Oracle Unveils Oracle® Health Sciences Omics Data Bank as Part of Oracle Health Sciences Translational Research Center
Via Scoop.it – inPharmaticsOracle Exadata gets into Personlized Medicine & Bioinformatics space dressed as Oracle® Health Sciences Omics Data Bank. Oracle Health Sciences today Continue Reading
Drug Reps Soften Their Sales Pitches, as pharma learns from Disney
Via Scoop.it – inPharma Drug makers are now asking their sales representatives to switch from making forceful, tightly scripted sales pitches to acting more like a resource supporting Continue Reading
Indian Government’s new dose of strong medicine to bring cheers to Foreign Pharma CEOs who cut their teeth by struggling to convince Indian pharma to change sales practices
Good news for all Foreign CEOs of Global Pharma’s who left India after learning that, in India drug sales are driven by Freebies, and no one would listen to their advice to mend sales practices Continue Reading
Law of the land can help or destroy the Pharmacovigilance system
U.S. Supreme Court, ruling allows shareholders to sue Pharma and biotechnology companies for failing to report adverse drug events/ dangerous side effects. Maker of homeopathic remedies Matrixx Continue Reading
Clinical Research Sites Struggle With Increasing Trial Complexity yet most depend on, Google (or other search sites) as the primary information tool
A new survey of 500+ clinical research site professionals outlines the impact of complex, clinical trials in clinical trial sites. The survey focused on 3-year trial trends and found key Continue Reading
Medication adherence improves, When Patients Share Their Stories
Dr. Pauline Chen in the NY Times reports that “When Patients Share Their Stories, Health May Improve”. HC Catalyst uses the same methodology to increase patient adherence to prescription Continue Reading
AstraZeneca Announce Real-World Evidence Data Collaboration
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP (NYSE: AZN) and HealthCore, Inc., the health outcomes research subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP), announced a collaborative agreement to conduct real-world Continue Reading
IBM Files Application to Patent The Patent
Ever heard of people getting obnoxious amount of money to conduct research or get a PhD for pointless research. Thats what came to my mind when I first came across this news from IBM. Just remind Continue Reading
Adverse Events in Hospitals- United States Department of Health Report slams current measures in US hospitals
OFFICE OF , INSPECTOR GENERAL of US Department of Health and Human Services, released a report on the national incidence of adverse events for hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries, the Continue Reading
PharmaNet unveils touch screen capable data capture platform for Phase I Clinical Trials
The implementation of this platform enables rapid study set-up, automated CRF generation and better study recruitment and communication tools for general and special populations. Mobile workstations Continue Reading
Sanofi-Aventis ties up with Oxford Univ for oncology research in India
Sanofi-Aventis and Oxford University have entered into an agreement with INDOX, an academic oncology network to conduct oncology clinical and translation research in India. The company said that Continue Reading
trends in the life sciences and pharma research and development outsourcing (RDO)
Vicki Phelan, Managing Director, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Practice with Stan Lepeak, Managing Director, Global Research Trends in the life sciences and pharma research and development Continue Reading
Oracle Business Intelligence Enteprise Edition (OBIEE) for Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS)
Oracle Siebel CRM is the base application behind Oracle’s Siebel CTMS. Prepackaged OBIEE Applications does not have a module for Clinical Analytics and so there is a need to develop a complete Continue Reading
Microsoft in Clinical Trials Management System (CTMS) and Electronic Data Capture (EDC)
one of the very few interesting article by Microsoft Engineers on Clinical Research Industry. Certainly interesting as it is written by none other than Les Jordan-CTO, Life Sciences Industry Continue Reading
Clinical Trial and Pharmacovigilance process automation
I had posted last month about the Pegasystem pharmacovigilance solution. Pega Systems the industry leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software solutions, released a Pharmacovigilance case Continue Reading
Indian Healthcare IT market & Oracle’s presence in Indian Healthcare
Dr. Mehdi Khalid Vice President, Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Business Unit Asia Paci?c and Japan at Oracle about key aspects of healthcare IT market in India & Oracle’s presence in Continue Reading
India announce Heart Surgery for $1000 USD
Launched by British Prime Minister David Cameron on 28 July 2010 in Bangalore, India, Dishaa is an initiative that will expand, enrich and energise relations between India and the UK. Dishaa means Continue Reading
Insurance coverage for healthcare IT software, to protect healthcare IT companies from damages inflicted by their software
Ah. well they should be protected, with the number of physicians unhappy with the Healthcare IT systems rising. We ll thank goodness patients will also get third party coverage if the software Continue Reading
