In an exciting new departure, Calico Jack’s track record in healthcare IT development has paved the way for a new contract to build software to support detoxification programmes. Mobile devices can play a key role in helping individuals through the process of detox, and Scotland Against Drugs has funded a pilot project in which Calico Jack’s software plays a key role.

Calico Jack today signed a contract to undertake R&D work building on the company’s expertise in applying multi-agent systems to solve practical problems in health-care. The “SARMA” project will construct a tool to facilitate the recruitment of patients to clinical trials, solving a serious problem in the testing and evaluation of new drugs in Scotland and the UK.