Medidata and Validic Collaborate to Expand mHealth Ecosystem

 Medidata a global provider of cloud-based solutions for clinical research in life sciences, and Validic, a digital health platform, announced a collaboration to propel connectivity and innovation in clinical research by expanding access to patient-generated data from a broad range of consumer and medical grade mobile health (mHealth) devices and apps. The collaboration increases the extent of which mHealth tools that can be used to support clinical research, giving trial sponsors greater flexibility to select sensors, wearables and apps based on specific study endpoints and patient needs.