CROs/Service Providers

LCG Systems awarded CIO-SP3 IDIQ contract by NIH

Friday, July 27, 2012 11:46 AM

LCG Systems, a provider of grants management solutions to health and social services agencies, has beenselected by theNational Institutes of Health(NIH)as an awardee for the agency’s chief information officers solutions and partners 3 (CIO-SP3) small business IT services/solutions government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC).

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Gentris collaborates on blood stability

Thursday, July 26, 2012 03:29 PM

Gentris, a provider of pharmacogenomics and biorepository solutions, will begin a collaborative study with a major pharmaceutical company to test the long-term stability of DNA in whole blood samples that have been stored for five and 10 years.

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GE Healthcare and iBio form new global alliance

Thursday, July 26, 2012 02:34 PM

GE Healthcare and iBio, a Newark, Del.-based provider of pharmaceutical product applications, have formed a new global alliance to commercialize plant-based technologies for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals and vaccines.

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Hill-Rom acquires Aspen Surgical Products

Thursday, July 26, 2012 02:31 PM

Hill-Rom Holdings, a global healthcare technologies company, has completed the $400 million purchase of privately held Aspen Surgical Products, a Caledonia, Mich.-based provider of surgical consumable and specialty medical products.

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PAREXEL launches BioPharm Unit to serve smaller sponsors

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 09:28 AM

Boston-based CRO PAREXEL International has launched the PAREXEL BioPharm Unit, a dedicated unit focused solely on the needs of small and mid-sized biopharmaceutical companies to help achieve their development goals.

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CoreRx opens new Florida facility

Monday, July 23, 2012 02:21 PM

CoreRx, a contract pharmaceutical development organization, has officially opened its new 35,000 square foot facility in Clearwater, Fla.

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DSM inks South American biologics contract manufacturing agreement

Monday, July 23, 2012 12:46 PM

DSM Pharmaceutical Products, a custom manufacturing and technology business of Royal DSM, has signed a biologics contract manufacturing agreement with its first Brazilian client, Recepta Biopharma, a Sao Paulo-based biotechnology company focused on monoclonal antibodies to treat cancer.

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Novasep invests $3.6M to boost HPAPI manufacturing capabilities

Monday, July 23, 2012 12:27 PM

Novasep, a global supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industries, has invested $3.6 million to expand its Highly Potent API (HPAPI) manufacturing capabilities at its facility in Le Mans, France. The expansion has been designed to allow Novasep to serve the increased demand for manufacturing of novel anti-cancer therapies.

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Quintiles Global Commercial Solutions opens in Brazil

Thursday, July 19, 2012 02:36 PM

To help biopharmaceutical companies enter the rapidly growing Brazilian biopharmaceutical market, Quintiles has opened its Global Commercial Solutions business in Brazil, offering customized sales forces, market penetration strategies and product solutions.

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PAREXEL partners with Korea Drug Development Fund

Thursday, July 19, 2012 02:29 PM

Boston-based CRO PAREXEL International announced it is the first CRO chosen by the Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) to help Korean companies develop and commercialize healthcare products for the global market.

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