven more complicated. Michelle Crouthamel of GlaxoSmithKline shares what she’s learning about apps, retention, and whatever happened with the company’s PARADE study.

    Mar 8, 2018

  • Pain Points for Clinical Trials Sites Abound In Systems And Devices

    Clinical Informatics News | Clinical trial sponsors often rave about the data they collect from mobile devices, and visionaries wax poetic about the ways these datasets—combined with artificial intelligence and machine learning—will change medicine. But along the way clinical trial sites are drowning in devices and systems and the charging cords for all of them.

    Mar 6, 2018

  • Eliminating Silos: Dismantling the Frankenstein of Clinical R&D

    Clinical Informatics News Contributed Commentary In January 2017, there were 4,003 pharmaceutical companies with nearly 15,000 drugs in the pipeline. Yet only 1 in 5 drugs actually make it to market. Technology inherently aims to streamline processes, eliminate manual effort and create efficiencies, but is technology still doing this for clinical research?

    Mar 5, 2018

  • The Future Of Health-Care Technology Is Already In Your Pocket

    Pacific Standard |  An app designed at Johns Hopkins is saving patients' lives-and the hospital thousands of dollars.

    Mar 1, 2018

  • DrugDev, CRF Health, Bracket, And More: News From February 2018

    Clinical Informatics News | February was full of exciting news in the clinical trial and healthcare community, including partnerships, products, and promotions from DrugDev, CRF Health, Bracket, and more.

    Feb 28, 2018

  • NINDS Builds Networks To Recruit Patients, Controls For Neurology, Stroke Trials

    Clinical Informatics News | Neurological disorders are difficult to diagnose and challenging to treat. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes is working to change that.

    Feb 27, 2018

  • TransCelerate Launches “One Person Closer” Campaign To Inspire Clinical Trial Participation

    Clinical Informatics News | Looking to inspire healthcare professionals to believe in the positive value of clinical research for their patients, TransCelerate has launched “One Person Closer,” a campaign using social media and video vignettes to put a human face on clinical trials.

    Feb 23, 2018

  • Building A Community-Focused Clinical Trial Network For Alzheimer's Disease

    Clinical Informatics News | Dementia-related disorder trials, especially Alzheimer’s, are harder to recruit for and complete due to dementia’s unique characteristics and psychological effects on patients. The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation is looking to analyze and address the difficulty of completing Alzheimer’s disease trials timely and cost-efficiently.

    Feb 22, 2018

  • News And Product Launches At SCOPE 2018

    Clinical Informatics News | Several companies took advantage of the 9th annual Summit for Clinical Ops Executives to make new product and business announcements. Here are a few of the exciting things heard and seen on the show floor.

    Feb 21, 2018

  • Peanut Allergy Therapy Scores Late-stage Trial Win

    STAT |  Based on the positive results, Aimmune Therapeutics expects to seek U.S. approval for its preventative peanut allergy therapy by the end of the year, with a European filing in 2019, the company said.

    Feb 20, 2018

  • Digital Engagement & The Future Of Clinical Trials

    Clinical Informatics News | Speakers at the 9th annual Summit for Clinical Ops Executives emphasized the importance of the clinical trials industry improving digital engagement with their patients. The warning: the patient isn’t waiting anymore.

    Feb 16, 2018