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Pfizer offers update on risk-sharing deals with Icon, Parexel

Dispatches from DIA

Pfizer offers update on risk-sharing deals with Icon, Parexel

By Zachary Brennan

Three years after Pfizer began strategic partnerships with CROs Icon and Parexel, and the companies are still ironing out differences and tweaking their relationships, Mark Sanders, senior director of global sourcing, told attendees at DIA’s annual conference.

Small biotech experts offer cautious approach to CRO use

Dispatches from BIO 2014

Small biotech experts offer cautious approach to CRO use

By Zachary Brennan

Small biotechs thinking of outsourcing should carefully weigh up the pros and cons say industry experts, who warn that for firms that do contract out clinical development choosing the right CRO is vital.

Payment automator Clinverse partners with eClinical Insights

Payment automator Clinverse partners with eClinical Insights

By Zachary Brennan

Clinverse, a company which automates the financial lifecycle of global clinical trial providers, and eClinical Insights, a provider of cloud-based clinical trials software, have formed a strategic partnership to offer an integrated tool for clients.

BioOutsource offers inside look at new biosimilar draft guideline

BioOutsource offers inside look at new biosimilar draft guideline

By Zachary Brennan

Outsourcing-Pharma.com reached out to contract testing supplier BioOutsource to see what its take is on biosimilars now that the FDA’s draft guidance on biosimilarity has been released. The following is a lightly edited interview with BioOutsource’s chief...

Quintiles pushes into EHR services with Encore purchase

Quintiles pushes into EHR services with Encore purchase

By Zachary Brennan

CRO Quintiles on Monday announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Encore Health Resources, which offers health-information analytics and electronic health record (EHR) services.  

Theorem, Decision Driver form strategic alliance

Theorem, Decision Driver form strategic alliance

By Zachary Brennan

Theorem Clinical Research has announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Decision Driver Analytics (DDA) to integrate health economics and outcomes research, predictive modeling and definitive analysis to maximize return on investment for pharmaceutical...

IOM looks into new ways to share clinical trial data

IOM looks into new ways to share clinical trial data

By Zachary Brennan

The Institute of Medicine is conducting a consensus study to recommend guiding principles and a framework for the responsible sharing of clinical trial data before a final report is released in December 2014.

CROs turn to app platform to speed development of CTMS modules

CROs turn to app platform to speed development of CTMS modules

By Zachary Brennan

Plagued with tighter deadlines and calls for more efficiency, CROs (contract research organizations) seem to be increasingly turning to apps and cloud-based systems to develop CTMS (clinical trial management system) modules.

Parexel shares down as concerns over low bookings remain

Parexel shares down as concerns over low bookings remain

By Zachary Brennan

CRO Parexel’s stock fell to a four-month low and continued to hover around that level late last week following concerns about low bookings and increased competition in the first quarter of 2014.

DrugDev acquires site payment specialist CFS Clinical

DrugDev acquires site payment specialist CFS Clinical

By Zachary Brennan

Sponsor network developer DrugDev on Monday announced it would acquire CFS Clinical, which specializes in managing the financing of clinical trials.  Financial terms were not disclosed.

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