ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A partnership has recently been formed between Community Hospital Anderson, Flagship Enterprise Center, Anderson University, and Triformis Clinical, Inc., to enable Community Anderson to become a leader in conducting clinical trials for the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. The organizations will partner together to develop a clinical research program providing pioneering medicines and devices that enable people to live longer, healthier, and more active lives. In addition, Triformis has agreed to become a charter equity client of the Flagship Enterprise Center when the facility opens in May, 2005. The partnership promises to have substantial economic impact for the community of Anderson and the State of Indiana as well as educational opportunity for students of Anderson University.
“Community Hospital Anderson is excited to partner with Triformis to bring pharmaceutical research to our community,” said Dr. Bill VanNess, president and CEO of Community Anderson. “It is rare to find research of this nature being conducted at a non-teaching, non-research based facility. We are pleased that Triformis recognized the high level of clinical quality being provided at Community Anderson. This partnership will bring new revenue into our county as Triformis establishes itself at the Flagship Center. We are looking forward to participating in this cutting edge research that will benefit patients not only in Madison County but potentially around the world.”
“I am very pleased that Triformis has found a home in Anderson by agreeing to become an equity client of the Flagship Enterprise Center,” said Charles Staley, CEO of the Flagship Enterprise Center and special assistant for Engagement at Anderson University. “The collaboration between Community Hospital Anderson, Triformis, Anderson University, and the Flagship Enterprise Center offers mutual benefit and enormous opportunity for this area of the state.”
Triformis (http://www.triformisclinical.com/ ) offers software and services to improve patient enrollment and optimize research sites for pharmaceutical and medical device clinical studies. By using technology and expertise in the health care industry, Triformis shortens the time required to enroll patients into a clinical study and can optimize clinical research sites as small as one doctor or as big as hundreds of doctors to run efficient clinical trials.
“The new partnership evolving between Triformis and Community Hospital Anderson will not only provide a strong economic impact but will also benefit Anderson University students,” said Dr. Terry Truitt, dean of the Falls School of Business at Anderson University. “For students in the Falls School of Business that benefit will come in the form of internships, mentoring opportunities, and eventually, career track opportunities after graduation. This new endeavor will also help fuel the ongoing economic turnaround in the Anderson area. Economic growth will spur new job opportunities that will encourage high school and college graduates to stay in the area.”
“We are excited about the possibilities as we explore a relationship with Triformis and Community Hospital Anderson,” said Dr. Andrea Koepke, director of the School of Nursing at Anderson University. “A potential exists for student internships in drug related research through this new partnership.”
Triformis designs and develops cost-effective software solutions that improve efficiency in the most time consuming, error-prone and labor intensive segments of the clinical development process. The company has more than 30 years of experience in managing clinical trials, implementing global clinical systems and processes, and IT/management consulting in the regulatory and clinical space. Triformis works in the areas of pharmaceutical and contract research organization (CRO) industries, clinical research management, product commercialization, marketing, and computer hardware/software design.
“We are excited about working with all those involved in Anderson and look forward to bringing our unique blend of software solutions and clinical services to others throughout the state,” said Greg Downey, president of Triformis. “We believe that partnerships like this one will strengthen the foundation and further the goals of the Indiana Life Science Initiative. Our unique combination of software solutions and clinical services enable existing practices, clinics and hospitals in utilizing current assets to increase revenue while participating in cutting edge clinical research.”
“By utilizing Triformis’ eStudy Recruitment and Enrollment Software Suite, Community Hospital Anderson will play a major role in improving the timeliness and accuracy in recruiting and enrolling patients,” said Donald R. Cook, vice president of Clinical Services for Triformis. “This partnership will play an important part in helping Indiana Life Science companies deliver new or improved biomedical devices and innovative medicines to the marketplace.
The Flagship Enterprise Center (http://www.flagshipenterprise.org/ ), scheduled for dedication in May, 2005, will provide space where new businesses can be nurtured by experienced business owners, business school faculty, venture capitalists, local business organizations, government entities, technology personnel, and others. Serving as a small business incubator and early business accelerator, the center (located at entrance of the Flagship Business Park at I-69 and Pendleton Avenue -- exit 22 -- in Anderson) will emphasize the development of emerging manufacturing and electronic technologies. The center will provide access to university researchers and scientists, contact with management consulting, student mentoring opportunities for research and development support, and access to state-of- the-art communications. Currently, the center is hosting several new business tenants that have started operations in a transitional building space loaned by Remy International, Inc. Contact Arthur Patterson, executive director of the Flagship Enterprise Center at 765-778-0266 for more information.
Flagship Enterprise Center
CONTACT: Chris Williams of Flagship Enterprise Center, +1-765-641-4235;Robert Harris of Triformis Clinical, +1-317-409-6234; Keith Trent of C.H.Anderson, +1-765-298-5414