Contract sales & marketing

Lonza, Takeda reach regulatory milestone in oncology tie-up

17-Jan-2019 By Maggie Lynch

Lonza provided development, manufacturing, and clinical packaging services for Takeda’s Alunbrig, which has received EMA marketing authorization.

2018 regulatory round-up: Patient safety, data transparency, innovative trial designs

18-Dec-2018 By Melissa Fassbender

Global regulatory agencies had a busy 2018. Here, we take a look back at some of the key developments throughout the year, as the industry navigated challenging politics, pressure to increase transparency, and the rapidly evolving digital health space.

PE firm merging companies to create ‘one stop shop’ for medical affairs

11-Dec-2018 By Melissa Fassbender

The owners of Synteract, Amulet Capital Partners, have acquired a global health communications and market access group with plans to merge it with Peloton Advantage, which it purchased earlier this year.

Syneos revenue tops $1bn in Q3

19-Nov-2018 By Melissa Fassbender

Strong collaboration across the company’s clinical, commercial, and integration solutions teams led to a “solid performance,” said Syneos CEO Alistair MacDonald.

People on the Move: Outsourcing-Pharma roundup August '18

07-Sep-2018 By Melissa Fassbender

This month marked the effective start date for Parexel's new executive VP and CFO Greg Rush, who joins August's People on the Move with several other c-suite hires, including a new CEO at Citoxlab and COO at ProSciento.

DIA 2018

The nexus of innovation, policy improvements changing at never-before-seen pace: DIA

10-Jul-2018 By Melissa Fassbender

Cross-industry discussion is expanding from early discovery to post-licensing challenges – as the nexus of innovation and policy improvements is rapidly changing, says DIA executive.

Life science advances and gender equity on the program for DIA 2018

19-Jun-2018 By Melissa Fassbender

This year’s DIA Global Annual Meeting will focus on the latest global trends and showcase the "diverse group of key individuals driving the life science ecosystem forward," says DIA Americas managing director.

State of the Industry

State of the Industry: Taking the pulse of the contract services market

11-Jun-2018 By Melissa Fassbender

Following on from the success of last year's survey, Outsourcing-Pharma is running another 'state of the industry' survey to gauge views about the current state of the pharmaceutical contract services industry.

Commercial Trends Forecast: ‘R&D is transforming into R&D&C’

13-Mar-2018 By Melissa Fassbender

The R&D playbook is evolving as the industry looks to break down the silos between clinical and commercial operations – bringing commercial voices to the earliest phases of asset development.

People on the move

Outsourcing-Pharma’s Hiring and Firing Roundup February ‘18

28-Feb-2018 By Melissa Fassbender

CordenPharma has revamped its executive leadership team, Recipharm has named the head of its new global development organization, and several new CEOs have been appointed.

Scientist.com implementing process to address global requirements ahead of GDPR

19-Feb-2018 By Melissa Fassbender

Scientist.com is working to implement an improved contractual landscape ahead of GDPR implementation in May, in order to ensure global compliance among sponsors and CROs.

Danish authority takes on CD Pharma for 2,000% 'unfair' price spike

06-Feb-2018 By Flora Southey

The Danish competition authority has determined pharmaceutical distributor CD Pharma “abused its dominant position” by unfairly increasing prices for oxytocin-based Syntocinon.

Reports revisited: What we learned this year

20-Dec-2017 By Melissa Fassbender

Outsourcing models examined, market shifts scrutinized, and trial tribulations analyzed – take a look back at some of the top reports published in 2017.

4 trends driving industry priorities in 2018

20-Dec-2017 By Melissa Fassbender

Commercial transformation could reach new heights in 2018, says inVentiv – as new expectations (and possibilities) reshape traditional models.

Guest article

3 global trends driving transformations in healthcare product development

12-Dec-2017 By Sudip S. Parikh, PhD, senior vice president & managing director, DIA Americas

The healthcare product development ecosystem is undergoing massive changes. Significant transformations are underway in how drugs and medical devices are researched, developed, manufactured, and approved.