Pharmaceutical companies in the developed world have already
shifted substantial manufacturing and clinical trial work to
emerging economies such as China and India, but a new study suggest
they are increasingly counting on these...
PharmaLinkFHI has announced the acquisition of a UK-based clinical
research organisation (CRO) called Matrix, as consolidation within
this industry sector continues.
Only months after having its first offer rejected, ClinPhone has
finally agreed to a deal allowing Parexel to acquire the firm.
However Quintiles has indicated it may make a play to outbid its
rival.
IT infrastructure and business process services firm Cognizant has
announced an alliance with CTC Laboratory Systems that aims to
assist Japanese pharmaceutical firms in enhancing efficiencies in
drug discovery and development.
Overall, 2007 was another stellar year for contract service
providers, particularly those at the early-stage end of
development, although companies are advised to watch out for a
tougher environment ahead.
Cognizant is gaining ground in the life sciences arena, this week
inking a $95m data management deal with AstraZeneca, just three
months after sealing another multi-million dollar deal with Merck
& Co.
UK-based AstraZeneca has recently given the region's dominant
telecommunications provider, British Telecom (BT) a greater role in
its business, to the tune of £25m.
Japan's Eisai has inked a deal with Accenture to have it provide it
with global clinical data management services from India, and
becomes the first big Japanese pharma firm to take such a step.
Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) is on the receiving end of
Allergan's decision to outsource its IT functions, inking a $130m
contract with the specialty pharma firm.
Merck & Co. has just inked "multi-million dollar" deal
with Cognizant, at a time when the US-based IT services firm is
pursuing a greater presence in the life sciences sector.
As eClinical gathers momentum, Outsourcing-Pharma.com spoke to two
contract research organisations (CROs), Icon and Parexel, to get
their views on the present and future of these emerging
technologies.
GVK Bio has reinforced its claim to be India's top contract
research organisation with a 100-crore ($25m) push from a private
investment company. The funds will be used to expand its drug
discovery services and push further into...
Novo Nordisk is in the process of relocating its clinical data
management centre to India after closing down the operation in
Singapore, where it had been previously run for many years.
Indian IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has bagged its
second high profile pharma outsourcing deal this year with a new
multi-year contract with Swiss drug maker Roche.
etrials and Clinphone, two big players in the eclinical industry
are struggling to keep their heads above water as both companies'
recent woes have impacted their bottom line.
Outsourcing-Pharma.com compiles the news that featured in the
clinical contract community this past week, involving Innovaderm
Research, Target Health, Qualia Clinical Service, and Quintiles.
In a round-up of motley pharmaceutical services news,
Outsourcing-Pharma takes a look at recent announcements involving
Quintiles, Kenexa, Atos, Catalent Pharma, Patni and Taratec.
Computer giant IBM has re-inked a huge $1.4bn (€1.0bn) IT
outsourcing deal with drug giant AstraZeneca, who is continuing its
cost-cutting drive to become 'lean and agile'.
The pharmaceutical and healthcare industries will help to push
trade between India and the United Kingdom up by 60 per cent within
three years, claims a soon-to-be released report.
Pfizer has shunned a more traditional approach to data management
outsourcing by slashing its vendors to a handful and standardising
them under the one business model.
Switzerland's Bobst has introduced a new system for embossing
Braille characters on pharmaceutical packaging that moves the
process down the production line from die-cutting to the folding
and gluing stage.
Octagon has bought an electronic data capture (EDC) company and is
now claiming to be the first company to address the process problem
in clinical R&D by offering "an end-to-end solution that
crosses traditional functional...
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced plans to outsource all its data
management and medical trial and regulatory reporting functions to
India in a deal said to be worth over £10m (€14.7m).
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has decided to consolidate all its human
resources business process outsourcing (BPO) services under the one
umbrella in a contract valued at $171m (€131m).
More companies in the pharmaceutical industry than any other
industry are set to increase their reliance on information
technology (IT) and business process (BP) outsourcing this year,
new research indicates.
The move towards electronic files is set to bring major benefits in
the clinical trials area especially in terms of patient
recruitment, new research suggests.
Covance was nothing but optimistic about the future of contract
research organisations (CROs) during a JPMorgan healthcare
conference held last week, despite a slowdown in R&D spending
over the past year.
Two companies have gone a step further to capture a bigger chunk of
the budding eClinical market by offering a new integrated solution
for pharma companies who continue to move away from paper toward
electronic reporting in clinical...
A new clinical research tool is now available, offering
investigators the ability to integrate clinical data from a number
of different sources across the clinical development spectrum.
India is the first choice for foreign companies looking to offshore
their knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) activities and future
growth will be fuelled by the pharma market, according to a new
report.
It has been another few weeks of activity for the budding eClinical
industry as sponsors across the globe continue to move away from
paper toward electronic reporting in clinical trials.
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