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Big Pharma pools together to tackle emerging market woes

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.

West shifts focus to proprietary products

23-May-2012 - West Pharmaceutical is changing its gauge from contract manufacturing to proprietary products: it’s particular focus, delivery systems.

'Simplify trial data analysis and look at the bigger picture', says Quanticate

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.

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New online GLP investigator training module for Icon

09-May-2012 - Icon has launched a new online GCP (good clinical practice) teaching module that it says will improve the compliance of investigator training.

Know how your CMO will deliver its promises, says Baxter

09-May-2012 - “Understand not only what your CMO can do, but how they can get it done,” was Baxter’s message during a speech at the year’s Interphex in New York.

AmerisourceBergen sees Q2 revenue growth

30-Apr-2012 - AmerisourceBergen’s commercial services arm was its key driver in Q2, offsetting the loss of key customer for its drug business.

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Once a friend now an enemy: Over zealous EU regulators could hamper the CMO market, says analyst

25-Apr-2012 - The European CMO industry could be blocked by over complex layers of regulation, says Frost & Sullivan analyst Aiswariya Chidambaram.

Keep the kids in mind when conducting clinical trials, say Clinigene

12-Apr-2012 - Clinigene has called for more companies to consider paediatric applications of drugs from the beginning of their clinical trials.

Regulatory changes: the experts give us their thoughts at DIA Euromeeting

05-Apr-2012 - Regulatory reform was the name of the game at this year’s DIA Euromeeting in Denmark.

Catalent eyes emerging market expansion of end-to-end development service model

04-Apr-2012 - Catalent wants to build on its European expansions by replicating the end-to-end drug development services model in emerging markets. 

'Regulators: Get to the point', say experts 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.

Selecting formulation early cuts time to market, says Formac

21-Mar-2012 - Formac Pharmaceuticals says its silica-based delivery platform can help Pharmas pick the best formulations earlier in the drug development process.

European CMO market will double in just 6 years, says Frost & Sullivan

15-Mar-2012 - The European CMO sector is set to double in the next six years and will hit revenues of up to $20.75bn, according to Frost & Sullivan’s Aiswariya Chidambaram.

Indian CROs caught in Dateline sting insist report was "out of context"

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”.

Celerion and Ricerca team up with one-stop-shop services for biosimilars

01-Mar-2012 - Celerion and Ricera Biosciences have launched a new joint venture to provide a cost-cutting one-stop-shop solution for companies developing and commercialising biosimilars.

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Social networking is key to trial recruitment success, says expert

27-Feb-2012 - Pharma companies must become more involved in building patient communities through social media if they want to see a successful trial recruitment process according to Patient Nucleus founder Jamie Blackburn.

Frontage expands CMO consultancy offering in China

22-Feb-2012 - Frontage Laboratories says it is focussing on improving regulatory and GMP compliance in China after signing a $10m (€7.5m) collaboration with drugs maker Fanghui Pharma.

Ockham buys Nexus in bid to boost oncology trial offering

15-Feb-2012 - Ockham has expanded its oncology trial services offering through its acquisition of Nexus Oncology.

Contract manufacturing round-up

26-Jan-2012 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents a round-up of the latest headlines within the world of contract manufacturing. Catalent and Patheon have each launched oral dosage partnership news, whilst Frontage and AMPAC have received regulatory go-aheads.

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.

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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.

FDA group calls for industry to submit draft guidance docs

04-Jan-2012 - The FDA should encourage industry to submit draft guidance to speed regulatory development, an agency working group found.

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.

Contract manufacturing round-up

07-Dec-2011 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its round-up of the latest contract manufacturing updates, including news from Hospira, Aveo, and Shasun.