Who are the top 20 vendors, by revenues, providing software for the
automation of clinical trials (in pharmaceutical drug development)?

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Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 17 Jul 2003 08:58 PDT

CSHL --

Though it's not a market segment with which I'm familiar, my
professional background is in software marketing.  It would be
surprising if there were more than 5 vendors in this area; the top 3
will really be the dominant forces.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

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Clarification of Question by cshl-ga on 17 Jul 2003 09:05 PDT

I agree, I was hoping for as complete a list as possible. Perhaps top
10 -- I realize it may trail off viciously after the first 3 to 5 but
the tail-ends of the marketplace are informative as well.

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Request for Question Clarification by belindalevez-ga on 26 Jul 2003 05:26 PDT

<I have been researching your question and would like to confirm that
I am on the right track. Are the sort of companies that you are
interested in providing services similar to DataLabs?
http://www.datalabs.com/profile.html>

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Clarification of Question by cshl-ga on 26 Jul 2003 08:15 PDT

Yes, that would appear to be one! Another one would e-trials. Having
investigated this some since I provided my last response (above) I
think there are easily 20 vendors in the billion dollar marketplace.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 26 Jul 2003 10:28 PDT

Cshl-ga,

I have found a document that discusses in detail the development of
the clinical trials software market, along with other aspects of CRO
operations as they pertain to clinical trials.  It describes the
business approaches of all the major clinical trial software
companies, as far as I can tell.  However it does NOT rank the
companies, nor does it include revenue information.

Would this be of interest to you as an answer to your question?

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Clarification of Question by cshl-ga on 26 Jul 2003 19:21 PDT

no, the CRO market is not of interest -- the Quintiles realm of things
is not what I'm looking for, thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 26 Jul 2003 19:50 PDT

Fair enough, but here's the link anyway:

http://www.healthdec.com/lit_downloads.html

and click on:

An Electronic Paradigm: A Look into the Changing World of Clinical Trials

<Clinical Trials Software vendors – top 10 by revenue.

Limitations of the list.
From the information that is published about company revenues I have
been able to compile a list of the top 10 vendors by revenue. However
some companies are active in several industry areas with many products
whilst others specialise only in clinical trials software. Since many
of the smaller companies are privately held, details of revenue are
not published. PHT Corporation is a company that would likely feature
high up on the list although details of its revenue are not readily
available.

There has recently been some consolidation in the industry with a
number of take-overs and mergers, details of which are given below.

1. Oracle Corp
http://www.oracle.com/
Revenue for year ended 31 May 2003 was $4,844 million.
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/030624/orcl10-k.html

2. SAS Inc.
http://www.sas.com/
Revenue in 2002 was $1.18 billion.
It is difficult to calculate how much revenue is from its clinical
trials products as the company is active in 11 different industry
sectors.
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2003/03/10/daily4.html

3. PRA International – http://www.prainternational.com/
Revenue - $235 million 
http://www.bio-itworld.com/archive/050903/data.html

4. Phase Forward
http://www.phaseforward.com/
Bookings of $80 millionhttp://www.provenda.com/news/pr/2001/011114.htm
$106 million in sales
http://www.bio-itworld.com/archive/081302/tortured_sidebar_923.html

5. invivo data 
http://www.invivo-corp.com/01-23-01.htm
Revenue in 2002 was $42,088,300
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/020930/safe10-k.html

6. eresearch Technology 
http://www.ert.com/index.asp
$29.4 million in 2002, $20.2 million in 2001. 
http://www.otcjournal.com/archive/listserv/20021202-1.html

7. Pharsight
http://www.pharsight.com/literature/0503_fact_sheet.pdf
Revenues for the three months ending 31 march 2003 $3,565,000. Based
on these figures revenue is estimated to be approximately $14 million.
http://www.hpcwire.com/dsstar/99/0112/100516.html

8. nTouch Research Corporation 
http://www.ntouchresearch.com/
Revenues in 2002 expected to reach $10 million.
http://www.ntouchresearch.com/viewpress.cfm?number=33

9. etrials
http://www.etrials.com/
Revenue was $8 million in 2002. A recent merger with Arracel is
predicted to generate revenue of $15 million.
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2003/02/24/story6.html?page=2

10. CRF Box
http://www.crfbox.com/
Revenues of $6 million
http://www.bio-itworld.com/archive/050903/data.html


Other vendors.

PHT Corporation – this company would probably come fairly high up in
the top ten but since it is privately held there are no details of
revenue published. It was founded in 1994 and has received $41 million
in venture capital financing.
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:jOx6ys8bM-4J:www.pharmalive.com/gcrs/pdf/cro_complete.pdf+%22pht+corporation%22+revenue&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

ViPS Biomedical Services
http://www.cbtech.com/
CB Technologies recently filed for bankruptcy and was then taken over
by ViPS. CB Technologies will be a wholly owned subsidiary and renamed
ViPS Biomedical Services.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=CMPCH_STW.story&STORY=/www/story/07-02-2003/0001975466&EDATE=WED+Jul+02+2003,+07:32+AM
http://pacific.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2003/06/30/daily24.html

Advanced Clinical Software (ACS).
http://www.acs-world.com/html/general_aboutus.asp

DataLabs
http://www.datalabs.com/profile.html

Outcome Sciences
http://www.outcomesciences.com/home/frame.html

DataTrak International
http://www.dtrack.com/
Recently delisted from Nasdaq
http://www.bio-itworld.com/archive/050903/data.html

Symetric Sciences Inc.
http://www.symetric.ca/

TrialTrac
http://www.trialtrac.com/

Integrated Clinical Systems Inc. 
http://www.i-review.com/

Clinical Trials Net
http://www.clinicaltrialsnet.com/

Eroom has been taken over by Documentum
http://www.documentum.com/

Finjan software has taken over Alchemedia
http://www.alchemedia.com/

Parexel International to take over FW Pharma Systems Ltd
http://www.fwpharma.com/

NetRegulus 
http://www.netregulus.com/index.htm>


<Additional links:>

<The changing world of clinical trials>
<http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:_pfCzV2S9d0J:www.healthdec.com/downloads/fac_equities_report.pdf+%22clinical+trial+software%22+%22market+leaders%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8>

<The market for clinical trials applications.>
<http://www.silico-research.com/2002pages/Research/ClinicalTrials/ClinicalTrials.html>

<Clinical trial software providers>
<http://www.bio-itworld.com/archive/081302/tortured_sidebar_923.html>

<Profiles of industry providers – technology solutions.>
<http://www.centerwatch.com/professional/provtcat14.html>


<Search strategy:>

<"clinical trial software" "market leaders>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22clinical+trial+software%22+%22market+leaders%22>

<"sas" revenue>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22sas%22+revenue>

<"datalabs" revenue>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22datalabs%22+revenue>

<"clinical trials software" "major" >
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<Hope this helps.>