Data management

Contract sales market on the rise thanks to wider range of services from CSOs

20-Nov-2012

The contract sales market is set to hit $3.9bn in 2013, according to visiongain.

CRO round-up: collaboration, expansions and small providers teaming-up to take on the big players

14-Nov-2012 By Natalie Morrison

A new personalised medicine-focused partnership for AstraZeneca, expansion in three continents for World Wide clinical and six small CROs team-up to create one super-team. Outsourcing-pharma.com presents a round-up of the latest in clinical research services.

Report from PCT Europe

SMEs are second best in partnerships with big CROs, says PCT panel

13-Nov-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Small to mid-sized pharmas are often overlooked by CROs to focus more on larger clients, according to a PCT panel.

Report from PCT Europe

Is risk-based clinical trial monitoring too flexible for the regulators?

12-Nov-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Risk-based monitoring for clinical trials was a hot topic at this year’s PCT Europe thanks to recent draft guidances from the FDA and the EMA.

DISPATCHES FROM PCT EUROPE

Strategic deals fit with regulators' risk-based site monitoring

08-Nov-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Risk-based site monitoring is easier under strategic partnerships than other relationship models according to Covance.

Dispatches from AAPS

Emerging market CMOs and their customers must make info easily available: FDA

16-Oct-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Make information about generic production readily available when working with vendors in emerging markets for quicker US approval, says the FDA.

ChemAxon opens Boston HQ in face of growing US demand

03-Oct-2012 By Natalie Morrison

ChemAxon has opened a US headquarters to boost its technical, scientific and consultancy services.

Catalent and Parexel team up to offer clinical trial material supply services

03-Oct-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Catalent and Parexel have teamed up to offer clinical trial material supply services.

Clinipace doubles in size after purchase of Paragon

25-Sep-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Clinipace has bought Californian CRO Paragon Biomedical in a bid to expand its therapeutic expertise.

Quintiles makes trial management system more interactive

24-Sep-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Quintiles says it has improved its trial management services with a new navigation platform for its Infosario programme.

Online drug accountability systems will replace paper, says Cenduit

04-Sep-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Automated drug accountability systems are becoming “the norm” in clinical trials because they can improve compliance and cut working time drastically, according to Cenduit.

EXCLUSIVE

GSK and AstraZeneca attracted by NHS' efforts to work with sponsors and CROs outside UK

29-Aug-2012 By Natalie Morrison

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and AstraZeneca have been attracted by NHS efforts to work with sponsors and CROs outside the UK according to Government investment group, UK Trade and Investment.

India's IT providers must become experts to handle biostatistics boom, says Alticure

27-Aug-2012 By Natalie Morrison

India’s IT sector must expand its knowledge base to fully meet the surge in demand for biostatistics says Alticure Research.

Is cloud computing hot air? Comprehend Systems shoots the breeze with OSP

23-Aug-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Comprehend Systems recently made its data analytics, visualisations and reports software available from the cloud. CEO Rick Morrison spoke with Outsourcing-Pharma.com about the firm’s reasoning, and why no rockets were needed in the launch.

Exclusive Research

India's inexpensive biostatistics outsourcing market set to boom: Beroe

13-Aug-2012 By Natalie Morrison

India’s biostatistics outsourcing market is set to grow 15 per cent in two years thanks to a 50 per cent cost saving compared with the West, according to a new survey.

Cherry picking best functionalities is key, Bioclinca CEO tells OSP

13-Aug-2012 By Natalie Morrison

BioClinica says the next eClinical revolution will be in programmes combining functionalities tailored to a client's specific needs.

EXCLUSIVE

Big Pharma looking to home care to bolster clinical activities: ResearchNurses.co

09-Aug-2012 By Natalie Morrison

ResearchNurses.co will conduct home visits in clinical trials for three Big Pharma firms after forging an agreement with Nottingham University Hospitals Research and Innovation Department.

Medidata beats Q2 expectations following landmark $100m contract

01-Aug-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Medidata beat analyst expectations in this year’s Q2 results after inking a five-year $100m clinical cloud deal – the largest in the firm’s history.

AstraZeneca and Assay Depot's VRM allows full drug discovery from a laptop

01-Aug-2012 By Natalie Morrison

AstraZeneca and Assay Depot have launched a new “virtual research lab” which they say will allow a small group of scientists to run full drug discovery from a laptop.

BioFocus gives itself room to update compound library

17-Jul-2012 By Natalie Morrison

BioFocus has taken on Titian’s sample management software in a bid to pump more resources into “refreshing” its 900,000 strong high-throughput screening (HTS) compound portfolio.

iGATE says new data management tech will change R&D

09-Jul-2012 By Natalie Morrison

iGATE says its new information management platform will provide a 70 per cent decrease in content management costs for the drug development process.

Over 25% of clinical trial procedures are pointless, says Medidata

02-Jul-2012 By Natalie Morrison

A quarter of procedures carried out during clinical trials may be pointless according to a new study, which suggests that this unnecessary work costs around $5bn (€3.96bn) a year. 

DIA 2012: eClinical firms put integration on centre stage

28-Jun-2012 By Nick Taylor

eClinical integration was a hot topic at DIA this week with OmniComm, Datatrak and Merge Healthcare all showing updated systems.

UPDATE

UPDATES from DIA 2012: "Collaborate to innovate," says the association

27-Jun-2012 By Natalie Morrison

“Collaborate to innovate,” is the message DIA has for clinical researchers at its 2012 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, US.

Round up of eClinical news

20-Jun-2012

Outsourcing-Pharma.com presents a roundup of eClinical news, including developments at Parexel, Datatrak, and MedNet.

PRA refinancing gives financial flexibility for acquisitions; S&P

11-Jun-2012 By Nick Taylor

S&P thinks PRA will use the flexibility in its new credit facility to grow its business through acquisitions.

Overhaul of EU health systems good opportunity for outcomes data providers, says Quintiles

07-Jun-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Negotiating funding for drugs with local health authorities prior to commercialisation is the key to success for biopharmas working in the changing European market, says Quintiles.

Table in mix up was only use of relative data by vendor; Vertex

04-Jun-2012 By Nick Taylor

The table that caused shares in Vertex to plunge last week was the only use of relative data in the third-party analysis, the biotech’s CEO said. 

Vertex shares plunge after mix up with data analysis vendor

30-May-2012 By Nick Taylor

Vertex shares plunged 10 per cent yesterday after a misunderstanding with its data analysis vendor led to it overstating results.

'Simplify trial data analysis and look at the bigger picture', says Quanticate

22-May-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Quanticate says it will eliminate unnecessarily “complicated spreadsheets” in clinical trial data analysis after integrating a new simplified web-based program into its own.

Know how your CMO will deliver its promises, says Baxter

09-May-2012 By Natalie Morrison

“Understand not only what your CMO can do, but how they can get it done,” was Baxter’s message during a speech at the year’s Interphex in New York.

Medidata beats expectations as cross-selling activity ramps up

03-May-2012 By Nick Taylor

A doubling in the percentage of new clients buying more than one product helped Medidata beat first quarter expectations.

Roundup of eClinical news

12-Apr-2012 By Nick Taylor

Outsourcing-Pharma presents a roundup of eClinical news, including an update at Medidata to drive growth in 2012.

Relationships between CROs and pharmas should be more "nimble", according to Icon

11-Apr-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Pharmas and biopharmas should adopt a “nimble”, more flexible approach when building relationships with CROs to stay ahead of the changing market, according to a new report.

Regulatory changes: the experts give us their thoughts at DIA Euromeeting

05-Apr-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Regulatory reform was the name of the game at this year’s DIA Euromeeting in Denmark.

Computer games could help paediatric clinical trials, says expert

03-Apr-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Partnering with gaming companies could be the way to overcome patient compliance hurdles in paediatric clinical trials, said CRF at DIA Euromeeting.

Analysts raise Parexel targets on Pfizer progress, share gains

27-Mar-2012 By Nick Taylor

Analysts have raised their targets for Parexel in light of progress with Pfizer and other growth drivers for 2012.

SEC filing sparks speculation PE firm plans Medidata takeover

19-Mar-2012 By Nick Taylor

A SEC filing has created speculation that Medidata is the target of a private equity takeover attempt by Vista Equity Partners.

Y-Prime aims to simplify clinical trial management with new confusion-free platform

08-Mar-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Y-Prime Technologies has launched new clinical trial management software in a bid to answer what it says is an industry outcry for simpler tech.

Roche deal a platform to win new biz, Icon president says

08-Mar-2012 By Nick Taylor

Icon views its imaging deal with Roche as a “step towards breaking in with the [Swiss pharma]”, its president said.

Ockham buys Nexus in bid to boost oncology trial offering

15-Feb-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Ockham has expanded its oncology trial services offering through its acquisition of Nexus Oncology.

Bioclinica says pricing in imaging sector has stabilised; expects 8% top line growth

09-Feb-2012 By Gareth Macdonald

Bioclinica says pricing in the clinical imaging sector has stabilised as Pharmas have opted to work with fewer service providers.

Almac challenges "one-size-fits-all" DNA analysis with new custom-fit service

02-Feb-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Almac says its first leap into Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis services is a much needed-change from the industry’s current “one-size-fits-all” offering.

Covance shocks analysts with two year IT investment plan

26-Jan-2012 By Nick Taylor

Covance is accelerating IT investment faster and for longer than expected, resulting in 2012 guidance that met analysts’ “worst-case fears”.

CFS plans to tackle financial management diversity in different countries through expansion

25-Jan-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Clinical Financial Services (CFS) has made its first foray into the global market after opening a new office in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Outsourcing still a gamble that needs strategic vision to succeed, says study

24-Jan-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Outsourcing is a gamble for the industry that needs a closer collaborative approach if pharma firms want a successful performance, according to new research.

Round up of eClinical news

24-Jan-2012 By Nick Taylor

Outsourcing-Pharma presents a roundup of eClinical technology news, including “omnics” at Oracle and DDi at DIA.

Language skills and local knowledge a must for BPO success in Asia says Quintiles

23-Jan-2012 By Gareth Macdonald

Multilingual ‘magic’ and cultural knowledge are the keys to business process outsourcing (BPO) success in North Asia according to Quintiles.

inVentiv agrees to buy SDI from IMS in bid to boost analytics offering

19-Jan-2012 By Natalie Morrison

InVentiv will boost its market research and analytics offering with the acquisition of SDI’s medical audit activities.

Greenphire teams with Merge on automated payment for trials

17-Jan-2012

Study payment tech firm Greenphire says partnership with Merge Healthcare’s trial arm will offer greater efficiencies for pharmaceutical industry sponsors.