To help create clinical trials, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, pediatric hospital Columbus, Ohio, has signed an agreement to join TriNetX, a software company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
TriNetX is a network of healthcare organizations that represent more than 57 million patients, biopharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations around the world, according to a statement from the company. Together they work to design clinical trials and quickly bring new therapies to the market.
Nationwide is one of the country’s largest nonprofit pediatric healthcare systems. They provide wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for youths ranging from infants to adolescents.
"Nationwide Children's is now a member of a rapidly expanding and first-of-its-kind network of pediatric hospitals, general medicine health systems, cancer centers, biopharma and CROs who are all leveraging TriNetX in ways that foster better collaboration and efficiency in clinical research," said Gadi Lachman, CEO of TriNetX, in a statement.
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