CenterWatch in the NewsCenterWatch has been recognized as an excellent source for clinical research information by the following media. To read an article, simply click on the outlet name.
In the past two years, the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation has given $6 million to for-profits, including $1 million to Acceleron Pharma Inc., of Cambridge. Overall, disease foundations invested roughly $75 million in the biotech industry last year, up from $7 million in 2000, according to CenterWatch Monthly, an industry publication. Boston Globe, April 7, 2008
Our ability to build strategic relationships is being increasingly recognized as a key differentiator, with Kendle recently being named the 'Top CRO to Work With' in the Thomson CenterWatch 2007 survey of U.S. investigative sites." CNN Money, August 1, 2007
According to the '2007 CenterWatch National Survey of Study Volunteers', presented at the Drug Information Association (DIA) conference in Atlanta in June, the most popular motivation for patients to participate in clinical trials was "to help myself and others/ to advance science" (81 per cent); "to find a better treatment" (75 per cent) coming in closely behind, followed by "to receive higher quality medical care" (51 per cent). Drug Researcher, September 9, 2007
CenterWatch Releases State of the Clinical Trials Industry 2008 - A Key Industry Resource for Market Research
and Competitive Intelligence State of the Clinical Trials Industry 2008 is a comprehensive resource that examines all aspects of the clinical trials industry based on proprietary research conducted by CenterWatch and resulting from analyses of industry surveys, physician and patient surveys; and surveys of investigative sites both in the U.S. and overseas.
Russia is on track to become the next big clinical research market; global pharma R&D spending is projected to top $100 billion in 2007; and convenience is the number one concern of patients participating in clinical trials. These are just three of the hundreds of data points and research observations featured in State of the Clinical Trials Industry 2007, an annual sourcebook produced by Thomson CenterWatch, a leading provider of information and solutions to the clinical trials industry, and a business within of The Thomson Corporation. Earth Times, May 3, 2007
In 2003 CenterWatch web site won the award for Best Health/Healthcare Content - Other Health Sites, in the fourth annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards. CenterWatch won the Platinum award, which is the top award for this category. The program drew nearly 1,200 entries and web sites were judged based on a standard of Internet excellence and how they compared with others in their organization's classification. One hundred four individuals familiar with healthcare and the Internet evaluated entries. In 2002 CenterWatch.com received the Silver Award for Best Health/Healthcare Content - General Health Site from the eHealthcare Leadership Awards. Web sites were judged based on standard of Internet excellence and how they compared with others in thier organizations classification. Eighty individuals familiar with healthcare and the Internet evaluated entries.
According to CenterWatch, the Indian clinical trials market has grown from $35 million in 2002 to $120 million in 2006. The market is estimated to be worth $250-300 million by 2010. As a consequence, data volumes generated from these trials has also risen. EXPRESS Pharma, October 24, 2007
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According to Thomson CenterWatch, 20 to 30 per cent of clinical trials are being conducted in ascending regions. Additionally, pharmaceutical companies are using this as an opportunity to build relationships with key physicians and clinicians in these regions as they are in the best position to ultimately promote and prescribe the drug undergoing the trial when it comes to market. Irish Medical Times, April 4, 2007
More Chinese Get Free Drugs In Clinical Trials As Western drug companies plot strategies to tap that market, many are basing clinical trials in China. Roche has at least five trials in Shanghai listed on Thomson corp.’s CenterWatch, a drug-trial listing service based in Boston. By Elena Berton, The New York Times, February 14, 2006 "A Long List of Clinical Trials" "For the desperately ill, new drugs can never come out quickly enough. The CenterWatch web site can tell such people where new drugs are being tested. The site lists more than 7,000 clinical trials for drugs and other medical treatments. Nearly all of them are recruiting patients at test centers nationwide. The site owned by CenterWatch, a Boston publishing company, began three years ago and has quickly become a medical and on-line sensation. Each month, the CenterWatch site receives 100,000 visits from 85,000 patients or their advocates. And the site still has room to grow: 7,000 clinical trials is roughly about 10 percent of the nations total. 'The web site is not a big profit maker for us,' said Ken Getz, a principle and publisher of CenterWatch. 'But it addresses a critical need for patients who are eager for alternative treatments.' Navigating through the site's bounty of clinical trials is a breeze. The trials are organized into 20 broad disease categories, which include everything from oncology to dental/maxielofacial surgery. Within each grouping are specific ailments, with the trials for each disease organized by states. People searching for a specific clinical trial should find it quickly here, especially if they suffer from a common ailment. On a recent day, there were 423 clinical trials underway for hypertension, 73 for H.I.V. and 69 for rheumatoid arthritis. Many of the trials provided an E-mail response box for speedy enrollment. O.K. You're not sick, just short on rent money. CenterWatch may still be for you. Many of the trials pay stipends and some of the medical procedures are non-invasive. For example, researchers at Hill Top Research Inc. in Birmingham, Ala., are paying up to $250 for women volunteers for an acne study. If you don't qualify, there are over 21 other clinical trials for acne that are recruiting patients. The listings on this site are exhaustive. There are even clinical trials for children. Boys and Girls 12 years old or older can earn $160 by taking an investigational medication for strep throat at the Allergy and Asthma Institute in Louisville, KY. CenterWatch has become a crucial tool for some patients to come to terms with their illness. Women who have had mastectomies can take a drug at the Pain Trials Center in Boston as part of a study to manage pain from that surgery. 'One reason our site has become popular, I think, is because people are less trusting of a single medical opinion' said Mr. Getz. 'They are taking more responsibility for their health education.'" The New York Times, September 10, 1998
In 2005, CROs generated about $14 billion in revenue worldwide, according to Thomson CenterWatch, an industry trade publication. By 2010, CROs are projected to generate $25.9 billion worldwide. The News & Observer, October 20, 2007 Drug trials loom larger Thomson CenterWatch statistics quoted regarding the size of the clinical trials market in a story on the growing number of drugs entering clinical trials. By Sabine Vollmer, Staff Writer, January 27, 2005
Reference: To Find Out More, Pick Your Rx No matter what your question is, there’s probably a book or Web site that has an answer. Here’s a healthy guide to a selection of the best around... www.centerwatch.com The CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service maintains a list of current experiments, a matching service and profiles of the centers conducting research for potential participants, researchers and interested observers. Newsweek, Fall & Winter 2001 "If you decide to join a drug study, talk with your physician first and then be prepared to do a little digging to find one that's right for you. For general information start with CenterWatch's Web site, which lists clinical trials for everything from diabetes to sinus infections." Newsweek, October 19,
1998
As a result, annual CRO industry revenues have skyrocketed from around $7bn in 2001 to a whopping $17.8bn today, and according to Thomson CenterWatch, CROs played a substantial role in 64 per cent of Phase I, II and III trials in 2003, compared to only 28 per cent ten years earlier. Outsourcing-Pharma, October 3, 2007
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It’s hard to get firm numbers, but the Boston-based medical information and publishing firm CenterWatch, which tracks clinical trials, estimates that more than 40,000 are in progress, involving more than 20 million subjects. There are very few documented examples in which research subjects were seriously harmed. Looking at studies that led to the approval of one-third of all new drugs between 1987 and 2001, CenterWatch found that one in 30 subjects experienced a serious side effect. Reason Online, October 2007
"Net holds wide range of quality" Dr. John Renner, founder of the Consumer Health Institute in
Independence, Mo., tracks medical misinformation on line. 'Most
stuff on the Internet is good," he says, but adds there
are "quacks" on line as well. "Who said snake
oil was gone? It's back and it's at 14.4 (kilobits per second)."
His "best" medical sites: CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service - lists
ongoing research trials International Cancer Information Center - A National
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topics, physician Q&As... Costs, regulations move more drug tests outside USA By Julie Smith, USA Today Web Site, Health and Behavior, May 16, 2005 Thomson CenterWatch statistics quoted regarding the number of clinical trials
going on world wide in a story on the current trend of pharmaceutical companies
moving their human drug testing outside the US. Matchmakers: Patients Meet Clinical Trials When Drug Trials Go Wrong, Patients Have Little Recourse By Sarah Rubenstein, The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2008 World-wide, the number of industry trials rose to 59000 in 2006 from 40000 in 2000,
according to an estimate from CenterWatch. How to Find the Latest on Results of Clinical Trials As Groups Debate Access to Research, Existing Sources of Information Are Growing Roche Launches Clinical Trial Registry, Results Database By Anita Greil Story covering new clinical trials registry and trial results
database developed by Thomson CenterWatch for Roche, as well as
coverage of other actions taken by pharmaceutical companies in
regards to the transparency of information about their
clinical trials. Encore (A Special Report) --- Playing Guinea Pig: More clinical trials need older volunteers; Should you raise your hand? Kelly Greene If you do decide to participate in a study, where do you start? First, you
must sign an "informed consent" form, which spells out the risks.
Unfortunately, about 20% of the people signing such forms "don't
even bother to read them," says Ken Getz, president of Thomson
CenterWatch in Boston, a unit of Toronto-based media company
Thomson Corp. that provides online listings of clinical trials.
And three-quarters of the 1,565 study volunteers who responded
to a CenterWatch survey in 2002 said they didn't know what questions
to ask before enrolling in a study.
Mr. Getz advises asking the research center conducting the
study to disclose any ethical concerns considered by the review
board that approved the trial. Each study's sponsor must assemble
what's called an institutional review board, made up of doctors
and scientists charged with making sure that the study is performed
safely, following federal guidelines. The Wall Street Journal, August 2003 For those battling an illness, getting access to information about the latest
treatments and medical procedures is crucial. This site, produced
by a publisher of books and newsletters for the pharmaceutical
and biotechnology industries, lists dozens of clinical trials
taking place at medical centers around the country. While half
the site is geared towards those in the health-care industry,
the "patient resources" section is clear and easy to use. Visitors
can search for clinical trials by disease. The trials are further
broken down by location, so patients can find a trial close
to their home. For example, the site lists 151 trials for the
treatment of depression. Details of some of the trials are skimpy
however. Often, the site doesn't detail which medications are
being tested, how long the trial lasts or possible side effects
of treatment. The site does give contact information for the
trial, so interested patients can follow up. Users can sign
up to receive e-mail messages notifying them when a new trial
related to a specific illness is added to the site. WSJ.com "The Internet is sprouting a rash of Web sites and joint
ventures that seek to help remedy the prioblem by reaching the
millions of consumers who surf the Web for health-care information.
CenterWatch Inc., Boston, says it attracts 250,000 unique visitors
a month to its CenterWatch.com Web site, where it lists about
41,000 clinical trials." Is a Trial Right for You? Where to Find Answers, Resources CenterWatch.com noted as a resource for patients looking for clinical trials information. Using Humans as Guinea Pigs By David Evans, Michael Smith and Liz Willen, The Washington Times, January 8, 2006 In 25 years the number of therapeutic trials has multiplied by seven. Clinical trials
companies are operating on every continent. The sector's turnover is growing by nearly 20% a year
and reached $15.4bn in 2006. Znet, June 8, 2007
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