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RALEIGH, N.C., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- STEPh, Inc., a full service medical communications company, is pleased to announce the launch of their web site ( http://www.stephreports.com ) dedicated to investigational drug reports [STEPh Reports]. About STEPh Reports STEPh Reports are comprehensive critical reviews of drugs in development. Each STEPh Report assesses the competitive landscape by individual drug monograph, MOA, clinical trials data, projected launch year, company,...
Clinovo Launches a New Hands-on “CDISC Standards: Theory and Application” Class for Industry Professionals to Master Clinical Data Standards. Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Clinovo's new “CDISC Standards: Theory and Application” class is an 8-week training program starting on June 11th, 2013. The TechTrainings are technical hands-on classes designed to help clinical trial professionals reach the next step in their professional career. The class will be held at Dentons...
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative neurological disorder marked by a progressive loss of motor control. Despite intensive research, there are currently no approved therapies that have been demonstrated to alter the progression of the disease. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Dr. Thomas Foltynie and colleagues at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London investigated the use of a drug approved for diabetes care, Exenatide, in PD patients. PD...
Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute ATLANTA, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LogFire, a leading provider of cloud-based multi-channel warehouse systems (WMS), in-store inventory management solutions, and managed services solutions, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Visionaries" quadrant of the "2013 Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems" report. "We are honored to once again have Gartner evaluate LogFire against...
PHILADELPHIA, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECTE), a company developing its needle-free Symphony(®) CGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system, announced today that the Company's clinical trial of its Symphony CGM System has received Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. The IRB approval enables the commencement of a clinical evaluation of Symphony that will support the Company's CE Mark Technical...
LAS VEGAS, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Among the select few physicians honored with the prestigious Patients' Choice Award this year is Dr. Fadi Braiteh. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130520/DC17247) In fact, of the nation's 870,000 active physicians and dentists, just five percent consistently received top scores from their patients on sites like Vitals (http://www.vitals.com), qualifying them for this honor in 2012. Millions of patients go online each...
Companies Announce Partnership to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Clinical Trials at the CenterWatch Forum on Optimizing Clinical Research Performance in Boston, MA PRINCETON, N.J., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The WIRB-Copernicus Group, the world's largest provider of regulatory and ethical review services for human research, announced today that it has partnered with Mytrus, Inc., a pioneer in "virtual clinical trials" and technologies that improve clinical trial efficiency,...
Rural Community Empowered to Make Local Calls and Send Global SMS for the First Time SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/-- Range Networks, the leading provider of American-made commercial open source cellular systems, today announced the deployment of a cellular network to rural Papua, Indonesia. The deployment is made possible by Range Networks' collaboration with UC Berkeley's Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions (TIER) research group. The network was deployed...
ROCKVILLE, Md. and BALTIMORE, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI), a regional private-public partnership focusing on commercializing market-relevant biohealth innovations and increasing access to early-stage funding in Central Maryland, today announced its selection of Ram Aiyar, Ph.D., M.B.A., as the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) for BHI at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Dr. Aiyar will help...
SYDNEY, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global CROs are no longer the obvious choice for companies looking to run international clinical trials. The motion is towards locally based CROs that are connected internationally to drive down R&D costs and leverage local know-how and quality. An international team of locally entrenched contract research organizations (CROs) and specialist service providers are banning together under the "DAI-SYS" banner to support global studies and...
