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PPD collaborates to strengthen vaccine testing business

18-Mar-2010 - PPD and Southern Research are collaborating to strengthen their pandemic and seasonal influenza development services by working together on client bids and projects.

GVK opens Ahmedabad clinical pharmacology unit

17-Mar-2010 - Indian CRO GVK Biosciences hopes new clinical pharmacology unit in Ahmedabad will help boost patient recruitment to meet growing demand for clinical trials in the region.

Quintiles relocates Japan lab in response to “huge growth”

17-Mar-2010 - Quintiles has relocated its global central laboratory in Japan to meet rising demand from the local market and US and European pharmas keen to include the country in their clinical trial network.

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Kendle’s China affiliate gains ISO certification

17-Mar-2010 - Kendle’s China-based affiliate has obtained ISO 9001:2008 certification and become the first global CRO to achieve the accreditation, according to the company.

INC forms ePRO partnership with invivodata

16-Mar-2010 - INC Research is partnering with invivodata to add ePRO to its offering, selecting the eClinical firm over its competitors in part because it understands the “aggressive” approach the CRO takes.

Centralising ECG trial data can cut costs 40%, says ERT

15-Mar-2010 - E Research Technology (ERT) launches Centralised Cardiac Safety 2.0 (CCS 2.0) service for ECG data and says approach improves efficiency, cuts costs and helps sponsors reach database lock quicker than distributed model.

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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.