Life Sciences

  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. […]

  Last November, I wrote about the new release of Oracle Clinical, Remote Data Capture (RDC), and Thesaurus Management System (TMS), version 5.1. As many companies continue to run these “tried-and-true” clinical data management and EDC systems, the enhancements were quite welcome. Since then, our data management team has been developing a complete Validation Suite […]

  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. 

  We recently discussed the ability to access previously visited adverse event cases very quickly in Oracle’s safety and pharmacovigilance system, Argus Safety. For this post, we’ll cover a feature that many of our clients love. Argus Safety enables users to open multiple cases simultaneously, although it’s not possible to view both of the cases at […]

  Most of us “regular people” refer to pharmaceutical products by their trade name, but that’s not the case among life sciences professionals in research and development departments. In fact, during a product’s lifecycle, chances are it has been referred to by at least four names: a chemical compound, a company code, a generic name, […]

  While 6 medical device companies and 11 pharmaceutical organizations made the cut for this year’s Fortune 500 list, Quintiles (#476) was the only contract research organization (CRO) to make an appearance. With over $4 billion in revenue in 2014, this is Quintiles’ second year on the list. To see which pharma and biotech companies […]

  Eleven pharma and biotech companies appeared on this year’s Fortune 500 list. While there are additional organizations (e.g., Procter & Gamble) that manufacturer medicines on the list, they weren’t classified as pharmaceutical companies in the ranking. These are the drug companies that made this year’s list, ranked by total annual revenue: 

  The last post we wrote on Argus Safety features was about the system’s autocomplete functionality. Another great feature of Oracle’s safety and pharmacovigilance system is the ability to quickly go back to an adverse event case that you previously accessed. This can be done in just a couple of clicks from the menu, saving you […]