Lundbeck Selects Medidata Rave(R) to Manage Global Electronic Clinical Trials



    Medidata Solutions today announced that H. Lundbeck A/S has chosen
    to implement Medidata Rave 5.6 as its electronic data capture (EDC),
    management and reporting solution. An international pharmaceutical
    company focused on treatments for psychiatric and neurological
    disorders, Lundbeck plans to use Medidata Rave to manage several Phase
    II-IV trials in the coming months, with the goal of conducting 10 or
    more studies in Rave each year. Lundbeck's first study in Medidata
    Rave 5.6 will launch in September 2007.

    Founded in 1915, Lundbeck maintains a strategic focus on
    developing therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders,
    including depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and
    Parkinson's disease. Lundbeck had been using EDC for a few years, but
    as its clinical needs evolved, the company sought a modern system that
    would enable critical user functionality and scalability to handle
    larger, multi-national studies. The company opened its search for a
    user-friendly EDC system that would streamline studies and allow
    timely access to higher quality data. After completing an extensive
    evaluation of the industry's leading EDC solutions, Lundbeck narrowed
    its search to Medidata and one other software provider. The company
    chose Medidata Rave as the system that was strongly favored by CRAs
    and site managers and was able to meet Lundbeck's evolving clinical
    needs.

    According to Lundbeck's EDC Team Leader Medidata Rave offered
    several key benefits over competing systems:

    -- The software's modern architecture and intuitive, clean
    interface made it extremely easy for CRAs and site managers to
    learn.

    -- Lundbeck's IT executives were impressed with Rave's ability to
    maintain optimal speed and performance.

    -- By leveraging Rave's Global Library, Lundbeck will speed the
    design of multiple studies by enabling study designers to
    easily select and reuse components ranging from edit checks to
    entire forms and visit structures.

    -- Rave's Amendment Manager now allows Lundbeck's study team to
    easily incorporate protocol amendments to on-going studies,
    including migrating previously entered data without system
    downtime.

    -- Because Rave also works on any computer and is
    browser-independent, Lundbeck is able to reduce costs around
    the provisioning and maintenance of laptops at sites.

    Lundbeck's head of ICR System Support sees Medidata Rave as a
    critical building block that will play a central role in the company's
    clinical processes. With the ability to easily integrate with other
    systems, Lundbeck expects to achieve access to clinical and
    operational data that will enable earlier decision-making throughout
    each trial.

    "More and more, Medidata Rave is serving as the 'backbone' of the
    clinical research process - and we are pleased Lundbeck will benefit
    from Rave's ability to easily integrate with other systems, meet the
    requirements of both large-and-small scale studies and enable them to
    rapidly conduct multiple studies in their strategic area of research,"
    said Tarek Sherif, CEO of Medidata Solutions. "We greatly look forward
    to a long-standing relationship with Lundbeck and helping to
    streamline the development of novel CNS therapies that will make a
    significant difference in the lives of patients around the world."

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