Phase Forward and GSK sign multi-year software agreements
Phase Forward, a provider of data management software for clinical trials and drug safety, has signed multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) covering licencing and study support services. GSK and Phase Forward also have a multi-year agreement in place for hosting services.
Phase Forward, a provider of data management software for clinical trials and drug safety, has signed multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) covering licencing and study support services. GSK and Phase Forward also have a multi-year agreement in place for hosting services.
Under the terms of the new agreements, GSK will continue to use Phase Forward's InForm Integrated Trial Management data capture software. Since 2004, GSK has initiated nearly 600 clinical trials with InForm and hosting and study support services.
"GSK is pleased to have reached an agreement with Phase Forward that will allow us to continue to enjoy the significant efficiency gains we have realised from the use of InForm and associated services over the past five years," said Diane Fuell, vice president of business support in GSK's Centre for Clinical Study Excellence Operations and Data Quality.
"GSK and Phase Forward share the vision that technology plays a central role in optimizing the global pharmaceutical development process," added Bob Weiler, chairman and ceo of Phase Forward. "We are enormously proud of the results our work with GSK has achieved to date and look forward to furthering that success in our continued collaboration."