• Pharma Proposes its own Plan for Updating Safety Warnings on Generics

    WSJ | The FDA has proposed a rule to allow generic drug makers to update product labels on their medicines when they learn of safety risks, but the pharmaceutical industry has countered with its own proposal.

    Feb 27, 2015

  • DrugDev on the Investigator Registry, Designing Innovative Solutions

    Clinical Informatics News | DrugDev has been selected by TransCelerate BioPharma to develop and host the Investigator Registry, which will bring together investigator information in one place with one identifier.

    Feb 26, 2015

  • Healthcare on the Hill: Washington's Efforts to Support Clinical Research

    Clinical Informatics News | In an effort to heal the ailing American health care system, the 114th Congress is expected to consider several bipartisan healthcare bills this year, ranging from more efficient discovery and development processes to patient input expansion. 

    Feb 23, 2015

  • Wearables: Medidata’s Next Horizon

    February 17, 2015 | As clinical trials become more patient-centric, Medidata sees the next horizon for collecting clinical trial data as the patient’s own wearable device. Medidata has announced a new collaboration with Garmin International to use its mHealth wristband—the vivofit—in clinical studies.

    Feb 17, 2015

  • What Exchange Plans Can Learn From Medicare’s Star Population Management

    Clinical Informatics News | The Affordable Care Act has not, to date, measurably impacted the affordability health insurance or health outcomes. As healthcare becomes more consumer-driven, the industry should take a look at how the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) has used the 5-Star Rating program for Medicare plans to improve these two metrics. 

    Feb 12, 2015

  • Scripps wins USAID grant to monitor Ebola patients with medical wearables

    mobihealthnews | The Scripps Translational Science Institute is creating a program to use health sensors to improve the health outcomes of Ebola patients.

    Feb 12, 2015

  • Invoa Health System to Deploy GenoSpace Population Analytics

    Clinical Informatics News | GenoSpace this morning announced that the Inova Health System has selected GenoSpace Population Analytics to support its whole-genome sequencing initiative. The Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI), a division of Inova Health System, has sequenced more than 8,000 genomes from individuals representing more than 100 countries.

    Feb 11, 2015

  • Digital Utopia, Meet the Null Hypothesis

    Clinical Informatics News | Two very different worlds collide as the age of big data and patient generated bio-signal gets underway. Of all the many difficulties to be overcome before the benefits of big data analytics and patient generated data can be attained, this imminent clash of cultures may be the most profound.

    Feb 10, 2015