CROs/Service Providers

Quintiles launches Kun Tuo

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 09:51 AM

Quintiles has launched Kun Tuo, a local contract research organization built to service the unique needs of the Chinese biopharmaceutical industry and multinational biopharma companies operating in China.

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ICON to acquire BeijingWits Medical Consulting

Monday, December 12, 2011 01:21 PM

ICON has agreed, subject to closing conditions, to acquire BeijingWits Medical Consulting, a CRO in China. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2012.

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Neox to open first US office in San Diego

Thursday, December 8, 2011 01:26 PM

Neox Clinical Research, a European clinical research organization with headquarters in the Czech Republic, will be opening an office in San Diego, California in the first quarter of 2012 as their North American headquarters.

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Theratechnologies to discontinue COPD clinical program

Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:36 AM

Theratechnologies is discontinuing its muscle wasting in COPD clinical program, downsizing and accelerating its path to profitability. The company now aims to be profitable in 2013.

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H3 Biomedicine opens headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Friday, December 2, 2011 05:10 PM

H3 Biomedicine has opened a new headquarters and 24,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratory space in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Over the next year, the company plans to increase its staff to 70 people and further expand into more laboratory space within its building as it continues to pursue its mission to fulfill the promise of personalized cancer medicine.

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Quintiles, Prodia partner to provide central lab testing in Indonesia

Thursday, December 1, 2011 12:31 PM

Quintiles has reported an expanded partnership with Jakarta-based Prodia Clinical Laboratory, through its sister company Prodia the CRO, to facilitate rapid testing of samples from patients in clinical trials in Indonesia. This will allow Quintiles’ biopharmaceutical customers to conduct clinical research in Indonesia and help establish the potential benefits of new medicines in the Indonesian population while contributing to global programs.

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Quintiles expands with lab in South Africa

Thursday, December 1, 2011 11:48 AM

Quintiles has opened a new, expanded central lab in Centurion, South Africa, further adding to its world-leading network of fully harmonized, College of American Pathologists (CAP)-accredited central labs.

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PPD shareholders approve merger with The Carlyle Group, Hellman & Friedman

Thursday, December 1, 2011 11:06 AM

PPD has reported that its shareholders have voted to approve the adoption of the agreement and plan of merger, providing for the merger of the company with an entity controlled by affiliates of The Carlyle Group and affiliates of Hellman & Friedman.

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AIT Bioscience, PreClinOmics forge working partnership

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:30 AM

AIT Bioscience, a bioanalytical contract research organization and PreClinOmics, a preclinical contract research company have forged a working partnership.

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RaySearch enters agreement with Chinese distributor

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:55 PM

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