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.
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.
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.
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.
The pharmaceutical and life sciences industries are flushed with
quality IT services, with eight companies that have a specialist
life science/pharmaceutical focus being featured in the top 20 of
the first-ever listing of the world's...
Phoenix Data Systems has recently launched an interactive voice
response (IVR) system and a range of new services to accompany its
current electronic data capture (EDC) technology.
UK's In2Focus Healthcare Technologies has formed a strategic
alliance with Canadian based IsaiX Technologies, to co-promote each
other's IT technology services for the pharma industry in Europe
and North America.
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...
Thermo Electron announces the launch of its chromatography data
system (CDS), which provides enhancements in data integration with
laboratory information management systems (LIMS) for improved
laboratory productivity.
IBM in the UK and US based IDBS, a provider of data management,
analysis and decision-making software for drug discovery, this week
announced a global strategic alliance.