• Veeva’s Survey Reveals Clinical Operation Professionals’ Desire For Unity

    Clinical Informatics News | Veeva Systems’ 2017 survey for clinical operation professionals reveals a need to unify applications across clinical operations. This includes clinical trial management systems, electronic data capture, and electronic trial master files.

    Jul 19, 2017

  • Untested Stem Cell Clinics Advertise At ClinicalTrials.Gov For Free

    WIRED |  Researchers believe the ballooning stem cell clinic industry is taking advantage of the federal repository's honor system. And patients will be the ones to pay, literally.

    Jul 19, 2017

  • 5 Things To Know About The Treatment Charlie Gard Might Receive

    STAT |  What is "nucleoside bypass therapy," the treatment proposed for Charlie Gard, and how well has it worked in other patients? Here's what to know.

    Jul 17, 2017

  • NHS Hospitals Could Get DNA Readers Within Five Years As Trials Begin

    The Telegraph |  A trial for the identification and treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia is starting in the UK. The trial will pit Oxford Nanopore's MinION reader against two other non-sequencing genetic tests. The goal is to accurately and quickly identify the bacteria causing pneumonia, so the right antibiotic can be prescribed.

    Jul 13, 2017

  • Pediatric Trial Shares Patient Data In Real Time

    Clinical Informatics News | The Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium and the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium are collaborating on a first-of-its-kind clinical trial that will post de-identified patient data live to the cloud as the trial is underway. The non-profit Dragon Master Foundation is providing partial funding.

    Jul 13, 2017

  • It’s About Time: The Complexity Dynamic

    Clinical Informatics News | It's About Time | Norman Goldfarb speaks with David Morin, Director of Research at Holston Medical Group and CEO of TRIKE LLC, developer of SiteOptex Software about the complexity dynamic--how complexity is measured in clinical trial protocols, and how it changes productivity.

    Jul 11, 2017

  • 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