News Briefs: Fast Track gains $15.6M in financing

April 5, 2000

Fast Track gains $15.6M in financingSan Mateo, CA-based Fast Track Systems plans to use the $15.6 million gained in its second round of financing to speed the deployment of its Intelligent Clinical Protocol-based information services, which aid in

Fast Track gains $15.6M in financing

San Mateo, CA-based Fast Track Systems plans to use the $15.6 million gained in its second round of financing to speed the deployment of its Intelligent Clinical Protocol-based information services, which aid in designing and managing human clinical trials to bring new pharmaceutical products to market faster. Fast Tracks site-sponsor network model delivered over the Internet integrates clinical trial processes and products into one system with the goal of reducing the time and cost of phase II and phase III trials.

Dicoms imagExplorer transmits images via the Web

Dicom Imaging Systems imagExplorer software transmits electronic image attachments via the Internet to dental insurance companies and third-party payers (PNN 3/00). The Vancouver, BC-based firm developed this capability in a joint project with National Electronic Attachment (NEA) of Atlanta to tap into the electronic data interchange market in dentistry. imagExplorer includes NEAs Fast Attach software, which allows images to be transmitted electronically to NEAs repository, where they can be viewed. Dicom is in talks with several companies that run electronic attachment clearinghouses to increase the availability of its images.