SAS, Optum Offer Cloud-Based Health Analytics Platform
April 20th 2015The shift from volume- to performance-based payment is propelling life sciences companies to seek concrete data and medical evidence – both to understand patient care and to demonstrate the effectiveness, safety and value of drug therapies.
Clinical Conductor Adds CTMS Features to Facilitate Dynamic Research
April 14th 2015The team behind Clinical Conductor CTMS recently debuted new functionality that allows healthcare organizations to better manage adaptive and dynamic clinical research that is becoming more relevant in the industry every year.
Experts Call for More Studies on Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs
April 8th 2015The use and number of cognitive-enhancing drugs is likely to grow substantially in the coming years, and researchers must prioritize the potential advantages and dangers of their use in healthy subjects, according to U.K. neuroscientists writing in The Lancet Psychiatry journal.
Ground-Breaking Training for Patients Goes Ahead in Barcelona
April 8th 2015In a crucial part of the European Patients’ Academy (EUPATI) strategy, 47 patients and patient representatives from across Europe are meeting this week in Barcelona, Spain, to continue their 13-month online training course to become expert patients in the medicines development process.
TransCelerate Launches Two New Global Initiatives
April 8th 2015TransCelerate BioPharma has established two new global initiatives in the clinical trials area. Both initiatives - Placebo / Standard of Care Data Sharing and Electronic Labels for Clinical Trials (e-Labels), are made possible through the collaboration of participating Member Companies.
iCardiac Launches Full Risk-Sharing Program for Cardiac Safety Studies
April 8th 2015In a move designed to both tout the importance of precision and to improve the sponsor experience in conducting cardiac safety assessment, iCardiac Technologies announced a full risk-sharing program for Thorough QT studies.
Experts Call for More Studies on Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs
April 7th 2015The use and number of cognitive-enhancing drugs is likely to grow substantially in the coming years, and researchers must prioritize the potential advantages and dangers of their use in healthy subjects, according to U.K. neuroscientists writing in The Lancet Psychiatry journal.