Eugene Sefanov

<   The work we’re doing for life sciences and healthcare companies continues to pay off. And, Oracle thinks so, too. We recently received an award from Oracle’s Health Sciences Global Business Unit for the work we’re doing with their clinical and pharmacovigilance applications. 

  In a recent interview with Penn Medicine’s associate vice president of health technology and academic computing, Brian Wells, and chief data scientist, Michael Draugelis, Healthcare Informatics’ David Raths was able to glean great insight into how the organization is leveraging IT to support their patient care, clinical trials, and precision medicine efforts. 

One of my LinkedIn contacts shared the video Risk-Based Monitoring vs Remote Monitoring Finally Explained, in which Dan Sfera of www.theclinicaltrialsguru.com explains both concepts in layman’s terms. In essence, the idea of Risk-Based Monitoring (RBM) is to leverage the data in existing IT systems to spot, rectify, and prevent issues relating to the execution of […]

  With the continuous improvement of electronic trip report functionality offered by certain clinical trial management systems (CTMS), companies can do a lot more in a shorter amount of time. And, with an increased focus on risk-based monitoring (RBM) techniques, designed to identify, resolve, and prevent issues relating to the execution of trials, trip reports […]

  I’ve been taking omeprazole for at least 10 years. Every day. Sometimes more than one day…but only by accident. I didn’t like the fact that I couldn’t remember whether I took a pill in the morning, which would sometimes lead me to take an additional pill that may have not been necessary. That’s why […]

  You can’t argue with it because it’s a good idea. Yellow Cards have gone digital. Not the ones used in soccer/football, but the ones used in the UK for reporting adverse events. When governments undergo digital transformation, you know it’s not a fad. After all, they’re not typically early adopters…of anything. Last week, the […]

  Theranos. You might have heard of them because the founder and CEO is the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire. Or you might have heard of them because of what they’ve created. The company has developed a revolutionary blood test that doesn’t require big needles, a lot of blood, or even a doctor’s order. Just […]

Editorial Credit: Gil C / Shutterstock.com Analyzing Google searches to uncover previously unknown adverse events isn’t news, per se, but it looks like it could be gaining traction with the FDA. According to a recent Bloomberg article, the FDA’s public calendar shows that several employees from Google met with the FDA to discuss the possibility […]

  As long as you have the experience listed in the job descriptions. But, to put it simply, if you’ve worked in the life sciences industry, you’re already ahead of the game. Check out the job openings we have on our life sciences team and apply if you’re interested. We’ll keep your application secret. Promise. […]

  When you think of a pharmaceutical companies, you think drugs. You think of them as a business – drugs being developed, sold, and consumed. Not often do you think of them as do-gooders. 

  According to analysts from Credit Suisse, the prices of brand name drugs are significantly increasing, due to fast-approaching patent expiration dates and the desire to capitalize on recent approvals. Of the 140 drugs the company tracks, 43 have had a price increase in the second quarter of 2015, setting a record for the most […]

  Last week, Tammy Dutkin, our director of clinical data management and EDC, presented a webinar in which she discussed best practices for making post-production changes to Oracle Clinical and Remote Data Capture (RDC). If you missed it, you can watch the recording here.