KIKA Medical Celebrates Banner 2008: Expands U.S.-Based EDC Market, Appoints Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry Veteran Linda Beneze CEO, Unveils New Web-Based Clinical Asset Management Platform
BOSTON, MA and PARIS--(Marketwire - March 04, 2009) - KIKA Medical, the leading provider of advanced EDC solutions for clinical trials, celebrated a successful 2008 and is poised for continued strong growth this year.
Among KIKA's significant milestones last year was the August appointment of CEO Linda Beneze, a respected eClinical professional with a distinguished 25-year career. Previously Ms. Beneze was Vice President of Sales and Client Services at PHT Corporation. She also held executive roles at Phase Forward and Bard Vascular Systems.
Ms. Beneze said, "We're on track with an ambitious plan to increase our customer base and revenues on a global basis as more and more pharmaceutical and medical device companies choose KIKA's clinical asset management for reliable, flexible, accurate trials." KIKA 2008 highlights included:
18 New Trials -- In its first full year with a base of operations in the U.S., KIKA signed 18 new trials from new and existing clients. Trials included cardiovascular, oncology, and orthopedics.
New Version of KIKA Clinical Asset Management Platform -- The newest version of Clinical Asset Management solution is KIKA's exclusive 3-part approach to electronic clinical trial solutions: breakthrough Web-based technology, professional support, and established IT infrastructure. KIKA's platform includes Veracity™, a Web-based software platform that is customized to meet study needs precisely -- from the intuitive user interface that makes EDC truly flexible, reliable and user-friendly. The result is flexibility and customization, end-user empowerment, and responsiveness and support -- all to protect clinical assets and help bring much-needed medical solutions to market faster.
10 Years of Reliable Data Hosting -- KIKA marked its 10th year of hosting sponsors' mission-critical clinical data with less than two hours of downtime during the entire period. KIKA's system has a unique proxy store which automatically replicates data on the fly as it is collected and sends it to a mirror site that can take over in the event of a crash or natural disaster.
U.S. Executive Team in Place -- In addition to CEO Linda Beneze, KIKA named senior industry executive Kristine Klinger as Vice President of Professional Services; and added five new Directors of Business Development in the U.S. and Europe.
Strategic Partnerships -- KIKA signed new trials through partner companies including Genae, a CRO specializing in cardiovascular and endovascular therapies and medical devices; and continued to offer EDC solutions through academic CRO Cardialysis, a provider of imaging core laboratory techniques, clinical event adjudication services and services for studies in the cardiac area.
Spreading the Clinical Asset Management Message -- KIKA representatives participated in conferences around the globe to discuss important trends and advances in clinical asset management and advanced EDC. Venues included the Clinical Trial Conference; the annual DIA Conference & Exhibition; the Bio-IT World 2008 Annual Meeting; the DIA Annual Meeting; the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Conference; and the EuroPCR.
About KIKA Medical
KIKA helps the world's most innovative biopharmaceutical and medical device organizations bring much-needed medical solutions to the market faster. KIKA's Clinical Asset Management platform provides unmatched flexibility and customization, with advanced EDC including images and online adjudication. Visit www.kikamedical.com or call 1-617-619-9990 in the U.S.; +33 (0)1 53 17 95 70 in Europe; or email sales@kikamedical.com.
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