Clinical Cloud Platform Advances Medical Research

Chonbuk National University Hospital (CUH; Jeonju; South Korea) has selected Medidata (New York, NY, USA) technology to power its Global Center of Excellence during early clinical trials.

The Medidata Clinical Cloud platform will be implemented across the entire CUH portfolio of early phase clinical studies in order to further top-line, globally standardized clinical development programs, as well as to bring operational efficiency and greater speed and quality of data collection. Electronic data capture (EDC) and management will be supplied by the Medidata Rave enterprise EDC solution across its entire portfolio of early-phase clinical studies.

“South Korea is poised to be a major emerging clinical trials market in Asia, both on a global and regional scale, yet most trials in Korea are still conducted with paper or small, proprietary computer systems, especially in hospitals,” said Tae Sun Park, director of CUH Global Center. “To be a top medical institute in Korea, it’s imperative that we stay at the forefront of innovation in our industry to ensure the development of high-quality therapies for those in need. Medidata’s cutting-edge technology has been proven in trials around the world, and we look forward to maximizing our trial efficiencies, ultimately helping to accelerate the delivery of innovative new medicines to patients.”

“As we continue to expand into Asia's growing clinical trial landscape, we're pleased to be collaborating with the highly reputable Chonbuk National University Hospital in Korea,” said Takeru Yamamoto, managing director of the Medidata Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. “Our market-leading cloud technology is transforming the way the industry develops new therapies, and we look forward to enhancing CUH Global Center's clinical services to drive better medical innovation in Korea, across Asia, and around the globe.”

The CUH Global Centre was established as an early stage clinical research center 1997 by the South Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and was named an official regional clinical trials center by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2006. In November 2012, the facility was appointed as a Global Centre of Excellence in early clinical trials by Korea National Enterprise for Clinical Trials. The CUH Global Centre contains clinical trial research rooms, with 40 patient beds, high-tech equipment, and facilities for subjects to provide comfortable services.

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