Patent ID: 8266161

Claim:
A system for use in distributing information associated with an investigational product, the information including (i) electronic documents associated with the investigational product, and (ii) a plurality of different electronic reports based on real-time patient clinical study data of the investigational product, the system comprising: (a) a database that includes the electronic documents; (b) a virtual data room that is in electronic communication with the database, the virtual data room including a memory that stores locations of the electronic reports; (c) an information presentation module that causes a display of the information to a user of the virtual data room via a display screen, the electronic reports being generated using the real-time patient clinical study data when requested to be displayed; and (d) an information control administration module that specifies which electronic reports will be made available to the user for selection by the user via the display screen, wherein only the specified electronic reports are selectable for display on the display screen by the user of the virtual data room, and thus only the specified electronic reports may be generated for display to a user of the virtual data room, wherein for a particular investigational product, each user of the virtual data room is provided with the same electronic reports for selection by the user via the display screen.