Pioneering Cloud Computing For Clinical Trials

By Marc Desgrousilliers, Chief Technology Officer, ClinCapture

How is cloud technology revolutionizing the healthcare and life science industries, enabling pharmaceutical companies to bring their drug to patients faster at a lower cost?

Clinical trial professionals already use public clouds but mostly for administrative, IT, marketing or sales purposes (such as Google Drive, any document sharing system or CRM tools) but very few of the cloud services are directly related to life science.

Although cloud-based systems are gaining momentum in almost all the industries, the adoption rates for this innovative technology remain low in the life science industry. Some IT vendors in clinical trials such as Medidata Rave are arguing they are offering cloud services, whereas their services are neither self-service nor on a pay-as-you-go basis.  This is not uncommon; many companies exploit the cloud marketing buzz, yet provide services that are not self-service, automated, flexible nor cost-efficient.