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Medidata is named one of the 100 Most Sustainable Companies in the
U.S. by Barron’s Magazine for the second year in a row -
Company earns a perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign’s 2018
Corporate Equality Index
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/MDSO?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#MDSOlt;/agt;–Medidata
(NASDAQ: MDSO) corporate social responsibility (CSR) and diversity and
belonging programs continue to earn honors as they make a difference for
patients, employees, and the environment.
Recent recognition includes:
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Barron’s named Medidata to its annual list of the 100
Most Sustainable Companies in the U.S. for a second year in a row.
The award considers the company’s positive impact in five categories:
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The Human
Rights Campaign (HRC) gave Medidata a perfect score in its 2018
Corporate Equality Index. The index is a national benchmarking tool on
corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual,
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Medidata CTO Julie Iskow was named to the Top
50 Women in Tech by the National
Diversity Conference
“These honors recognize our company’s dedication to creating a better
world through our CSR program, which closely aligns with our mission.
I’m proud of our activities and diverse culture in which employees feel
encouraged, included, and inspired as outstanding citizens at work and
in their communities,” said Tarek Sherif, CEO and co-founder, Medidata.
The company’s corporate
responsibility program is based upon three pillars: “access for all”
to provide all patients access to treatment, STEM education, and gender
equality. Medidata and its employees are actively creating a better
world in areas such as:
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Transparency: Medidata issued its first CSR report in 2018, meeting
Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI) standards -
Community events: The company hosted over 100 CSR events across the
globe in 2018 and offers employees a free volunteer day every year -
Conservation: Medidata’s London office recently became the first in
the UK to receive LEED v.4 Gold Certification. Medidata also partnered
with local authorities on a parklet project in the Hammersmith
neighborhood. The project received a Healthy Streets Award in the UK
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Diversity and belonging: The 2018 NEXT NYC Hackathon focused on
developing tools that helped improve diversity in clinical trials. The
winning team developed a dashboard using statistical models that
allowed sponsors to view how well their trials achieve patient
diversity
About Medidata
Medidata is leading the digital transformation of life sciences, with
the world’s most-used platform for clinical development, commercial, and
real-world data. Powered by artificial intelligence and delivered by the
#1 ranked industry experts, Medidata helps pharmaceutical, biotech,
medical device companies, and academic researchers accelerate value,
minimize risk and optimize outcomes. Medidata and its companies, Acorn
AI and SHYFT, serve more than 1,200 customers and partners worldwide and
empower more than 150,000 certified users every day to create hope for
millions of patients. Discover the future of life sciences: www.medidata.com
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