Tag: clinical trials

Life sciences companies are rethinking patient engagement and legacy workflow processes in clinical trials due to low enrollment numbers and concerns around data quality. Voice and Chatbot solutions like Alexa and Amazon Lex, a fully managed conversational artificial intelligence (AI) service, can improve patient experience and increase patient engagement. An estimated 48% of clinical trials […]

Clinical trial monitoring is an integral part of running a successful and compliant clinical trial. Currently the site monitoring process is manual, costly, and subject to data quality issues. This post discusses how various aspects of site monitoring can be automated to optimize cost and increase quality. About 25% to 30% of the total cost […]

Healthcare and life science organizations are moving towards digital transformation to decrease the cost of care, improve collaboration, make data-driven clinical and operational decisions, and enable faster development of new therapeutics and treatment paths. Identifying the right cloud technology to reach these goals can be challenging, and many organizations lack the internal resourcing and expertise […]

Dave Kelleher, CEO and founder of 4G Clinical, joins Joe Shonkwiler, MD, Principal Business Development Manager, Startups and Investors for Healthcare and Life Sciences at AWS, for a discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on clinical trial designs, direct-to-patient use cases, and what’s next for the pharmaceutical industry. 4G Clinical is a leader in randomization […]

Background Traditional assessments of disease progression and intervention efficacy used in clinical trials are often limited. These assessments normally consist of clinical outcome assessments (COAs) and patient reported outcomes (PROs). COAs are physician-derived, often requiring patients to travel to a clinical site. They are typically subjective, episodic in nature, and provide limited insight into the […]

AWS re:Invent routinely fills several Las Vegas venues with standing-room only crowds, but we are bringing it to you with an all-virtual and free event this year. This year’s conference is gearing up to be our biggest yet and we have an exciting program planned with five keynotes, 18 leadership sessions, and over 500 breakout […]

Introduction Bio-pharmaceutical companies have always had a responsibility to report adverse events (AE), whether in clinical development or post market-approval scenarios, to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  The COVID-19 pandemic and the race to find effective treatments for this disease has caused both the FDA and bio-pharmaceutical organizations around the world to re-imagine the […]

Introduction Bringing a new drug to market is a slow and laborious process. According to Tufts Centre for the Study of Drug Development, it takes on average between 7 to 10 years and costs more than $2.5 billion to bring a new drug to market. (1) More than half of this time and capital is […]

Amazon Managed Blockchain is a fully managed service that makes it easy to create and manage scalable blockchain networks using popular open source frameworks, such as Hyperledger Fabric and Ethereum. General availability of Hyperledger Fabric was announced in April 2019, with support for Ethereum coming soon. For additional details about Managed Blockchain, see What Is Amazon […]