ExL Pharmaceutical Conferences

ExL Pharmaceutical Conferences | Pharmaceutical Meetings | Pharmaceutical Events I have spoken at these conferences and they do a great job of staying abreast of the latest in digital media, KM and health informatics in pharma and life sciences. Related articles Commercial Effectiveness Of Pharmaceutical Sales And Marketing Conference, 27-28 August 2012, Boston, MA (medicalnewstoday.com) … Continue reading ExL Pharmaceutical Conferences

FDA final rule on safety info, but still no word on social media

FDA issues final rule on safety information during clinical trials This is an interesting announcement and reveals to me the fact that the FDA is coming to grips with the fact that the current process for reporting adverse events needs an overhaul including refining what qualifies as an AE and how they are reported. I … Continue reading FDA final rule on safety info, but still no word on social media

Industry-leading eClinical solutions | Perceptive Informatics

Industry-leading eClinical solutions | Perceptive Informatics. Related articles Formedix Partners with Perceptive Informatics for Forthcoming Webcast, "Four Secrets to Using CDISC Standards to Enable Clinical Trial Efficiencies" (prweb.com) Parexel names new president of Perceptive Informatics unit (bizjournals.com) New chief named for Perceptive Informatics (fiercebiotechit.com) Nursing Informatics 2.0: It's All About the Data (himss.org) Information Technology … Continue reading Industry-leading eClinical solutions | Perceptive Informatics

Social networks make medicine human again

' An excellent article in Businessweek highlights the fact that Social networks like PatientsLikeMe let people take charge of their own care—changing the nature of drug research and the practice of medicine Related articles Deals of the Week Ponders PatientsLikeMe and Empowerment (invivoblog.blogspot.com) Merck to draw on social network for psoriasis patients (fiercebiotechit.com) Merck's partnership … Continue reading Social networks make medicine human again

Web 2.0 in pharma clinical trials: Chemgenex

Not exactly rocket science but Chemgenex has developed a nice mashup of mapping for clinical trials searching instead of the usual process of dumping them in Clinicaltrials.gov and hoping some patient or researcher finds them. Novel use of web 2.0 in Pharma clinical trials | Pharma Strategy Blog.   Related articles Is clinical quality assurance … Continue reading Web 2.0 in pharma clinical trials: Chemgenex

Google replaces CDC, Patientslikeme Replaces FDA?

As more web driven mass crowd sourced health data is collected by large search and portals and organized it is being packaged and anonymized to provide services that normally took many months to years and required whole separate agencies and departments to run. So for example Patientslikeme is now making possible users with health conditions … Continue reading Google replaces CDC, Patientslikeme Replaces FDA?

Abbott Looks to Consumer for Growth

Abbott Looks to Consumer for Growth - WSJ.com. Related articles Gilead Shares Rise on Hepatitis C Treatment (minyanville.com) Hep C drugs bring high cure rates in trial (todayonline.com) Abbott's three oral hepatitis C drugs produce high cure rates in trial (medcitynews.com) Abbot Holding Steady For Long-Term Investments (seekingalpha.com) Big Corporate Breakups In 2011 (forbes.com) Abbott … Continue reading Abbott Looks to Consumer for Growth

Vertex: Planning Trial Supplies Using Tourtellotte Software

  Vertex: Planning Trial Supplies Using Tourtellotte Software - Bio-IT World. Related articles A Non-Earnings Boost for Vertex (fool.com) Why You Should Be Bullish On Vertex Now (seekingalpha.com) Vertex surges as rival hep C contender plays catch-up in clinic (fiercebiotech.com) Bristol-Myers' Hepatitis Stumble Boosts Gilead, Vertex (minyanville.com) Vertex Wins EU Approval for Cystic Fibrosis Drug … Continue reading Vertex: Planning Trial Supplies Using Tourtellotte Software