CROs/Service Providers

Quotient Clinical, Capsugel collaborate on lipid-based formulations

Friday, June 29, 2012 11:23 AM

Quotient Clinical, a U.K. provider of specialist early stage drug development services, and Capsugel, a Morristown, N.J.-based provider of dosage solutions for the healthcare industry, have formed a collaboration to enable the rapid development and clinical assessment of lipid-based formulations. Together, the companies will use their technology and expertise to address the drug delivery challenges of poorly soluble molecules with limited oral bioavailability.

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NERI nabs $18M NIH contract for pediatric circulatory support devices

Thursday, June 28, 2012 02:37 PM

New England Research Institutes (NERI), a privately held CRO that provides global, customized clinical trial solutions and registry services, has received an $18 million contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the PumpKIN Program for the development and clinical realization of novel pediatric circulatory support devices, such as ventricular assist devices (VADs) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation devices (ECMOs).

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LSK Global becomes first Korean partner to achieve Medidata Solutions accreditation

Thursday, June 28, 2012 12:54 PM

CRO LSK Global has strengthened its partnership with Medidata Solutions by becoming the first Korean partner to attain accreditation in the Medidata Partner Program.

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PharmaNet/i3 introduces PharmaNet/i3 Strategic Resourcing

Thursday, June 28, 2012 11:46 AM

PharmaNet/i3, inVentiv Health’s clinical segment and provider of clinical development services, has launched PharmaNet/i3 Strategic Resourcing, a new unified provider of staffing and functional service provider (FSP) services.

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RainDance and MLL collaborate on sequence-based analysis of myeloid malignancies

Monday, June 25, 2012 10:56 AM

MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory (MLL) has purchased RainDance Technologies’ ThunderStorm System and consumables to process an initial 2,000 samples for use in the identification of prognostically relevant molecular mutations associated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other myeloid malignancies.

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Accovion GmbH expands global presence in Spain

Monday, June 25, 2012 10:31 AM

Accovion GmbH, a full-service provider of clinical development services based in Eschborn, Germany, has launched an additional subsidiary in Spain.

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Patient Recruiters International opens office in Southeast Asia

Monday, June 25, 2012 09:46 AM

Patient Recruiters International (PRI), a provider of direct patient access solutions for patient recruitment, has opened its new Southeast Asian office in Bangkok, Thailand.

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ExecuPharm expands to U.K. and Argentina

Thursday, June 21, 2012 02:49 PM

ExecuPharm, a staffing and functional service providers (FSP) specializing solely in the clinical research industry, recently expanded its locations to include Europe and Latin America.

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West Pharmaceutical signs tech agreement with Amgen

Thursday, June 21, 2012 02:42 PM

West Pharmaceutical Services, a global manufacturer of components and systems for injectable drug delivery, has signed an agreement with Amgen, an independent biotech based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., to evaluate Daikyo Crystal Zenith technologies for drug containment.

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DSM inks major commercial agreement for its XD technology

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:55 AM

DSM Pharmaceutical Products, the custom manufacturing and technology business of Royal DSM, has signed a commercial agreement for contract manufacturing services using its proprietary XD high cell density process technology with a major pharma company.

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