29
Nov2011

by Jae Chung
Ambitious. This is the word I would use to describe the 50/7/2 experiment. goBalto collaborated with a global pharmaceutical company and leading clinical research organization (CRO) to initiate Fifty sites on a mock study in Seven days across Two continents using our web-based site initiation tool – Tracker. We collectively pushed the “envelope” intentionally, to see [...]
22
Nov2011

by Jae Chung
Authored by Sherry Reuter The follow up… A few weeks ago, one reader commented on the list posted from my interview with a study subject, saying she: “ …wished the patient had gone into more detail on some of her positive experiences. While we can continue to learn from these awful experiences, none of us [...]
16
Nov2011

by Jae Chung
Whether it’s a customer demo, investor pitch, friends, family and random folks on the internet – we get this questions all the time. Where does the name goBalto come from and what does it mean? Here’s the story. In January 1925, doctors realized that a potentially deadly diphtheria epidemic was poised to sweep through Nome’s young people. The [...]
14
Nov2011

by Jae Chung
As goBalto gains new customers and creates new ground breaking solutions for clinical study startup, our team has been growing to keep up with the demands of our users. A core part of our team is software engineering. Unfortunately, good engineers are hard to find in Silicon Valley. Exceptional ones familiar with Ruby on Rails [...]
14
Nov2011

by Jae Chung
Creating value. That’s Genexion’s tagline. While many organizations “preach” value, we’ve observed first-hand how Dr. Yves Grumser (CEO of Genexion) and his team are creating it. One way they’re delivering value to their sponsor clients is by teaming up with goBalto to accelerate study startup using Tracker (a web based platform to… you guessed it, [...]
7
Nov2011

by Jae Chung
Authored by: Dan Sfera I just wrapped up an hour long interview with Ana Marquez for my clinical trial talk show, “The Clinical Trials Guru”. What we discussed during that interview actually inspired me to delve deeper into the subject of research clinics and their handling of cash flow, invoicing, contract negotiations and the like. [...]
3
Nov2011

by Jae Chung
“I have audited hundreds of clinical trial platforms. You guys have built by far the easiest and most well designed solution out there for starting clinical trials. And your eSignature implementation? It’s the best I’ve seen. You should issue a press release on this feature alone!” – David Nettleton, FDA compliance specialist and CFR Part [...]