• European Authorities Prepare for Major Trial Transparency Changes

    Outsourcing Pharma | The European Medicines Agency is preparing to enforce the public release of all clinical trial data, but details remain to be ironed out.

    Apr 22, 2014

  • Ushering in the Age of the Digital Trial

    Clinical Informatics News | Best Practices | The Pfizer REMOTE study—a clinical trial done completely virtually—was made possible thanks to a suite of tools developed by Pfizer and Mytrus. The tools that enabled the all-virtual protocol were recognized in February as a Clinical Informatics News Best Practice.

    Apr 16, 2014

  • Certara Moves Into Regulatory Writing with Acquisition of Synchrogenix

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | Certara, a large CRO specializing in computational modeling for drug discovery and development, announced this morning the acquisition of Synchrogenix, the world's largest regulatory writing CRO.

    Apr 15, 2014

  • Industry Whitepaper Points to Changing Methods of Patient Recruitment

    Outsourcing Pharma | A whitepaper by Industry Standard Research (ISR) suggests over two-thirds of clinical trial participants are "pulled" into trials by investigators at their points of care, while the "push" model of patient recruitment is still in its infancy.

    Apr 14, 2014

  • The Rise of the Social Patient: How Connected Patients are Changing Clinical Trials

    Clinical Informatics News | Clinical trial patients are social media savvy, and conversations about trials are popping up on blogs, Facebook, and message boards around the Web. The industry is starting to pay attention--and not a moment too soon!

    Apr 11, 2014

  • Big Pharma Consortium Shares Clinical Trial Data

    Med City News | A Big Pharma consortium has launched Project Data Sphere, to share clinical trial data with other researchers, free of charge.

    Apr 10, 2014

  • Google Glass in the Hospital

    Boston Globe | Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has given out Google Glass to all emergency room doctors in an expanding pilot program.

    Apr 9, 2014

  • Research Resonance Network Provides Sites Feedback, Metrics on their Own Performance

    Clinical Informatics News | Best Practices Winner | Though there are site comparison tools designed to help CROs and sponsors with site selection, there has been little available to sites to track their own performance and understand their strengths and weaknesses. The Research Resonance Network, grown out of a working group of sites trying to do just that, hopes to fill that gap. 

    Apr 9, 2014

  • The Four Digital Disruptions That Will Drive Healthcare Innovation

    Clinical Informatics News | Contributed Commentary | The convergence of biology and information technology is considered one of the key macrotrends across the globe. But what underlies that convergence? Below are the top four digital disruptions driving the macrotrend and healthcare innovation.

    Apr 8, 2014

  • Investigating American Healthcare Costs

    KSJ Tracker | The MIT science journalism site collects together and reflects on the articles in Elisabeth Rosenthal's New York Times series on common health expenses in the U.S., and how they compare to costs in other countries.

    Apr 7, 2014