Kendall Square concentrates more life sciences innovation per square foot than anywhere on earth. Build clinical and regulatory technology that meets the FDA submission standards this market demands.
The Boston Biotech Technology Challenge
Clinical software at a Boston biotech must be good enough to support an FDA NDA submission. That standard — 21 CFR Part 11 compliance, IQ/OQ/PQ validated, CDISC-aligned data, audit-trail-complete — is qualitatively different from building a business application. Clinical data integrity failures can invalidate years of research investment and prevent life-saving treatments from reaching patients. Building clinical software for Kendall Square requires understanding this stakes environment and designing accordingly.
Biotech Clinical Platform Solutions
Clinical Trial Management
Orchestrate complex drug development programs:
- Protocol management: Protocol version control, amendment tracking, and deviation management
- Site management: CRO and site selection, activation, performance monitoring, and closeout
- Enrollment tracking: Patient enrollment dashboards with recruitment rate analytics and projection
- Budget management: Site payment calculation, invoice processing, and grant disbursement tracking
Data Management
Build submission-quality clinical data:
- EDC development: CDISC CDASH-aligned case report forms with real-time data validation
- Data cleaning: Query generation, investigator response, and data lock workflow management
- SDTM mapping: CDISC SDTM and ADaM dataset generation for FDA regulatory submission
- Data transfer: Secure encrypted data transfer between sponsor, CRO, and regulatory authority
Regulatory and Safety
Support FDA interactions:
- eTMF: Trial master file with TMF Reference Model structure and inspection-ready organization
- IND management: Investigational new drug application document management and FDA correspondence
- Safety reporting: 15-day IND safety report and SUSAR workflow with MedWatch submission
- NDA publishing: Common Technical Document (CTD) compilation and eCTD publishing preparation
Bioanalytical and Lab
Support discovery and clinical pharmacology:
- LIMS platform: GLP-compliant sample management with instrument integration and result storage
- PK/PD analysis: Pharmacokinetic data management and NCA analysis pipeline integration
- Biomarker platforms: Translational biomarker data management from discovery through clinical
- Reference standard tracking: Controlled substance and reference standard management for GLP labs
Boston's Biotech Innovation Context
Massachusetts has built the world's most productive life sciences cluster because it combined academic excellence, venture capital availability, regulatory expertise, and manufacturing capability in one geography. Technology that serves this cluster must understand the regulatory pathway from IND to NDA, the operational requirements of multi-site global trials managed from Cambridge, and the analytical sophistication that FDA reviewers expect in submission packages.
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