Healthcare is in the midst of a data explosion, thanks to the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), the increased sophistication of insurance claims databases, and the growth of social media. These real-world data provide critical insights into the health of patients and can be leveraged to advance pharma and biotech initiatives that improve the delivery of care.This wealth of clinical data is particularly valuable for organizations seeking to understand the real-world impact
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Weill Cornell Medicine Joins TriNetX Health Research Network
TriNetX has announced that Weill Cornell Medicine has joined the TriNetX global health research network. Weill Cornell Medicine is a comprehensive, integrated academic healthcare delivery systems, and is making its total patient population of over two million available for query through TriNetX’s federated network.TriNetX Network OverviewTriNetX is a network comprised of healthcare organizations representing nearly 100 million patients globally, biopharmaceutical companies, and contract research
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Sanofi, TriNetX Partner to Optimize Clinical Trials with Digital Technology
TriNetX, the global health research network for healthcare organizations, biopharmaceutical companies, and Contract Research Organizations (CROs), announced their collaboration with their client, Sanofi, a global life sciences company committed to improving access to healthcare via the continuum of care.TriNetX/Sanofi Partnership DetailsClinical trials are a critical component of drug discovery and development, yet the time to market for drugs hasn’t improved significantly in nearly two decades.
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TriNetX Launches NLP Service to Extract Clinical Facts From Physician Notes & Clinical Reports
TriNetX, a global health research network for healthcare organizations, biopharmaceutical companies, and Contract Research Organizations (CROs), today announced the general availability of its Natural Language Processing (NLP) service. TriNetX’s NLP service utilizes sophisticated algorithms to extract clinical facts from physician notes and clinical reports, links them with other Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data, and makes the combined data available for assessing study feasibility, protocol
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NIH Awards $70M to Launch Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it is expected to award up to $70 million over five years to three physician-scientists to launch the Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium (ACTC). The consortium will create a network of 35 Alzheimer's disease trial sites across the country with the goal of finding new ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer's. Reisa Sperling, MD, director of the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital, will collaborate with
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LabCorp Forms Strategic Partnership with MC10 to Support Adoption of BioStamp Sensor
Global life sciences company LabCorp has formed a strategic collaboration with MC10, a digital health startup developing wearable sensor systems for seamless healthcare data collection. As part of the strategic partnership, LabCorp has also made an equity investment into MC10 to support adoption of it’s proprietary technology for use by LabCorp’s Covance Drug Development business in clinical trials and research studies, with the potential to be adapted over time for use in patient testing and
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Bracket Acquires Mobile Patient Engagement Tool for Clinical Trials Provider mProve Health
Bracket, a provider of clinical trial technology and specialty services provider has acquired mProve Health Inc., a provider of mobile patient engagement tools for clincial trials to support life sciences companies. For Bracket, the acquisition will help improve patient engagement through the use of "Bring Your Own Device" mobile tools in clinical trials.Founded in 2010, mProve offers industry-grade, regulatory compliant mobile solutions for patient recruitment, patient engagement, and
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Aurora Cancer Care Launches Precision Medicine Program To Help Patients Gain More Access to Clinical Trials
Aurora Cancer Care, a not-for-profit health care provider in Wisconsin and northern Illinois is launching a precision medicine program powered by Syapse, a provider of precision oncology solutions. The new oncology precision medicine program will help physicians and researchers provide more care options for patients whose cancer is resistant to conventional treatment options like radiation and chemotherapy.The new multi-disciplinary Oncology Precision Medicine Clinic will be located inside
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Median Technologies and inVentiv Health Partner to Provide Medical Image Analysis for Clinical Trials
Median Technologies, the Imaging Phenomics Company, and inVentiv Health, a biopharmaceutical professional services company, announced a strategic alliance to offer biopharmaceutical clients with best-in-class medical image analysis and management services for early to late stage oncology clinical trials. The alliance will provide inVentiv clients with the most advanced imaging biomarkers, at a time when 73 percent of cancer compounds in clinical trials involve biomarkers in their research and
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Comprehend Systems Lands $15M to Expand Clinical Trials Data Platform
Comprehend Systems, Inc., a provider of Clinical Intelligence solutions has raised $15 million in Series C funding led by Eminence Capital, with participation by existing investors Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.The company plans to utilize the funding to aggressively expand sales and engineering to meet a growing demand for Comprehend's cloud-based software that enables Clinical Research teams to deliver an order of magnitude improvement in the speed and quality of trial
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