ICON names EDC champion as 100th trial begins

Added: (Fri Sep 21 2007)

Pressbox (Press Release) - ICON (Dublin, Ireland) has appointed Deborah Holmes as global electronic data capture (EDC) champion to help clients shift from paper-based to electronic data management in drug development. “EDC technology gives sponsors a competitive advantage by significantly reducing the cost of … drug development and increasing the flexibility of clinical trial design,” Ms Holmes said. “EDC has been an option in clinical research for more than 15 years but several initiatives in the industry resulted in little change in attitudes within the research community. Over the past two years, however, use of this technology has finally started to be embraced by sponsors.” The announcement came as ICON began its 100th trial using EDC technology. The trials have been achieved through partnership with EDC system providers such as Medidata and Phase Forward.