A member of the Zeltia Group and a leader in the development of antitumor drugs of marine origin, PharmaMar said the company’s investment in the Medidata Clinical Cloud™ will efficiently streamline its clinical trial processes in its mission to deliver drugs that treat cancer and rare ("orphan") diseases.
A midsize pharmaceutical company investing heavily in research and development, PharmaMar has the world’s largest marine organism library, with over 135,000 specimens, and owns over 1,800 patents issued or in process. To replace paper-based clinical trial processes, PharmaMar sought an EDC system that would be easy to use and streamline the availability of reliable trial data for analysis. Following a successful deployment of Medidata Rave® in 2012, PharmaMar decided to use Rave for all future trials. It also chose Medidata’s Safety Gateway and Medidata Coder® to swiftly capture and code safety data, and is evaluating other applications across the Medidata Clinical Cloud platform to help enhance trial efficiencies and decision making effectiveness.
“Our sites in Europe and the U.S. recommended Medidata for its ease of use. In implementing the Medidata Clinical Cloud we found that we had earlier access to reliable data to help us make decisions for optimal patient safety and patient experience,” said Dr. Arturo Soto, clinical development director at PharmaMar. “Medidata has proven to be a collaborative partner, working tirelessly with us to help us efficiently meet the challenges of our complex oncology clinical trials.”
PharmaMar required a system that was compliant with industry standards, particularly CDISC data models, for easy integrations and data sharing with its other systems. With its commitment to the Medidata’s standards-based platform, PharmaMar is now leveraging Medidata’s knowledge transfer program to quickly take technology management in-house.
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Hace dos semanas, los doctores dieron a Del Toro - conocido por sus amigos como Mando - la mala noticia que tumores en el pecho del joven de 23 años de edad, ex corredor del equipo de futbol preparatoriano no estaban respondiendo a tratamientos. Su familia desesperadamente trató de evaluar sus opciones.
Luego, repentinamente, la fortuna de Mando volvió a cambiar.
“Me dijeron que le quedaban seis meses de vida… y luego volvieron a llamar la mañana siguiente y me dijeron que la quimioterapia estaba funcionando”, dijo su padre, José Del Toro con lágrimas en sus ojos. “Era un milagro”.
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Los resultados se publican en Nature Genetics y los investigadores relacionan por primera vez el cáncer con fallos en la protección de los cromosomas.
Este trabajo está dirigido por Carlos López-Otín, del Instituto Universitario de Oncología de la Universidad de Oviedo; Elías Campo, del Hospital Clínic y Universidad de Barcelona, y María Blasco, directora del Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO).
Para sus autores, representa un nuevo avance del Consorcio Español para el estudio del Genoma de la Leucemia Linfática Crónica (LLC), según una nota de prensa de los tres centros de investigación.
Este trabajo se centra en las mutaciones que afectan a POT1, uno de los genes implicados en la protección de los extremos de los cromosomas, los telómeros.
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PharmaMar required a system that was compliant with industry standards, particularly CDISC data models, for easy integrations and data sharing with its other systems. With its commitment to the Medidata’s standards-based platform, PharmaMar is now leveraging Medidata’s knowledge transfer program to quickly take technology management in-house.