Overview

The birth of Hypernet, our web-based e-clinical trial management system, goes back to end of the 1990s when Cineca laid the basis of a commercial, technological and scientific adventure. Recognised as one of the largest European supercomputing centres, Cineca was able to draw on its long experience with universities and other academic research centres.

At that time only a few people in both Hyperphar and Cineca were fully convinced that the web was the future of multicentre clinical trials and found the courage to give life to their vision and bring Hypernet to market.

Fortunately these people were right, and now Hypernet is an established reality, used all around the world in many clinical studies. In fact Hypernet has been used with more than 190,000 patients involving 5,160 clinical sites for about 150 projects in over 43 countries (correct as of September 2006 ).

During the years that have passed since the birth of Hypernet, our vision of e-Clinical Trial management has grown stronger, benefiting from continuous advances in technology and cultural changes in the pharmaceutical industry.

e-Clinical Trial

A clinical trial in which primarily electronic processes are used to collect (acquire), access, exchange and archive data and documents required for conduct, management, analysis and reporting of the trial.

The real benefits of eClinical Trial approach

• Dynamic site management
• Transparency
• Centralized study randomization
• Effective trial drug supply management
• Dynamic program management
• Better planning
• Less frequent site visits
• Shared documents file
• Continuous collaboration
• Real time safety evaluation
• Fast fail decisions