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Reaching the Remote: Telemedicine Changing Rural Healthcare
Clinical Informatics News As telehealth continues to evolve, new methods have emerged to better serve rural and underserved communities.
Nov 16, 2016
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Roche Launches Global Cancer Immunotherapy Network
Clinical Informatics News Brief Roche launched the global cancer immunotherapy Centers of Research Excellence (imCORE) Network today. The network brings together many of the world’s leading scientific and clinical experts in cancer immunotherapy from 21 academic research institutions to collaborate in investigating the most promising new treatment approaches.
Nov 15, 2016
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UA Cancer Center To Join National Clinical Trial Research Group
Arizona Daily Star | The University of Arizona Cancer Center has been accepted into a national clinical trials research group. The University's physicians will provide input on research studies, and integrate their own ideas.
Nov 14, 2016
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FDA, CluePoints Sign CRADA
Clinical Informatics News | Last month CluePoints and FDA signed a CRADA, Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, to enhance data integrity in clinical trial submissions to the FDA using CluePoints software.
Nov 9, 2016
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FDA to study how promotional tweets for drugs should convey side effects
STAT | Drug makers and their marketing partners argue the FDA social media policies have failed to keep up with technology.
Nov 9, 2016
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As Election Storm Gathered, Arrowhead Drops Word About A Clinical Hold
ENDPOINTS NEWS | As everyone's attention was being commanded by the big presidential vote Tuesday night, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals chose to put out word that its lead program has been put on hold by the FDA.
Nov 9, 2016
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Building A Culture Of Innovation In Healthcare
Forbes | Innovation in healthcare is notoriously tricky, but the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are one organization that have got it nailed. CHOP are attempting to continue a track record of success with the creation of a new post of Vice President for Entrepreneurship & Innovation last year.
Nov 8, 2016
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FDA Releases Recommendations for Handling Race & Ethnicity in Clinical Trials
Clinical Informatics News | The FDA recently released a guidance with the purpose of offering suggestions to researchers conducting clinical trials on how to handle issues as they pertain to race and ethnicity, especially a kind of standardization for collecting and reporting race and ethnicity data.
Nov 8, 2016
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FDA Officials: There Was “No Scientific Basis” For Duchenne Drug OK As Sarepta Complained Of “Dire Financial” Condition
Endpoints News | Two senior FDA officials mounted a vehement assault on Janet Woodcock's decision to push through an approval of Sarepta's Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug Exondys 51. New documents posted by the FDA, including a round of memos on the issue in September, warned FDA Commissioner Robert Califf that he was allowing an approval even though Woodcock had not considered all the analysis they had done to underscore the company's weak case, adding that there was no scientific basis to conclude that the drug was reasonably likely to benefit patients.
Nov 4, 2016
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What clinical trial results? Now you can see who isnt sharing their findings
STAT | A tracker was launched by a group of researchers and medical journals that has been pushing the pharma industry to do a better job of disclosing trial data.
Nov 3, 2016
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Why The Approach To Drug Pricing Has To Change Now
Forbes | As an industry, we must shift to a model that focuses on value and outcomes delivered, both to patients and to health systems.
Nov 2, 2016
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Litmus Health Seeks Alternative In Data Gathering For Clinical Trials
Clinical Informatics News | Litmus Health recently launched into public beta at the University of Chicago. The data science platform has ambitions to make “the entire world will be one big clinical trial.”
Nov 2, 2016
