IntraLinks Reaches 15,000 Investigative Sites Worldwide
Company Hits Industry Milestone as BioPharmaceuticals Increasingly Turn to IntraLinks On-Demand Workspaces™ to Quickly and Securely Share Information with Clinical Investigative Sites
New York, March 19, 2008
IntraLinks®, the leading provider of online workspaces for secure document exchange, announced today that 15,000 clinical trial sites in 60 countries have used IntraLinks On-Demand WorkspacesTM to manage clinical trials and receive safety document information.
“IntraLinks’ new milestone illustrates a trend we’re seeing gain momentum in the life sciences industry. In working with the top 10 pharmaceutical companies, numerous mid-tier pharmaceutical and biotech companies, as well as dozens of clinical research organizations around the world, we have successfully proven that migrating from conventional mail, fax and e-mail to a more centralized, secure online distribution method saves companies significant time and money while also reducing risk,” said Dave Espenshade, vice president of life sciences for IntraLinks.
Typically, life sciences companies manage clinical trial documents and share safety documents (like MedWatch and CIOMS forms) and send information to investigative sites via inefficient and non-secure distribution channels such as mail, e-mail, fax and overnight courier. However, as the clinical trial study process grows more complex, new methods of distribution are critical.
“The scale of studies is expanding; more participants and more documents require increasing resources. And as participants with global studies around the world add new sites, the ability to quickly and easily share and exchange information on a global basis becomes essential,” continued Espenshade.
About IntraLinks
IntraLinks® On-Demand Workspaces™ connect business communities and accelerate the intelligent flow of information and documents among participants. Through IntraLinks' secure, neutral, online environments, companies are better able to compete globally by accelerating essential business processes, simplifying communication and fostering rapid workflow. IntraLinks is easily accessible anywhere, anytime using a web browser.
Since 1997, more than 700,000 participants representing over 80,000 organisations worldwide have used IntraLinks On-Demand Workspaces™ to communicate and collaborate on thousands of projects and transactions. IntraLinks has been adopted widely in the financial services and pharmaceutical industries, where its clients include AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bank of America, Bear Stearns, Deutsche Bank, FDIC, TD Securities, Thomas Weisel Partners and WestLB, among hundreds of others. Founded in 1996, IntraLinks is headquartered in New York with offices around the world.
