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09-Feb-2012 - Bioclinica says pricing in the clinical imaging sector has stabilised as Pharmas have opted to work with fewer service providers.
08-Feb-2012 - Celerion has teamed up with Verified Clinical Trials (VCT), a group aiming to stop ‘professional patients’ enrolling in multiple trials.
07-Feb-2012 - Covance is investing to win business from “distracted competitors” that have been part of mergers and buyouts, an analyst claims.
02-Feb-2012 - Clinart MENA has hired a new CEO and rebranded to benefit from rising interest in conducting trials in the Middle East.
01-Feb-2012 - Strategic clients increasingly want to outsource trials to the ‘old world’ of the US and Europe at the expense of Asia, Parexel said.
31-Jan-2012 - Sponsors want CROs to join the debate on quality management in clinical research says the Avoca Group, which has invited contractors to sign up to its recently established industry consortium.
31-Jan-2012 - Parexel posted double-digit revenue growth and record backlog in its second quarter, but rising costs drove down profits.
30-Jan-2012 - Russia’s trial sector has largely recovered from the ‘crisis’ created by revision of approval system in 2010, but regulators are still taking too long to OK studies says industry group ACTO.
24-Jan-2012 - UK-based ProTrials Research will expand a new subsidiary in a bid to meet its clients increasing demands for a wider range of multi-national clinical trials.
24-Jan-2012 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents a roundup of eClinical technology news, including “omnics” at Oracle and DDi at DIA.
23-Jan-2012 - Multilingual ‘magic’ and cultural knowledge are the keys to business process outsourcing (BPO) success in North Asia according to Quintiles.
23-Jan-2012 - Acurian says rapid expansion of its opt-in trial subject database is testament to the efficacy of direct-to-patient communication.
19-Jan-2012 - The EMA has warned sponsors must take “great care” when outsourcing to niche subcontractors to avoid violating GCP.
18-Jan-2012 - Clinical research associates (CRAs) spend less than half of their time conducting ‘on site’ monitoring with training, travel and admin taking up the majority of their time according to new research
17-Jan-2012 - Study payment tech firm Greenphire says partnership with Merge Healthcare’s trial arm will offer greater efficiencies for pharmaceutical industry sponsors.
16-Jan-2012 - Covance plans a ‘substantial investment’ to consolidate its international data centres and develop clinical tools to arrest expanding IT costs.
16-Jan-2012 - Almac has opened a new clinical services building at its HQ in Craigavon, Northern Ireland to bring together staff involved in trial supplies.
16-Jan-2012 - CRO Popsi Cube is using iPhones to track blood pressure data and send questionnaires to patients.
11-Jan-2012 - Major CRO consolidation will slow down in 2012 after the big wave of deals last year, the CEO of Icon said.
10-Jan-2012 - A prior relationship rather than price was the most significant factor in helping Icon win its strategic deal with Shire according to an analyst who says such a trend is good for the sector.
09-Jan-2012 - Ireland-based CRO Icon will do all of Shire’s central laboratory work under a new strategic alliance announced today.
05-Jan-2012 - ACRO says latest draft rules on trials in India – which would see ethics committees take sole responsibility for determining SAE cause and compensation - are a backwards step that would make high quality research impossible.
05-Jan-2012 - UK-based biotech ValiRx has acquired a biomarkers business from Finnish preclinical CRO Pharmatest Services.
04-Jan-2012 - Quintiles says it will streamline its patient recruitment model with a new digital unit.
04-Jan-2012 - Publication of all clinical data and recruitment targets is needed to boost trial transparency, researchers claim.