Quintiles

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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Quintiles opens European headquarters in UK

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:42 AM

Quintiles has officially opened its new European headquarters in Reading, United Kingdom, bringing together employees from each of its four disciplines.

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Quintiles names global head of clinical & data operations

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:59 AM

Quintiles has named Steven Skolsky global head of its clinical & data operations (CDO) unit, the core of the company’s clinical development division that monitors the clinical conduct at research sites and collects and manages data from thousands of patients in hundreds of clinical trials conducted around the world.

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Survey: Mid-tier CROs shut out of post-marketing

Monday, October 3, 2011 08:02 AM

Large CROs garner 57% of the post-marketing studies currently being outsourced, while another 25% of that work is awarded to the few firms that specialize in safety. The remaining 19%? That’s scattered among numerous mid-sized CROs.

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New technology earns Quintiles top 5 ranking

Monday, October 3, 2011 08:00 AM

Many companies brag about bringing innovative technology to the clinical trials industry. Quintiles doesn’t have to brag. The most recent InformationWeek 500 is doing that for it.

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PPD names CEO, puts acquisition rumors in question

Monday, September 26, 2011 08:02 AM

PPD has named a new CEO, a move that strikes some in the industry as a little strange in the face of rumors that the publicly traded CRO is close to selling itself to a private equity firm.

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