TranSenda & Harvard Clinical Research Institute Announce Office-Smart Deployment

HCRI Expands TranSenda Relationship
BELLEVUE, Wash.--(Business Wire)--
TranSenda International, LLC, today announced the deployment of a clinical trial
software solution for Harvard Clinical Research Institute (HCRI) that expands
the products and services already under contract between the two parties. HCRI
was seeking to continue the process of simplifying its existing systems to
manage and monitor various spreadsheets, information and documents related to
their clinical trials. To accomplish this, HCRI has migrated from initially
using TranSenda`s Clinical Trial Manager product to Office-Smart Clinical Trial
Manager and Office-Smart Clinical Payment Manager. This subsequent deployment
also included the purchase of ClinBUS Connector along with professional services
to consolidate existing data sets into a single repository for clinical trial
management and related operational data.

By adding Office-Smart solutions to its organization, HCRI can now take
advantage of advanced capabilities that allow integration between Clinical Trial
Manager and the Microsoft® Office System. Office-Smart solutions also use
TranSenda`s innovative ClinBUS® data interchange technology to make data
available through Microsoft SharePoint Server. Among other advantages, ClinBUS
enables the use of SharePoint data grids to connect Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
and databases, including Microsoft Access, to Office-Smart solutions for data
import or integration. With this new level of connectivity, HCRI can now use
previously hard-to-get-to data for the creation of SharePoint websites and
dashboards-and to make better use of their existing Microsoft Office tools,
including Excel, Access, Outlook and Word.

In addition to consolidating Microsoft Excel spreadsheet data, HCRI will also be
integrating Office-Smart Clinical Trial Manager with a number of Clinical Trial
Data Management Systems, including industry-leading Electronic Data Capture
(EDC) system(s) as well as their web-based learning management system. "Creating
a single repository within Office-Smart Clinical Trial Manager will
significantly help with the managing of what are now three independent processes
supported by multiple systems," said Robert Leonard, Chief Information Officer
at HCRI. "We also look forward to the fundamental improvements TranSenda`s
Office-Smart solutions can help bring to our clinical operations. Connecting our
Microsoft Office tools to work in conjunction with our study software represents
an important step toward simplifying our environment. Given the success we have
had with TranSenda so far, we are confident that we are on the right path to a
more advanced and efficient way to assist our sponsors and researchers managing
clinical trials."

About TranSenda

TranSenda is committed to transforming the clinical trial software environment
by delivering solutions that address the underserved need to improve the
"business-process" side of clinical trial operations. With innovative
Office-Smart clinical trial solutions, study professionals can take full
advantage of the Microsoft Office System to create a more efficient workplace
that unifies study software with the practical usefulness of Office productivity
tools. TranSenda International, LLC, is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA. For more information, visit
www.transenda.com.

About Harvard Clinical Research Institute

HCRI is an academic research organization, established by the Harvard Medical
School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Partners HealthCare. The
Institute provides an efficient integration of industry and academic resources
for clinical research and development. It collaborates with associated academic
researchers to offer expertise in a broad range of therapeutic areas including
interventional cardiology in which it is a recognized leader. HCRI provides
industry as well as academic researchers with a center for data collection,
management and analysis that is fully compliant with regulatory standards. HCRI
is a respected academic research organization (ARO) that also offers sponsors
expert trial design, safety management and independent centralized clinical
endpoint event adjudication.

TranSenda International, LLC
Justin Hunt, 425-895-1300, ext. 4106

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