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Quintiles opens Nairobi office

11-Mar-2010 - Contract services giant Quintiles has continued its expansion in Africa with a new clinical research services office in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kendle introduces time saving global statistics platform

11-Mar-2010 - Kendle has implemented a centralised biostatistics platform which will “create significant time savings” by improving global access to clinical trial data, according to the company.

Adaptive approach to trial design and operation is key, Health Decisions

10-Mar-2010 - An adaptive approach to both the design and operation of a clinical trial can boost efficiency, reduce timelines and cut costs says Health Decisions' CEO Michael Rosenberg.

OmniComm introduces dedicated Phase I eClinical tool

08-Mar-2010 - OmniComm has launched a comprehensive Phase I eClinical tool, which it believes is the first of its kind, to help users make cost and time savings by improving efficiencies.

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Quintiles opens translational medicine site in UK

08-Mar-2010 - Quintiles has opened its expanded research facility in London, UK, which adds 35 beds to its Phase I capacity and bolsters its translational medicine capabilities.

URMC forms group to help biotechs with translational research

03-Mar-2010 - URMC has set up the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics (CHET) to help biotechs and academics advance product candidates from preclinical studies into trials in human.

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Congenix joins Health Decisions’ global trial network

03-Mar-2010 - Russia-based CRO Congenix has joined Health Decisions’ Agile Clinical Network, expanding the group’s geographic reach.

PPD opens Ireland lab; moves forward with Furiex spin-off

02-Mar-2010 - US CRO PPD has been busy on both sides of the Atlantic, opening a clinical testing facility in Ireland and, in the US, moving forward with plans to spin-off its compound partnering business as Furiex Pharmaceuticals

Icon’s income rises; positive but cautious about ‘10

01-Mar-2010 - Icon posted a 12 per cent increase in operating income in 2009 but remains cautious about the year ahead after year-on-year net business awards fell in the fourth quarter.

BioClinica launches software to optimise clinical trial supply

01-Mar-2010 - BioClinica Optimizer has launched to allow users to simulate and optimise their clinical trials, providing information to identify potential supply shortages or excesses and study delays.

MedNet to introduce SaaS EDC to speed trial set up

25-Feb-2010 - MedNet Solutions is introducing iMedNet, a pay-as-you-go web-based EDC platform to support collaboration and communication between clinical trial stakeholders.

Kendle’s operating income falls; cutting jobs in Q1

25-Feb-2010 - Kendle posted a 37 per cent drop in operating income in 2009 and will lay off employees this quarter in response to the market’s “continued volatility” and late stage cancellations.

Parexel opens another early phase unit in South Africa

24-Feb-2010 - Parexel has opened a 40 bed early phase clinical trial unit in South Africa, increasing its Phase I capabilities in the country and adding to its patient recruitment focused SuperSites network.

Pharmarama builds in US market

23-Feb-2010 - US Pharma firms can benefit from the sourcing, storage and distribution efficiencies offered by comparator drug sourcing and distribution specialist Pharmarama says managing director Rosemary Bensley.

Almac launches STEMS temp monitoring system for trial supplies

18-Feb-2010 - Almac Clinical Services says novel temperature monitoring system speeds shipping and cuts quarantine times by allowing authorised personnel to make decisions on trial supplies at clinical sites 24/7.

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goBalto expands trial site database

16-Feb-2010 - goBalto has expanded its drug development and partnering website by more than 16,000 new clinical research sites, hospitals and physicians.

Exclusive aggregation of all the news from Informex '10

16-Feb-2010 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents an exclusive widget that aggregates all the breaking news from AAPS 2009 in Los Angeles, US, including podcasts, articles and tweets from our in-house journalists at the show.

Trial sponsors and CROs must do more to recruit older people, says EU group

16-Feb-2010 - Clinical trials are often biased against the recruitment of older people says the European Union's PREDICT group, which has launched a charter designed to protect such patients' right to take part.

US FDA says Bayesian analysis could cut device trial costs

15-Feb-2010 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidance on the use of Bayesian analysis in clinical trials of medical devices and says the technique can cut costs and boost efficiency.

Parexel allies with Proteome to boost biomarker offering

15-Feb-2010 - Parexel has formed an alliance with Proteome Sciences to enhance its biomarker capabilities, allowing it to help clients make earlier assessments of new compounds in development.

Intelligent packaging can cut cost of trials; Stora Enso

11-Feb-2010 - Using intelligent compliance packaging in clinical trials can result in “huge cost savings” and this will ensure demand even during a period of cost-cutting, according to a sales manager at Stora Enso.

Pressures will drive CROs to merge or find a niche; report

11-Feb-2010 - Consolidation in pharma, coupled to the trend for strategic partnerships, will lead to CRO mergers, with large companies getting bigger and small firms focusing on niche opportunities, according to a report.

SIRO joins with DreamCIS to access Korean patient pool

10-Feb-2010 - SIRO Clinpharm has formed an alliance with South Korea-based CRO DreamCIS to expand its clinical trial offering in Asia Pacific and provide clients with more options for patient recruitment.

Phase Forward says ICRS a must for data management market

08-Feb-2010 - Integrated solutions are the future of trial data management according to Phase Forward as growth of the electronic data capture (EDC) market begins to slow.