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Partnerships and Products: August 2016
Clinical Informatics News Briefs | New partnerships and products from Leapcure, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Definiens, and more.
Aug 30, 2016
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Parkinsons Disease Study Caught In Feud Involving Fox Foundation
STAT | A dispute involving the Michael J. Fox Foundation might delay a clinical trial of the most promising new treatment for Parkinson's disease in decades.
Aug 30, 2016
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5 Top Blunders Life Science Startups Make on the Road to Clinical Trials
STAT | Five common blunders trip up many biotech startups as they work to move a product through clinical evaluation and clinical trials.
Aug 25, 2016
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Bioclinica Sold to Cinven
Clinical Informatics News Brief | Bioclinica’s parent companies—Water Street Healthcare Partners and JLL Partners—announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to sell the company to international private equity firm, Cinven.
Aug 22, 2016
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Treatment guidelines written by experts with financial conflicts
STAT | The findings follow years of concern about the extent to which individual experts and their ties to drug makers may influence crucial treatment guidelines.
Aug 22, 2016
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Why All Findings From Clinical Trials Need to Get Published
STAT | New research suggests nearly half of all clinical trials involving kids go unfinished or unpublished - which could put patients at risk.
Aug 19, 2016
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Watson for Oncology Launches in China
Clinical Informatics News Brief | Twenty-one hospitals across China will adopt Watson for Oncology, a cognitive computing platform for physicians to help them deliver personalized, evidence-based cancer treatment options. The initial 21-hospital rollout is part of a multi-year partnership through which Hangzhou CognitiveCare—a new Chinese company—will introduce Watson for Oncology to hospitals across China. This is Watson Health’s first partnership in China.
Aug 17, 2016
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Why Big Pharma Gets A Failing Grade On Clinical Trial Transparency
Forbes | When Big Pharma doesn't fully disclose the results of all its clinical trials, both the industry and patients suffer consequences, says one bioethics expert.
Aug 17, 2016
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National Coordinator for Health IT Vindell Washington 9 things to know about the new ONC chief
Healthcare IT News | This past Friday, Karen DeSalvo, MD, officially stepped down as National Coordinator, passing the baton to her second-in-command, Vindell Washington, MD. The former principal deputy national coordinator has been with ONC since January 2016.
Aug 15, 2016
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Exclusion of Women from Clinical Trials Skews Results
Science Daily | Clinical research often underrepresents women on the assumption that a painkiller or antidepressant will be equally effective in subjects of either sex, but a growing number of scientists are criticizing this approach.
Aug 11, 2016
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NEJM Doubles Down on Resistance to Data Sharing
STAT | An editorial argues that data sharing can cripple scientific progress and harm patients, but there are myriad flaws with that reasoning.
Aug 10, 2016
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NIH Awards $85 Million to UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute
UCSF | A five-year, $85 million NIH grant to the University of California San Francisco will support programs to diversify research participants and better integrate technology into studies.
Aug 10, 2016
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TransCelerate BioPharma Introduces New Solutions
Clinical Informatics News | TransCelerate, an organization of major pharmaceutical companies and clinical trial sponsors, has introduced programs to train study personnel on best practices in clinical trials, and to prevent redundant training on shared systems across the industry.
Aug 9, 2016
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How EHR Data Can Identify Patients Falling Through the Cracks
Healthcare Informatics | A recent paper by researchers at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston demonstrated how commercial EHRs can flag diagnostic errors and missed chances for patient follow-up, but also exposed limitations in current EHR systems.
Aug 8, 2016
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SEC Charges Doctor With Insider Trading
STAT | The SEC alleges Dr. Edward Kosinksi traded shares of Regado Biosciences while he was involved in a clinical trial for one of the company's drugs.
Aug 5, 2016
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Pediatric Clinical Trials Are Often Abandoned Unpublished
Forbes | A significant number of pediatric clinical trials are either stopped before they're completed, or if completed, their results go unpublished.
Aug 5, 2016
