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Globalisation

When national businesses become global operations… With the industry sourcing more raw materials and services from around the world and distributing its products in new markets, companies are adapting their business processes to suit a more complex global operating environment.

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.

Jubilant posts unhappy Q3 earnings despite record sales

07-Feb-2012 - Foreign currency effects left Indian contractor Jubilant Life Sciences with a third quarter loss despite record sales.

Big pharma shifting trial focus to US at expense of Asia; Parexel

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.

TNT offering temperature-controlled logistics services

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

Russian trial approvals up in 2011, but reviews still slow says ACTO

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.

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).

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.

Language skills and local knowledge a must for BPO success in Asia says Quintiles

23-Jan-2012 - Multilingual ‘magic’ and cultural knowledge are the keys to business process outsourcing (BPO) success in North Asia according to Quintiles.

Acurian’s opt-in database hits 70m potential subjects

23-Jan-2012 - Acurian says rapid expansion of its opt-in trial subject database is testament to the efficacy of direct-to-patient communication.

CRAs spend less than half their time in on-site monitoring tasks, says Tufts

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

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.

Indian CRAMS sector to fuel export growth, CARE says

12-Jan-2012 - Outsourcing to Indian CRAMS and bulk drug businesses will drive the country’s export growth, a credit rating agency said.

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.

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.

Toray takes stake in Japanese CMO to boost life sciences biz

09-Jan-2012 - Toray Industries has acquired a stake in a Japanese CMO and ingredient supplier as part of its push into life sciences.

ACRO concerned about ethics committees' SAE role under draft Indian rules

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.

Shasun’s Cuddalore plant operations still on hold after cyclone

03-Jan-2012 - Manufacturing operations at Shasun Pharma’s plant in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu are still suspended days after Southern India was battered by a cyclonic storm.

Lonza adds small moleclue capacity at Nansha plant

21-Dec-2011 - Lonza has expanded small molecule production capacity at its plant in Nansha, China to meet demand for clinical trial materials.

DSM signs MoU with AIBN on biologics commercialisation

20-Dec-2011 - DSM Biologics will work with the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) on the commercialisation of development-stage biologics projects.

Asian CRO group promises faster, better decision making than global CROs

19-Dec-2011 - New Asian CRO Alliance (ACA) can offer faster and better decision making than multinational CROs says Semler Research Centre's clinical development VP.

Asian CROs form alliance, stressing benefits of local knowledge

15-Dec-2011 - Six Asian CROs have set up a regional network and claim their local knowledge will make conducting clinical trials in the region more straightforward.

Charles River hunts for deals to serve strategic discovery clients

15-Dec-2011 - Charles River wants to buy drug discovery assets to meet interest in strategic outsourcing of non-regulated efficacy testing.

New Chinese CRO and alliance to finance diabetes research for globally expanding Quintiles

14-Dec-2011 - Quintiles hopes to build up its China-based study portfolio through its new contract research organisation (CRO) Kun Tuo.

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Icon continues investment spree with China buy

12-Dec-2011 - Ireland-based CRO Icon says acquisition of Chinese trial firm BeijingWits Medical Consulting will boost capabilities in the country and help meet growing demand from global clients.

Almac and Marken launch trial supply solutions

07-Dec-2011 - Clinical supply chains dominated the concerns of the service sector this week with Almac and Marken both launching new management solutions.