BioClinica, NNIT in eClinical Alliance

BioClinica, Inc. has entered a partnership with NNIT, a life science IT solutions company, to implement and integrate BioClinica’s OnPoint CTMS (Clinical Trial Management System) and Microsoft SharePoint extensions for international clinical trial sponsors.
 
CTMS applications are used to manage business and operational processes for clinical trials. BioClinica OnPoint is a Microsoft Office-Smart CTMS integrated with SharePoint to enable team collaboration and connectivity in multi-site environments. OnPoint capabilities include: clinical site management, personnel, patient and clinical supplies administration, scheduling, tracking and performance monitoring, site payments, and study document management.
 
“This collaboration with NNIT moves BioClinica closer to our goal of bringing the science of managing clinical trials into the 21st century,” said Peter Benton, eClinical president for BioClinica. “The unprecedented pressures on clinical research require accurate, flexible and reliable tools to manage cost and risk. This necessitates better technology. The technical and domain experience of BioClinica and NNIT offers a combination of the best solutions in the industry for the benefit of our mutual clients.”
 
Torben Thorhauge, vice president, Life Sciences Industry Practice, NNIT said, “NNIT is extremely pleased to partner with BioClinica on the OnPoint CTMS Solution.  OnPoint is a fast, user-friendly, configurable user interface that has been used by major pharma clients for more than 10 years, and has a proven record of use within highly validated and controlled Life Sciences customers. This alliance provides us with the software tools necessary to address the challenges faced by Life Sciences companies looking to move to newer technology based on the Microsoft platform.”