• 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

  • Quest Diagnostics And Walmart Partner To Offer Lab Testing Services In Stores

    Modern Healthcare |  Wal-Mart Stores will bring Quest Diagnostics' laboratory testing services to 15 Walmart locations in Florida and Texas by the end of the year. The partnership signals Walmart's continued expansion in the healthcare space.

    Jun 27, 2017

  • Sequencing Healthy Patients Reveals That Many Carry Rare Genetic Disease Risks

    Bio-IT World |  In a new paper published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, along with collaborators at Baylor College of Medicine, report the results of the 4 year, NIH-funded MedSeq Project, the first-ever randomized trial conducted to examine the impact of whole genome sequencing in healthy primary care patients.

    Jun 27, 2017

  • News And Notes From 2017 DIA Conference

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | The 2017 Drug Information Association Conference took place this week in Chicago, Illinois. More than 8,000 professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device communities from more than 50 countries around the globe attended the conference, promoting new products and partnerships.

    Jun 23, 2017

  • Opargo Partners With athenahealth's “More Disruption Please” Program

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | ​Opargo today announced a partnership with athenahealth through athenahealth’s “More Disruption Please” program, making Opargo part of the athenahealth Marketplace. The partnership hopes to optimize healthcare practices, health systems, and surgery centers.

    Jun 22, 2017

  • Daiichi Sankyo Selects Deloitte's ConvergeHEALTH Safety To Transform And Upgrade Global Drug Safety Platform

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | Deloitte has announced the debut of a global initiative to launch an innovative integrated solution for the pharmacovigilance capabilities of Daiichi Sankyo.

    Jun 21, 2017

  • Pamplona Capital To Take Parexel Private For $4.5 Billion

    The New York Times |  U.S. pharmaceutical research services provider Parexel International Corp said on Tuesday it would be taken private by Pamplona Capital Management LLP in a $4.5 billion deal.

    Jun 20, 2017

  • A New Start For Study Start-Up

    Clinical Informatics News Contributed Commentary | Complexity in the study start-up process is causing the life sciences industry to consider ways of optimizing the relationship between sponsor and CRO. Here are the steps one top 10 global pharma company took to redefine its vendor model.

    Jun 20, 2017