FREMONT, CA-(Pharma Tech Outlook- Jun 15, 2016) – Waife & Associates, today announced that it has been recognized by Pharma Tech Outlook for Top 10 Clinical Data Management Solution Providers 2016.

Pharma Tech Outlook features its ‘Top 10 Clinical Data Management Solution Providers’ list annually in recognition of the top tech organizations helping business around the world. A variety of subjective and objective criteria were used for choosing the winners. Waife & Associates specializes in biopharma clinical research, process consulting in clinical research, information technology implementation (EDC, CTMS, AES, EDMS, etc.), and change management.

“It is a great honor to announce Waife & Associates, Inc. as one among the Top 10 Clinical Data Management Solution Providers 2016,” said Stacey Smith, Managing Editor of Pharma Tech Outlook “Waife & Associates has been making great strides in the clinical data management arena and demonstrates its prowess in helping clinical research organizations and pharmaceutical industries to make better decisions.”  

About Pharma Tech Outlook

Published from Fremont, California, Pharma Tech Outlook is a print magazine that covers most important and latest developments in pharmaceutical industries. A distinguished panel comprising of top IT decision makers, CIOs and CTOs from the pharma and life sciences industry, as well as the Pharma Tech Outlook editorial board finalized the ‘Top 10 Clinical Data Management Solution Providers 2016’ in the U.S. and shortlisted the best vendors and consultants. For more info: http://www.pharmatechoutlook.com/

About Waife & Associates, Inc.

Waife & Associates, Inc. was established in 1993 to help clinical research companies build competitive advantage through process improvement and technology adoption. Headquartered in MA, U.S., it applies senior domain expertise to provide pragmatic solutions to common operations challenges. For more info, visit http://www.waife.com/

Needham, MA, June 6, 2016– The third annual Benjamin and Sholom Waife Memorial Scholarship in Scientific Journalism was awarded at Needham, Mass. High School Class Day ceremonies this Spring. The scholarship, created by Waife & Associates, Inc., supports collegiate studies toward a career in writing or journalism about science and medicine. The annual award’s recipient this year is Sydney Kornbleuth, selected by the faculty of Needham High School.

The Scholarship is in memory of Benjamin Waife (1895-1972) and his son Sholom O. Waife, MD (1919-2011). Waife & Associates, Inc. is based in Needham and was founded by Dr. Waife’s son, Ronald S. Waife. Benjamin Waife, writing under the pen name B. Z. Goldberg, was a newspaper editor and columnist for over fifty years for New York and Israeli newspapers. For much of his career he was managing editor of Der Tog, one of the two main Yiddish newspapers in New York City in the 20th century.  He earned one of the first psychology PhD’s from Columbia and wrote two books, in addition to his weekly column which appeared in various newspapers until his death.

Dr. Sholom Waife continued the family writing heritage by combining it with his medical profession. He started one of the first in-service hospital CME Programs, at Philadelphia General Hospital, developed an award-winning series of textbooks while at Eli Lilly & Co. which were distributed to all US medical school graduates, wrote a column for the Physicians Bulletin, co-founded the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and was an early national officer of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA).

Both Benjamin and Sholom Waife dedicated their professional lives to clarity in writing and using the written word to make complex subjects easier to comprehend. The Scholarship is intended to further these principles, in these times when science and medicine are increasingly affecting our daily lives, yet are moving further from common understanding.

Waife & Associates, Inc. awards this scholarship annually. The company provides management consulting services to biopharma organizations conducting clinical research.

Needham, MA, May 23, 2016 — The Sholom Aleichem Centenary Pen, a fountain pen commemorating the 100th anniversary of the famed Yiddish writer’s death, was awarded the Readers Choice Award from Pen World magazine. The award will be presented in early June in Las Vegas. The pen was designed by the writer’s great-grandson, Ronald S. Waife, and handmade by Urso Luxury S.A. in Italy. The pen is produced in a Limited Edition of 57 fountain pens and 57 rollerball pens, in sterling silver or vermeil over specially selected acrylic, with a mother of pearl cap. It is hand engraved with the writer’s distinctive signature. Urso’s distributor in the USA can be reached at luigigirotto@gmail.com.

Big Data Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Big Quality

The increasing volume of data collected and the corresponding analytical and logistical challenges around it are hot topics throughout the global clinical research enterprise, including our recent 28^th Annual EuroMeeting. In this podcast, Detlef Nehrdich, Senior Associate for Waife and Associates in Germany, and co-lead of the EuroMeeting Theme on eHealth and Big Data, discusses the current and potential value of big data and eHealth with DIA Global Forum Deputy Editor Dr. Alberto Grignolo.

W&A Staff will be presenting at major industry meetings in the next few months:

Ron Waife will be leading off a Session at the DIA Euro Meeting, April 6th in Hamburg, Germany, on Enhancing  Clinical Trials Efficacy:  Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement of Clinical Research Processes.  He will be speaking on Pragmatic Approaches to Improving Productivity in Clinical Development.

On September 12th, Steve Shevel, Senior Associate, will be chairing a Panel at the SCDM Annual Meeting in San Diego, California entitled What Clinical Personnel Wish Data Managers Knew about Clinical Operations and Vice Versa.

We look forward to seeing you at these conferences.