CROs/Service Providers

GSK offers $13 per share for HGS

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 11:46 PM

GlaxoSmithKline will not participate in Human Genome Sciences’ strategic alternatives review process and will instead commence a tender offer this week to acquire all outstanding shares of HGS for $13.00 per share in cash.

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NCIC CTG to sponsor, conduct colorectal cancer study for Oncolytics

Friday, May 4, 2012 04:36 PM

Calgary, Alberta-based Oncolytics Biotech has chosen NCIC Clinical Trials Group at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, to sponsor and conduct a randomized phase II study of Reolysin in patients with advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer.

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Marken acquires European kit building operation from LabCorp Clinical Trials

Friday, May 4, 2012 03:44 PM

Marken, a global clinical supply chain solutions provider, has acquired the European kit building operation from Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings through its LabCorp Clinical Trials division.

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Abbott, Syngene to open first nutrition R&D center in India

Friday, May 4, 2012 08:01 AM

Abbott, one of India's largest health care companies, is collaborating with Syngene, an Indian CRO and subsidiary of Biocon, to establish its first nutrition R&D center in the country.

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Synexus aquires Osteomed of Poland

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 04:59 PM

Synexus, a global company that recruits and runs late phase clinical trials, has further strengthened its leadership position in Poland with the acquisition of Warsaw-based Osteomed for an undisclosed sum.

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Parexel releases quarterly financial results

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 09:56 AM

Global CRO Parexel International has released its financial results for the third quarter ended March 31, 2012.

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PRA, Amgen collaborate on biosimilar development program

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 09:18 AM

PRA, a global CRO, has formed a strategic relationship with biotech Amgen for a series of phase III studies to develop several biosimilar drugs on a worldwide basis.

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Frontage to develop AtheroNova clinical trial supplies

Friday, April 27, 2012 11:59 AM

Frontage, a global CRO based in Ecton, Penn., has signed an agreement to develop clinical trial supplies with AtheroNova, a biotech company focused on R&D of compounds to regress atherosclerotic plaque.

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Covance-BML lab to expand in Japan

Thursday, April 26, 2012 03:07 PM

CRO Covance of Princeton, N.J., and BML, a Japanese laboratory testing company, will expand the Covance-BML Clinical Trial Laboratory (CB Trial Lab) in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, to enhance the capacity and capabilities in the region. The companies, which opened the lab together in 2010 as part of a five-year agreement, will launch several new expansion-related services this month.

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Chiltern forms new legal entity In Taiwan

Thursday, April 26, 2012 03:03 PM

CRO Chiltern International Limited has established a new legal entity in Taiwan.

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