• Bluebird Gene Therapy Trial Shows Promising but Nuanced Results

    TheStreet |  Bluebird Bio has released new interim results from its clinical trial of LentiGlobin gene therapy for beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease, showing that it can wean patients off blood transfusions but that results are unexpectedly dependent on recipients' exact genotypes.

    Nov 5, 2015

  • Fixing The Healthcare Dichotomy

    TechCrunch |  Private industry and government alike are increasingly banking on APIs to resolve communication problems between electronic health records and other data silos in healthcare.

    Nov 4, 2015

  • Best Practices Call for Entries Open

    Clinical Informatics News | The third annual Clinical Informatics News Best Practices program is open for entries. The 2016 winners will be announced in February in Miami at the Summit for Clinical Ops Executives.

    Nov 4, 2015

  • October Clinical News and Product Briefs

    Clinical Informatics News | News and product releases from around the industry, including a precision medicine project across Newfoundland and a partnership to connect rare disease patients with relevant physician experts.

    Oct 30, 2015

  • FDA Calls for Trial Technology Feedback

    Clinical Informatics News | The Food and Drug Administration made a public solicitation today for stakeholder feedback, “on the scope and direction of the use of technologies and innovative methods in the conduct of clinical investigations.”

    Oct 29, 2015

  • Enrollment Begins at UCSF in Study of Avelas Cancer Illuminator

    Xconomy |  San Diego's Avelas Biosciences says today that UC San Francisco has begun enrolling women who face breast cancer surgery in a clinical trial for AVB-620, a diagnostic agent that helps surgeons differentiate cancerous tissue from healthy in real time.

    Oct 29, 2015

  • Massive UK Baby Study Cancelled

    Nature News & Comment |  A UK plan to track 80,000 British babies throughout their lives has been cancelled 8 months after its loss. Loss prompts rethink about design of future cradle-to-grave studies.

    Oct 28, 2015

  • Russias Clinical Trial Approvals on the Rise

    Outsourcing Pharma |  The number of clinical trials given the green light in Russia has increased 13% in the third quarter of the year, which could be thanks in part to a reduction in red tape.

    Oct 27, 2015

  • Survey Shows Investigators Still Using Desktops, Hopeful about EMR

    Clinical Informatics News | A DrugDev survey reveals surprises in technology uptake for clinical trials sites, particularly in terms of which technologies are available and about which solutions investigators are most hopeful.

    Oct 23, 2015

  • Navigating the Maze of Electronic Health Records

    National Journal |  Following six hearings on health information technology, a Senate committee has defined the broad outlines of a bill to reform electronic health record interoperability and usability.

    Oct 22, 2015

  • Science 37 raises $6.5 million for mobile remote clinical trial platform

    MobiHealthNews |  Science 37 plans to roll out a novel clinical trial operating model, which uses mobile technology to allow patients to participate in the trail from home.

    Oct 21, 2015

  • Johns Hopkins Plans Integrated Portal for Medical Device Monitoring

    Johns Hopkins Hub | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has entered a partnership with Microsoft to develop a physician portal that collects data from various devices in the intensive care unit, offering a single interface to monitor the progress and status of each patient.

    Oct 20, 2015