Melbourne, Australia, April 1, 2007
INVISION IT Systems, inventor of EVADO Clinical Trial management software, announced today that it has joined the BioIT Alliance.
Sponsored by Microsoft, the BioIT Alliance is a world-wide, cross-industry group which fosters information sharing and collaboration between companies in the health, biotech, pharmaceutical, hardware and software industries, to allow complex biomedical data to be shared more effectively to bring about new, life-saving discoveries in a shorter time.
INVISION IT System’s CEO, Jennie Anderson, says she is honoured to be the first Australian company involved in the alliance. “I am very proud that our company, INVISION IT Systems is going to be part of this exciting initiative. With companies of the calibre of Microsoft and Sun involved, I believe that we have an excellent foundation from which to bring forth answers to today’s BIO IT challenges - and that is what my company is all about, utilizing technology to make this a better world.”
Don Rule, Bio IT Alliance Manager, enthusiastically welcomes INVISION IT Systems on board. “INVISION has more than 25 years experience in the design of innovative technologies for Health and Biotech. INVISION will be a valuable addition to the Alliance.”
INVISION IT Systems is going to launch EVADO, their clinical trial software in May. Developed in collaboration with researchers, clinical research organisations (CROs) and regulators, EVADO provides a comprehensive, secure and easy-to-use web based enterprise wide clinical trial management system which meets the stringent requirements of the FDA and Australia’s TGA.
“I am really looking forward to being involved in the Alliance,” adds Ms Anderson. “This is a great honour for an Australian company and it is an exciting time for INVISION”
Background Information
About the BioIT Alliance
The BioIT Alliance was formed in 2006 and is a cross-industry group working together to improve biomedical information technology on the Microsoft platform. Founding members include Affymetrix Inc., Accelrys Software Inc., Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Applied Biosystems, The BioTeam Inc., Digipede Technologies LLC, Discovery Biosciences Corporation., Geospiza Inc., Hewlett-Packard Development Company, InterKnowlogy, Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems Inc., VizX Labs LLC and other key companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech, hardware and software industries. For more information about the BioIT Alliance visit their website at http://www.bioitalliance.org
Background Information about INVISION IT Systems Pty Ltd
Formed in 1987, INVISION IT Systems is a group of highly skilled engineers, scientists and health professionals with over 25 years experience assisting a wide range of companies with business improvements, health services, specific design solutions and EVADO, an enterprise-wide eCRF management system designed in Australia.
For further information, please contact:
Jennie Anderson, CEO
INVISION IT SYSTEMS
13 Purcell Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051 Australia
P: +61 (03) 9329 6626