10-May-2010 - A 38 per cent increase in revenues helped PDI cut its operating loss to $1.7m (€1.3m) in the first quarter, furthering the contract sales provider’s goal of achieving profitability by the end of the year.
20-Apr-2010 - MLawGroup and WS Partners are collaborating to offer pharma and biotech advisory services, including help in preparing and negotiating agreements with CROs and CMOs.
30-Mar-2010 - US commercial services provider inVentiv Health says it has been approached by investors interested in acquiring the company.
18-Feb-2010 - Pharmatek Laboratories says US DEA clearance validates the security and handling procedures in place at its San Diego, California facility.
17-Feb-2010 - Communication is a vital aspect of the relationship between CMOs, CROs and their clients, with a single point of contact who quickly informs sponsors of problems a necessity, according to a panel at Informex 2010.
10-Feb-2010 - UK CMO SCM Pharma says a grant from UKTI is a boost for expansion plans and efforts to win clients in key pharmaceutical industry R&D hubs.
01-Feb-2010 - Contract services major Quintiles will sell Movetis’ chronic constipation treatment Resolor (prucalopride) in Europe under a contract announced last week.
29-Jan-2010 - AstraZeneca will cut 8,000 more jobs by 2014 with R&D and supply chain operations being the main focus of the cutbacks.
14-Jan-2010 - Contract sales and marketing firm PDI says a new deal with a “Top 10 Pharma firm” will generate revenue of between $10m and $12m this year.
09-Dec-2009 - German drug distribution and pharmacy firm Celesio has bought Ireland’s Alchemy Healthcare to drive its growth in the country’s contract sales sector.
07-Dec-2009 - inVentiv Health has rolled-out FlightPath, a new bespoke service designed to help pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies chart a clear course to commercial launch.
23-Nov-2009 - The drug industry must “fundamentally change” how it sells products and make greater use of advanced analytics to measure performance, according to a report by Deloitte Consulting.
29-Oct-2009 - US branding agency Vertiyo has set up a new health care marketing unit that, it says, gives drugmakers a cost effective product promotion alternative.
08-Oct-2009 - Symphony Metro Pharma Solutions and HP Solutions have created a new application that, they claim, can help drug marketeers identify activities with the greatest revenue potential.
30-Sep-2009 - Axiom Accelerated Patient Recruitment hopes its new range of SMS, text messaging, services can help CROs and pharma sponsors reach more potential study participants.
22-Sep-2009 - New Jersey-based communications group Advogent has had its sales logistics contract renewed by US drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb (B-MS).
18-Sep-2009 - Market intelligence giant IMS Health has extended its KPO market and sales analytics offering and signed a new collaboration deal with Indian IT contracting group Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
02-Sep-2009 - Synexus is meeting the rising demand for its services, which it says can dramatically increase recruitment rates, by acquiring clinical trial sites in Poland and is hoping to expand in India soon.
27-Aug-2009 - US software group SourceSolution has signed a co-marketing deal with bioProcessUK they claim will help UK pharma contractors raise their global profiles and find new drug industry clients.
20-Aug-2009 - inVentiv Health is expanding it REMS-related services, which it believes is a growth area, using its experience in risk management to help clients formulate strategies.
16-Jul-2009 - US data management and collection specialist Phase Forward will pay $10m (€7m) for Covance’s interactive voice and web response business (IVRS/IWRS).
16-Jul-2009 - CRO BASi has expanded its North American business development operations by bringing in industry veteran Don Hawker to head up its Canadian and Western US units.
08-Jul-2009 - US contract services firm Norwich Pharmaceuticals has teamed up with Emerson Resources in a partnership that both claim will help drug industry partners bring products to market.
13-May-2009 - PDI posted a larger operating loss in Q1 2009 than in the previous year, with the company blaming the decline on the expiration, termination and postponement of contracts.
15-Apr-2009 - The US contract manufacturing sector is strong enough to bounce back from any short-term slow down caused by the credit crisis, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan (F&S).