PHARMA TECH
Capacity | August 12, 2021
Capacity, an AI-powered support automation platform, today announces its partnership with Citeline Connect, the all-in-one clinical trial recruitment platform developed by Informa Pharma Intelligence. The companies partnered to launch Moderna's clinical trial recruitment website with an AI-powered chatbot to provide a comprehensive experience for potential study participants.
This partnership enables customers like Moderna to create engaging clinical trial recruitment websites. With the power of Capacity's chatbot and support automation software alongside Citeline Connect technology, users are able to actively complete registration and pre-screening through an easy-to-use interface.
"Our work with Citeline Connect is reflective of our ultimate goal at Capacity, leveraging a company's existing knowledge base with support automation to help teams do their best work," said David Karandish, CEO of Capacity. "As we see relief from the COVID-19 pandemic on the horizon, there is still a way to go before we are in the clear. In working with Citeline Connect, we're honored to have the opportunity to provide helpful technology for healthcare providers, researchers, and patients."
Capacity and Citeline Connect's first-of-its-kind work will enhance the patient experience. With user-friendly technology, Capacity's chatbot provides an expansive knowledge-base and user-friendly solution.
"We are proud of our ability to create more opportunities for the public to engage with important clinical trials," said Chris Venezia, chief commercial officer at Citeline Connect. "Working with Capacity is a no-brainer to provide an extensive solution that meets the needs of potential patients and the clinical trial sponsors. They make it easy for both potential and current study participants to ask questions, find clinical trial information, and begin their study enrollment journey"
This partnership comes on the heels of Capacity's growth and recognition across industries. Capacity was recognized as the "Adaptive Learning Innovation of the Year" in the 2021 EdTech Breakthrough Awards, as a "Tech 100 Mortgage Winner" by HousingWire, and was a 2021 FinTech award winner for the "Most Innovative Financial Services Machine Learning UI Solution - North America" by Wealth and Finance International. Capacity was also recognized by Knowledge Management World as one of the top 100 companies that matter most in knowledge management, and secured $12M in Series C funding late last year to continue innovating solutions for its customers.
About Capacity
Capacity is an AI-powered support automation platform that connects your entire tech stack to answer questions, automate repetitive support tasks, and build solutions to any business challenge. Capacity was founded in 2017 by David Karandish and Chris Sims, and is part of the Equity.com incubator.
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Prnewswire | August 31, 2020
Parallel, formerly known nationally as Surterra Holdings, a company pioneering well-being through its proprietary cannabinoid brands, science and technology-led innovation, today announced that it will introduce new edible cannabis products to its customers in its 39 Florida Surterra Wellness stores. This expansion of Surterra Wellness' product offering follows the Florida Department of Health's (FDOH) finalizing recently released emergency rules to allow for the production and sale of edible products. Launch is dependent on regulatory approval of each of those products. Surterra Wellness, widely known for its line of whole flower, vaporizers, tincture oils, topical patches, theragels and lotions, is Parallel's leading cannabis retail brand for patients and customers aiming to improve their well-being in both Florida and Texas.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific | September 03, 2021
Thermo Fisher Scientific's clinical sequencing business and AstraZeneca today announced they will co-develop next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based companion diagnostics (CDx) to support AstraZeneca's expanding portfolio of targeted therapies. The companies will collaborate under a multiyear, global agreement.
"As the pipeline of targeted therapies expands, the availability of diagnostic tools that can interrogate multiple biomarkers simultaneously will ensure patients can be matched with the right therapies more rapidly – this is the promise of precision medicine," said Garret Hampton, president of clinical next-generation sequencing and oncology at Thermo Fisher Scientific. "Introduction of diagnostic tools early in the process of drug development can further facilitate the success of companion diagnostic development – and that's what we're doing with AstraZeneca."
NGS-based companion diagnostics are increasingly used to match patients with new therapies for cancer and other diseases. More than 90 percent of AstraZeneca's clinical pipeline, across all main areas from oncology, cardiovascular and renal to metabolic and respiratory disease, are targeted precision medicine therapies.
"Using the latest diagnostic science allows us to match the best treatment to the patient," said Ruth March, senior vice president, precision medicine and biosamples, AstraZeneca. "This collaboration with Thermo Fisher offers the technology, expertise and ability to decentralize CDx tests to local healthcare providers across our global markets, which will help us identify more patients around the world who may benefit from treatments and effective patient care."
Thermo Fisher currently offers the only globally distributable NGS CDx solution approved and reimbursed by government and commercial insurers in more than 15 countries, including the U.S., multiple European nations, Japan, South Korea and the Middle East, and covering more than 550 million lives globally.
To expand global access to a growing list of precision medicine therapies, in 2019 Thermo Fisher introduced the Ion Torrent Genexus System*, the first fully-integrated NGS platform featuring an automated specimen-to-report workflow that economically delivers results in a single day. The company's complete NGS workflow, powered by Ion AmpliSeq technology, includes multiple solutions for solid tumor biomarkers and liquid biopsy testing.
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $30 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 80,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon.
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