Biomedical Research Firm Adopts IntraLinks Technology; Digital Workspaces to Link Academic Institutions and the Pharmaceutical Industry.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2001 IntraLinks, Inc., a provider of secure digital workspaces for business transactions and projects, today announced that Biomedical Research Alliance of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (BRANY BRANY Biomedical Research Alliance of New York ) will utilize the online collaboration service to efficiently manage business development opportunities, monitor regulatory documents for clinical trials and expedite the IRB IRB See: Industrial Revenue Bond (Institutional Review Board) process. An academic research organization (ARO), BRANY represents a network of research sites seeking to host clinical trials. Each IntraLinks digital workspace provides an industry-specific online document exchange and repository with an automated audit trail approved for regulatory submission, in addition to a forum for comments and collaboration. Participants need only a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. to access IntraLinks' secure service, which does not require any software installation or infrastructure investment. "The IntraLinks solution will allow BRANY to efficiently facilitate relationship-building between affiliate academic institutions and sponsoring pharmaceutical and biotech companies on numerous projects," said Dr. Eileen Hilton, president and 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. of BRANY. "IntraLinks is pleased to bring digital workspace technology to BRANY. By migrating cumbersome, paper-based processes online, the ARO will dramatically improve the workflow of its vast clinical-trial community. We are delighted to enable another player in the pharmaceutical industry to securely manage large volumes of information among multiple parties on our service," said Richard Jenkins, general manager of pharmaceuticals at IntraLinks. About IntraLinks IntraLinks (www.intralinks.com), the new digital workspace, enables companies to effectively collaborate outside the enterprise on complex business. Through IntraLinks' secure, neutral, online environments, companies are better able to compete globally by accelerating essential business processes, simplifying communication and fostering rapid workflow. IntraLinks is easily accessible anywhere, anytime using a Web browser. Since April 1997, more than 100,000 participants worldwide have used IntraLinks' digital workspaces to communicate and collaborate on more than 8,000 projects and transactions. IntraLinks has been rapidly adopted by clients in the financial services, insurance, legal, pharmaceutical and professional services markets. Clients include: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. ; FDIC FDIC See: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC See Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). ; Chiron Corporation; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; Ernst & Young; Hogan & Hartson LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol ; ING Barings; International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group); JPMorgan Chase; KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen ; and Linklaters. Founded in June 1996, IntraLinks is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Boston, London and San Francisco. About Biomedical Research Alliance of New York The Biomedical Research Alliance of New York (BRANY) (www.brany.com) is an alliance of academic medical centers designed to conduct high-quality clinical research trials for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in the most rapid, efficient and ethical manner. The alliance consists of seventy-five hospitals and medical schools, all able to use one IRB and one contract. |
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