MedDRA MSSO Announces Cooperative Agreement with Galt; Collaboration provides MedDRA users with Industry Standard Dictionary Browsing Tool.Business Editors RESTON, Va. and STERLING, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2003 The MedDRA MSSO MSSO Maintenance and Support Services Organization MSSO Multiple Source Simple Output MSSO Munich Symphonic Sound Orchestra MSSO MILSATCOM Systems Sustainment Office MSSO Multi-Stage Self-Organizing MSSO Mission Services and Support Office MSSO Mean Squared Soft Output , The Medical Dictionary A medical dictionary is a lexicon for words used in medicine. The three major English language medical dictionaries are Stedman's, Taber's, and Dorland's medical dictionaries. for Regulatory Activities Maintenance and Support Services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services Organization, and Galt Associates, Inc., a leading provider of Web-based compliance and analysis solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, today announced the agreement of a cooperative development initiative. Through this relationship, the MSSO will work with Galt Associates to further extend the MedDRA capabilities of Galt's products. Galt markets their products to MedDRA users, representing over 700 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. , medical device manufacturers, CROs and regulatory authorities Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest regulatory agency administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities . Additionally, Galt in cooperation with the MSSO will develop and offer a visualization capability. Standardized MedDRA Queries (SMQs) that are being developed jointly by MSSO and CIOMS CIOMS Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences provide an additional method for using MedDRA to investigate drug safety issues in pharmacovigilance and clinical development. The new offering will allow MedDRA users to visualize the SMQs and better utilize them for analysis of trends and signals within cases of interest. The MSSO plans to use Galt's dsNavigator(TM), a Web-based multi-dictionary browsing and coding tool, in their MedDRA training. As the official provider of MedDRA, the MSSO is uniquely qualified to provide training to help organizations implement MedDRA in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Utilization of dsNavigator in this training will provide participants with an understanding of MedDRA browsing, coding, workflow management, autoencoding and dictionary management. "The MSSO is excited to work with Galt through this initiative to make a tool available to not only view the current MedDRA hierarchy but to view the new SMQs. MedDRA users have requested stronger MedDRA software tools. We believe by working with Galt, these user needs can be met," said Patrick Revelle of the MedDRA MSSO. Tim Howard
About dsNavigator dsNavigator, the market leading coding and dictionary management solution, incorporates functionality for dictionary searching and visualization, navigating, batch and interactive auto-coding and global dictionary management into a single solution that can be seamlessly integrated with in-house clinical trial safety systems. dsNavigator supports simultaneous access across the global enterprise to multiple dictionaries and versions, custom synonym synonym (sĭn`ənĭm) [Gr.,=having the same name], word having a meaning that is the same as or very similar to the meaning of another word of the same language. Some are alike in some meanings only, as live and dwell. lists for fast and consistent coding and user-defined thesaurus data to improve search results. About Galt Associates Galt Associates is a worldwide drug safety and outcomes company. Galt offers a wide range of software products and scientific services that empower pharmaceutical companies to properly manage, analyze, report, and market the benefits and risks of their products. Galt's DrugSafety.com supports the worldwide pharmacovigilance, outcomes, marketing, research and medical informatics medical informatics, n the field of information science concerned with the analysis and dissemination of medical data through the application of computers to various aspects of health care and medicine. sectors through convenient online resources and access to numerous application suites. For more information about Galt Associates, visit DrugSafety.com. About MedDRA MSSO The MedDRA MSSO was established by the International Conference on Harmonisation Noun 1. harmonisation - a piece of harmonized music harmonization musical harmony, harmony - the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords (ICH See Intel Hub Architecture. ) to manage the MedDRA terminology. The MSSO serves as the repository, maintainer and distributor of MedDRA. In this capacity, the MSSO ensures that the integrity of the terminology, as well as its medical correctness, stay intact. This activity is supported by a structured subscriber change request review process (including international medical review and translation of accepted changes), the availability of help desk support, and an international user group to facilitate information exchange. For more information about the MedDRA MSSO, visit www.meddramsso.com. This cooperative agreement is between the MedDRA MSSO and Galt Associates and does not consist of an endorsement of any product by IFPMA IFPMA International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations IFPMA International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations or the MedDRA Management Board. |
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