• ePRO Technology Benefits Drug Development for Pulmonary Diseases

    Clinical Informatics News | Contributed Commentary | AstraZeneca’s 2007 launch of Symbicort was enabled by patient reported outcome data. The case study suggests more opportunities for patients in clinical trials.

    Feb 26, 2014

  • Greater Representation of African Americans Needed in Clinical Trials

    Washington Post | In an op ed, former US Surgeon General David Satcher urges higher participation by African Americans in clinical trials, writing that systematic underrepresentation of African Americans in these studies hinders our ability to understand racial health disparities.

    Feb 25, 2014

  • Cinven to Acquire Medpace for $900M

    Reuters | Private equity firm Cinven plans to acquire CRO Medpace for a little over $900 million. Reuters expects the deal to be announced as soon as today.

    Feb 24, 2014

  • Georgia Medical Center Installs New Clinical IT Platform

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | Georgia Regents Medical Center (GRMC), a not-for-profit corporation in Augusta, Georgia that provides clinical operations as a cooperative organization for Georgia Regents University, has installed Philips IntelliSpace PACS v4.4 to serve as a single, integrated clinical IT platform.

    Feb 21, 2014

  • Elizabeth Holmes Shares the Theranos Story

    Wired | Elizabeth Holmes, the young engineer whose company Theranos is miniaturizing blood tests for rapid results and multiple assays, talks about how her tests could change the practice of medicine.

    Feb 19, 2014