MS Sharepoint hosts ops solution; Clinical smartphone apps debut;

> NextDocs and Paragon have teamed to provide clinical operations solutions on Microsoft Office SharePoint. Item

> Nuance Communications has debuted clinical smartphone apps for transcription, medical voice search, and voice recording. Item

> Clinical trial software provider Velos has named former Quark CEO Kamar Aulakh as chief operating officer. Item

> Hitachi and NextDocs will provide NextDocs Document Management System to the life sciences companies in Japan. Release

> The Lang Center for Research & Education at New York Hospital Queens is using Payoneer's Patient Stipend prepaid MasterCard cards to compensate clinical trial subjects. Announcement

> Biostatistics and data-management service provider PharPoint has beefed up its data management capabilities with Medrio's 21 CFR Part 11-compliant EDC technology. Release

> Compliance software maker Virtify has raised $15 million in financing to continue its work in automating and standardizing clinical trial disclosure, e-submissions, global labeling and other processes.  Release