A decade of Innovation in Healthcare

In 2000, CRF Health (then CRF Box) was founded by Timo Ahopelto, Jaakko Ollila and Jarkko Joki-Tokola in Helsinki, Finland. As the European center of mobile technology, this was a fitting start for a company famed for its innovative use of technology. Since then, we've remained dedicated to driving the electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) industry forward and improving the study experience for patients all around the world.

Over the years, our company has gone from strength to even greater strength and our workforce now spans multiple countries around the world, with our headquarters in Philadelphia, our European operations hub in London and Research & Development Center of Excellence in Helsinki. Such breadth gives us a truly global perspective when it comes to clinical studies.

The CRF Health Timeline

2012

• CRF Health adds Android™ Mobile Device Support to its world class TrialMax® Suite of eCOA Solutions
• CRF Health launches TrialMax Web™ for data collection in global late phase studies

2011

• CRF Health’s eCOA TrialMax® platform  integrates with Vitalograph’s asma-1 electronic Peak Flow Meter
• CRF Health launches open eCOA integration interface, which enables Sponsors and CROs to integrate their own eClinical systems with CRF Health’s acclaimed eCOA platform, TrialMax®

2010 

• CRF Health celebrates 10-year anniversary
• Corporate office and USA Logistics move to Plymouth Meeting, PA, and EU Logistics moves to new warehouse premises in Helsinki to accommodate staff and product line growth

2009 

• Deployed Microsoft Windows Mobile® eDiaries on behalf of leading pharmaceutical companies
• CRF Inc. announced re-brand to CRF Health

2008 

• Appointed new CEO Rachael King
• Officially released TrialMax® for Microsoft Windows Mobile® and Windows 7 Tablet PCs

2007 

• Launch of TrialStudio® Designer: first fully licensed tool for sponsor trial design
• TrialMax® integration with medication management devices: drug tracking bar code reader

2006 

• Launched next innovations to TrialMax® Platform: integrated with medical monitoring devices

2005 

• Conducted global trials in 57 countries, 52 languages
• Received Red Herring 100 Europe, a selection of the 100 private companies in Europe and Israel that play a leading role in innovation and technology
• Opened Lansdale, PA office 2004
• Received GSK’s ‘Most Innovative Use of Technology’ award
• TrialMax®, won the ‘Most Productive Idea’ award in the Business category of the 26th annual Junior Chamber International-Finland Productive Idea competition
• CRF Inc. set new industry experience record – eDiaries used by more than 85,000 patients across 55 countries in 42 languages (December)
• Partnered with SimulTrans® for translation and localization services

2003 

• Launched TrialMax®
• Established U.S. headquarters 

2002-2004 

• Won Tornado 100 Award three years in a row (annually lists 100 best-performing and innovative high-tech private companies in Europe and Israel)
• Formed partnership with TechTeam® (now Stefanini) for global MultiLingual HelpDesk support

2002 

• Novartis Irritable Bowel Syndrome Trial: largest in industry, 5000 patients in 23 countries
• Initiated: TrialMax® productization

2001 

• First mobile clinical trials in industry, first global support infrastructure; Product deployed in 5 countries with over 20,000 patients

2000

• CRF Box founded by Timo Ahopelto, Jaakko Ollila, and Jarkko Joki-Tokola in August 2000, Helsinki, Finland
• First product version launched in collaboration with Orion Pharma
• First customer delivery to a Finnish pharmaceutical company
• Opened first U.S. location in Cambridge, MA