Aggie’s Insights
We’re on a mission to learn everything there is to know about clinical research and clinical trial management. We’re sharing those insights with you. A little research, a lot of interviews, some great customer stories, and even more.
Software for Clinical Ops: Kill the Platform; Keep the Cannoli
I owe an apology for mangling his art to Richard S. Castellano, who improvised the famous line from the movie The Godfather. But I wanted to have a bold statement in the title about the fact that software platforms, those expensive unwieldy monoliths on which we have...
Clinical Operations in Early Stage Companies: Madness Takes its Toll
I have had nine - count them nine - meetings with Clinical Operations leaders at small, early-stage biotechs in the last week. After hearing what life is like when trying to usher an organization's first pipeline products through the clinical trial process, a...
In Recognition of all the Great Women Leading Agatha’s Future
Sunday, March 8, 2020, was International Women’s Day and it’s a day that we recognize at Agatha not just to celebrate all the women in the world who are doing great things for their companies and their families but to also recognize the hard work and efforts of the...
Buying Enterprise Software? Don’t Ask for a Sandbox
I try not to count them, but I think I have been in the enterprise software business for about 35 years. And if it is more, please keep it to yourself. One thing I know is that we are all too old for a sandbox. The buying and selling of software for businesses has...
The State of Life Sciences Software with Ken Lownie, Head of North American Operations
Ken Lownie recently joined Agatha as the head of North American Operations. We caught up with him to get his perspective on the state of software solutions for Life Sciences companies. Editor: Hi Ken, Welcome back! Ken Lownie: Thanks a lot. I am really excited to be...
When it Comes to eTMF Software, it is All About Usability
In choosing a title for this blog, I REALLY wanted to call it, “It’s Usability, Stupid.” But I recently had my two young nephews here, and they told me that “stupid” is a bad word and I should not say it... so there you go. James Carville coined the phrase "it’s the...
Agatha Welcomes Ken Lownie To Lead North American Operations
Boston, USA; Tokyo, Japan; Lyon, France, January 22, 2020. Agatha, a provider of business applications for life sciences companies, announced today that Ken Lownie has joined the company as its head of North American Operations. Lownie is an enterprise software...
MABLINK BIOSCIENCE Adopts Agatha Software Solutions
Tokyo, Japan; Lyon, France; Boston, USA, January 10, 2020 – Agatha Inc., a global leader in quality and content management solutions for life sciences, today announced that Mablink Bioscience, a French-based biotech company specialized in immuno-oncology, is adopting...
The Lines Are Blurring Between Clinical Trial Management Software Categories
I find myself back in the world of life sciences software after an absence of several years, and as with any return to a place of one’s memory, my reentry has sharpened my vision, revealing patterns I may have missed if I never left. One thing I see is how clinical...