NIAID taps TRI for trial management support; EHRs lacking in workflow department;

> Technical Resources International and ICON Clinical Research have been granted $19 million contract by NIAID to support clinical protocol development, clinical site monitoring, pharmacovigilance, and a clinical research information data system. Release

> The current crop of electronic health record products do "a pretty good job" as digital substitutes for paper records, says Crosstree Capital Partners, but they are "not particularly well designed as workflow managers." Analysis

> Texas-based CRO Intrinsic Imaging has opened its doors, providing image management and radiological review services to global biopharma companies. Release

> Life sciences software makers Accelrys has pink-slipped 80 workers following its merger with Symyx. Article

> Oncology imaging company Mirada Medical has released Casebook 1.1, a presentation tool for showing medical scans in Microsoft PowerPoint. Release