PDUFA V: What you need to know about the upcoming Prescription Drug User Fee Act
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10-Aug-2006 - Australian-owned Campbell Brothers has entered the Scandinavian laboratory market by acquiring Swedish-based lab group Analytica.
08-Aug-2006 - Europe's third party logistics providers (3PL) are evolving to integrate more of their operations with those of their clients in a bid to provide a more efficient service, leaving the old breed in danger of becoming extinct.
01-Aug-2006 - French Healthcare logistics firm DGX Pharma has won a new multi-year contract from Japan's Sankyo Pharma to provide logistics and distribution services for its drug products in the French market.
25-Jul-2006 - The pharmaceutical and life sciences industries are flushed with quality IT services, with eight companies that have a specialist life science/pharmaceutical focus being featured in the top 20 of the first-ever listing of the world's top outsourcing service providers.
18-Jul-2006 - Outsourced sales training is on the upswing in the US while the rest of the world is lagging behind.
13-Jul-2006 - European healthcare organisations are being driven to outsource more and more IT operations due to escalating financial burdens, increasing complexity of IT systems, and new government initiatives.
11-Jul-2006 - Nomeco, Denmark's biggest pharma wholesaler, has won a large pre-wholesaling and logistics contract with Iceland's Actavis covering the Nordic countries, typifying the regional shift in this evolving sector of pharmaceutical outsourcing.
04-Jul-2006 - As financial pressures continue to plague the pharma industry, firms should consider taking more advantage of sourcing staff in cheap labour markets in order to save a buck.
04-Jul-2006 - New guidelines for the import and manufacture of medical devices in India have now come into effect, aimed at increasing world confidence in medical devices made in the region.
29-Jun-2006 - FFF Enterprises has just been awarded a new contract to distribute GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK's) flu vaccine in the US, making it the largest flu vaccine distributor for the second year running.
27-Jun-2006 - Pharmaceutical wholesalers in Europe need to evolve to meet the changing pharma market and a world of opportunity awaits for those willing to think beyond their traditional business model and move to compete in the outsourcing arena.
22-Jun-2006 - Kuehne + Nagel's Irish arm has scored a new contract to manage the global logistics for Organon Ireland.
20-Jun-2006 - Newly-formed Sentry Logistic Solutions has built its first bridge, forming a partnership with BioStorage Technologies to offer global biopharma companies the first cold chain storage/logistics service that spans all phases of drug development.
01-Jun-2006 - Troubled contract sales and marketing firm PDI has recently won a much-needed new sales contract and made two new top executive appointments as part of ongoing efforts to turn its flagging business around.
01-Jun-2006 - Medidata Solutions has opened a new clinical data centre and enlisted the help of consultancy firm C3i to provide its customers with faster and more secure electronic clinical trial support as demand for these services continues to increase.
18-May-2006 - Sentry Logistic Solutions has debuted on the pharma scene, launching a new range of services dedicated soley to the cold-chain logistics, storage and packing of bulk pharmaceutical and biotechnology components and finished products.
16-May-2006 - Outsourcing-Pharma's sister site, NutraIngredients.com, covering breaking news stories in the nutraceuticals industry, has been named Website of the Year in the prestigious 2006 Business Food and Drink Journalism Awards.
04-May-2006 - Celesio has bought a 30 per cent stake in Pharmexx, the number two contract sales organisation in Europe, in a bid to get a foothold in this market segment and diversify its business.
20-Apr-2006 - GE Healthcare has launched a new contract offering that it claims will cut the cost of running the service operations in life science R&D labs by up to 20 per cent, at a time when pharma and biotech firms are facing intense cost pressures.
13-Apr-2006 - After three acquisitions in two months, inVentiv Health has now expanded capacity in two of its divisions to meet the needs of its jump in client base.
13-Apr-2006 - US packaging specialist, Comar, chose Interphex, New York, to launch its new custom design and production service for pharmaceutical packaging, offering customers a free initial consultation.
06-Apr-2006 - Pharma Serv, Puerto Rico's largest regulatory compliance and validation services company for the pharma industry, has bought US company Integration Validation Services (IVS) in a move to plant its roots firmly in US soil.
06-Apr-2006 - To increase the chance of success in IT outsourcing, companies must increase their focus on creating and managing a successful mixture of supplier relationships that work for them.
04-Apr-2006 - Court Square, a provider of IT service offerings for both large and small biopharma firms, has seized upon what it saw as a gap in the market to open up a dedicated life sciences division for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs).
30-Mar-2006 - As pharma companies tighten their belts, they are expecting more and more cost savings from their outsourcing providers. IT services company HCL Technologies spoke to Outsourcing-Pharma.com at Interphex in New York to explain how it is providing major cost savings to its big pharma companies and manufacturers around the world.