Search Tag: clinical trials
2024 11 Jul
The clinical trial landscape has greatly benefited from technological innovations over the past few decades. Innovation has expanded remote monitoring capabilities, patient recruitment tactics, and the decentralisation of clinical trials. However, one of the greatest hurdles clinical researchers currently face is a deluge of disparate solutions...Read more
2024 23 May
Drug discovery, a costly and time-consuming process, faces challenges even with advanced technologies, especially for small molecules which take years to discover. AI offers promise by streamlining processes and scaling exploration. Techniques like knowledge graphs, generative AI, and AI-powered structure prediction have been applied successfully....Read more
2024 02 Feb
Blockchain in healthcare is a fresh concept. It impacts patient data honesty and care coordination and stops fraud. This piece will lead you through how blockchain changes healthcare, its effects on data safety, and its future role in patient service. Learn about the main benefits, current uses, and potential future developments...Read more
2023 08 Dec
Beyond its roles in gaming or cryptocurrency, blockchain technology has found surprising traction in the medical domain. This revelation caught many off guard and gained momentum after the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers have unearthed the profound significance of blockchain across diverse realms reliant on information data. It...Read more
2022 23 Aug
Venezia Chosen to Lead the Growth of the Innovative Research Protocol Automation Platform ProofPilot, the protocol automation platform for clinical trials announced that Chris Venezia will join as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the company through its next phase of growth. ProofPilot's automated protocol technology eliminates guesswork...Read more
2022 01 Feb
The global professional services firm ZS announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership through a supporting multimillion dollar investment in IgniteData, a U.K.-based digital health startup shaping the future of clinical research through its Archer technology. The goal for this partnership is to improve the efficiency of clinical research...Read more
2019 01 Oct
The NHS has massive amounts of health data held within its various trusts and other facilities, and these "data silos" make it difficult for researchers and innovators to access and use important data about people's health. This problem will soon be a thing of the past as new data hubs – a total of seven – are set to be rolled out across the UK starting...Read more
2016 28 Apr
With medical research struggling to recruit necessary numbers for clinical trials and studies being compromised or halted altogether, scientists are teaching computers to figure out why people accept or decline invitations to take part. Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre have reported in the Journal of the American...Read more
2015 26 Oct
A new mobile technology platform enables pharmaceutical companies to do remote monitoring of patients participating in clinical trials or drug studies, according to an article in MedCity News . Developed by Science37, a company founded by a group of scientists, the new mHealth platform works like a communication device and an EHR. “It’s a totally...Read more
2015 28 Jun
Google's latest gadget, a sensor-packed wristband, is designed to help medical professionals track vital signs of patients during clinical trials and drug tests. Developed by Google X, the search giant's life sciences research division, the new wristband can measure pulse, heart rhythm and skin temperature, and also other things such as light exposure...Read more
2014 30 Oct
KCR, the European Contract Research Organization (CRO) operating across 19 European countries and in the U.S., has turned to the cloud in a move to improve cross-functional collaboration and trial operations. KCR will replace the mix of paper and file-share solutions used to manage trial master files with Veeva Systems’ cloud-based content management...Read more
2014 29 Oct
KCR, the European Contract Research Organisation, has announced the release of its Date Forecaster app. The app provides patients with smart scheduling and automatic reminders for doctor’s appointments and medical examinations. The app will be useful for patients involved in clinical trials, as well as undergoing medical treatment. The app can send...Read more
2014 20 Oct
A session at the European Health Forum 2014 put forward examples of best practices from projects and live implementation that are improving the way real world data can be used to improve healthcare. Clinical trial protocols often exclude relevant groups when evaluating medicines. They sometimes also fail to consider how a particular drug would...Read more