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Reading Time: 3 minutes COVID-19 continues to drive profound disruptions in clinical trials. According to a survey conducted by UBS, approximately 65% of trials have been impacted by COVID-19.[1] Additionally, site access has been reduced by 50%–80%. Sponsors’ reliance on CROs to adapt to these changes has never been higher. A CRO’s technology partner can play a major role […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Due to COVID-19, many clinical trials have had to adjust operations to ensure patient safety. Even in areas where sites have been able to stay open or reopen after temporary closures, many patients remain hesitant to visit sites in-person because of risks associated with COVID-19. To allay these concerns, many sponsors and CROs have adapted […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Medidata’s Anthony Costello, SVP, mHealth, participated in a panel at OCT USA 2020 focused on how COVID-19 has affected clinical trials. This blog post captures key insights from the conversation. How have regulators adapted guidance for operational changes due to COVID-19? The panelists agreed on the fundamental concern regarding regulation: Regulators want to see an […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutes To build the best data analytics platform in the life sciences industry, you have to know what questions to ask. It takes years of experience to figure out why analytics work—or don’t. Acorn AI has that experience. We knew that the core to a successful analytics platform had to be a single source of truth. […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Meet Kate, who writes, reviews, architects, debugs, and pleads with code that facilitates effective and accurate clinical trials. Hometown: Memphis, TN Currently live: Brooklyn, NY Years at Medidata? 2.5 years When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? As a child I had the brilliant idea to be […]

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCROs are awash in data today. Growing volumes of patient-reported outcomes, omics data, and data derived from wearable/biosensors are collected from almost every patient who joins a trial. Over a single decade, the number of countries participating in trials rose 100%, the number of investigative sites joining trials rose 63%, and the number of procedures […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Meet Marta, who takes care of product vision, strategy, and delivery. She determines requirements from customers and subject matter experts and ensures those requirements translate into products our customers love. Hometown: Brisbane, Australia. Currently live: London, UK. Years at Medidata? I’ve worked at Medidata for three and a half years. When you were a kid, […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing Medidata NEXT Global, the premier conference on the digital transformation of life sciences, Medidata is proud to announce this year’s customer award winners. Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, annually recognizes customers for their achievements in four award categories: Digital Transformation, Patient First, Partnership of the Year, and Insights & Innovation. Medidata Customer Award winners […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutes As COVID-19 emerged around the globe, sponsors had to react quickly. Some sponsors kept studies on track, and others had to put some on hold—decisions which were affected in many cases by which sites could stay open. Studies involving diseases with specific comorbidities related to COVID were naturally more affected. On top of the challenge […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile technology advancements have transformed various industries during the past several decades, many clinical trials still operate without the benefits of new technologies. Legacy trial approaches—tied closely to in-person site visits—often fail to address some of the biggest challenges in running a clinical trial, including recruiting enough patients, retaining those patients once recruited and enrolled, […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) are measures designed to explore how a patient is feeling or functioning. These measures are typically in the form of a questionnaire—for example a patient rating of pain intensity, or a log tracking occurrence and severity of migraines. COAs, alongside quantitative clinical data, can more accurately reflect a patient’s experience of […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Lots of companies build analytics platforms. It’s a growth industry over the past few decades. Some companies are generalists, working across many categories by solving a couple basic data problems. Others are bespoke, offering consultants who come in with very specific tasks in mind. Acorn AI’s Commercial Data Solutions team blends both approaches while also […]

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