NEWS

• ClinChoice Names Calyx Preferred Partner For Medical Imaging, IRT, And EDC
• Calyx EDC Selected For RWE Data Collection In Lengthy, Late Phase Trial
• Comprehend Raises $21 Million In Series B Funding

  Comprehend today announced it has secured $21 million in Series B financing to accelerate clinical development through its cloud-based business intelligence solutions, enabling life science companies to bring new treatments and devices to market faster and more affordably. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with support from existing investor Sequoia Capital. Lightspeed partner Peter Nieh joined the company’s board of directors.

• Medidata And TransCelerate BioPharma Inc. Announce Joint Initiative

  Medidata (NASDAQ: MDSO), the leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for clinical research in life sciences, today announced that it is partnering with TransCelerate BioPharma Inc. ("TransCelerate") on a project designed to inform the nonprofit organization’s continued efforts to modernize and streamline the way clinical trials are conducted and monitored worldwide.

• Laurence Burke Joins Exco Intouch As Vice President Of Operations

  Exco InTouch, the leading provider of patient engagement and data capture solutions for clinical research and healthcare providers, recently announced the appointment of Laurence Burke as Vice President of Operations.

• NextDocs Receives $13.5M In Funding To Fuel Expansion

  NextDocs, a leading provider of regulated content management and compliance solutions, announced recently that the company has received a $13.5M round of investments and funding commitments.  The funding round was led by OpenView Venture Partners with participation by Eastward Capital and Bridgebank Capital

• Spanish Biotech PharmaMar Selects Medidata Clinical Cloud To Accelerate Trials For Marine-Based Oncology Drugs

  PharmaMar, a Spanish biopharmaceutical company, has selected Medidata Solutions (NASDAQ: MDSO) for its industry-leading electronic data capture (EDC) and clinical data management (CDM), safety data capture and reporting, and medical coding solutions. A member of the Zeltia Group and a leader in the development of antitumor drugs of marine origin, PharmaMar said the company’s investment in the Medidata Clinical Cloud™ will efficiently streamline its clinical trial processes in its mission to deliver drugs that treat cancer and rare ("orphan") diseases.

• Exco InTouch Joins Critical Path Institute ePRO Consortium To Advance Electronic Data Capture In Clinical Trials

  Exco InTouch, the leading provider of patient engagement, data collection and communication solutions for the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, recently announced that it has joined the Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome (ePRO) Consortium, a programme run by the Critical Path Institute (C-Path), which strives to enhance the quality of patient reported outcomes (PRO) in the evaluation of new pharmaceuticals.

• Stiris Research And Statistics & Data Corp. Form Strategic Partnership

  Stiris Research has entered into a strategic partnership with Statistics & Data Corporation (SDC) to offer seamless implementation of full-service Clinical + Biostatistics and Data Management/EDC solutions.  

• Clinovo Releases The New Version Of ClinCapture, The Most Feature-Rich Open-Source EDC

  Clinovo will release for the first time at the annual Outsourcing in Clinical Trial West Coast conference (booth #43), the new version of ClinCapture, its open-source Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system.

• Kayentis Is Rolling Out Clin’form Epro For Seven Clinical Studies

  Kayentis, the #1 editor of professional electronic data capture solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, is rolling out Clin’Form ePRO for seven clinical studies.

• Greenphire And Merge Healthcare Form Exclusive Partnership To Integrate Clinical Payment And EDC Platforms Greenphire announced recently that it has formed an exclusive strategic partnership with the clinical trials division of Merge Healthcare, a leading provider of clinical trial solutions, to offer integrated functionality between Merge’s EDC technology and Greenphire’s eClinicalGPS site and vendor payment management technology.
• PharmaPros & OmniComm Systems Announce Partnership Agreement PharmaPros Corporation, a technology solutions provider specializing in business intelligence for clinical trials announced recently, that OmniComm Systems, one of the fastest growing companies in the EDC marketplace has entered into a strategic partnership agreement to offer PharmaPros’ Dataflow Manager as a bundled solution with their flagship EDC product, TrialMaster.
• BioClinica Announces Major New Release Of Express EDC Solution BioClinica, Inc., a global provider of clinical trial management solutions, announced the latest release of BioClinica Express EDC. This modern, web-based platform is a comprehensive electronic data capture (EDC) solution that adds speed and quality to every part of the clinical trial process.