CROs/Service Providers

Stemgent completes acquisition of Asterand’s human tissue business

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 11:03 AM

Stemgent, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of proprietary tools and services focused on the application of human cells, has completed the acquisition of Asterand’s human tissue business for $9 million.

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Roper to acquire Sunquest Information Systems

Monday, July 30, 2012 02:57 PM

Roper Industries, a provider of engineered products and solutions for global niche markets, has agreed to acquire Sunquest Information Systems, a provider of diagnostic and laboratory software solutions to healthcare providers.

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Almirall, Quintiles sign long-term commercial U.K. partnership

Monday, July 30, 2012 10:52 AM

Global pharmaceutical company Almirall and Quintiles, a fully integrated biopharmaceutical services company, have reached a long-term strategic partnership agreement to promote Almirall’s respiratory portfolio in the U.K. commencing with a new, long-acting antimuscarinic (LAMA) delivered via an innovative, multi-dose inhaler for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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ClinTec International expands to Malawi

Monday, July 30, 2012 10:33 AM

ClinTec International, a global CRO with a large presence in the Middle East and Africa, has expanded its operations into Malawi, appointing its first highly experienced clinical research associates.

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GVK Bioscience’s Ahmedabad clinical pharmacology unit clears FDA audit

Monday, July 30, 2012 09:52 AM

GVK Biosciences, an Asian CRO, announced that its Ahmedabad Clinical Pharmacology Unit has successfully cleared an FDA audit with zero 483s/observations from the agency. FDA visited and audited a First-to-File study for one of GVK BIO’s customers.

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LCG Systems awarded CIO-SP3 IDIQ contract by NIH

Friday, July 27, 2012 11:46 AM

LCG Systems, a provider of grants management solutions to health and social services agencies, has beenselected by theNational Institutes of Health(NIH)as an awardee for the agency’s chief information officers solutions and partners 3 (CIO-SP3) small business IT services/solutions government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC).

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Gentris collaborates on blood stability

Thursday, July 26, 2012 03:29 PM

Gentris, a provider of pharmacogenomics and biorepository solutions, will begin a collaborative study with a major pharmaceutical company to test the long-term stability of DNA in whole blood samples that have been stored for five and 10 years.

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GE Healthcare and iBio form new global alliance

Thursday, July 26, 2012 02:34 PM

GE Healthcare and iBio, a Newark, Del.-based provider of pharmaceutical product applications, have formed a new global alliance to commercialize plant-based technologies for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals and vaccines.

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Hill-Rom acquires Aspen Surgical Products

Thursday, July 26, 2012 02:31 PM

Hill-Rom Holdings, a global healthcare technologies company, has completed the $400 million purchase of privately held Aspen Surgical Products, a Caledonia, Mich.-based provider of surgical consumable and specialty medical products.

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PAREXEL launches BioPharm Unit to serve smaller sponsors

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 09:28 AM

Boston-based CRO PAREXEL International has launched the PAREXEL BioPharm Unit, a dedicated unit focused solely on the needs of small and mid-sized biopharmaceutical companies to help achieve their development goals.

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