CROs/Service Providers

Danaher to acquire Iris International for $19.50 per share

Monday, September 17, 2012 02:52 PM

Danaher, a science and technology company, has agreed to acquire Iris International, a manufacturer of automated in vitro diagnostics systems and provider of personalized medicine solutions, for $19.50 per share in cash, representing an approximate 45% premium over the closing price of Iris's common stock on September 14, 2012.

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Catalent Pharma and CTC BIO to partner in South Korea

Monday, September 17, 2012 11:21 AM

Catalent Pharma Solutions, a Somerset, N.J.-based developer of solutions and drug delivery technology, and CTC Bio, a drug and service provider based in Seoul, South Korea, have entered into a collaboration to provide optimal solutions to South Korean pharmaceutical companies seeking to commercialize solid oral dose and controlled release products in the U.S. and Europe.

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PPD, GA2LEN form strategic alliance in allergic diseases

Monday, September 17, 2012 10:38 AM

Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), a global CRO, and the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA²LEN), a multidisciplinary research network, have formed a strategic alliance in which GA²LEN will provide PPD access to the network's allergy and asthma experts and to more than 100 allergy and asthma sites in Europe.

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INC Research expands in South Korea

Monday, September 17, 2012 09:27 AM

INC Research, a therapeutically focused CRO based in Raleigh, N.C., has opened a facility in Seoul, South Korea to manage the growing demand for world-class clinical development programs.

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Sartorius opens German production facility for bioreactors

Friday, September 14, 2012 12:19 PM

Sartorius, the Germany-based international laboratory and process technology provider, has officially opened its new plant in Guxhagen, Germany, for the manufacture of bioreactors.

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Exagen completes $5.3M financing

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:58 AM

Exagen Diagnostics, a commercial-stage specialty diagnostic company based in Albuquerque, N.M., has executed a capital raise of $5.3 million led by Tullis Health Investors.

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Welch Allyn restructures business, cuts 10% of workforce

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:26 AM

Welch Allyn, a global provider of frontline medical products and solutions based in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., will reshape its business and realign resources over the next three years.

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Eckert & Ziegler acquires Vitalea Science

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:25 AM

Germany-based Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik, through its Californian subsidiary Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products (EZIP), has agreed to purchase all stock and assets of Vitalea Science. Vitalea Science is a bioanalytical CRO that provides services to researchers and clinicians in drug development supported by validated Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) technologies.

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Report: Investment in social media analytics software and services growing rapidly

Monday, September 10, 2012 03:06 PM

IDC Health Insights released a new IDC MarketScape report which helps end users evaluate the top nine leading social media analytics software and service vendors that currently address the pharmaceutical industry.

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Icon expands U.S. and U.K. bioanalytical labs

Monday, September 10, 2012 09:48 AM

Icon,a global provider of outsourced development services, is expanding its U.S. and U.K. bioanalytical facilities to meet the growing demand for biomarker and cell-based assay services.

Icon has increased its bioanalytical laboratories in Whitesboro, N.Y., and Manchester, U.K., by 7,000 and 4,000 square feet, respectively. The expansions allow Icon to house dedicated immunoassay laboratories at each facility for biomarker testing and cell-based assays.

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