CROs/Service Providers

Covance collaborates with Broad Institute, expands drug metabolism services

Thursday, August 4, 2011 11:54 AM

Covance said that its Seattle-based genomics laboratory will collaborate with the Broad Institute to create genomic resources for an important research model. Covance’s Next-Generation sequencing capabilities will be used to profile microRNA expression in various tissue samples from this model.

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INC Research forms partnership with Debiopharm Group

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 01:25 PM

INC Research, a therapeutically focused CRO, and Debiopharm Group, a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group, have formed a strategic partnership.

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SpringFire adds Atherotech Diagnostics to its network

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:30 PM

SpringFire Laboratory Network has reported the addition of Atherotech Diagnostics Lab to its network of affiliate laboratories, which provides specialized testing services to clinical trial sponsors and CROs.

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BMS acquires Amira for $325 million

Monday, July 25, 2011 10:11 AM

Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire privately-held Amira Pharmaceuticals, a small-molecule pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and early development of new drugs to treat inflammatory and fibrotic diseases.

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Icon acquires Firecrest Clinical, adding portal technology to boost site quality while reducing errors and costs

Monday, July 25, 2011 08:02 AM

As large pharmaceutical companies scrutinize the pack of mid- and top-tier CROs to determine who wins the coveted strategic-partnership agreements, there’s a mad scramble among CROs to differentiate themselves from one another and stand out as efficient, high quality, exciting and deserving.

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PPD denies CRO merger rumors, but stays mum on possibility of private equity takeover

Monday, July 25, 2011 08:00 AM

In the wake of last week’s Wall Street Journal report claiming PPD might be putting itself on the block, the top-tier CRO responded with a statement that it is not discussing mergers with other CROs. But what about private equity firms?

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Express Scripts to buy Medco Health Solutions for $29 billion

Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:52 PM

Express Scripts will buy rival Medco Health Solutions, parent company of United BioSource Corp., for $29.1 billion, creating a U.S. powerhouse in managing prescription drug benefits, the companies said, according to Reuters.

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Report: clinical teams outsourcing in Asia now focusing on smaller markets

Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:44 PM

A new report says clinical development teams looking for outsourcing opportunities in Asia are turning their attention to smaller emerging markets rather than automatically plumping for established territories such as India and China, according to Pharma-Times.

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ClinStar opens U.S. East Coast office

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:24 AM

ClinStar, a CRO providing clinical research services in the emerging markets of Russia and Eastern Europe to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, is opening a new, East Coast regional office in the U.S.

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PPD shares rise on takeover rumors

Monday, July 18, 2011 01:51 PM

Shares of CRO Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) rose 16% to levels not touched in more than two-and-a-half years on Monday, a day after a Wall Street Journal report said the company was looking to sell itself, reported Reuters.

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