Clinmark Dotcom Expands to Canada; Largest Internet Database of Investigators to Add Canadian Researchers to Roster.IRVINE, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--June 3, 1998--Clinmark Dotcom See dot-com. (http://www.clinmark.com) Wednesday announced that it has recruited veteran clinical research expert, Gaetan Drolet, as the company's Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. representative. Drolet will primarily build enrollment among Canadian investigators, site and trial management organizations and Contract Research Organizations (CROs). Drolet will also raise awareness among Canada's active pharmaceutical industry on the benefits of Clinmark's databases, which simplify and accelerate investigator selection and implementation of clinical trials. "In my three decades in the clinical research environment, the efficient identification and recruitment of qualified investigators has remained one of the most challenging tasks confronting industry personnel," Drolet said. "I welcome the outstanding opportunity given to my consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a by the Clinmark organization to be associated with their exciting new service for Canada-based investigators and industryprofessionals." Clinmark Dotcom is an Internet-based clinical research service. It offers searchable databases Refers to databases on the Web that are searchable by typing in a query. The term is quite redundant because all databases are searchable. In fact, that is one of their major features. of research providers including clinical trial investigators, CROs, site and trial management organizations. Since its launch in February 1997, Clinmark has compiled more than 3,000 mostly U.S.-based investigator profiles, becoming the pharmaceutical industry's largest, most comprehensive investigator database on 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 . By providing sponsors free access to a wide array of databases searchable by multiple criteria, Clinmark can help them shorten (audio, compression) Shorten - A form of lossless audio compression. the clinical trials process, saving the industry millions of dollars and expediting the availability of pharmaceutical products to patients. Industry use has grown dramatically with more than 140 companies now using Clinmark to speed up their research programs. "We are pleased to have someone with Mr. Drolet's extensive experience in Canadian clinical research join the Clinmark team," said Joe Bollert, Ph.D, president and co-founder of Clinmark. "His knowledge of Canadian clinical research issues and his input will enable Clinmark to expand services, shortening investigator identification and clinical development time in Canada Canada is divided into six time zones and ranks third among countries with respect to number of time zones, after Russia (eleven) and the United States (nine). The province of Saskatchewan has a law making daylight saving time (DST) permanent (The Time Act, 1966 - Statutes of ." Drolet is the founder of CONSAIR Services Inc., a Montreal-based consulting firm providing clinical research administration support to the pharmaceutical industry, medical device, contract research and academic organizations. Drolet has more than 30 years experience in pharmaceutical research and pioneered the function of Clinical Research Associate (CRA See Community Reinvestment Act. ) in the Canadian pharmaceutical industry. He has served in various research and development capacities, including general manager of Canadian Operations at PAREXEL International Corp. and director of research planning and operations at Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical corporation, formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company, founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were Canada. Drolet began his career in the pharmaceutical industry with the Upjohn Company of Canada where he was responsible for managing clinical research programs and creating and directing a team of regional CRAs. "Clinmark provides a vehicle for Canadian investigators to increase their exposure to Canadian research sponsors as well as foreign research sponsors looking to contract multinational clinical trials," said Bollert. "Clinmark will help grow the volume of research projects in Canada and ultimately result in increased revenues for Canadian investigators." More than 60 leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and CRO companies participated in the design and served as beta testers of Clinmark's Internet site. Clinmark is a division of Alphamark Dotcom, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. dedicated to building online communities that bring people, information and resources together in a variety of industries. Clinmark's headquarters are located in Irvine. Registration is available online at www.clinmark.com or by calling toll-free 888/CLINMAR, Ext. 26 in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and 514/655-5702 in Canada. (Note: Due to a change in area code, after June 13 call 450/655-5702 in Canada.)
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