MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 19, 2026--
MedaSystems, the SaaS platform for managing Expanded Access, Post-Trial Access and Investigator-Initiated Study programs, today announced the beta release of the MedaSystems MCP Server. Using the server, authorized users can ask plain-language questions about their program data from the AI assistants they already use, such as Microsoft Copilot, Claude and ChatGPT, without switching tools.
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The server is built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard for connecting AI assistants to business systems. It inherits the same single sign-on, role-based permissions and data governance that customers rely on in MedaSystems today. If a user cannot see a record in MedaSystems, their AI assistant cannot see it either.
"Our customers already keep their program data in MedaSystems. The MCP Server lets them work with that data in the AI tools they are adopting, without exporting it or giving up the controls they depend on," said Matt Rosen, CEO of MedaSystems. "We are releasing it as a beta so customers can shape it with us."
What customers can do with it
Expanded Access programs generate a substantial body of records: requests, approvals, patient histories, biomarkers, dosing, safety reports, drug supply and outcomes. Bringing that information together has typically meant custom reports, spreadsheet exports and weeks of manual review. Within the MCP Server, a user can ask:
Beta capabilities include:
The server supports review and analysis by qualified professionals. It does not make clinical, regulatory or safety decisions.
Built for regulated environments
"We built the server so the platform's existing controls carry over unchanged," said Jeff Thibeault, Chief Technology Officer of MedaSystems. "Users can see where every answer came from and whether it is complete. There is no separate, ungoverned path to sensitive data."
Availability
The MedaSystems MCP Server is available today in beta to all MedaSystems customers. Customers can request access through their account team, and MedaSystems will work with them on setup. Feedback from beta customers will shape the roadmap to general availability.
See it at OEAP London
MedaSystems will demonstrate the MCP Server at booth #5 at Operationalise Early Access Programmes Summit Europe in London, Oct. 19 - 21. Attendees can stop by for a live demo.
Early MedaSystems beta customers are already using the server to review real-world data from their programs. The first analyses, conducted with Valent Technologies LLC, will be presented at the Annual Society for Neuro-Oncology in November.
About MedaSystems
MedaSystems provides a SaaS platform purpose-built to help life sciences and pharmaceutical organizations manage Expanded Access,Post-Trial AccessandInvestigator-Initiated Studyprograms. The platform centralizes workflows, communications, documentation and program data in a secure environment, helping cross-functional teams streamline operations, strengthen governance and support programs at global scale. MedaSystems is a trusted partner for global organizations that offer managed access, pre-approval access, compassionate use and expanded access programs.
To learn more about MedaSystems or request a personalized demonstration, visitMedaSystems.com.
Customers can now work with data from their Expanded Access, Post-Trial Access and Investigator-Initiated Study (IIS) programs using their AI assistant of choice, with the platform's permissions and audit trail enforced
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday voiced the public’s “anger” and “shame” over rioting and looting during nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools. At least 2,400 people were arrested.
Macron echoed other government officials in blaming much of the violence on far-left activists, accusing them of attacking police and public buildings to foment chaos.
“Those who looted will have to pay for the damage, and those who sought to bring down the Republic will be held accountable,” Macron said in a televised address to the nation.
He denounced “unrestrained violence” by “insurrectionist elements from radical far-left groups, joined by numerous criminals.”
Macron earlier held an emergency meeting with senior government officials, a day after masked groups set fires and attacked city halls in several cities. He said he had instructed prefects to work with mayors to protect public buildings and businesses in the coming weeks, including by banning protests when necessary.
Flames engulfed the 19th-century City Hall in the city of Limoges, in central France, causing its roof to collapse and nearly destroying the building.
In Paris, hundreds of protesters gathered again on Sunday at the Place de la République amid a heavy police presence. Officers used tear gas as tensions flared sporadically in the neighborhood, with small groups of people trying to set bicycles and trash bins on fire.
“The right to protest is a fundamental right. Deliberately and collectively sowing disorder through violence is not,” Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez wrote on X, citing the looting of hundreds of businesses across the country.
Authorities estimated Saturday's marches had a turnout of about 550,000, while organizers put it at 800,000. Demonstrators answered calls from a labor union, student organizations and activists hoping to revive the “yellow vest” movement, which emerged in 2018 to protest social injustice.
Mass protests in France are often marred by violence on the fringes of otherwise peaceful marches, leading to clashes with police. The arrest tally reported Sunday approached the nearly 2,000 recorded nationwide during a single day of yellow vest protests in December 2018.
Paris police said one person died of a heart attack, without providing details. The Paris prosecutor’s office said it was investigating.
Dislodged cobblestones, shattered storefronts and broken glass littered the area around Paris’ Place de la République on Sunday. Looting and damage were also reported in other tourist and shopping districts.
Paris police said 855 people were arrested in the capital region. Prosecutors said 557 remained in police custody.
“I am actually stunned by the level of destruction and violence that was expressed,” said government employee Marie Peyreigne, 57, wondering what had led to the mayhem.
Parisians inspecting the damage photographed the partially dismantled base of the square’s central monument, a statue of Marianne, a symbol of France.
Jean Foissy, 74, said he had wanted to join the protest but encountered “a wall of riot police and fires everywhere” and returned home.
“I was very scared,” he said. “I’ve been a Parisian since I was born, so when I got here, it almost made me want to cry because I find it so bad, it hurts me.”
Margaux Eude, 26, said she supported the protest movement but “didn’t think it would escalate like this.”
“It’s the troublemakers who came, and it breaks my heart because it delegitimizes the movement,” she said.
Political leaders traded accusations over Saturday’s violence ahead of next spring’s presidential election.
Far-right leader and presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen criticized Macron's centrist government as “exhausted, disoriented and seemingly incapable of doing anything other than commenting on its own powerlessness,” in a video posted on social media.
Far-left contender Jean-Luc Mélenchon accused Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of “playing with fire,” alleging that “by banking on degradation, you have only succeeded in uniting all youths and workers’ unions.”
Mélenchon, who joined the Paris march Saturday, insisted that “my message is clear: those who share our fight have no business in looting or destruction.”
U.S. President Donald Trump posted “France is burning!” on his Truth Social platform, apparently linking the unrest to “the immigration of people from an entirely different world.”
“Close your Borders and take control, before it is too late!” he wrote.
French authorities and police have not linked immigrants to the rioting. Macron, speaking about troublemakers, asked: "How can French people do this to France?”
“The scale of the damage is considerable and unprecedented,” Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire wrote in an open letter. “Paris is a city of freedoms, debate and demonstrations. It must remain so. But it must also be a city where everyone can work and run a business safely.”
The mayors of Paris, Marseille and Lyon, the three largest cities, requested a meeting with the prime minister in the coming days “given the extent of the damage and the seriousness of the situation.”
In Marseille, some protesters briefly forced their way into City Hall's lobby and a group of people wearing hoods and masks damaged a police station. In Lyon, a fire broke out inside a tourist office.
In Limoges, the City Hall was ravaged by flames after “radical troublemakers” broke in while elected officials, employees, security personnel and members of the public were inside, Haute-Vienne prefect Maurice Barate said. “They deliberately set the building on fire. It is an extremely serious and unspeakable act,” he said.
In eastern France, the Mulhouse prosecutor’s office said an investigation has been opened after a 17-year-old girl was injured during the protests and lost an eye. On Saturday, another investigation was opened after a young protester lost a hand in Saint-Etienne.
The injuries come as police have drawn sharp scrutiny over their use of grenades and other riot-control weapons during recent demonstrations.
A protester runs through tear gas while a flea market is taking place during clashes between protestors and police officers in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
A man tries to extinguish a fire during clashes between protesters and police in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
A woman walks her dog past a looted store the day after a demonstration against rising living costs, joining students' grievances, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
People look at charred cars the day after a demonstration against rising living costs and in solidarity with students' grievances, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
People clean up debris in a street next to burned bicycles the day after a demonstration against rising living costs and in solidarity with students' grievances, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
People look at charred cars the day after a demonstration against rising living costs, joining students' grievances, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
A woman takes a snapshot of a looted store the day after a demonstration against rising living costs, joining students' grievances, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
A protester holds a board with a photo of French president Emmanuel Macron in front of a burning tourism office during a demonstration against rising living costs and in solidarity with students' grievances in Lyon, France, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
A looted store the day after a demonstration against rising living costs, joining students' grievances, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
People look at charred cars the day after a demonstration against rising living costs, joining students' grievances, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
People look at a charred car on Place de la Republique the day after a demonstration against rising living costs, joining students' grievances, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
