Europe

ICR launches clinical research mobile app

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:33 AM

The UK-based Institute of Clinical Research (ICR) has launched what it says is a first-of-its kind mobile app for the clinical research community, according to PharmaTimes.

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inVentiv launches company to consolidate European services

Thursday, August 25, 2011 01:53 PM

inVentiv Health will encompass advertising, PR, public policy, market access, med ed, marketing, branding and digital services in a unified offering serving Europe, according to InPharm.

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Bio-Images, CPS Research collaborate

Thursday, August 25, 2011 10:12 AM

A strategic partnership between two research organizations based in Glasgow, Scotland will combine formulation expertise with clinical trial capabilities to streamline the development and passage to market of new, enhanced drug formats, according to PharmaTimes.

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Sangart to create 250 jobs at Cork facility

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 01:30 PM

A total 250 jobs are to be created through the establishment of a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork, according to the Irish Times.

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PRA expands with office in Romania

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:47 AM

PRA, a clinical research organization, recently opened an office in Bucharest, Romania to further strengthen its coverage of the Balkan region’s burgeoning markets. The Bucharest office will also support projects in the neighboring Republic of Moldova.

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Amgen to create hundreds of jobs in Dublin

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:26 AM

US drug firm Amgen plans to create 100 high-tech jobs at a new factory in Dublin just months after it saved 280 jobs by taking over a Pfizer plant that was earmarked for closure, according to The Post.

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Sequenom partners with LifeCodexx in first European commercial partnership

Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:03 AM

Sequenom, a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, has partnered with LifeCodexx, a company focused on the development of clinically validated Next Generation Molecular Diagnostics, for the commercialization of prenatal laboratory testing services in Europe. The companies have agreed to collaborate in the development and launch of a trisomy 21 laboratory developed test and other aneuploidies testing in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, with the potential for additional launches in other countries. 

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Russian firms join in $113 million R&D project

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 11:49 AM

Several Russian companies have linked up to establish a joint venture designed to develop innovative treatments in the country, according to PharmaTimes.

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Critics raise concerns over research, incentives of European pediatric exclusivity regulations

Monday, August 1, 2011 08:00 AM

Regulations introduced four years ago in Europe to encourage research into medicines for children have lead to important therapeutic breakthroughs for pediatric patients.  Yet concerns also have been raised about how well the system works.

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Advancell, Neurotec launch phase IIa multiple sclerosis trial

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 01:49 PM

Biotechnological companies Advancell and Neurotec Pharma, both based in Barcelona, Spain, have initiated a clinical phase IIa study with NT-KO-003, an innovative oral therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS). NT-KO-003 was co-developed by the two companies and its mechanism of action is completely different from the drugs currently used to treat MS.

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