Software on USB Drive improves clinical site monitoring.
Press Release Summary:
IMPACT® MySites, supplied on portable USB drive, is clinical site management and monitoring software that lets users securely upload site visit information. Module supports online and off-line monitoring activities as well as collection of associated data during site visits by clinical monitors in field. Requiring no software installation, zero-footprint solution securely stores collected data and enables later synchronization with IMPACT database.
Original Press Release:
Perceptive Informatics Improves Clinical Site Monitoring Access and Flexibility with Portable USB Drive Capability
BOSTON, April 14 - Perceptive Informatics, the technology subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ:PRXL), today announced the availability of its clinical site management and monitoring software, IMPACT(R) MySites, on a portable USB drive. Clinical monitors can now securely upload site visit information onto the USB drive, without carrying their laptop computers with them. The MySites monitoring solution is a part of the IMPACT suite, Perceptive Informatics' market-leading Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS).
"We expect that clinical monitors will benefit from increased flexibility, productivity, and efficiency with the option to easily and securely capture site visit information from anywhere in the world at any time, using the new portable functionality of the IMPACT MySites USB drive," said Todd Joron, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Perceptive Informatics at PAREXEL. "This capability represents an important step toward a truly mobile eClinical environment."
The IMPACT MySites module supports on-line and off-line monitoring activities and the collection of associated data during site visits by clinical monitors in the field. With the USB drive capability, IMPACT MySites is a zero-footprint solution, requiring no software installation. As the entire MySites module is housed on the USB drive, information collected by clinical monitors is securely stored and later synchronized with the IMPACT database.
The Perceptive Informatics IMPACT system has more than 26,000 users in over 85 countries - the largest number of users of any CTMS solution on the market. Biopharmaceutical companies rely on the IMPACT solution, which enables complete trial management and planning, to manage, track, and organize clinical trial management data. Perceptive's IMPACT software interfaces with Interactive Voice and Web Response Systems (IVRS/IWRS) as well as electronic data capture (EDC) and data management applications, in addition to financial reporting.
About Perceptive Informatics, a PAREXEL Company
PAREXEL's Technology Division, Perceptive Informatics, combines clinical knowledge, quality and regulatory experience with advanced technology to decrease time to market, risk and cost associated with clinical trials. Perceptive's portfolio includes Medical Imaging, Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS), Interactive Voice Response Systems (IVRS & IWRS), and Integration Services as well as web-based portal solutions, tracking tools, electronic diaries and investigator database solutions. Perceptive offers medical imaging services to rapidly and objectively assess the safety and efficacy of new drugs, biologics and medical devices in clinical trials. The IMPACT(R) solution is Perceptive's market-leading CTMS product with 26,000 users worldwide, and Perceptive's INITIATOR(TM) trial management product targets the needs of Phase I units. For more information about Perceptive Informatics, visit www.perceptive.com.
About PAREXEL International
PAREXEL International Corporation is a leading global bio/pharmaceutical services organization, providing a broad range of knowledge-based contract research, medical communications and consulting services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Committed to providing solutions that expedite time-to-market and peak-market penetration, PAREXEL has developed significant expertise across the development and commercialization continuum, from drug development and regulatory consulting to clinical pharmacology, clinical trials management, medical education and reimbursement. Perceptive Informatics, Inc., a subsidiary of PAREXEL, provides advanced technology solutions, including medical imaging, to facilitate the clinical development process. Headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts, PAREXEL operates in 64 locations throughout 51 countries around the world, and has more than 7,300 employees. For more information about PAREXEL International visit www.PAREXEL.com.
PAREXEL and IMPACT are registered trademarks of PAREXEL International Corporation, and PERCEPTIVE INFORMATICS is a registered trademark of Perceptive Informatics, Inc. All other names or marks may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective business and are hereby acknowledged.
Contacts:
Jennifer Baird
Senior Director of Public Relations
PAREXEL International
Tel: +781-434-4409
Email: Jennifer.Baird@PAREXEL.com
Rebecca Passo
SHIFT Communications
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