Life Sciences

  Server Virtualization: An amazingly helpful technological advancement that has left computer system validation (CSV) teams everywhere scratching their heads. Why? CSV calls for proof that the servers used for regulated computer systems meet or exceed the minimum hardware requirements for those systems. This is known as “hardware qualification” or “HQ.” But when the hardware […]

  One of the things we hear most is how simple Oracle Argus Safety is to navigate. In the image (click it to enlarge) above, you’ll notice a familiar folder structure in the upper part of the Regulatory Reports screen – it looks just like Windows Explorer and works similarly. It allows you to drill […]

  Dr. Janet Woodcock, the director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the FDA, recently posted a blog piece that discussed the department’s strides in precision and personalized medicine. She points out that since 2012, CDER has approved 30 targeted therapies, eight of which were in 2014. 

  The Amazon Dash Button was released earlier this week. It works like this: A button is provided by Amazon for a specific product. If you want that product, you press the button on a wireless, keychain-like device and your order for that item is automatically placed. No need to log into your computer or phone. 

  Perficient’s Life Sciences practice regularly monitors the software release notes for several Oracle Health Sciences applications, as well as our own clinical and safety systems.

  Now that April is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in March – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. 

  It’s no secret that having a clinical trial management system (CTMS) streamlines and simplifies the running of clinical trials, and that Oracle’s Siebel Clinical (Siebel CTMS) is the most robust system in the space. But, as a Study Manager, what you might not know is exactly how it would make YOUR work life easier. […]

  Getting informed consent from patients is one of the most critical aspects of a clinical trial. The objective is simple: provide patients with information about the study plan (doctor visits, tests, etc.) and risks/benefits, make sure they understand the information, and get their (legally effective) consent to participate. The faster this is done, the […]

  Ah, the never-ending task of transposing rows into columns and columns into rows in an Oracle table! There was always a fairly standard max-decode solution for this until Oracle came up with their elegant pivot and unpivot standard functions in 11g. Recently, I had a close encounter with these pivot functions and learned a […]

  As a member of senior management, you undoubtedly know that having a clinical trial management system (CTMS) streamlines and simplifies the running of clinical trials, and that Oracle’s Siebel Clinical (Siebel CTMS) offers an extensive list of features. But, as a Clinical Executive, what you might not know is exactly how it would make […]

  If you look at the numbers, it’s evident that Google is the leader when it comes to web search. There’s no contest. So, it should be no surprise they also happen to be the champion of enterprise search, enabling companies to quickly and accurately scour their multitude of databases all at once across the […]

  Launched with a $215 million investment in the President Obama’s 2016 Budget, the Precision Medicine Initiative will pioneer a new model of patient-powered research that promises to accelerate biomedical discoveries and provide clinicians with new tools, knowledge, and therapies to select the treatments that will work best for their patients.