<s>
Medidata	B-General_Concept
Solutions	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
American	O
technology	O
company	O
that	O
develops	O
and	O
markets	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
for	O
clinical	O
trials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
protocol	O
development	O
,	O
clinical	O
site	O
collaboration	O
and	O
management	O
;	O
randomization	O
and	O
trial	O
supply	O
management	O
;	O
capturing	O
patient	O
data	O
through	O
web	O
forms	O
,	O
mobile	B-Device
health	I-Device
(	O
mHealth	B-Device
)	O
devices	O
,	O
laboratory	O
reports	O
,	O
and	O
imaging	O
systems	O
;	O
quality	O
monitor	O
management	O
;	O
safety	O
event	O
capture	O
;	O
and	O
monitoring	O
and	O
business	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Headquartered	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
has	O
locations	O
in	O
China	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
Singapore	O
,	O
South	O
Korea	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Medidata	B-General_Concept
's	O
customers	O
include	O
pharmaceutical	O
,	O
biotechnology	O
,	O
medical	O
device	O
,	O
and	O
diagnostic	O
companies	O
;	O
academic	O
and	O
government	O
institutions	O
;	O
contract	O
research	O
organizations	O
;	O
and	O
other	O
life	O
sciences	O
organizations	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
that	O
develop	O
and	O
bring	O
medical	O
therapies	O
and	O
products	O
to	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
de	O
Vries	O
and	O
Ikeguchi	O
created	O
OceanTek	O
,	O
a	O
startup	O
that	O
developed	O
Web	O
applications	O
for	O
conducting	O
clinical	O
trials	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
precursor	O
to	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
they	O
restarted	O
the	O
company	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
firm	O
and	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
Sherif	O
,	O
formed	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
,	O
to	O
provide	O
online	O
systems	O
for	O
designing	O
and	O
running	O
clinical	O
trials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
filed	O
to	O
raise	O
$86	O
million	O
in	O
an	O
initial	O
public	O
offering	O
(	O
IPO	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
was	O
ranked	O
#70	O
on	O
Barron	O
's	O
100	O
Most	O
Sustainable	O
Companies	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Dassault	O
Systèmes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Medidata	B-General_Concept
now	O
functions	O
as	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CompanyDateBusinessReferencesFast	O
Track	O
Systems	O
March	O
2008Clinical	O
trial	O
planning	O
softwareClaire	O
Cin	O
Miller	O
,	O
"	O
OpenTable	O
and	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
Hope	O
to	O
End	O
I.P.O.	O
</s>
<s>
Medidata	B-General_Concept
offers	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
platform	O
for	O
clients	O
to	O
build	O
their	O
own	O
clinical	O
trials	O
and	O
perform	O
medical	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
customers	O
include	O
18	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
top	O
25	O
pharmaceutical	O
companies	O
,	O
with	O
clients	O
such	O
as	O
Johnson	O
&	O
Johnson	O
,	O
AstraZeneca	O
,	O
Amgen	O
,	O
Cancer	O
Research	O
UK	O
,	O
GlaxoSmithKline	O
,	O
Novartis	O
and	O
Hoffmann-La	O
Roche	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Medidata	B-General_Concept
Rave	O
EDC	O
,	O
its	O
flagship	O
product	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
single	O
system	O
for	O
electronic	O
data	O
capture	O
and	O
clinical	O
data	O
management	O
,	O
allowing	O
client	O
data	O
to	O
be	O
accessible	O
in	O
one	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Medidata	B-General_Concept
Rave	O
Clinical	O
Cloud	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
platform	O
used	O
for	O
data	O
capture	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
patient-related	O
data	O
for	O
clinical	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
launch	O
virtual	O
trials	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
platform	O
's	O
clinical	O
trial	O
products	O
,	O
allowing	O
patients	O
to	O
participate	O
remotely	O
in	O
drug	O
development	O
trials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internationally	O
,	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
maintains	O
offices	O
in	O
London	O
,	O
England	O
;	O
Düsseldorf	O
,	O
Germany	O
;	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
Japan	O
;	O
Beijing	O
,	O
China	O
;	O
Shanghai	O
,	O
China	O
;	O
Seoul	O
,	O
South	O
Korea	O
;	O
Singapore	O
;	O
Pune	O
,	O
India	O
and	O
Frankfurt	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
discovered	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
the	O
victim	O
of	O
a	O
fraudulently	O
induced	O
transfer	O
of	O
nearly	O
$4.8	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
insurer	O
claimed	O
that	O
its	O
policy	O
only	O
covered	O
losses	O
resulting	O
from	O
fraudulent	O
entry	O
or	O
hacking	O
into	O
a	O
computer	O
system	O
and	O
that	O
in	O
this	O
case	O
the	O
transfer	O
was	O
voluntary	O
,	O
while	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
argued	O
that	O
the	O
thief	O
's	O
actions	O
did	O
come	O
within	O
the	O
policy	O
's	O
definition	O
of	O
covered	O
losses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
a	O
federal	O
court	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
ruled	O
that	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
was	O
entitled	O
to	O
coverage	O
from	O
Federal	O
Insurance	O
for	O
the	O
$4.8	O
million	O
loss	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
in	O
federal	O
court	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
against	O
five	O
former	O
employees	O
and	O
Veeva	O
Systems	O
Inc.	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
it	O
accused	O
Veeva	O
of	O
trade	O
secret	O
theft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
complaint	O
alleges	O
that	O
Veeva	O
induced	O
former	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
employees	O
to	O
reveal	O
confidential	O
information	O
and	O
trade	O
secrets	O
that	O
belong	O
to	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
court	O
denied	O
Veeva	O
's	O
motion	O
to	O
compel	O
arbitration	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Medidata	B-General_Concept
filed	O
its	O
Second	O
Amended	O
Complaint	O
,	O
which	O
names	O
Veeva	O
as	O
the	O
only	O
defendant	O
.	O
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