Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 65 | Page 18

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Allucent expands use of Medidata ’ s Clinical Cloud

of Medidata ’ s Clinical Cloud to advance its end-to-end clinical trial operations offering .
The agreement expands Allucent ’ s existing utilisation of Medidata technologies . These include Rave EDC , eCOA , RTSM and Rave Imaging , in support of critical areas of development , including oncology , rare and orphan indications and cell and gene therapies .
As part of this agreement , Allucent ’ s team also achieved 100 % Rave EDC certification , reinforcing its commitment to quality and providing its clients with best-in-class technology .
“ Our partnership with Medidata allows us to continue to bring our customers the level of patient focus and insights they need and expect ,” said Emily Moore , President of Biometrics at Allucent . “ Making the Medidata Clinical Cloud platform available to our clients was an important step to enabling us to accelerate clinical trial development for our customers – small and mid-sized biotech companies .”

Medidata , a Dassault Systèmes company , has announced that Allucent , a contract research organisation ( CRO ) bringing innovation to biopharma companies , is expanding the global use

“ Allucent is leveraging the power of the Medidata Clinical Cloud to solidify its position at the forefront of clinical technology ,” said Janet Butler , Head of Global Sales at Medidata . “ Its work with novel therapies requires agile , patient-centric solutions . We are proud to build on our eight-year collaboration to advance the Digital Transformation of life sciences and deliver clinical innovations to help reach their goals .”

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust leverages Rackspace to enhance patient data security

Rackspace Technology , a leading endto-end multi-cloud technology solutions company , has announced the CNWL NHS Foundation Trust leveraged a combination of public , private and government cloud solutions to address enormous pressure to meet the growing demand for its healthcare services and security for its mounting volume of patient data .

Founded in 2002 , the Central and North West London ( CNWL ) NHS Foundation Trust provides healthcare in London , Milton Keynes and Surrey . With a staff of over 8,500 , it provides over 300 services in 150 locations and 40 partner locations . Before the pandemic , CNWL partnered with Rackspace Technology to implement a long-term Digital Transformation project , migrating legacy systems to Rackspace Private Cloud and then moving to a multi-cloud IT environment via Rackspace Government Cloud on Microsoft Azure .
When COVID-19 hit , the healthcare organisation put its transformation plans on hold . It pivoted to focusing on supporting remote work and new models of patient care with the help of its Rackspace Technology team .
“ With Rackspace Private Cloud already providing the flexibility , speed and resilience it needed to bring innovation to its services , CNWL also deployed a public cloud on Microsoft Azure to deliver some of its services ,” said Owen Powell , Director of ICT , CNWL NHS Foundation Trust . “ To help ensure optimised security for its vast stores of sensitive patient data , Rackspace Technology recommended Rackspace Government Cloud , a fully managed security Platform-as-a-Service .”
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