Breaking News on Contract Research, Manufacturing & Clinical Trials

inVentive signs up to help GeneraMedix’ epoprostenol

02-Dec-2008 - inVentive Health has been contracted to provide marketing and branding services for fellow US based generic injectables developer GeneraMedix, specifically focusing on the latter’s epoprostenol hypertension treatment.

FDA officially opens its doors in China

27-Nov-2008 - The US Food and Drug Administration has opened offices in three Chinese cities – Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou – to help improve the safety of medicines and ingredients imported into the US.

Aptuit’s API to IND 26 week service

25-Nov-2008 - Aptuit presented a seminar at this year’s AAPS explaining how it had implemented its INDiGO programme, which takes an API to IND in 26 weeks, and how it can benefit clients.

DPT highlights R&D prowess at AAPS 2008

24-Nov-2008 - DPT Laboratories chose this year’s AAPS in Atlanta to showcase its research and development capability with a unique poster presentation examining the role of various excipients in nasal drug delivery applications.

DPT Laboratories' F&S Award

24-Nov-2008 - Reaction to the F&S Best Practices award

Pharma outsourcing: people on the move

19-Nov-2008 - Outsourcing-Pharma.com presents its periodic round-up of executive appointments in the contract services sector.

Pharma outsourcing: people on the move

13-Nov-2008 - Outsourcing-Pharma.com presents its periodic round-up of executive appointments in the contract services sector.

Phase Forward says demand remains strong in Q3

13-Nov-2008 - eClinical specialist Phase Forward saw a slowdown in growth in the third quarter of 2008, but still managed to hike revenues 23 per cent to $43m.

EFCG talks excipient certification

05-Nov-2008 - Tim Bölke, head of the excipient taskforce at the European Fine Chemicals Group, discusses certification and the heparin scandal.

Latest podcast

03-Nov-2008 - All the breaking news across the pharmaceutical manufacturing and outsourcing sectors.

Ecotoxicology centre offers contract research

03-Nov-2008 - The Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology has officially opened and will be available for conducting contract research.

News in brief

CRO signs software deal

28-Oct-2008 - ECRFPlus has signed a multi-year enterprise agreement with Spacelabs Healthcare to provide services including custom software development and integration.

Further outsourcing at AstraZeneca

27-Oct-2008 - Cognizant will provide maintenance services to AstraZeneca’s research, clinical development, sales and marketing, over a five-year period.

Bend expands drug delivery services

21-Oct-2008 - Bend Research is offering companies some of the drug delivery formulation expertise and technologies it developed during its 23 year collaboration with Pfizer.

InforSense hails data outsourcing project a success

20-Oct-2008 - Data analysis may be the next aspect of the drug industry to be outsourced if the new virtual drug development network created by GSK and UK software firm InforSense is any indication.

WuXi misses Q3 goals due to “drop in R&D spending”

14-Oct-2008 - China’s WuXi PharmaTech has reported a below par set of unaudited third quarter results and has cut its full-year expectations blaming the current economic climate’s impact on R&D spending within the sector.

2008 European Outsourcing “Oscar” winners announced

09-Oct-2008 - Bilcare, Patheon, Pierre Fabre and Catalent were among the winners at the 2008 European Outsourcing awards, held during this year’s CPhI conference in Frankfurt, Germany.

Pharma outsourcing: people on the move

09-Oct-2008 - Outsourcing-Pharma.com presents its periodic round-up of executive appointments in the contract services sector.

Drugmakers vow to disclose physician payments

02-Oct-2008 - US drug majors Eli Lilly and Merck & Co have said they will disclose payments made to physicians in a move towards greater transparency.

Pharma outsourcing: people on the move

27-Sep-2008 - Outsourcing-Pharma.com presents its periodic round-up of executive appointments in the contract services sector.

Melbourn offers integrated drug delivery service

25-Sep-2008 - UK-based Melbourn Scientific is now offering an integrated package of formulation, method development, analysis and short-run clinical manufacture services to industrial clients.

Moody's down on pharma prospects

25-Sep-2008 - Pharmaceutical companies on both sides of the Atlantic are facing a particularly difficult time over the next 12 to 18 months, according to a report by financial research and analysis company Moody’s.

Joint API inspection service to cut costs

22-Sep-2008 - Germany-based Diapharm has launched a service allowing pharmaceutical manufacturers to perform joint third-party audits of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).

Merck signs sales outsourcing deal

22-Sep-2008 - Merck & Co has added additional sales staff by signing an outsourcing agreement with inVentiv Health.