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Quintiles lands CF drug commercialisation contract

02-Sep-2010 - Quintiles will help Australian drugmaker Pharmaxis launch its cystic fibrosis treatment Bronchitol in Europe under a contract announced yesterday.

Accenture & ICRI partner for Indian clinical research training

02-Sep-2010 - Accenture and ICRI have partnered to jointly develop a pharmacovigilance and clinical research programme for the Indian market.

Xcelience and IriSys partner to offer US regional access to CMC and regulatory expertise

31-Aug-2010 - Xcelience and IriSys have formed a joint venture to help streamline access to chemistry manufacturing and controls (CMC) and regulatory expertise for North American pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

31-Aug-2010 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at PPD, Coldstream Laboratories and MPI Research.

Contractors poaching regulatory, quality and clinical talent, says ZRG

30-Aug-2010 - ZRG Partners says there was a “fight for talent” in hiring, firing and vacancies in Q2, with the outsourcing and pharmaceutical sectors battling for employees within regulatory, quality and clinical roles.

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

24-Aug-2010 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including comings and goings at Icon and a new recruitment head at Kendle.

Parexel works with Stora to monitor supply temperatures

23-Aug-2010 - Parexel has collaborated with Stora Enso to add an integrated temperature recording system which can save up to 48 hours compared to traditional cold chain.

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

17-Aug-2010 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Quintiles, WuXi, NeoGenomics and BASi.

Catalent to offer GSK-developed compound optimisation platform

11-Aug-2010 - Catalent Pharma Solutions is offering Optiform, a GSK developed compound optimisation platform, to researchers for the first time.

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

10-Aug-2010 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Kendle, Invida and Global Research Services (GRS).

World Courier breaks ground on Singapore distribution site

05-Aug-2010 - World Courier is continuing its period of rapid expansion by breaking ground on a 135,000 sq ft clinical trial storage and distribution centre in Singapore.

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

03-Aug-2010 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at PharmaNet, CROS NT and Global Research Services.

Outsourcing-pharma.com goes mobile

02-Aug-2010 - From today, you can access in- Outsourcing-pharma.com from your mobile phone.

PPD and Microsoft to tackle REMS; Q2 Op income down on costs

28-Jul-2010 - PPD has teamed up with software giant Microsoft to help drugmakers meet REMS requirements more efficiently.

News in brief

iGPS opening two sites to support pallet rental service

28-Jul-2010 - Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) is opening two facilities to support its RFID pallet rental service.

News in brief

BNC lands cancer drug formulation contract

27-Jul-2010 - Bio Nano Consulting (BNC) says University of London School of Pharmacy deal helped land first Ph I trial formulation services contract.

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

26-Jul-2010 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Catalent, ACR Image Metrix and Health Decisions.

Deals and developments in pharma outsourcing

22-Jul-2010 - While the summer* heat may slow other industries, the outsourcing sector keeps on moving. Oustourcing-pharma rounds up the key developments, featuring LyoTechnica and AspenTech

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

20-Jul-2010 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Icon, PPD and PharmaNet.

Interactive Quiz

EU industry quiz – how much do you know about H1 2010?

16-Jul-2010 - Covering PPD and Pfizer, Sweden and Switzerland our European map-based quiz tests your knowledge of recent biopharm events against colleagues, peers and our community of readers.

Guest article

M&A processes, pitfalls and keys to success

15-Jul-2010 - M&A can help revitalize firms but failure to properly integrate the companies can create an inefficient, demoralized business. In this article, Viq Pervaaz, senior vice president at Aon Consulting, takes a look at M&A processes, pitfalls and keys to success.

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

13-Jul-2010 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Almac, BioStorage Technologies and ACM Global.

Global CSO market worth $5.6bn by 2015

13-Jul-2010 - The global contract sales organisation (CSO) market will grow from $2.7bn (€2.2bn) in 2009 to $5.6bn by 2015, according to a report.

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

08-Jul-2010 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments West Pharmaceutical Services, Unilife and ACR Image Metrix.

PSR launches OrphanIQ to provide orphan drug answers

06-Jul-2010 - PSR has launched OrphanIQ to provide biopharm with a quick, simple means of answering short questions about orphan drug development.