CROs/Service Providers

Covidien to acquire Oridion Systems

Friday, April 6, 2012 11:22 AM

Covidien, a global healthcare products company, will be acquiring Jerusalem-based Oridion Systems, creator of Microstream etCO₂ monitoring and sampling technologies.

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Charles River and Metabolon partner on cancer research

Friday, April 6, 2012 10:54 AM

Charles River Discovery Services is partnering with Metabolon, a diagnostic products and services company based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., to enhance oncology research.

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MPI Research, Edge partner on brain hemorrhage therapies

Friday, April 6, 2012 09:57 AM

MPI Research, the world’s largest single-site preclinical CRO, and Edge Therapeutics, a hospital-focused biopharmaceutical company, will collaborate on preclinical and clinical testing of Edge's lead product candidates to advance life-saving therapies after brain hemorrhaging.

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GE Healthcare acquires SeqWright, boosts Clarient unit

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 03:01 PM

GE Healthcare has acquired SeqWright, a provider of nucleic acid sequencing and other genomic services, adding complementary genomics capabilities to Clarient, a molecular diagnostics GE unit.

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Burrill wraps up life sciences industry for Q1 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 03:00 PM

Burrill & Company, a diversified global financial services firm focused on the life sciences industry, has identified more than $2.6 billion in expected funding through nine translational research and early-stage initiatives announced since the end of February.

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Intertek launches cGMP cell based assay services

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 10:08 AM

Intertek, a quality and safety solutions provider, has launched cGMP compliant cell based assay services for biologic therapeutics in its European Centre of Excellence for Biopharmaceuticals at Manchester, U.K.

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Spaulding Clinical to create 183 jobs with tax credits

Friday, March 30, 2012 12:51 PM

Spaulding Clinical Research, based in West Bend, Wisc., is creating 183 new full-time positions thanks to a maximum of $850,000 in tax credits through the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).

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INC Research to close Old Lyme office

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:12 AM

INC Research, a CRO based in Raleigh, N.C., will be closing its Old Lyme office in Connecticut, laying off 66 employees in the process, according to the filing at the State of Connecticut Labor Department.

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CRO Cetero seeks bankruptcy protection

Monday, March 26, 2012 09:50 AM

Cetero, a CRO based in Cary, N.C., has filed for bankruptcy just eight months after the FDA caught the company manipulating samples and faking documents, according to Reuters.

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GSK invests $794 million in U.K., creates jobs

Friday, March 23, 2012 12:44 PM

GlaxoSmithKline will invest more than $794 million in the U.K. across its manufacturing sites and a new facility in Cumbria to increase production of key active ingredients for its pharmaceutical products and vaccines, creating 1,000 new jobs.

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