YARDLEY, PA, Nov 10 (MARKET WIRE) --
Almac Clinical Technologies, a leading provider of IVR/IWR technology,
announced today that it will be speaking at the upcoming CDISC North
American Interchange on a panel with alliance partners Medidata Solutions
and PHT Corporation.
The panel will focus on data integration between best-in-class technology
solutions, explaining how CDISC standards have been applied to allow
multiple technologies to work with each other and promote
interoperability. Details of the panel:
Presentation: "Standards-Based Approach to Creating One Elegant
Multi-System Solution"
Speakers: Carl Labb, Almac Clinical Technologies; Joseph Dustin, Medidata
Solutions; Scott Bradley, PHT
Parallel Track 1. Session 6A: ODM
Date & Time: Thursday, November 12, 10:30-12:30 p.m. EST
Jim Murphy, President of Almac Clinical Technologies, says "Almac is
committed to providing high quality, integrated data to our clients. Our
partnerships with Medidata and PHT allow us to offer clients three leading
technology systems, each backed by strong expertise. We have worked with
our partners to engineer the data integration across our multi-system
solution up front in order to remove effort and time from the study set-up
process. The CDISC conference will allow the industry to view the promise
of this data integration approach first-hand."
Additionally, Almac, PHT and Medidata Solutions will co-host "Get in Touch
with Integrated Clinical Data," a booth tour to showcase rapid data
sharing across three best-in-class systems using industry standards.
Participants will be able to track a patient from randomization in
Almac's IXRS(TM) integrated Interactive Voice and Web Response System to
electronic patient diary entries in the PHT LogPad(R) system, ending with
CRF data entries in the Medidata Rave(R) electronic data capture,
management and reporting system, where participants can view all
previously entered data now available in one system. To witness first
hand the benefits of integrated IVR/IWR, ePRO and EDC data, please visit
booths 8, 9 and 10.
About CDISC Interchange North America
CDISC is a global, open, multidisciplinary, non-profit organization that
has established standards to support the acquisition, exchange, submission
and archive of clinical research data and metadata. The CDISC Interchanges
strive to develop and support global, platform-independent data standards
that enable information system interoperability to improve medical
research and related areas of healthcare. CDISC standards are
vendor-neutral, platform-independent and freely available via the CDISC
website. For more information, please visit www.cdisc.org
About Almac Clinical Technologies
Almac Clinical Technologies is a division of the Almac Group that
specializes in interactive technology and service solutions to increase
the quality and efficiency of the clinical trial process. Our solutions
include Interactive Voice and Web Response Systems (IXRS(TM)) for patient
randomization, tracking and clinical supply management; electronic patient
reported outcomes data collection; and Web drug reconciliation. Almac's
technologies have been deployed in over 1,400 clinical trials,
incorporating over 1.5 million patients in over 80 countries and more than
60 languages.
About Almac Group
The Almac Group comprises five closely integrated divisions offering a
broad range of services from R&D, translational genomic services, API
manufacture, formulation development, clinical trial supply and technology
(IVRS & Web), to commercial-scale manufacture. Almac provides services to
more than 600 companies, including all the world leaders in the
pharmaceutical and biotech sectors.
The company employs over 2,500 individuals and is headquartered in
Craigavon, Northern Ireland. US operations are based in Pennsylvania,
North Carolina and California. Construction of the company's new $120m
North American Headquarters started in July 08 and is expected to be
completed 2010. Almac was awarded Northern Ireland's "Business of the
Year" award in 2009.
For more information about the Almac Group, please visit
www.almacgroup.com or e-mail info@almacgroup.com.
About Medidata Solutions Worldwide
Medidata Solutions (www.mdsol.com) is a leading global provider of hosted
clinical development solutions that enhance the efficiency of customers'
clinical development processes and optimize their research and development
investments. Medidata products and services allow customers to achieve
clinical results more efficiently and effectively by streamlining the
design, planning and management of key aspects of the clinical development
process, including protocol development (Medidata Designer(R)),
investigator benchmarking and budgeting (Medidata Grants Manager(TM)),
contract research organization (CRO) benchmarking and budgeting (Medidata
CRO Contractor(TM)), and the capture, management, analysis and reporting
of clinical trial data (Medidata Rave(R)). Medidata's diverse customer
base spans pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies,
academic institutions, CROs and other research organizations, and
includes more than 20 of the top 25 global pharmaceutical companies.
About PHT Corporation
PHT is the market-leading provider of electronic patient reported outcome
(ePRO) solutions used in more than 400 clinical trials by 100
biopharmaceutical clients. The proven LogPad(R) System and revolutionary
SitePad(R) Tablet deliver the voice of the patient, in 88 languages, from
homes and sites in 65 countries around the world. By capturing
high-quality and time-stamped assessments with minimal respondent burden,
trial sponsors are able to run smaller and more conclusive clinical
research programs resulting in significant R&D cost savings. Real-time
study management through PHT StudyWorks(TM) features eClinical data
integration, standard and custom data summaries for compliance and
enrollment, SafetyPRO(TM) email alerts, and the industry's premier study
archive. Patient experiences captured firsthand by PHT's ePRO Product
Suite have been used successfully in at least 12 NDA submissions and
seven approvals to date. For more information, review interactive product
demonstrations at the award-winning www.phtcorp.com.
Contact:
Meghan Adams
T: (001) 267-685-4284
E: Email Contact
W: www.almacgroup.com
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