4 June 2 010 VIEW on Clinical Operations TAB LE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents 3 5 10 12 14 16 18 Letter from the Editor The Forum A Prescription for R&D Refills: Pharmaceutical and biotechnology drug developers appear to be making some progress in their perennial quest to bring more and better products to market with greater speed and efficiency. Contributed Views Clinical Operations B ioClinica Inc. — A NewWorld of Information Management and Collaboration The rigid user interfaces of legacy clinical trial applications are being replaced with SharePoint portals that present targeted information in a manner customized specifically for busy clinical trial managers. i3 Pharma Informatics — Finding theB est Clinical Trial Investigators The industry has the tools at hand to hire better investigators and avoid trial delays. Medidata Solutions Worldwide — Global Investigator Reimbursement and Protocol ComplexityTrends The overarching need to stay within budget remains, yet it will be important to be aware that the cost of executing clinical trials is definitely on the rise. Merge Healthcare — Innovating Imaging in Clinical Trials As a result of the digitalization and technological refinement of imaging systems, imaging’s role in clinical trials has grown tremendously over the last five years. Supplier Showcase

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