TENALEA is an initiative of a consortium of European Acadamic clinical trial data centers and a pharmaceutical company. The main objective of TENALEA is to reduce administrative overhead in clinical trials data management to the investigator, data centers and stakeholders. The key instrument to achieve this objective is harmonisation of the Clinical Trials Data Management tools which are being pushed towards the investigators and study sites. TENALEA is an initiative to provide best-of-breed solutions for a cost price to those who are now faced with major development costs, operational and support costs, and costs for QA and compliance. Currently, TENALEA provides a comprehensive randomisation service which supports all methods used in clinical research today. In 2008, the service portfolio will be extended to include RDE - Remote Data Entry, and eCRF - electronic Case Report Forms.

TENALEA is currently in its deployment phase. The project TENALEA-ID - ID for Initial Deployment - is cofunded by the eTEN programme of the European Union. The eTEN programme supports the deployment of trans-European e-services in the public interest.