Partners

Merge Healthcare believes in the power of partnerships and we seek strategic relationships with service and technology providers that share our mission to help companies improve and accelerate the complex and regulatory-driven process associated with collecting data for clinical trials.

Affiliations

  Merge Healthcare is a proud member of CDISC, a global, open, multidisciplinary, non-profit organization that has established standards to support the acquisition, exchange, submission and archive of clinical research data and metadata. The CDISC mission is to develop and support global, platform-independent data standards that enable information system interoperability to improve medical research and related areas of healthcare. CDISC standards are vendor-neutral, platform-independent and freely available via the CDISC website.

Partners

CATO Research  Cato Research is a contract research organization (CRO) that provides integrated services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies.

We specialize in complex development programs requiring innovative regulatory and clinical strategies, and we have experience implementing and conducting successful clinical trials and development programs.

As a midsize CRO, Cato Research offers a complete range of services with personalized attention and flexibility.

The relationships we create with our sponsors produce positive, tangible results.

For more information, visit www.cato.com >>

COMSYS Clinical delivers leading-edge clinical programming, biostatistics, data management and medical writing services to the life sciences industry. With over 29 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, we are one of the premier Functional Service Providers in North America. Our data management experts fully understand and comply with Good Clinical Data Management Practice (GCDMP) and Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) standards. We combine technology with our functional expertise and clinical research experience to provide our clients with rapid study execution and total quality assurance from proof-of-concept through post-approval. Our Clinical Data Management Team creates a highly collaborative and seamless interaction with biostatistics, clinical operations, laboratory providers, and other CROs. This translates into the depth of knowledge to:
  • Maximize system capabilities
  • Gain a true cost and time efficient alternative to paper-based studies.
  • Access data in real-time.
  • Implement protocol amendments instantly.
  • Export your study data into multiple formats including SAS and XML
For more information, visit www.comsys.com/clinical or email us at comsysclinical@comsys.com

etera solutions  etera solutions
etera solutions is a consulting and functional service provider dedicated to providing high-quality technical and programming solutions for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. We combine unmatched expertise with transparency to create integrated solutions across all clinical functions. Our clients include global companies, emerging start ups, and mid size firms.

For more information, please visit http://eterasolutions.com/
 

 greenphire Greenphire
Greenphire is the leading provider of clinical payment solutions. Greenphire’s globally scalable technologies—the ClinCard System and eClinicalGPS—enable users (sponsors, CROs, and sites) to electronically calculate, approve, and deliver payments to investigators, vendors, and trial participants. Greenphire’s solutions currently support 60,000 subjects across 11,000 studies at 1,600 clinical trial sites.

For more information, please visit www.greenphire.com >>

Intrinsic Imaging LLC
Located in San Antonio, Texas, Intrinsic is a bio/pharmaceutical services organization providing complete image management and radiological review services to global pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device organizations. With its team of more than sixty sub-specialized, board-certified radiologists, and through its use of advanced medical imaging technology, Intrinsic’s experienced clinical trial team provides pharmaceutical and biotech sponsors with comprehensive imaging core lab services across all therapeutic areas.

For more information, please visit www.IntrinsicCRO.com >>

JGC Pharma Services, Co., Ltd. (JPSC) is a Tokyo-based Contract Research Organization (CRO) providing full comprehensive services in the areas of clinical operations, data management, biostatistics, medical writing, regulatory consultation and GCP auditing to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. JPSC offers high-quality services in timely and cost-effective manners with our group companies (Beijing CRO Co., Ltd. and Seoul CRO Co., Ltd.) in Japan, China and Korea.
JGC Corporation (JGC), our parent company, covers pharmaceutical products development to manufacturing. The achievements span from active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) plants and bio-plants to manufacturing facilities for investigational products. JGC has been expanding its areas of operation from Japan into international markets, constructing fully GMP-compliant pharmaceutical manufacturing plants.
JPSC provides total Pharma Services from drug development to manufacturing with JGC.

For more information please visit www.jgc-psc.com and www.jgc.co.jp/en/index.html >>

monitorforhire.com Monitorforhire.com is the leading Web-enabled resource management company providing qualified, regional independent clinical monitors to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and contract research industries. etrials has partnered with Monitorforhire.com to pre-train clinical monitors to use the data capture systems.

For more information please visit www.monitorforhire.com >>

neokin NEOKIN is an innovative consulting company. We bring together medical device experts covering all areas of business. We provide flexible and efficient solutions, from pre-clinical to commercialization. NEOKIN is your partner for strategic and operational a la carte services. NEOKIN also offers interim executive and organization management services.

For more information, please visit www.neokin.com >>

Ockham Ockham is a Global Contract Research (CRO) and Functional Service Provider (FSP) organization headquartered in Cary, North Carolina (near the university-biotech-pharmaceutical sciences nexus known internationally as Research Triangle Park). Satellite offices strategically placed around the United States, in India and the U.K. underpin Ockham’s global customers and operations.

Ockham provides high-quality, global clinical research and strategic development services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, assisting them in the achievement of their strategic planning, technology transfer, licensing, regulatory planning and submissions, pre-clinical development, and manufacturing goals.

Ockham also provides fully integrated clinical trials support in the areas of Clinical Operations, Data Management and Biostatistics, as well as Regulatory dossier compilations. In addition, it offers functional and specialty resourcing services to pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies that require Clinical Operations, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), or Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) auditing, Data Management, Statistical Programming, Biostatistics, and Medical Writing solutions.

For more information, please visit www.ockham.com >>

Theorem Clinical Research, Inc. maintains a global presence in 44 countries by offering full-service clinical research capabilities in all major therapeutic areas. Coupled with a customer-centric focus, Theorem provides clients with exceptional service throughout all phases of drug development. The company’s global, integrated network offers a presence in strategic markets around the world, including those with emerging opportunities such as China, India and Latin America for patient recruitment and share penetration. Theorem has contributed to the successful approval of 59 NDAs/BLAs, 22 European MAAs, 117 national filings, 7 Orphan Drug Applications and many more IND, CTA, CTX, CTN to date across all European and Asia-Pacific locations. etrials and Theorem have partnered to develop and tailor studies for clients to improve patient enrollment, provide access to cleaner data faster and shorten study timelines

For more information visit www.theoremclinical.com >>

qed clinical services QED Clinical Services Ltd is a ground breaking CRO which offers intelligent global clinical solutions, specifically designed to meet the individual needs of pharmaceutical and biotech sponsors. With a presence across all major continents, including emerging regions such as Asia Pacific, QED provides superior quality in clinical monitoring, project management, clinical trial submissions, investigator recruitment and training, logistics and auditing. QED has significantly lower than industry turnover rates within their clinical teams, which guarantees consistency of quality and delivery across all phases of drug development and all key therapy areas. QED’s unique but proven operating model also results in decreased overheads leading to considerably lower rates for sponsors. Whether a strategic outsourcing solution is required or a more traditional approach is needed, QED is naturally structured with high scalability to work as a Functional Service Provider (FSP) or on a project-by-project basis. Whatever the requirement, QED has the flexibility, quality and cost effectiveness to deliver.

For more information visit: www.qed-clinical.com >>


Technology Partners

bluebird Bluebird Soft Inc., leading provider of mobile computing devices, is committed to meeting ever-changing needs of global customers, along with partners in more than 70 countries around the world. By partnering with Bluebird Soft, etrials is offering an eDiary solution using a ruggedized touch screen Pidion device. Equipped with state-of-the-art PDA technologies, the company strives to help its customers increase sales and reduce costs through the productivity and efficiency capabilities of its device solutions. Bluebird Soft continues its best efforts in meeting the needs of customers with top products and services.

For more information visit: www.mypidion.com >>

dell Dell™, a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services, is focused on providing innovative technology solutions directly to customers. In partnering with Dell, etrials is able to offer a highly functional and cost-effective device for the clinical trials industry. Handheld devices are used as electronic patient diaries to collect quality-of-life data.

For more information visit: www.dell.com >>

roche About Roche and the Roche Diagnostics Division — Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups in the fields of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. As a supplier of innovative products and services for the early detection, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, the Group contributes on a broad range of fronts to improving people's health and quality of life. Roche is a world leader in diagnostics, the leading supplier of drugs for cancer and transplantation and a market leader in virology. In 2006, sales by the Pharmaceuticals Division totaled 33.3 billion Swiss francs, and the Diagnostics Division posted sales of 8.7 billion Swiss francs. Roche employs roughly 75,000 people in 150 countries and has R&D agreements and strategic alliances with numerous partners, including majority ownership interests in Genentech and Chugai. Roche's Diagnostics Division offers a uniquely broad product portfolio and supplies a wide array of innovative testing products and services to researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals and laboratories world-wide.

For more information, visit: www.roche-diagnostics.us >>

With over 15 years' experience, TransPerfect is the leading provider of global clinical trial support to the life sciences industry. Equipped with an ISO 9001:2000-certified quality management system, rigorously-tested medical linguists, and round-the-clock production capabilities, we furnish the highest-quality translation and business services exactly when our clients need them. We also offer cutting edge technologies that reduce costs and improve consistency, making TransPerfect the vendor of choice for medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare marketing, and CRO companies around the world. TransPerfect offers over 50 client service locations on 4 continents.

For more information please visit www.transperfect.com >>

peak 10 Peak 10 is the Southeast’s leading data center services provider offering a full range of hosting, storage, security and business continuity solutions. etrials relies on Peak 10 to keep business critical applications up and running around-the-clock. The company owns and operates five enterprise-class data centers that deliver a higher standard of infrastructure, security and performance to businesses nationwide. Peak 10 has data centers in Louisville, KY, Charlotte and Raleigh, NC, as well as Jacksonville and Tampa, FL.

For more information about data centers visit: www.peak10.com >>


Clinical Trials Partners