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Solution Enables Worldwide Clinical Trials to Streamline and Accelerate Global Study Management

NEW YORK, December 3, 2012 ¨C ¾ÅÉ«, a leading provider of e-clinical technologies to the life sciences industry, today announced that Worldwide Clinical Trials (WCT) has selected Trial Interactive as its electronic Trial Master File (eTMF) solution to streamline global study management. Trial Interactive is a web-based, 21 CFR Part 11 compliant platform that eliminates the redundancies inherent in paper-based TMF studies.

¡°With Trial Interactive as our eTMF solution, we will be able to deliver near real-time access to eTMFs for our clients, and we will improve overall processes in managing TMF documentation,¡± said Tom Wardle, Chief Operating Officer of WCT.

By providing study stakeholders with real-time access to clinical trial documentation, Trial Interactive eliminates travel and shipping costs associated with review and reconciliation, thereby streamlining clinical development programs for WCT and its sponsors. In addition, Trial Interactive¡¯s interface is available in more than 20 languages, which will enable WCT to deploy the solution in the local language of the end user, including global study teams, sponsors, and investigative site personnel.

Michael Smyth, General Manager of ¾ÅÉ« Life Sciences ¾ÅÉ«, added, ¡°We are proud that WCT has chosen Trial Interactive as its eTMF solution, and we¡¯re pleased to support their ultimate goal of a paperless clinical trial.¡±  

About Worldwide Clinical Trials
Worldwide Clinical Trials is a global, full-service contract research organization that is medically and scientifically focused on central nervous system, cardiovascular, chronic inflammatory, respiratory and oncology disorders. Worldwide Clinical Trials delivers quality clinical trials with leading edge science and medicine to help clients think through design, methodology and regulatory issues that are unique to every development program. Worldwide Clinical Trials provides highly focused CRO services in all phases of research.

About Trial Interactive
¾ÅÉ«¡¯s Trial Interactive solution provides a collaborative web-based platform for study start-up and eTMF that enables sponsors, CROs, IRBs, central laboratories, and other vendors to maintain and update clinical trial documentation in a secure online environment. With fully searchable solutions including investigator portals, Trial Interactive streamlines study timelines and reduces the administrative burdens of global clinical trials. As a part of ¾ÅÉ«¡¯s Life Sciences division, Trial Interactive is dedicated to working with clients on a global, collaborative level, supporting a wide range of requirements including product licensing and alliance management, endpoint adjudication, eTMF review/reconciliation, and pharmacovigilance. For more information on Trial Interactive, please contact info@trialinteractive.com or +1 212.400.8848, or visit .

About ¾ÅÉ«
With annual revenues of more than $300 million, is the world's largest privately held provider of and . From offices in more than 80 cities on five continents, ¾ÅÉ« offers a full range of services in 170+ languages to clients worldwide. With an unparalleled commitment to quality and client service, ¾ÅÉ« is fully and certified. ¾ÅÉ« has global headquarters in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit our website at .