Data management

Mirum Pharmaceuticals success with study of drug for chronic liver disease

06-Apr-2023 By Liza Laws

A small molecule drug to treat a chronic liver disease has been proven to support treatment across the broadest range of genetic types ever studied.

Powerful tool for capturing aneurysms from Viz.ai given funding and FDA clearance

23-Mar-2023 By Liza Laws

A powerful tool that could capture abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) and refer those at risk is the first to be given clearance by the US Food and Drink Administration (FDA).

Interview: Women's health and access to clinical trials is 'severely underinvested in - and the facts don't lie' - Medable's CGO

22-Mar-2023 By Liza Laws

In the second and final part of an interview with Medable’s chief growth officer and women’s health champion, Sanskriti Thakur, discover her views on vital changes that need to be made. She discusses ways to ensure the importance of women’s roles in clinical...

Drug discovery timelines accelerated as Iktos develops AI and drug capabilities with series A funding

21-Mar-2023 By Liza Laws

Iktos, a company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) for new drug discovery has closed a €15.5 million series A funding round.

CatSci Ltd and AGC Pharma Chemicals announce their strategic partnership

16-Mar-2023 By Liza Laws

Medicine developer, CatSci Ltd announced yesterday (March 15) that it has formed a new partnership with AGC Pharma Chemicals, a small molecule Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO).

Noema Pharma raises $112M in Series B financing for nervous system disorders

16-Mar-2023 By Liza Laws

Oversubscribed, series B financing for Noema Pharma’s clinical stage assets has been successfully closed raising $112 million from new and existing investors.

Global 'Cancer Grand Challenges' initiative outlines nine toughest challenges to tackling the disease

15-Mar-2023 By Ben Hargreaves

A research initiative co-led by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute announces funding to tackle core challenges in cancer treatment.

LEO Pharma and ICON plc collaborate to improve outcomes for dermatology patients

14-Mar-2023 By Liza Laws

A strategic partnership between LEO Pharma and ICON plc, a clinical development company, was announced on March 10.

Interview: Lessons learned during Covid and what the future holds for hybrid and decentralised trials

08-Mar-2023 By Liza Laws

When the pandemic broke, the whole world was thrown onto a steep learning curve. Everyone had to find new ways to adapt in their day to day lives as well as their working lives. There was no exception with clinical trials, with patients unable to attend...

International Women's Day interview: Addressing the balance of women in medicine, research and clinical trials

08-Mar-2023 By Liza Laws

In the first of a two-part interview with Medable’s chief growth officer, Sanskriti Thakur, we will learn about why she thinks the world of medicine is letting women down, what the future holds and how everyone should be paying more attention.

News in brief: Greenphire's ConneX 'supports trial retention'

07-Mar-2023 By Liza Laws

A clinical trial travel solution that can remove administrative burdens for research sites and eliminate logistical and financial barriers for participants has significantly expanded.

SCOPE 2023

Double win for StudyKIK's oncology and cash apps helping trial patients

02-Mar-2023 By Liza Laws

Year on year, the SCOPE summit brings thousands of people working in the pharma field together and the last one attracted more than 2,300 leaders in clinical operations and research.

How blockchain could improve data management in healthcare supply chains

11-Jan-2023 By Nick Taylor

The cryptocurrency space suffered through a torrid, scandal-marked 2022 but there remains interest in using the blockchain infrastructure that underpins the sector in other contexts. In a recent review of the potential of the blockchain in healthcare,...

Digital twins provide potential fix for growth in volume and variety of research data: Study

11-Jan-2023 By Nick Taylor

Digital twins could overcome common data management issues at equipment-intense research facilities, according to a paper published in the journal Sensors.

Medidata reveals patient app to support decentralized trials

13-Dec-2022 By Ben Hargreaves

The company states that the new app is able to cut study start-up times for sponsors and CROs, while it can also be used by patients across various different platforms.

‘Data is the key’: Strategic partnership leverages AI for cancer clinical trial placement

23-Nov-2022 By Maggie Lynch

Partnership between Massive Bio and Azra AI extends clinical care teams bandwidth to place cancer patients in trials while eliminating unconscious bias.

Medable launches new tool for global remote consent

15-Nov-2022 By Ben Hargreaves

The company announces that Total Consent, an SaaS electronic management solution, is now available across more than 120 different locations globally.

Clario releases 20 years of data working on decentralized trials

10-Nov-2022 By Ben Hargreaves

The company reveals some of its data on the number of trials and patients that have been supported through its tools.

Oracle and ObvioHealth come together for ‘tight integration’ of data in APAC DCTs

10-Nov-2022 By Maggie Lynch

Oracle and ObvioHealth collaborate on clinical trial solutions using ObviGo to establish a “more complete clinical research ecosystem” in Asia Pacific region.

Benefiting from Bristol Myers’ input, ConcertAI rolls out digital trial solution

24-Oct-2022 By Nick Taylor

ConcertAI has introduced a digital trial solution informed by its collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb to simplify patient identification, consent, IRB approval, and contract negotiations.

Science 37 taps NuvoAir to enable remote collection of lung health endpoints

20-Sep-2022 By Nick Taylor

Science 37 has partnered with NuvoAir to incorporate connected devices for the remote collection of respiratory endpoints data into clinical trial designs.

Bayer taps Clariness to build patient insights into clinical trial review process

13-Sep-2022 By Nick Taylor

Bayer Pharma has enlisted Clariness to support its new study review process by providing pre-clinical trial patient insights and post-trial feedback.

Use of RWE, AI elevating drug development: Sidley

12-Sep-2022 By Jenni Spinner

A fleet of legal professionals offers advice and perspective on important considerations when harnessing artificial intelligence and real-world evidence.

Real-world evidence helps accelerate research: Wolters Kluwer Health

12-Sep-2022 By Jenni Spinner

Experts from the health information specialist explain how the use of RWD and RWE has helped speed up and improve the development of therapies and vaccines.

DiMe releases digital health resources for atopic dermatitis endpoint

08-Sep-2022 By Jenni Spinner

The Digital Medicine Society is offering a library of resources to help promote the use of nocturnal scratch as an endpoint for the troubling skin condition.

Clarify, Datavant team up to securely connect first-party and real-world data

07-Sep-2022 By Nick Taylor

The companies will work together to help clients connect information sources, giving stakeholders a better overview of the clinical patient experience.

Sanofi strikes $20m AI drug discovery deal with Atomwise

07-Sep-2022 By Nick Taylor

The pharma company’s collaboration with the drug discovery specialist involves using artificial intelligence to discover and develop up to five drug targets.

CVS Health agrees to acquire Signify Health

06-Sep-2022 By Jenni Spinner

With the purchase, the company is looking to advance its plans to connect with potential trial participants and spread awareness of study participation.

DTRA glossary aims to promote adoption of decentralized format

06-Sep-2022 By Jenni Spinner

The Decentralized Trials and Research Alliance is offering the research resource to increase awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the study format.

Patient-centric approach benefits more than the patient: Quanticate

06-Sep-2022 By Jenni Spinner

A representative from the biometric contract research organization explains how taking a ‘patient comes first’ attitude can lead to a range of improvements.

People on the Move: September 2022

01-Sep-2022 By Jenni Spinner

This month’s announcements of appointments, acquisitions, new hires, and other news include Standigm, Astellas Pharma, Trialbee, and other key companies.

Syneos joins with physIQ, InCarda on atrial fibrillation study

30-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

The physIQ monitoring platform will be used to evaluate an inhaled treatment, developed by InCarda, that is intended to treat atrial fibrillation patients.

BMS forges multi-year research partnership with PathAI

25-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

The pharmaceutical company and the artificial intelligence pathology specialist will focus on translational research in oncology, fibrosis, and immunology.

Include patient voice at every stage of clinical processes: Within3

23-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

A leader suggests considering patient views and needs all along the clinical development path reaps a number of benefits, including time and cost savings.

Tech Innovations: August 2022

22-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

This month’s news on technology, partnerships, expansions, and more includes items from IQVIA, Almac Group, Signant Health, Lonza, and other key companies.

American Kidney Fund launches resources to engage patients of color

22-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

The group has introduced a downloadable guide, interactive quiz, and other tools to inform patients from underrepresented communities about trial participation.

Is it time to start rethinking mobile clinical trial apps?

22-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the trial financial management specialist suggests apps used in trials could be adjusted to better suit patients, sites and other stakeholders.

Merck engages Saama Technologies to build ‘clinical data layer’

18-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

The pharma firm will leverage the ClinTech leader's Life Science Analytics Cloud to bolster development capabilities and accelerate pipeline progress.

Predictive analytics could unlock precision medicine progress: AiCure

15-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

An expert from the clinical insight specialist shares how predictive analytics could reveal info about medication adherence, disease progression, and more.

Signant turns to Loftware for clinical supply chain management support

15-Aug-2022 By Nick Taylor

Signant Health has partnered with the software company o connect its platforms for the management of clinical supply chain inventory, labels, and content.

Merck partners with Cerevance on Alzheimer’s research initiative

11-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

The pharmaceutical company has inked a strategic collaboration with the drug discovery firm, centering on uncovering novel targets in Alzheimer’s disease.

J&J, Evotec partner on ectodomain shedding drug discovery project

11-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

Janssen has formed a strategic collaboration with the drug discovery specialist that involves applying TargetAlloMod platforms to protein homeostasis.

Improving patient adherence can elevate trial results: Sweetch

11-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the behavioral science specialist shares ways to use precision engagement and other methods to increase patient adherence in clinical studies.

MCI OneHealth, MDClone team up to use synthetic data to accelerate research

09-Aug-2022 By Nick Taylor

The two companies are collaborating to generate subject data sets designed to help users find insights that can speed up research and improve patient care.

People on the Move: August 2022

04-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

This month’s announcements of appointments, partnerships, expansions, and mergers include Curia, Thread, TFF Pharmaceuticals, and other notable companies.

Medical specialty societies can benefit from regulatory progress: IQVIA

04-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

An expert from the trial tech firm explains how the 21st Century Cures Act and other recent regulatory advancements can elevate clinical data registries.

Boehringer, Seqster ink 3-year health data deal to accelerate research

04-Aug-2022 By Nick Taylor

The pharmaceutical company has forged a partnership with the life-sciences tech firm in an effort to elevate data collection and speed up clinical studies.

Blending human knowhow, artificial intelligence aids drug discovery

02-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from pharmaceutical firm Astellas discusses how the company has put to use a discovery platform that combines human expertise, AI, and robotics.

Cancer Moonshot meeting brings together survivors, industry leaders

26-Jul-2022 By Jenni Spinner

The gathering, convened by patient advocacy group Fight Colorectal Cancer, responded to President Biden’s call to improve screening and treatment options.

Human element important for decentralized trial advancement

25-Jul-2022 By Jenni Spinner

During the Decentralized Trial Technology event, experts from CVS Health, University of Chicago, and ACRP shared insight on what can increase DCT success.