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University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, USA and Cardialysis BV, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Enter Strategic Alliance to Found Cardialysis Cleveland
University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, USA and Cardialysis BV, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Enter Strategic Alliance to Found Cardialysis Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Illinois andROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 9 /PRNewswire/ --
University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Cardialysis BV today announced
that the Companies have the intention to found Cardialysis Cleveland to
provide combined clinical drug development and medical imaging services to
clients that are developing therapeutics or medical devices for
cardiovascular indications in world wide studies.
University Hospitals Case Medical Center is the primary hospital of Case
Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine, a premier biomedical
research institution inthe United States. University Hospitals Heart &
Vascular Institute is dedicated to breakthrough medical advancements and
practices to deliver superior cardiac and vascular clinical outcomes. A world
renowned team of physician investigators has been assembled to capitalize on
the basic science and biotechnology tradition of CWRU. The Cardiovascular
Imaging Core Lab is leading the development of novel imaging technologies,
such as OCT (optical coherence tomography) and cardiac MRI, and applied
methodologies for clinical trials.
Cardialysis is a full service Academic Contract Research Organization and
a leading provider of imaging core laboratory and clinical event adjudication
services for studies in cardiac device and other cardiovascular indications.
Cardialysis provides centralized expert evaluations of medical images from
multi-modality environments including angiography, IVUS (intra vascular
ultrasound) and IVUS related techniques (such as virtual histology and
palpography), OCT, MRI, MSCT (multi slice computer tomography), ECHO and
PV-loop.
The collaboration will focus on founding Cardialysis-Cleveland, a core
lab with globally standardized Code Federal Regulations chapter 21 part 11
compliant technologies enabling global large-scale trials and registries in
the coronary and peripheral vascular devices as well as in drug trials. The
combined expertise of the companies will provide clients with an integrated
team dedicated to clinical development and biomedical imaging and streamline
project and data management processes.
"The combination of University Hospitals Case Medical Center's
cutting-edge translational research and biotechnology and Cardialysis'
expertise in cardiovascular imaging will benefit clients today and in the
future as new techniques improve our ability to study cardiovascular
diseases," commented Dr. Daniel I. Simon, Director, Heart & Vascular
Institute, and Herman K. Hellerstein Professor of Medicine. "We look forward
to leveraging the strong academic collaboration between Professor Serruys,
Erasmus MC, Professor Costa, CWRU and Cardialysis."
"The alliance between Cardialysis and University Hospitals Case Medical
Center matches perfectly with our clients' wish to use the most innovative
imaging core laboratory techniques in their global cardiovascular studies.
Moreover, the integrated teams will facilitate fast and clear communication
through all phases of the study," said Kees Groenhout, CEO of Cardialysis.
About University Hospitals
With 150 locations throughout Northeast Ohio, University Hospitals serves
the needs of patients through an integrated network of hospitals, outpatient
centers and primary care physicians. At the core of our Health System is
University Hospitals Case Medical Center. The primary affiliate of Case
Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Case
Medical Center is home to some of the most prestigious clinical and research
centers of excellence in the nation and the world, including cancer,
pediatrics, women's health, orthopedics and spine, radiology and radiation
oncology, neurosurgery and neuroscience, cardiology and cardiovascular
surgery, organ transplantation and human genetics. Its main campus includes
the internationally celebrated Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, ranked
best in the Midwest and first in the nation for the care of critically ill
newborns; MacDonald Women's Hospital, Ohio's only hospital for women; and
Ireland Cancer Center, which holds the nation's highest designation by the
National Cancer Institute of Comprehensive Cancer Center. For more
information, go to http://www.uhhospitals.org
About Cardialysis BV
Cardialysis is an independent Contract Research Organization (CRO)
specializing in cardiovascular disease. Cardialysis describes its role as a
CRO as being a catalyst to industry and investigators in clinical practice in
the setting up of and the supporting of development processes. In this role,
Cardialysis focuses on meeting quality standards, budget and time
constraints. The ultimate objective is to help customers obtain product
approval and achieve a marketable product and market acceptance. This is
strongly facilitated by the available expertise, the well developed network
of key opinion leaders, as well as the availability of the most innovative
core lab imaging techniques. For more information, please visit their website
at http://www.cardialysis.com.
SOURCE Cardialysis BV
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