24-May-2012 - A host of Big Pharma firms have come together to participate in a new forum in a bid to boost patient recruitment activities in emerging markets.
24-May-2012 - US CRO Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) predicts that new CEO Dave Simmons' ‘pharmaceutical industry experience’ gained at Pfizer will be an asset in guiding partnerships.
22-May-2012 - Quanticate says it will eliminate unnecessarily “complicated spreadsheets” in clinical trial data analysis after integrating a new simplified web-based program into its own.
16-May-2012 - Ensuring outsourced clinical research is of a high standard is critical to the viability of the pharma sector and requires cross industry collaboration according to leaders gathered at the Avoca Group’s Quality Summit.
09-May-2012 - A US biotech is seeking $250,000 from Cetero to cover drug development delays caused by alleged breaches of contract.
02-May-2012 - Chiltern has set up a legal entity in Taiwan that will allow it to establish its own local clinical research operations for the first time.
23-Apr-2012 - Cetero has hit back at critics of its financing plan by saying use of third-party funders would cause a “likely fatal” fight.
19-Apr-2012 - Cetero is re-doing studies for Teva, Actavis, Ranbaxy and other generic firms to satisfy FDA concerns about its data, court documents show.
19-Apr-2012 - Half of large pharma firms plan to offshore more discovery and early-stage work in the next two to five years, a survey found.
16-Apr-2012 - Designing trials around patients’ habits is the key to success in patient compliance, according to online recruitment specialist Rebar Interactive.
16-Apr-2012 - The Delaware Bankruptcy Court has extended the Cetero sale period by 11 days after some creditors called the timeline “objectionable”.
12-Apr-2012 - Cetero Research executives want bonuses if they manage to find a buyer for the ailing firm according to documents filed as part of the CRO's bankruptcy case.
12-Apr-2012 - Clinigene has called for more companies to consider paediatric applications of drugs from the beginning of their clinical trials.
05-Apr-2012 - Regulatory reform was the name of the game at this year’s DIA Euromeeting in Denmark.
05-Apr-2012 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents a roundup of recent CRO deals, including agreements at Quintiles, MPI, and AMRI.
03-Apr-2012 - Partnering with gaming companies could be the way to overcome patient compliance hurdles in paediatric clinical trials, said CRF at DIA Euromeeting.
29-Mar-2012 - “Less bureaucracy and more research” was the Danish Minister of science and innovation’s message to regulators at this week's DIA Euromeeting.
29-Mar-2012 - INC Research says the closure of former Kendle office in Connecticut will better balance resources and that – where possible – staff will be reassigned.
29-Mar-2012 - Cetero says it could have new private equity owners in 90 days and an agreed path forward with the FDA in weeks.
28-Mar-2012 - New research suggests that – in general - strategic partnerships are working but CROs still need to improve on sponsors’ ‘high priority’ objectives or risk losing deals.
28-Mar-2012 - Contract services firm Warnex says its analytical and bioanalytical divisions have attracted ‘interest’ from buyers that would exceed its current market cap.
26-Mar-2012 - Cetero Research has filed for bankruptcy protection eight months after the US FDA said it manipulated samples and faked documents.
21-Mar-2012 - Formac Pharmaceuticals says its silica-based delivery platform can help Pharmas pick the best formulations earlier in the drug development process.
20-Mar-2012 - inVentiv Health will stump up $50m for contract staffing firm Kforce Clinical Research (KCR) to ramp up its funcatiuonal service provider (FSP) business.
12-Mar-2012 - The two Indian CROs implicated in US TV show Dateline’s recent undercover operation have branded the report “unfair” and “out of context”.