Contract research organisation (CRO) Chiltern has announced it is
expanding its services with a new solution aimed at helping clients
boost their clinical research staff recruitment process - an
increasingly difficult task due to...
Biotech giant Amgen has posted healthy results for the first
quarter following a positive performance by its blockbuster anaemia
drug Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa).
Clinical trials are saving lives but may be killing the environment
due to their 'intensive energy use' and 'substantial
contribution to greenhouse gasses.'
Most clinical trial sites are utterly unprepared in the face of a
natural disaster and are paying a heavy price if they are unlucky
enough to be affected, delegates heard at last week's Drug
Information Association (DIA) conference...
Insurance firm Darwin is targeting the booming contract research
organisation (CRO) market by launching its own insurance cover
designed specifically for companies or organisations involved in
clinical research.
INC Research has become the latest contract research organisation
(CRO) to dive into India, whilst Pharmaceutical Products
Development (PPD) has opened offices in Athens and Seattle.
Japan is getting serious about clinical trial reform after years of
lagging behind the rest of the developed world in the availability
of drugs in the country, which ironically is the world's number two
pharma market behind the...
Indian contract research organisation (CRO) Synchron has acquired
local start-up CRO Innovance - a first-of-its-kind buyout in this
booming area of the pharma market.
Medifacts International has sold its contract research organisation
(CRO) unit after a reorganisation sparked by the firm's filing for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February.
Three doctors from a Russian hospital hired to run clinical trials
for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have now been charged by local
prosecutors over alleged illegal practices during the study on
children.
Covance is seeing the high potential of the booming market for
biomarkers and has decided to devote an entire expert team to
support clients with biomarker-related services.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has denied allegations that some of its
vaccines have been tested illegally and against good clinical
practice (GCP) in children in Russia.
PDL BioPharma, Synexus, Kendle, PharmaNet Development Group, MDS,
Chiltern International and Laureate Pharma have all had people on
the move in the world of pharmaceutical outsourcing.
India's budget finance minister has today announced a tax exemption
on all services carried out by its contract research and clinical
trials industry – a saving of 12.24 per cent.
Hesperion has opened a Russian arm of its contract research
business in a bid to 'increase its attractiveness' to clinical
trial sponsors requiring large patient populations.
Parexel has announced encouraging financial results for its second
fiscal quarter, despite 'disappointing' performance in its medical
communications business.
PRA International has entered into an alliance with US Oncology
Research, designed to accelerate the clinical development of new
cancer treatments in the US.
Charles River Laboratories confirmed it is persevering in its
intention to focus on its preclinical and Phase I businesses while
abandoning its late stage development services, during a conference
earlier this month.
Canadian contract manufacturer QSV Biologics has signed two
manufacturing deals in as many weeks, strengthening its position in
the Phase II and III clinical supplies arena.
There are currently three key market trends that play to Parexel's
strengths and one of them is the globalisation of clinical trials,
the company's CEO claimed during a healthcare conference earlier
this month.
A new study condemns the high prevalence of ghost writing in
pharmaceutical company-sponsored clinical trials and calls for the
controversial practice to be culled in order to improve
transparency.
Quintiles has teamed up with practices group Onmark to create a
national clinical trial network comprised of Onmark members - a
move that could help the CRO cope with increasing patient
recruitment issues in the US.
China is now an industry buzzword when it comes to outsourcing and
yet another report adds to the list of research recently published
that give evidence of the increasing popularity of the country as a
location to conduct drug clinical...
Singapore is planning to double the number of clinical trials it
runs over the next five year, particularly in early phase research,
as it looks to hold its ground amidst industry explosion in the
Asia Pacific.
Despite the many challenges facing the pharma industry, drug
developers should be optimistic, and one of the reasons is the
increasing reliance on global outsourcing to speed development and
reduce costs, says new report.
DSM Pharmaceuticals is showing no sign of slowing down as it
continues to invest in the expansion of its pharmaceutical
production capabilities - the latest being the completion of a
revamped sterile parenteral manufacturing plant...
Encorium Group has bagged a $12.4m multi-year contract from a
mystery biopharma firm to conduct a Phase III drug trial for
prostate cancer - the most common cancer in men.
Eli Lilly has signed a new agreement with drug delivery specialist
Alkermes for the manufacture of its new inhaled insulin drug - AIR
- in advance of the product's market launch.
Quintiles has formed a new alliance with a hospital near its
headquarters in North Carolina, from where it has begun running
clinical trials on experimental drugs.
In the next one to two years there will be a trend towards
significant reductions in clinical outsourcing/contract research
organisation (CRO) budgets in the majority of biopharma firms,
reveals a recent industry survey.
i3 has announced new plans to expand its pharmaceutical services
offerings across four continents - India, Latin America, and
Eastern and Western Europe.
AAIPharma has announced it has signed a contract manufacturing
agreement with Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Outsourcing which aims
to provide a "one-stop drug development solution" for drug makers.
The contract research organisation (CRO) industry is in full swing
as the clinical trial outsourcing trend continues, but where is the
money being spent?
A new contract research organization (CRO) has opened in Hong Kong
and will be the only clinical trial site outside of China with the
approval of China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) to
run oncology trials.
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