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Benchmark, poised for growth, adds two vice presidents

Monday, November 14, 2011 08:00 AM

Benchmark Research, an Austin, Texas-based group of six investigative sites, is making some strategic hires as it positions itself for growth.

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CRO top executives in a game of ‘musical chairs’

Monday, November 7, 2011 08:02 AM

Five months after INC Research’s acquisition of Kendle International closed, executives from the now-combined CRO are landing jobs with competitors.  

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Quintiles fills in service offerings with acquisitions

Monday, November 7, 2011 08:00 AM

Quintiles has been on an acquisitions spree. 

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Clinipace names VP, European clinical operations

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 12:17 PM

Clinipace Worldwide has named Andrea Schiefer, Ph.D., vice president of European clinical operations and executive director of pharmacovigilance. In this position, Andrea reports directly to Kurt Pfister, chief executive officer of European operations at Clinipace Worldwide, and is responsible for providing leadership and direction to the project management, clinical monitoring and safety groups within the European clinical operations unit at Clinipace Worldwide.

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Quintiles to acquire Advion BioServices

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:01 PM

Quintiles has agreed to buy Advion BioServices, a 19-year-old bioanalytical lab that recently penned a strategic partnership with Eli Lilly.

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Survey: Top CROs doubled workforce over past decade

Monday, October 24, 2011 08:02 AM

Over the last 10 years, the top nine global CROs have more than doubled their workforce, which now exceeds 72,000 employees, and their revenues have increased at a compound annualized rate of 11% as they increasingly play a larger and more integral role in the drug development infrastructure, according to a new Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) member survey.

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Middle East region poised for clinical trials growth

Monday, October 24, 2011 08:00 AM

With sponsors and CROs still on the hunt for emerging markets rife with treatment-naive patients and good infrastructure, interest in the Middle East is increasing.

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Quintiles acquires VCG, strengthening commercial services

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 01:01 PM

Quintiles has acquired VCG & Associates and VCG BIO. The addition of VCG strengthens Quintiles’ comprehensive commercial services in sales and brand solutions, product solutions, product distribution and market access.

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Quintiles acquires Outcome Sciences

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 12:52 PM

With late phase research becoming increasingly important to multiple healthcare stakeholders, Quintiles has acquired Outcome Sciences, a privately held outcomes research firm headquartered in Cambridge, Mass.

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ICON names president of DOCS

Monday, October 17, 2011 10:59 AM

ICON has named Colin Stanley president of DOCS, the company’s global resourcing division. Stanley succeeds Mr. Bill Taaffe as president following his retirement earlier this year.

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