CMIC and Lokavant Collaborate to Deploy Machine Learning-Powered Clinical Trial Intelligence Platform

CMIC Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese Contract Research Organization (CRO), and Lokavant, a leading clinical trial intelligence company, announced today that they have agreed to use Lokavant's predictive analytics capabilities to assist CMIC's clinical operations. This strategic collaboration, Lokavant Oversight, monitoring, and operational risk management platform, will be implemented throughout CMIC studies.

CMIC was the first firm in Japan to provide CRO services, and the company has over 28 years of pharmaceutical development expertise in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) area. CMIC Group supports more than 80% of new drug research in Japan. CMIC and Lokavant are some of the first predictive analytics collaborations for clinical trial operations in the rapidly expanding APAC region.

Trial management has gotten more complex and inefficient as the quantity of data points gathered in clinical trials has increased rapidly. The procedure for detecting and managing risks in clinical trials is still largely manual, and it is often too delayed to prevent severe consequences. The collaboration between CMIC and Lokavant goes beyond conventional risk-based monitoring by implementing an end-to-end solution backed by Lokavant's past operational data and CMIC's data. This will enable CMIC to perform next-generation risk-based monitoring, which will be capable of predicting data quality problems, research schedule delays, and budget overruns. CMIC clinical teams will be proactive, rather than reactive, in reducing problems and eventually enhancing trial results by using historical data to predict future issues. Lokavant and CMIC will also collaborate to create data-driven metrics to track study success across previous and current CMIC trials, delivering critical insights to CMIC's 1,200+ clinical trial operators.

About Lokavant
Lokavant's data-driven solutions, including its flagship product, Lokavant Oversight, a tech-enabled risk-based monitoring solution, and Lokavant Insight, a clinical operations benchmarking tool, allow next-generation clinical trials. Lokavant Oversight collects and distributes real-time data from various trial data sources, anticipates problems throughout clinical development to reduce trial risks, and empowers monitoring teams by displaying critical research data. Lokavant Insight enables clinical teams to assess clinical trial performance and analyze critical trial success and failure indicators.

About CMIC Group
CMIC Group was established in 1992 as Japan's first Contract Research Organization (CRO). CMIC Group is now Japan's biggest clinical CRO with a worldwide presence, offering complete services in drug development, clinical site management, clinical to commercial GMP manufacturing, regulatory consultancy, and contract sales and marketing solutions. CMIC Group assists pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device firms in entering the Japanese market, conducting clinical trials in Asia, and bridging drug development and manufacturing requirements in the United States, Europe, Japan, and the rest of Asia. CMIC Group employs approximately 7,000 people and operates from 25 locations across the globe.