Europe

Quintiles to offer jobs to 100 Merck Serono employees affected by cuts

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:16 AM

CRO Quintiles has committed to make at least 100 employment offers within the next three months to Merck Serono employees primarily working in global development and medical function in Geneva.

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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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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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Merck Serono announces final efficiency program for Switzerland

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 10:03 AM

After a long consultation process, Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck, had made its final plan for restructuring its operations in Switzerland, closing its Geneva and Coinsins sites.

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Trophos appoints Christine Placet as CEO

Monday, June 18, 2012 12:22 PM

Trophos, a French clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for under-served needs in neurology and cardiology, has appointed Christine Placet as chief executive officer.

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Trial Masters and Zeincro merge to create specialist CRO in South-Eastern Europe

Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:00 AM

ZeinCRO, a specialist provider of clinical research services in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, is merging with Trial Masters, a CRO managing clinical trials in Hungary and Romania.

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Novartis’ Gilenya earns positive results in extended phase III head-to-head study

Monday, June 11, 2012 02:52 PM

New long-term data for Gilenya (fingolimod), the only oral therapy approved to treat people with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), show a sustained efficacy benefit and a consistent safety profile with up to 4.5 years of continuous treatment, according to Switzerland-based Novartis Pharma.

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EMA boosts transparency with online publication of suspected side effects

Friday, June 1, 2012 11:28 AM

The European Medicines Agency has begun publishing suspected side effect reports for medicines authorized in the European Economic Area (EEA) on a new public website: www.adrreports.eu.

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CMO revenue could double in Europe, says Frost & Sullivan

Thursday, May 31, 2012 03:10 PM

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, "European Pharmaceutical and Biotech Contract Manufacturing Markets," finds that the European pharmaceutical contract manufacturing market earned revenues of $10.02 billion in 2011 and estimates this to reach $20.75 billion in 2018. Over the same period, the European biotech contract manufacturing market is set to expand from $1.21 billion to an estimated $2.67 billion.

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‘Life Science Panorama 2011’ report looks at France

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:13 AM

France Biotech, the French association of life science companies, in partnership with Ernst & Young, published the 10th annual “Life Science Panorama,” describing the industry's main trends for 2010-2011 in France and worldwide.

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