Cardinal Health says it is experiencing a "robust market" for its
cell line engineering technology, as it attracts the attention of
pharma giant Wyeth and executes capacity expansion plans its for
full service offerings...
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.
Clinical research organisations (CROs) should be enlisted to run
Phase I oncology drug trials in order to improve efficiencies,
delegates heard at Pabord 2006 in London.
As India's clinical trials industry continues to explode, lack of
experienced clinical research employees in the region is slowing
down progress and leading to fierce poaching between firms.
INC Research has expanded its late phase contract research
capabilities with the purchase of a contract research organisation
(CRO) in Philadelphia, US.
Bilcare, India's largest research-based pharmaceuticals packaging
company, has bought UK-based clinical trials services (CTS)
provider DHP in a bid to build itself up to be one of the few
players in this sector with global servicing...
Contract Research Organisations (CRO) involved in clinical trial
services may benefit from a new technique that allows researchers
to statistically analyse results of clinical trials.
Drug testing services provider Xceleron has set up new facilities
in the US after regulations recently introduced by the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) are setting this industry sector ablaze.
A draft guidance has been published by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) to help the industry wade through the
potential minefield of conducting clinical research on patients
without informed consent, in cases of emergencies.
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).
The Pharsight Corporation has announced it has entered into the
biggest single project workplan in the company's history utilising
its drug-disease modelling, meta-data analysis and model
visualisation services.
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...
California-based Synteract has scored a clinical trial management
contract from Northwest Biotherapeutics to bring one of the world's
first personalised medicines into a late stage clinical trial.
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.
The use of eClinical software in clinical trials is gaining in
popularity with pharmaceutical, biotechnology and contract research
organizations (CROs), as seen by the recent financial results of
two major industry providers.
Quintiles has turned its latest investment back towards home soil,
announcing plans to open a new US clinical data processing centre
in Williamston, North Carolina.
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.
Researchers have published a new article launching a scathing
attack on the growing incidence of healthcare professionals being
paid exuberant 'finder's fees' whenever they recruit a patient onto
a clinical trial.
Premier Research has strengthened its presence in the US with the
recent purchase of Philadelphia-based clinical research
organisation (CRO) Scirex Corporation.
A new report compiled in the wake of the drug trial scandal, which
left six men fighting for their lives, has re-iterated the call for
scientists to proceed with extreme caution when testing such drugs
in the future.
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.
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.
PRA International has been busy implementing an advanced data
management system as part of a number of new internal measures
aimed at improving operating efficiency and cutting the costs of
clinical trials.
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.
DanioLabs has announced the start of a Phase I proof-of-concept
trial of DL06001 and DL06002 for sialorrhoea (drooling) and
hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) in Parkinson's disease as the
company aim to meet the need for treating...
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.
Data management solutions provider Phase Forward used the recent
Drug Information Association (DIA) to unveil a new programme
tailored to help clinical research organizations (CROs) of all
sizes optimise their eClinical profitability.
After launching its flagship oral insulin spray in Ecuador last
December, Generex is finally gearing up to take on big pharma in
the global non-injectable insulin arena and has picked Cardinal
Health to help meet manufacturing demands.
A new Phase I clinical services company, Roanoke Clinical Research
(RCR), has been formed to relieve pressure in the biopharma
industry as it continues to face bottlenecks in early stage
research and struggles to move forward fast...
Innovata is moving forward with its dry powder pulmonary insulin
inhaler, which it claims has a formulation superior to Exubera,
gearing up for Phase II clinical trials and anticipating a new
partnership deal by the end of the year.
Quest Pharmaceutical Services (QPS) has announced the launch of its
new Molecular Biology Services that aims to integrate
pharmacogenomics into drug development programs to deliver more
effective compounds to the market quicker.
Looking for an edge in both proprietary and off-patent products,
Plethora Solutions has licensed two drug delivery platforms from
Maelor Pharmaceuticals and Metris Therapeutics in the UK.
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.
ClinPhone has launched the first electronic solution for clinical
trials that enables central management of drug accountability
across the entire clinical supply chain, from distribution to
destruction.
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).
eClinical software and services firm etrials has launched the
latest version of its eDiary technology, which the company claims
will lead to cost savings and increased efficiency in the clinical
trial process.
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...
Medical innovations company BTG, continued its progress on the
strategy it implemented last May by revealing its operating
highlights that has seen six new programmes added to its product
pipeline.
AstraZeneca sought to reassure investors this week by providing an
update on progress made in strengthening its product pipeline, a
worry for industry analysts who believe its existing products
cannot underpin earnings growth for...
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.