i3 has announced new plans to expand its pharmaceutical services
offerings across four continents - India, Latin America, and
Eastern and Western Europe.
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.
Charles River Laboratories is the latest in a series of large
contract research organisations making acquisitions to beef up
their Phase I capacity as this market sector remains hot.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Contract Research Organisation (CRO) Averion, and the SIPLAS
Research Organisation has signed an agreement to provide promotion
and support of clinical trials in a move that that reinforces Latin
America as an emerging hub of clinical...
DataLabs has launched the first software to combine paper data
entry (PDE) and electronic data capture (EDC) in the one program to
accelerate the clinical trials process.
Leading contract research organisation, Covance, has upgraded its
software to streamline the laboratory testing aspect of its
clinical trials and allow sponsoring drug companies greater
involvement in the overall process.
Ventiv's Clinical Services division has joined with India's largest
domestic contract research organization (CRO), SIRO Clinpharm, to
provide India-based clinical data management services, offering
pharma and biotech companies...
BioGenetics Capital announced that it has closed a $5.5 million
financing round with Contract Research Organisation (CRO) Services
Group, Clinquest Group, in a move that gives the company access to
the fast-growing life sciences markets...
India's clinical research industry is currently valued at $100
million (€83 million) and is almost doubling each year, reflecting
the shifting focus of the pharmaceutical outsourcing industry to
Asia.
Contract research organisation (CRO) revenues have been growing
strongly as a result of drug developers' need to reduce R&D
costs while shortening product evaluation times. However, as demand
for more efficient preclinical...
