At EuroDIA in Berlin, Massimo Raineri, Head of Systems Development, Biometry, Actelion Pharmaceuticals (www.actelion.com) is chairing a conference session at 9-10.30 on Wednesday, March 25th entitled "A look into the future: what is on the horizon after we have managed EDC properly?" (Hall 9). His own presentation will be looking at the use of Digital Pen and Paper technology for data collection in clinical trials, which Actelion has been pioneering.
The following Anoto partners will be exhibiting their solutions at the show in Berlin:
Kayentis (www.kayentis.com), an Anoto Platinum Partner, will present its Clin’Form solution (Stand 1277, Hall 12). Clin’Form, which is based on Anoto technology, provides an easy data collection method for sponsors, investigators, Clinical Research Associates (CRAs), patients and other parties involved in clinical trials. It offers a high level of data quality combined with all the advantages of electronic data management, significantly streamlining clinical trials costs. Clin’Form has been adopted by more than a dozen pharmaceutical companies and has been used with more than 50,000 patients in 50 countries and in as many languages.
PharmaForms GmbH (www.pharmaforms.com), a supplier of clinical trial documentation such as Case Report Forms (CRFs), patient diaries and submission dossiers, is showing its dotforms–eCRF system (Stand 1248, Hall 12). Based on Anoto’s technology, this solution aims to automate clinical data capture completely, from the CRF all the way to the database. Dotforms-eCRF has been certified for use in the pharmaceutical sector. The Anoto technology combines the usability of paper with the flexibility of information technology. Investigators and patients continue to write on paper as usual, using a digital pen. PharmaForms provides the paper forms, which look just like normal CRFs but feature the Anoto dot pattern. Data recorded by the pen is transmitted to backend IT systems and available for analysis and reporting in real time. Dotforms-eCRF is already in use for clinical trials in 20 countries, with several hundred pens deployed.
Belgian solution provider Arco/eClinics Solutions (www.arco.be - Stand 1202, Hall 12) is highlighting its DocGenerator system that helps create documents based on Anoto’s technology on top of a powerful in-house document and workflow management system. This combination enables the trial sponsor to build flexible data capture and management workflows, tailored to a wide range of needs and processes. The latter can include Optical Character Recognition (OCR), customized quality control and validation as well as reporting. The solution combines the advantages of pen and paper with real-time data capture and processing capabilities.