Acurian and CenterWatch Establish Multiyear Licensing Agreement Bringing Clinical Trials to a Broader Audience.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K HORSHAM, Pa.--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 14, 2000 Acurian (www.acurian.com), a leading e-health E-health Informatics A philosophy that empowers–E = electronic–health care consumers by bringing information, products and services online company focused on accelerating and improving the clinical trial and prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, launch process, and CenterWatch, the leading publisher of information about clinical trials, announced the formation of a multi-year licensing agreement. As part of this agreement, Acurian will provide a variety of CenterWatch's clinical trials information to clinical research professionals and patients. Acurian users will have access to CenterWatch's listing of more than 41,000 industry- and government-sponsored clinical trials as well as several hundred profiles of drug therapies recently approved by the FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. . The agreement provides Acurian with exclusive rights to display the CenterWatch Directory of Drugs in Clinical Trials database on the Acurian Web site. The Directory of Drugs provides detailed descriptions of more than 1,300 drugs currently in clinical trials across a wide range of medical conditions See carpal tunnel syndrome, computer vision syndrome, dry eyes and deep vein thrombosis. . Acurian will also be the exclusive sponsor of CenterWatch's New Medical Therapies reports, a leading publication designed to inform the patient community about clinical research activity and new treatments for their specific illness. Reports in the New Medical Therapies series are updated periodically. Acurian's web applications are designed to accelerate the launch of clinical drug and device trials by bringing together the companies developing new drugs, the physicians who conduct clinical trials, and the patients who can benefit from new treatments. By providing patients and caretakers with information on clinical trials throughout the country, on new medical therapies across many different therapeutic areas, and on drugs currently in development, the relationship with CenterWatch furthers Acurian's goal of helping patients find more information about new and innovative therapies specific to their condition or illness. "Consumers and healthcare professionals alike look to CenterWatch as the preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae trusted authority for information on clinical trials," said Leslie Michelson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and co-founder of Acurian. "We look forward to working with CenterWatch as millions of Americans turn to our combined content and services to keep them informed on clinical trials and new medical treatments." "We're pleased to be a part of Acurian's efforts to develop web-based solutions designed to accelerate the clinical trials process," said Ken Getz, CEO and president of CenterWatch, a division of Medical Economics. "We are particularly excited about working with Acurian to educate patients and the general public about the value of clinical research." About Acurian.com Founded in 1998, Acurian (www.acurian.com) uses Web-enabled databases and clinical trial launch applications to accelerate and improve the launch of clinical trials and newly approved prescription drugs. Using Acurian's proprietary, Web-enabled databases and clinical trial launch applications, bio-pharmaceutical companies can quickly recruit and select the most qualified physicians and patients for specific clinical trials and facilitate the completion and transmission of required regulatory documents. Using the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , physicians can present their services to the entire pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry free of charge. Additionally, patients will be able to search the Internet's most exhaustive database of clinical trial listings, register to be considered for specific clinical trials, and keep abreast Verb 1. keep abreast - keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies" keep up, follow trace, follow - follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the of advances in therapies for their condition. The combination of industry, physicians, and patients working together will allow breakthrough drug therapies to reach the patient populations they are intended to help more quickly than previously possible. Currently, Acurian has the pharmaceutical industry's largest investigator database. The proprietary database includes professional credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. , clinical trial experience, location, performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. , disease specialties, patient practice demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data. and other relevant information. About CenterWatch CenterWatch (www.Centerwatch.com) is a Boston-based publishing company and a subsidiary of the Medical Economics Company, which for more than six years has been publishing newsletters and books with a particular focus on clinical research. CenterWatch provides a variety of information services See Information Systems. used by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies Top 100 Biotechnology Companies The following is a list of the top 100 biotechnology companies ranked by revenue. The first nine companies qualify for the list of the top 50 pharmaceutical companies. , Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and investigative sites involved in the management and conduct of clinical trials. Some of its best known publications include the CenterWatch newsletter, CWWeekly, CWProfessional.com and a training manual Protecting Study Volunteers in Research. Along with its award-winning Clinical Trials Listing Service, CenterWatch publishes books and Internet-based information services for patients and the general public. |
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