CROs/Service Providers

CPR Pharma Services launches Access2Asia service

Monday, April 29, 2013 10:18 AM

CPR Pharma Services, an Australian-based CRO, is launching Access2Asia, a service targeting U.S.-based companies wanting to access the Asia-Pacific region.

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ImageIQ, IMARC Research form co-marketing partnership

Monday, April 29, 2013 09:40 AM

ImageIQ, an imaging CRO based in Cleveland, Ohio, and IMARC Research, a Strongsville, Ohio-based CRO offering monitoring, auditing and training services, have formed a partnership that will strengthen the abilities of both organization’s clients to manage the complexities of imaging within clinical trials, and to enhance FDA approvals by ensuring that scientific data is optimized and that processes are compliant.

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PRA Program to create clinical research jobs for new graduates

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 09:23 AM

PRA, a global CRO, has received a $400,000 grant from the Kansas Bioscience Authority (KBA) to create 80 new jobs this year in Kansas. The graduates will be part of the PRA (Preparing for Research Advancement) Program, an innovative career opportunity for new college graduates interested in clinical research and the CRO industry.

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Covance expands Singapore central lab by 50%

Monday, April 22, 2013 12:44 PM

Covance, a provider of drug development services, has completed the expansion of its central laboratory facility in Singapore to enhance the company’s current service offerings and position it to meet current and future growth of drug development in the Asia Pacific region. The expansion is the latest in Covance’s continued investment in Singapore, and an important element of the strategic investment plans for the Asia Pacific region that also includes recent growth in operations in China and Japan.

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Icon, UCD Smurfit School launch the Icon Business Academy

Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:18 AM

Icon,a global provider of outsourced development services, has launched the Icon Business Academy in conjunction with University College Dublin (UCD).

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Cytovance Biologics to expand microbial manufacturing

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 03:17 PM

Cytovance Biologics, a full-service contract manufacturer of mammalian and microbial biologics, plans to expand its microbial manufacturing capabilities. In addition to its current 100L Fermenter, Cytovance recently acquired a second 100L and a 1000L Fermenter.

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inVentiv Health forms strategic alliance with Bell Medical Solutions

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:58 AM

inVentiv Health, a global provider of clinical, commercial and consulting services, has formed a strategic alliance with Bell Medical Solutions, a Japanese CRO with more than 700 clinical research associates serving the growing Japanese market.

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BMS selects Quintiles as preferred central laboratory provider

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:06 AM

Quintiles, a provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services, has been chosen as a preferred provider by Bristol-Myers Squibb to provide global support for BMS's central lab work, biomarker testing and assay development for the next five years.

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Frazier Healthcare acquires AndersonBrecon

Monday, April 8, 2013 12:03 PM

Frazier Healthcare, a provider of growth equity and venture capital to emerging healthcare service and biopharma companies, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AndersonBrecon, a contract pharmaceutical packaging business and wholly owned subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen. 

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LabCorp Clinical Trials selected as preferred provider by BMS

Monday, April 8, 2013 11:05 AM

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) announced that LabCorp Clinical Trials has been selected as a preferred provider for full-service global central laboratory services and biomarker testing by Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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