Clinical Research
Off-shoring: A Country Attractiveness Index for Clinical Trials
By Mark P. Mathieu For many years, pharmaceutical companies have been off-shoring manufacturing operations to lower-cost countries. Healthy margins and strong risk aversion have afforded pharmaceutical companies the luxury of staying close to home, for all but manufacturing activities. As financial pressures increase, pharmaceutical executives are finding that going offshore is not only less risky than it once was, but also too attractive to ignore. Read More
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Software Engineer – Computational Biology Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center seeks an Engineer to design and develop complex data analysis systems in support of cancer genomics research projects at the Computational Biology Center. Qualified candidate will have a BA, 5+ years of software development experience and expert knowledge of Java, SQL, and HTML.
Apply: www.mskcciscareers.org. Equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Cambridge Bio Collaborative Conference Producer
Location: Needham, Massachusetts
Responsibilities: Develop live/virtual events re: IT, data management and informatics in the life sciences; conduct phone interviews and literary review regarding source material, topic validation, content development and thought leader recruitment.
Qualifications: Life science informatics/IT degree or equivalent; expertise in supercomputing, bio/cheminformatics, knowledge management, software development, workflow tools, cloud computing, and/or biostatistics; communication and relationship management skills; strong project management skills, exceptional creativity; willingness and ability to travel.
Apply: ssamson@healthtech.com
Link to full posting: http://chicorporate.com/Corporate_Content.aspx?id=89096

Systems Administrator, Contract Opportunity - Boston, MA
Experienced IT professional who can provide technical support for our Learning Management System (Plateau). The successful candidate should have comparable experience with Learning Management Systems (Plateau preferred) as well as excellent communication skills to work with business users to understand, diagnose and resolve system issues. Candidate should also be able to work effectively with a team comprised of system users, business/content managers and technical support/developers.
The general tasks that the candidate will be expected to perform are:
1. Work with business partners to plan and implement new learning programs
2. Receive system issues from ticketing system and where possible, resolve issues in system and communicate with business users.
3. Where not possible, work with vendor support to determine root cause and approach for resolution. Communicate timeline and resolution back to the business users.
4. Manage small system enhancement projects.
5. Create, manage, and update learning items, scheduled offerings, learning resources, catalogs and content.
6. Train business partners and users on user and admin functionality.
7. Create training documentation.
8. Schedule or produce ad hoc report on request.
Please send resume to dclark@techstaffing.net
Rethinking Clinical Trials Data Integration There is a gap between the need for data integration and fully integrated systems. To find out why, SAS and Pharmaceutical Executive conducted confidential telephone interviews with senior pharmaceutical executives and CROs. This article discusses recommendations on how to achieve optimal clinical data integration, based on those interviews.
eClinical Trial Technologies Revolutionizing Clinical Development Efficiency This Bio-IT World BriefingON report, sponsored by ClearTrial, presents a selection of recent stories from Bio•IT World and sister publication, eCliniqua, that illustrate how new technologies and approaches can have a profound impact on the management and execution of clinical trials.
Remote Data Capture:Acquisition and Analysis See why Electronic Data Capture (EDC) is gaining traction in the pharmaceutical
clinical trials arena. Today approximately half of all clinical trials are conducted
electronically, and the figure is rapidly rising. Report includes contributions from
Oracle Health Sciences, Pfizer, PPD, and C3i.
Bio-IT World & CHI
Impact of the 1000 Genomes Project on the Next Wave of Pharmacogenomic Discovery
Interview with M. Eileen Dolan, Ph.D., Professor, Medicine, University of Chicago and Speaker at Next-Generation Sequencing Data Management, September 27-29, 2010, Providence, RI
The 1000 Genomes Project aims to provide detailed genetic variation data on >1000 genomes from worldwide populations using the next-generation sequencing technologies. Some of the samples utilized for the 1000 Genomes Project are the International Hap-Map samples that are composed of lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) derived from individuals of different world populations. The detailed map of human genetic variation promised by the 1000 Genomes project will allow a more in-depth analysis of the contribution of genetic variation to drug response. Future studies utilizing this new resource can greatly enhance our understanding of the genetic basis of drug response and other complex traits.
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Software Engineer – Computational Biology Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center seeks an Engineer to design and develop complex data analysis systems in support of cancer genomics research projects at the Computational Biology Center. Qualified candidate will have a BA, 5+ years of software development experience and expert knowledge of Java, SQL, and HTML.
Apply: www.mskcciscareers.org. Equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
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