In The News
September 26, 2008
CEO Interview
etrials' Interim CEO, Chuck Piccirillo, was interviewed on the state of etrials' transformation process, why the Company is targeting the mid-tier market, etrials' eDiary capabilities, and etrials' experience with integrating disparate data sources and technologies.
...etrials Interim CEO Piccirillo isn’t necessarily predicting an immediate surge in demand for eclinical suites. Rather, he says, sponsors will look to a small number of firms that have several core, connected systems—and build out from there. “It’s key to be able to look to a vendor that not only has a number of solutions but the ability to integrate those solutions,” Piccirillo says. “I wouldn’t recommend they do it themselves.”
September 25, 2008
Video Interview with Michael Mickens
PharmaVOICE published its podcast video interview with etrials' Vice President of Sales and Client Services, Michael Mickens taken from the show floor at the 2008 DIA Annual Meeting in Boston in which he gives his take on solutions for industry challenges.
September 15, 2008
etrials Makes Clinpage's List of Top eClinical Suites
In looking to explore which firms were leading the charge in clinical technology integration and suite capabilities, the editors of Clinpage compiled a list of integrated providers of multiple technologies in clinical trials.
The original innovator of the integrated approach to eClinical, etrials is listed as a one of the top 19 clinical technology suites, beating out many other providers whose systems require "stiching and resewing" of disparate applications.
etrials is among only a handful of providers on the list that have all three core clinical technologies checked -- EDC, ePRO and IVR.
August 14, 2008
etrials' Michael Harte Among 100 Most Inspiring for 2008
etrials' own Sr. Vice President of Global Stragetic Accounts, Michael Harte was named as one of PharmaVoice's 100 most inspiring individuals in the life sciences industry.
The Change Agents
...Mr. Harte has been at the forefront of driving software as a solution to improve the drug development process. Encouraging companies to move away from paper and pen and embark on a journey that embraces technology and the Internet has been the major focus for him as a company leader since joining etrials in February 2000...
...After successfully assisting a company embark on newer ways to execute its clinical trials, the crowning moment for him and his teamis seeing the balance of the company embrace the movement and total technology solution...
June 18, 2008
The Greatest Challenge for the Clinical Operations Function...
PharmaVoice asked indusry leaders to identify what they believe is the greatest challenge facing the clinical operations function today and discuss how that differs from issues faced in the past and what new ones may lie ahead.
"The greatest challenge for the clinical operations function is to coordinate and manage global programs. Each of the multiple parts, multiple support staff, site networks, as well as clinical technology vendors, needs to be managed effciiently to contain costs, manage data, and interpret data in real time to ensure that timely, informed decisions can be made..." Michael Harte, Senior VP, Strategic Accounts, at etrials, Worldwide, Inc.
To read more of Michael's answer, click on the link above or contact Chris Sakell at marketing@etrials.com for more information.
April 30, 2007
Exploiting ‘Sideband’ Data
There is much for sponsors to consider when purchasing an EDC system
beyond its ability to collect patient demographic and clinical data,
says John Murray, co-founder of Procela Partners, a Dublin-based global
management consulting firm ...
...EDC systems could well be the mechanism enabling the “adaptive trial” process by which dosing regimens get quickly modified based on patient response, thereby finalizing trials sooner, says Murray. Linkage to trial supply systems would further eliminate product waste.
... All the major study sponsors have converted to EDC
and will be offloading work only to CROs that have done likewise.
etrials Worldwide built a “clever” technology transfer model whereby
CROs can generate revenues as software service providers.
April 24, 2007
Outsourcing-Pharma tracks the latest eClinical movements
etrials has bagged a $3.4m deal - one of the biggest in the firm's history - with a US-based pharma company for the use of its eClinical solutions.
Under the terms of the contract, etrials' new client will be able to capture, manage, integrate and analyse trial data using the firm's EDC, eDiary and interactive voice-web response (IVR) software solutions.
March 19, 2007
Champions 2.0...In Their Own Words
"Part of our strategic growth initiative is committing ourselves to continually delivering for our customers..."
etrials was featured as one of only three leaders in the EDC space.
March 19, 2007
eDiaries in Demand for Diabetic Pain Studies
The Phase III study involving the eDiary solution of etrials, run on wireless Windows Mobile devices, represents the company's third project with the same top-ten global pharmaceutical company in less than six months
"Deployment speed was the "most important" reason etrials' solution was chosen, says John Cline, CEO of etrials. The client was also very fond of the simplicity associated with creating assessments tools for the mobile device, coupled with the alert/notification manager for ensuring patient compliance. [They were] impressed with our experience and ability to scale globally."
March 01, 2007
Microsoft Touts Mobile Platform
"Microsoft recently announced a partnership with etrials in the electronic patient diary arena. The press release notes that etrials has been standardized around Microsoft since 1999."