February 2008 - Formedix launches Origin Submission Modeller^TM, its define.xml authoring tool...

Targeted at statisticians and statistical programmers, Formedix Origin Submission Modeller^TM uses machine readable CDISC Submission Metadata (Case Report Tabulation Data Definition Specification - CRTDDS or define.xml) to design in-house and submission datasets and output these dataset specifications in a variety of human readable formats.

Users of Origin Submission Modeller^TM can

• create define.xml dataset designs without XML or CDISC SDTM knowledge
• guarantee CDISC compliance with inbuilt validation
• use its template driven interface to support multiple CDISC versions
• design their own, in-house proprietary datasets
• manage and re-use dataset designs with drag and drop libraries 
• specify source and target dataset structures to facilitate conversions

Says Mark Wheeldon, founder and CEO of Formedix, "We are delighted to be able to introduce Origin Submission Modeller^TM as a logical addition to the Origin^TM family of productive study design tools.  Origin Study Modeller^TM, our first CDISC Study Design tool, drastically reduced case report form and database study set-up time from 492 hours to 158 hours for one of our clients so we decided to capitalize on this success and launch Origin Submission Modeller^TM as a sister tool for the upfront design of datasets." 

Established in 2000, Formedix is a leading provider of software and consultancy services based on emerging standards developed by the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) .  The company is one of the oldest members of CDISC and holds CDISC Registered Solutions Provider status. Formedix's lead CDISC consultant contributes to the CDISC ODM (Operational Data Model) team and has won two CDISC awards for furthering development of this model.  Mark Wheeldon sits on the CDISC Industry Advisory Board.