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Pharma and Cloud Computing: Are We There Yet?

By George Koroneos | Published: June 16, 2010
In the past few years, Microsoft has been working hard to create clinical trial platforms for the pharmaceutical industry. This year, the Redmond, WA-based behemoth has moved full-speed ahead with its virtual-server system, dubbed Azure. Microsoft is not only working on hosted applications, instead the company has established a massive online server or “cloud” that forms [...]
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Industry and FDA Brace for Change

By George Koroneos | Published: June 16, 2010
While the convention floor of the 46th annual meeting of the Drug Information Association bustled with the usual vendors touting the latest and greatest clinical trial technology, the panels (particularly those that featured FDA members) had a remarkably somber tone. The main refrain was: “Things are going to change and everyone must step up or get [...]
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Hamburg Delivers DIA Keynote

By George Koroneos | Published: June 14, 2010
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg delivered this year’s keynote speech in front of a packed room of pharma and bioscience personnel at the 46th annual meeting of the Drug Information Association, which opened Monday morning. Hamburg started her speech by explaining how her earliest goal as FDA chief was to build the field of regulatory [...]
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Building a Better Brief Summary

By George Koroneos | Published: June 25, 2009
Image via Wikipedia FDA wanted to find out what people really think of the risk information printed on the back of pharmaceutical advertising. Surprise, people tend to absorb far less information from the giant blocks of text printed in drab language. DDMAC social science analyst Amy O’Donoghue explained FDA’s recent study results to an audience of marketers [...]
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Live from DIA: Bridging the Data Gap

By George Koroneos | Published: June 24, 2009
Image via CrunchBase At the Drug Information Association’s annual meeting, Pharm Exec got a few minutes to talk with a little software company named Microsoft’s about its work in creating integration between electronic data capture [EDC] and electronic health records [EHR], and its new Amalga technology. Electronic Data Capture Integration “I don’t think electronic data capture has evolved [...]
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