• Obama Signs 21st Century Cures Act Into Law

    STAT |  President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law today. Surrounded by Vice President Joe Biden and the bipartisan lawmakers who helped push the bill through, Obama commented, "It's a good day to see us doing our jobs."

    Dec 13, 2016

  • Complexities of Consent

    Clinical Informatics News | As genomics continues to grow and evolve, the need to find a balance between scientific progress and patient protection is as great as ever. 

    Dec 13, 2016

  • Fred Hutch's New Bezos Family Immunotherapy Clinic Could Change the Game for Cancer Treatment

    GeekWire |  Immunotherapy is simple in theory, but endlessly complex in practice. The new Bezos Family Immunotherapy Clinic at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is designed specifically to fuel the research of immunotherapy treatments.

    Dec 12, 2016

  • The Cancer Lottery

    MIT Technology Review |  Finding telltale mutations in tumors and targeting those cancers with precisely selected drugs is the newest front in the war on cancer. Now researchers just have to figure out why it doesn't work for everyone.

    Dec 12, 2016

  • Baskets and Umbrellas: Trial Design for Precision Oncology

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | An article published online on JAMA Oncology’s Patient Page yesterday proposes two types of clinical trial for testing precision medicine treatments of oncology.

    Dec 9, 2016

  • FDA Says Real-World Evidence Could Generate Incorrect or Unreliable Conclusions

    RAPS |  Fifteen top FDA officials published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine this morning attempting to clarify a definition for real-world evidence (RWE), and flagging areas of promise and concern.

    Dec 8, 2016

  • ERT Acquires Exco InTouch

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | ERT announced this morning that it has acquired Exco InTouch. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    Dec 8, 2016

  • 21st Century Cures Act Passes the Senate to Politician Applause

    Clinical Informatics News | The United States Senate just approved the 21st Century Cures Act in a 94-5 vote. The omnibus bill passed the House of Representatives last summer by a wide margin. The vote today also reflects bipartisan support. Passage of the Act “signals an encouraging moment for the nation that their government can make progress on behalf of the American people,” said the Bipartisan Policy Center

    Dec 7, 2016

  • With Nod To Biden Senate To Say Yes To Cures Spending Reform Bill

    Xconomy |  The U.S. Senate cleared the way for the 21st Century Cures Act, an omnibus healthcare spending and reform bill, by voting 85-13 to end debate.

    Dec 6, 2016

  • Rapid Lab Tests Can Help Reduce Antibiotic Resistance

    STAT |  Rapid-culture diagnostic techniques can help fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the long hospital stays that can accompany them.

    Nov 30, 2016

  • Takeda, CluePoints, Mayo Clinic, and More: News from November 2016

    Clinical Informatics News Briefs | News, products, and partnerships from around the clinical trial and healthcare community including news from Takeda, CluePoints, Mayo Clinic, and more.

    Nov 23, 2016

  • Building the Pool of Alzheimer’s Trial Volunteers

    Clinical Informatics News | An effort is underway to identify and collect healthy adults with various APOE gene statuses to potentially match them with available Alzheimer’s disease research studies. The GeneMatch program aims to create a pool of willing Alzheimer’s trial participants already characterized with APOE gene status.

    Nov 23, 2016

  • Everyone Wins: Portable Genomics Hopes To Benefit Patients In Data Acquisition

    Clinical Informatics News | Patrick Merel wants to change the conception of how data is acquired for medical research. This is why he has recently launched a mobile app through his company, Portable Genomics, that allows users to monitor their genetic data and control how it is distributed to corporations for research.

    Nov 23, 2016

  • Alzheimer’s Drug Fails in Late-Stage Trial Dashing Hopes

    STAT |  An investigational Alzheimer's treatment from Eli Lilly failed to slow the progression of the memory-destroying disease in a late-stage trial.

    Nov 23, 2016

  • Could Gamification Improve Clinical Trials?

    Applied Clinical Trials |  Gamification is the application of game design principles and techniques to non-game contexts intending to create value for players and stakeholders alike. If applied, this principle can potentially drive greater innovation and efficiencies in clinical research.

    Nov 22, 2016

  • As Trump Prepares For Office, Biden's "Moonshot" Hangs In The Balance

    STAT |  The fate of Biden's initiative against cancer now rests with a lame-duck Congress, which is considering legislation that would provide significant funding for the effort.

    Nov 22, 2016

  • Cancer Clinical Trials Often Exaggerate Real-World Benefits of Drugs

    STAT |  Cancer clinical trials often overstate the benefits of drugs when they're used in the real world, where patients tend to be older and sicker.

    Nov 21, 2016