UK-based Synexus Clinical Research is continuing its global
movements with the latest acquisition of South African outfit
Clinical Research Centers (CRC).
Pharma companies that aren't maximising their outsourcing potential
in clinical research may be wasting a world of opportunity.
OutsourcingPharma.com gives a brief run down of exactly what kinds
of services and providers are...
PPD managed a net revenue of $313.1m (€250m) for the third quarter
of 2006, an increase of 14.6 per cent over net revenue of $273.3m
for the third quarter of 2005. This has been buoyed on by the
strong performance by the company's...
As it steps up its presence in the major clinical trials
recruitment hubs in Asia, Quintiles has announced its intention to
open a central lab in India to help feed its expanding network of
clinical trial operations in the country.
As the clinical trial activities continue to flock towards emerging
countries such as India, Morocco wants its share has been making
efforts to make itself attractive to international trial sponsors.
Falling foul of the patient recruitment problems that are plaguing
the industry, RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals has recruited an
undisclosed contract research organisation (CRO) to help it with
the mountainous task.
AAIPharma is showing the first signs of life after bankruptcy,
buying its first company after emerging from the ordeal - a
French-based clinical research organisation (CRO).
A new firm called Clinical Conduct Associates has been launched in
Ireland in the hope of attracting new clinical research business to
this "underutilised region" from pharmaceutical companies
throughout Europe.
INC Research has expanded its late phase contract research
capabilities with the purchase of a contract research organisation
(CRO) in Philadelphia, US.
The clinical trials industry is struggling to cope with the burden
of maintaining adequate drug accountability documentation for
regulatory compliance.
Australia's AtCor Medical will supply an undisclosed US
pharmaceutical company with central blood pressure reading and
clinical trial support services in a deal worth $1.48m (€1.2m).
US blood products and services provider HemaCare has added a new
research segment to the company with the acquisition of private US
firm Teragenix for $4.8m (€3.7m).
Large global contract research organisation, SFBC International,
has changed its name to PharmaNet Development Group in a bid to
make a fresh start and turnaround the troubled business after a
long period of bad press, legal difficulties...
PPD International has launched a new software system that it claims
can speed up the review time of safety and endpoint-driven data
from large-scale clinical trials or registries.
Contract research organisations (CROs) are slashing clinical trial
times by an average of 30 per cent and the outsourcing trend is
showing no signs of slowing, as the pharma industry continues to
face rising pressure to reduce time-to-market...
Global drug development spending will top $105bn (€81.5bn) by 2010
and 40 per cent of this business is expected to be dished out in
outsourcing contracts - with contract research organisations (CROs)
emerging triumphant.
Pharma firms may soon have the chance to use US prisoners in
clinical drug trials after a new report by a panel of medical
advisers at the Institute of Medicine recommended government laws
against the practice be loosened.
Covalent Group has signed a $1.7m (€1.3m) contract with a new,
undisclosed pharma firm to carry out a Phase II trial on a new drug
for atherosclerosis - a disease affecting the arterial blood
vessels throughout the body.
As global contract research spending remains robust, business is
booming for Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) as the US firm
reported a surge in sales, profits and new business for its second
quarter 2006.
Premier Research has strengthened its presence in the US with the
recent purchase of Philadelphia-based clinical research
organisation (CRO) Scirex Corporation.
Quintiles has announced the opening of a new biostatistics unit
that it claims will help pharma firms cut the time and cost of drug
development through the "adaptive design" of clinical trials.
Outourcing-Pharma focus on: FDA clinical trial initiatives
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a series of
new policy and regulatory developments to modernise the way it
monitors clinical trials and bioresearch.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has outlined a series of
imminent changes to the way it evaluates clinical trials in an
attempt to clamp down on fraud.
Outourcing-Pharma focus on: FDA clinical trial initiatives
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has signalled it will
soon allow a new "adaptive" approach to clinical trials in order to
streamline drug testing and speed drugs to market.
The Japanese pharmaceutical industry is eyeing India as a new hub
to conduct its contract manufacturing and clinical trials - India
is thirsty for new Japanese investment.
Despite looming threats from cheap Asian competitors, European
contract research organisations (CROs) still have a fighting chance
in the global R&D outsourcing market, according to a report by
research analysts Frost & Sullivan.
Parexel has linked arms with Synchron to cement itself in India for
the first time - joining the growing number of contract research
organisations (CRO) that are being lured to the region through the
promise of cost savings.
Covalent Group has won several new clinical trial contracts to the
tune of $2.1m (€1.7m) and said it expects the windfall to help it
return to profitability for the second quarter.
As clinical trial activity in the Asia Pacific region continues to
boom, Novotech, the largest Australian owned contract research
organisation (CRO) has presented a checklist to help pharma firms
minimise risk when choosing a partner.
As financial pressures continue to plague the pharma industry,
firms should consider taking more advantage of sourcing staff in
cheap labour markets in order to save a buck.
Two French clinical research organisations (CROs), PharmaScan and
ClinicalLand, have joined forces to accelerate their growth and
reinforce their presence in the competitive clinical trials sector.
The world's largest patient recruitment firm, Synexus Clinical
Research has bagged its first Hungarian company in a bid to exploit
the growing clinical trial opportunities in the emerging Eastern
European market.
Top international clinical research organisation (CRO) Quintiles is
celebrating after winning two industry awards for its work in the
Asia Pacific region.
Schering-Plough has announced plans to adopt a new global model to
standardise its clinical trial operations throughout the world -
aimed at improving trial consistencies, efficiencies and saving
money.
World-leading clinical research organisation (CRO) Covance has
scored what it says is the biggest contract in its history - a
dedicated space agreement worth a minimum of $187m (€149m).
Outsourcing-Pharma.com focus on: cutting the cost of clinical trials
Outsourcing-Pharma.com sheds some light on how pharma companies can
make sure they are choosing a contract research organisations (CRO)
that will stick to the rules of ethics when running clinical trials
in poorly-regulated countries...
Outsourcing-Pharma.com focus on: cutting the cost of clinical trials
Outsourcing-Pharma takes a look at how clinical research
organisations (CROs) operating in India can do their best to ensure
that clinical trials in the region are carried out ethically.
Outsourcing-Pharma focus: cutting the cost of clinical trials
After recent allegations in the media that poor and illiterate
patients in India are being used, often unknowingly, as human
guinea pigs to test new drugs for the pharma giants of the West,
Outsourcing-Pharma takes a look at how cutting...
US biotech company Spherix has selected Singapore-based clinical
research organisation (CRO) Gleneagles to take charge of the Phase
III clinical trial program for its new Type 2 diabetes drug,
Naturlose.
Kendle has seized a chance to expand and diversify its business,
snapping up the Phase II-IV Clinical Services unit of Charles River
Laboratories after it decided to get out of this area of clinical
trial services and focus instead...
Covance has stepped up its laboratory testing capabilities in the
Asia Pacific region to satisfy the growing number of sponsors
conducting clinical studies in this budding location.
As PRA International's profits tumble on the back of a major
contract loss, coupled with ongoing delays in its biotech
contracts, the company has introduced new project efficiency
measures and is focusing on increasing its international...
Parexel has expanded its regulatory and clinical development
services in the booming Latin American region, recently opening a
new location in Mexico City.
PPD managed a 42 per cent jump in pre-tax profit to the tune of
$63.8m (€50.1m) in the first quarter, fuelled by a strong growth in
new clinical trials business and helped by a milestone payment in
the discovery sciences segment.
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