Study Conduct

New York Hospital Uses Prepaid Cards to Pay Study Participants

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 06:54 AM

The Theresa & Eugene M. Lang Center for Research & Education—the clinical trial and research arm of New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ)—has replaced its paper-check payment system for clinical trial participants. Instead, patients who earn a stipend for participating in a clinical trial receive a Mastercard card preloaded with their allotted funds.

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Medica Launches Research Institute, Plans to Move into Clinical Trials

Monday, March 22, 2010 06:12 AM

Midwest health insurer Medica is launching its own research arm to formalize the company’s research into health services and comparative effectiveness and to eventually conduct clinical trials.

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University of Oklahoma, Sarah Cannon Partner on Early-Stage Cancer Research

Monday, March 8, 2010 06:43 AM

The University of Oklahoma’s OU Cancer Institute (OUCI) is partnering with strategic research organization Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI) to expand the school’s early-phase oncology clinical trials program.

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Clinical Trial Activity in Russia Dipped in 2009

Friday, March 5, 2010 06:56 AM

According to Russia-based contract research organization (CRO) Synergy Research Group’s Annual Orange Report, Russia’s regulatory agency Federal Service on Surveillance in Healthcare and Social Development of the Russian Federation (RosZdravNadzor, RZN) approved 577 new clinical trials during 2009, 6% fewer than in 2008. Sixty percent, or 348 of the new studies, were multinational multi-center trials, down 4% from 2008.

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CenterWatch Monthly March 2010

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 06:38 AM

Demand for Contract Staffing Grows as Pipeline Ramps Up

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Healogica to Close, Plans to Sell Trial Matchmaking Technology

Monday, March 1, 2010 08:31 AM

Healogica is the latest clinical trial listing service to shut its doors, but the company’s trial matchmaking technology may live on if company founders get their wish.

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Parexel Opens Third Early-Phase Unit in South Africa

Friday, February 26, 2010 12:49 PM

Parexel opened a new early phase unit in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, giving the contract research organization (CRO) its third early-phase facility in that country.

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Biologics to Manage Cancer Study for National Marrow Donor Program

Thursday, February 18, 2010 09:38 AM

Biologics, a cancer management company that offers clinical trial materials management as part of its services, has been selected by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) to manage a phase III clinical trial.

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BBK Worldwide Opens First West Coast Office

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 04:27 PM

Patient recruitment company BBK Worldwideopened an office in Los Angeles to meet growing demand for patient recruitment services there and worldwide.

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MDS Pharma to be Split, Sold to Ricerca and Private Investment Firm

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:33 PM

MDS announced today plans to divide MDS Pharma Services, the company’s early-stage contract research organization (CRO), and sell it off to two separate companies for undisclosed amounts. The sale transactions are expected to close by April.

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