Equity group buys ZeeCRO’s bioanalytic unit

23-Dec-2009 - US investment group Kansas Venture Capital (KVC) has acquired ZeeCRO’s bioanalytical division.

Pacific Biometrics to be renamed Pacific Biomarkers

23-Dec-2009 - US CRO Pacific Biometrics is to be renamed Pacific Biomarkers, after shareholders voted in favour of the change at the company’s AGM earlier this month.

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NYK bags Ranbaxy UK distribution contract

23-Dec-2009 - NYK Logistics will be responsible for all the distribution of all the products that Ranbaxy Laboratories, the non-branded arm of Japanese pharmaceutical firm DaiChii-Sankyo, sells in the UK under a...

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

23-Dec-2009 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including changes at SRC, Pacific Biometrics, GVK Biosciences and DPT Laboratories.

Delays, takeover bids and Puerto Rico hurt 09, but Patheon up about 2010

22-Dec-2009 - Patheon says a slowdown in “outsourcing decision making,” manufacturing problems in Puerto Rico and cost related to JLL’s takeover bid hurt it in fiscal 09.

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Contract manufacturing worth $299bn by 2014, BCC Research

22-Dec-2009 - The global pharmaceutical contract manufacturing sector is growing at 11 per cent a year and will generate $299bn (€209bn) by 2014, says BCC Research.

XenoTech rolls out CryostaX offering for drug developers

22-Dec-2009 - US CRO and discovery technology supplier XenoTech has launched CryostaX, which it claims is the largest single-freeze pool of human hepatocytes available to drug developers.

New discovery services firm Biocius begins operations

22-Dec-2009 - US genomic analysis group BioTrove has completed the spin out of Biocius Life Sciences, a new contract drug discovery company.

Kendle opts for MetricStream for compliance management

21-Dec-2009 - Trials contractor Kendle International will use a management platform developed by US software group MetricStream to help control its global compliance and quality assurance operations.

PPD teams with DiabetesAmerica to boost recruitment capacity

21-Dec-2009 - US CRO PPD will add a database of 16,000 patients to its portfolio in an exclusive services deal with Houston-based care organisation DiabetesAmerica.

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Jubilant plans new niacinamide facility

21-Dec-2009 - Jubilant Organosys will build a new niacinamide and 3-Cyanopyridine plant to cater for growing demand in the drug and nutrition industries.

NexMed stays on Nasdaq after Bio-Quant buy

21-Dec-2009 - US drugmaker NexMed has maintained its place on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, partly as a result of its acquisition of US preclinical CRO Bio-Quant.

Recipharm moves for Cobra to boost biologics capacity

17-Dec-2009 - Swedish CDMO Recipharm will buy privately-owned group Cobra Biomanufacturing to build its presence in the expanding biologics sector.

NextPharma plans German cold-chain Logistics facility

17-Dec-2009 - NextPharma unveiled plans for a new cold chain and logistics unit earlier today to bolster its European distribution operations.

Covance sets up in Seoul and Mumbai

17-Dec-2009 - US CRO Covance says its new development offices in South Korea and India will improve access to patients and reduce clinical development timelines.

Phase Forward appoints chief privacy officer

16-Dec-2009 - US eClinical firm Phase Forward has created the new executive role, “chief privacy officer,” to ensure it complies with the latest data protection and privacy regulations governing the trial sector.

Instem sets up in Shanghai

16-Dec-2009 - US software firm Instem will establish an office in Shanghai, China, to provide customer support, client management, development and sales support to its Chinese pharmaceutical and life sciences R&D clients....

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Icon triples capacity at Dublin lab

16-Dec-2009 - CRO Icon says the expansion of its central lab facility in Dublin, Ireland will provide better support for its clinical investigators worldwide.

Bend makes enhanced HPMCAS DMF available

15-Dec-2009 - US formulation services provider Bend Research says a new safety file for the bioavailability enhancing drug excipient, HPMCAS, can now be referenced by its clients in FDA filings.

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

15-Dec-2009 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Absorption Systems, CliniComp, Clearstone Central Laboratories and CTI.

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Microsoft makes Amalga easier to access with Sentillion buy

15-Dec-2009 - US software giant Microsoft has unveiled plans to acquire Sentillion to further expand its presence in the clinical data management sector.

Deltagen adds to discovery offering with Benten buy

15-Dec-2009 - US drug discovery group Deltagen has acquired Benten BioServices, a contract services organisation that offers a suite of regulatory-compliant manufacturing and testing services to support biopharmaceutical development and commercialisation.

TNO to move into Phase 0 studies with AMS buy

14-Dec-2009 - Netherlands-based contract research group TNO has purchased an accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) to add microdosing to its clinical trial offering.

Avid’s Q2 revenues rise 440%

14-Dec-2009 - CMO Avid Bioservices’ year-on-year revenues increased by 440 per cent in the second quarter, leading to the company planning expansions in Asia-Pacific, biosimilars and analytical services.

Patheon cuts capacity in Puerto Rico after years of difficulties

14-Dec-2009 - Canadian CMO Patheon will consolidate its Puerto Rican activities at its facility in Manati and sell or close its plant in neighbouring Caguas by 2011.

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Clearstone appoints CEO

10-Dec-2009 - Clearstone Central Laboratories has appointed Lewis Cameron as CEO and he will now lead the company as it plots its development following divestiture from MDS Pharma Services.

PRA hopes to manage PH I trials better with Quintiq software

10-Dec-2009 - PRA International has called on Netherlands-based software group Quintiq to help manage the Ph I research projects it takes on and better allocate resources in the challenging early-phase trial sector.

GE Healthcare launches FTA DMPK sample cards

10-Dec-2009 - GE Healthcare says its new range of sample collection cards reduce sample volumes needed for drug metabolism across pharmacokinetics (DMPK) in all stages of drug development process.

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Max Neeman ramps up pharmacy services offering

10-Dec-2009 - Indian contract research organisation (CRO) Max Neeman International has doubled the size of its pharmacy services facility in Delhi.

KIS launches SaaS TrackHealth for handling EHR

10-Dec-2009 - Kaulkin Information Systems (KIS) is launching SaaS KISTrack TrackHealth to help pharma and healthcare staff monitor, manage and share electronic health records (EHR).

RBM wins Roche schizophrenia bioassay contract

09-Dec-2009 - Swiss drug major Roche has called in biomarker testing lab Rules-Based Medicine (RBM) to help give its candidate schizophrenia drugs a commercial edge.

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Celesio buys Irish contract sales group Alchemy

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.

Almac partners to offer ePRO

09-Dec-2009 - Almac has entered into a partnership with FACIT.org to gain PRO and QoL assessments which it believes will help it recruit patients and generate high quality data for regulatory submissions....

Medidata launches Rave automatic SAE reporting add-on

09-Dec-2009 - Medidata says the latest addition to its EDC platform, the Rave Safety Gateway, will cut the time it takes to report adverse events during trials and help CROs and their...

Absorption Systems rolls-out preclinical device testing service

08-Dec-2009 - Preclinical drug testing specialist Absorption Systems has branched out and opened a new surgical lab designed to help pharmaceutical firms assess the safety of biomaterials and medical devices.

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Icon gets FDA warning letter for two antibiotic trials

08-Dec-2009 - Irish CRO Icon has received a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning letter relating to two studies of an antibiotic it conducted between 2004 and 2006.

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

08-Dec-2009 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at PharmaNet, Chiltern and Cardinal Health.

inVentiv launches FlightPath commercialisation service

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.

Synexus to acquire Clinpharm

07-Dec-2009 - Synexus has agreed to acquire Clinpharm, giving it access to 10 clinical trial sites in Germany, Austria and Ukraine and increasing its patient population reach in Europe by 100 per cent.

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Changda lands Sanofi supply contract

03-Dec-2009 - Chinese chemicals firm Changda International is to supply French drug giant Sanofi Aventis with thiophene under a contract announced yesterday.

Haupt installs CPHU to cut CO2 emissions

03-Dec-2009 - CDMO Haupt Pharma has invested in a combined heat and power unit (CPHU) for its site in Wolfratshausen, Germany, which is now expected to produce 14 per cent less CO2...

PPD sets up central biostats platform

03-Dec-2009 - PPD is targeting growing demand for contract data analysis with a new biostatistics infrastructure that, it says, offers improved security and reporting.

Ecron receives OrbiMed financing

03-Dec-2009 - India-based CRO Ecron Acunova will support its geographic expansion and strengthen its service offering after receiving Series B financing from OrbiMed’s Caduceus Asia Mauritius.

Avon gains on US OK for Ranbaxy’s valacyclovir

02-Dec-2009 - Indian API maker Avon Organics’ share price rocketed 10 per cent on the Bombay exchange yesterday after the US launch of a generic herpes treatment by Ranbaxy Laboratories.

Vetter’s first US plant brings it closer to customers

02-Dec-2009 - CMO Vetter Pharma has expanded its manufacturing capacity with a new in Illinois, US that it says brings it closer to customers and will allow it to collaborate with clients...

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Mexico City to create “world-class” cluster

02-Dec-2009 - The government of Mexico City, Mexico is planning to create Campus Biometropolis, a hub for biomedical and nanomedical research which it hopes will be a platform for “world-class clinical research”.

Leeds Uni opens £4m process development lab

01-Dec-2009 - Leeds University in the UK has unveiled a new £4m (€4.4m) laboratory designed to make small-scale process development “greener, cheaper and more effective.”

Patheon & JLL enter into litigation settlement

01-Dec-2009 - Patheon and JLL are to end the legal actions between them by entering into a litigation settlement which establishes a board of directors and limits JLL acquiring additional restricted voting...

People on the move: pharma outsourcing jobs

01-Dec-2009 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at West Pharmaceutical Services, Catalent and Kforce Clinical Research.

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LSR goes private in Lion Holdings takeover

01-Dec-2009 - US CRO Life Science Research has become a private company with the completion of its acquisition by Lion Holdings, an investment vehicle owner by CEO Andrew Baker.