New Version Extends Data Cleaning and Query Functions
Phase Forward (Waltham, MA) announces significant updates to its Web Submission Data Manager, WebSDM 2.6. WebSDM 2.6 integrates with the company's InForm Integrated Trial Management EDC product Version 4.6 and other database applications, and allows InForm 4.6 users to examine source records directly in the original context to understand data cleaning status and raise queries when needed at an earlier stage. This allows for detection of anomalies and trends for safety analysis.
WebSDM 2.6 also checks data for CDISC SDTM conformance, provides Web services API for automated data loading and improved integration with external data repositories such as Janus, and is validated for use on 64-bit platforms and Oracle Database 10g.
Phase Forward, (888) 703-1122, www.phaseforward.com
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