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People on the move: outsourcing jobs

09-Feb-2012 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round-up of the appointments within the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Icon, Merck and Clinipace.

Marken to build new China depot; denies reports of client loss

07-Feb-2012 - Logistics contractor Marken plans to ramp up its activities in China with a new Beijing depot set to open later this year.

What’s in a name? Quite a lot say CROs and CMOs citing differing business fundamentals

06-Feb-2012 - The desire to be an all-encompassing ‘one stop shop’ may be common to both contract research organisations (CRO) and contract manufacturing organisations (CMO), but that does not mean the terms CRO and CMO are synonymous according to industry leaders.

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People on the move

02-Feb-2012 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its weekly round-up of the latest career changes within the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Icon, AbelsonTaylor and Chiltern.

Almac challenges "one-size-fits-all" DNA analysis with new custom-fit service

02-Feb-2012 - Almac says its first leap into Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis services is a much needed-change from the industry’s current “one-size-fits-all” offering.

Marken forms tech team as cold chain market heats up

02-Feb-2012 - Trial logistics firm Marken says new expert development team will create ‘industry changing,’ cold chain technologies.

TNT offering temperature-controlled logistics services

31-Jan-2012 - TNT Express is now offering temperature-controlled logistics services to support global distribution of biologics.

HUYA Bioscience wants stronger bonds with international drugmakers

30-Jan-2012 - HUYA Bioscience says it will strengthen bonds between Chinese drug innovators and worldwide developers and through its new partnership with the Tianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research (TIPR).

People on the move: outsourcing jobs

26-Jan-2012 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its weekly round-up of the latest changes on the pharmaceutical career ladder, including news from Patheon, Wolfe Laboratories, and Premier Research.

CFS plans to tackle financial management diversity in different countries through expansion

25-Jan-2012 - Clinical Financial Services (CFS) has made its first foray into the global market after opening a new office in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Outsourcing still a gamble that needs strategic vision to succeed, says study

24-Jan-2012 - Outsourcing is a gamble for the industry that needs a closer collaborative approach if pharma firms want a successful performance, according to new research.

Polytherics buys Warwick Effect Polymers for biodrug modification tech

23-Jan-2012 - UK-based Polytherics has acquired Warwick Effect Polymers (WEP) to expand biologic drug modification offering.

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Almac isotope and lab sites pass UK inspections

23-Jan-2012 - Almac says its isotope chemistry facility and its lab division both passed UK regulators’ inspections.

SGS to open 2nd Indian lab on schedule; 2011 revs grow despite ‘tough’ European market

19-Jan-2012 - SGS’ new analytical lab in Mumbai, India will open later this week just six months after the analytical services firm began its construction .

inVentiv agrees to buy SDI from IMS in bid to boost analytics offering

19-Jan-2012 - InVentiv will boost its market research and analytics offering with the acquisition of SDI’s medical audit activities.

People on the move: outsourcing jobs

19-Jan-2012 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its weekly round-up of the latest career changes in the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Premier Research, Almac, and AAI Pharma.

Quintiles invests £3m in biomarker R&D firm; establishes BPO centre in China

18-Jan-2012 - Quintiles has invested £3m ($4.6m) in a new UK-based biomarker R&D company in a continuation of its efforts to build in the field of personalised medicines.

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NSF moves into medical device trial training

18-Jan-2012 - Training and consultancy firm NSF Health Sciences (NSF-DBA) has acquired Pink Associates in a bid to broaden its service offering.

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inVentiv combines pharma training units for fuller offering

17-Jan-2012 - inVentiv Health says it will now offer a one-stop-shop for pharma and biotech training services after merging its subsidiaries Pharmaceutical Institute and Preceptiv Learning Solutions.

Warnex will be forced to leave Toronto exchange next month

16-Jan-2012 - Contract services firm Warnex will leave the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) after failing to meet the requirements for continued listing.

ShangPharma opens new plant to meet Lilly's R&D needs

11-Jan-2012 - ShangPharma has revealed its newly opened 100,000 sq foot facility will serve the growing capacity needs of pharma giant Eli Lilly.

Sigma-Aldrich to offer start to finish bio-testing thanks to BioReliance takeover

10-Jan-2012 - Sigma-Aldrich says it is a step closer to becoming a one-stop-shop for biopharmas in the drug discovery process after it inked a takeover agreement with biological testing firm BioReliance.

AMRI mulls Hungary chemistry site's future

10-Jan-2012 - AMRI has begun reviewing its chemistry services operation in Hungary and says it may cut jobs and shift work to other facilities.

People on the move

09-Jan-2012 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its weekly round-up of the latest appointments within the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Mylan, Aegate, and Intralinks.

AMRI to streamline US workforce and mothball R&D lab

09-Jan-2012 - Albany Molecular Research (AMRI) says ‘streamlining’ plan will focus on its drug licensing unit not its contract API research, development and manufacturing services division.