Perficient’s Life Sciences practice regularly monitors the software release notes for several Oracle Health Sciences applications, including: Argus Safety Oracle Clinical/Remote Data Capture (OC/RDC) Thesaurus Management System (TMS) Generally speaking, we review release notes at the beginning of each month for the previous month. On occasion, there are no new releases and, therefore, nothing to […]
Posts Tagged ‘clinical trials’
Release Notes: Oracle/Perficient’s Clinical Apps [December 2017]
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. The systems covered in our review are: Oracle Systems Argus Safety Oracle Clinical/Remote Data Capture (OC/RDC) Thesaurus Management System (TMS) Perficient Systems ASCEND (Siebel CTMS) Generally speaking, we review release […]
Top 5 Pharma & Medical Device Blog Posts From November 2017
Now that December 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 November – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. Top 25 Biotech Companies European […]
How To Fix Problems With Clinical Site And Investigator Payments
This is perhaps the biggest complaint we hear from both sponsors/contract research organizations (CROs) and sites/investigators. Sponsors and CROs dedicate countless resources to researching and addressing payment questions and concerns raised by site personnel, and site personnel often feel frustrated, undervalued, and distrustful of sponsors and CROs that do not pay them as promised. When […]
How To Fix Poor Clinical Document Compliance At Clinical Sites
Keeping sites in compliance with their required documents is an ongoing battle for every sponsor and contract research organization (CRO). Considering the volume of documentation involved in a clinical trial, it’s no wonder why sites struggle to stay on top of it, or why sponsors and CROs get frustrated when auditors issue findings against them […]
Release Notes: Oracle/Perficient’s Clinical Apps [November 2017]
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. The systems covered in our review are: Oracle Systems Argus Safety Oracle Clinical/Remote Data Capture (OC/RDC) Thesaurus Management System (TMS) Perficient Systems ASCEND (Siebel CTMS) Generally speaking, we review release […]
How To Fix Clinical Data Entry Mistakes At Clinical Sites
Dirty clinical data is one of the most costly aspects of clinical trials. Not only does the review and cleanup slow down time to market and increase development costs, dirty data can stall or even kill a new drug application (NDA). Consistently receiving dirty data from sites can seriously damage a sponsor’s or contract research […]
How To Fix Ineffective Subject Screening At Clinical Sites
Even when sites are able to recruit a large pool of potential subjects, sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) see far too many subjects who fail to pass the screening visit (screen failures) and subjects who pass the screening visit only to leave the study early (early terminations). Because sites get paid for every subject […]
Incoming Novartis CEO Looks To Disney For Inspiration
On September 4, 2017, Novartis announced that its current CEO, Joseph Jimenez, will step down from his role in February 2018. He will be replaced by Dr. Vasant Narasimhan, the company’s current global head of drug development and chief medical officer. The backgrounds of the two executives couldn’t be starker. Mr. Jiminez has very little […]
How To Fix Slow Subject Recruitment At Clinical Sites
Even the most promising clinical sites can have trouble recruiting enough eligible subjects. Pressure from upper management and/or the sponsor organization to meet recruitment targets causes stress and anxiety for study managers, which in turns strains their relationships with underperforming sites. This tension can be alleviated by helping sites: Broaden their pool of potential subjects […]
7 Ways To Fix Your Relationships With Clinical Sites
In our nearly 20 years of working with the life sciences industry, we’ve spoken with countless pharmaceutical, medical device, and contract research organizations (CROs) about their relationships with clinical sites and investigators. We’ve listened to their struggles and the things they’ve done to try to make things better, including what’s worked and what hasn’t. We’ve […]
Release Notes: Oracle/Perficient’s Clinical Apps [October 2017]
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. The systems covered in our review are: Oracle Systems Argus Safety Oracle Clinical/Remote Data Capture (OC/RDC) Thesaurus Management System (TMS) Perficient Systems ASCEND (Siebel CTMS) Generally speaking, we review release […]