Pursuing claims-based data on what happens to patients taking their drugs, pharma companies have been striking pacts with payers and PBMs. Now, a heavyweight in the research field, IMS Health, has ...

When the fundamentals of master data management are handled properly in an end-to-end solution from a trusted partner like IMS Health, a company benefits from: • Improved data quality: With a ...

IBM has announced a new tool feature designed to provide improved data access by simplifying and automating the process of cloning entire IBM IMS subsystems or databases. The IBM IMS Cloning Tool ...

The company's intangible assets--its proprietary data sets, technology, expertise, and reputation--place Quintiles IMS well ahead of its closest competitors. IMS Health's legacy business compiles ...

Once again, a drug-related legal battle stands to change the business landscape. The Supreme Court may hear a pharma case--namely, a court fight over data-mining--that could revamp the way all sorts ...

IBM later this month plans to release Version 10 of its Information Management System (IMS), a 39-year-old database originally built to help land men on the moon. IMS is a combination hierarchical ...

I ran into this piece of PR from IBM today. "Initially developed to power the Apollo space program, IMS is recognized as the industry's first modern database and transaction management software. Over ...

In what appears to be a reversal of fortune for endovascular stroke therapy, a pooled analysis from 2 major trials—1 of which was negative overall—points to improvements in functional outcome at 90 ...