Europe

CIT and Stemina partner for stem cell toxicology testing

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 01:00 PM

CIT Safety and Health Research Laboratories and Stemina Biomarker Discovery have formed a partnership.

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Aureus Pharma now Aureus Sciences

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 08:00 AM

Paris-based Aureus Pharma, provider of knowledge management solutions for R&D in the life sciences, has changed its name to Aureus Sciences and launched a new application web portal.

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Healthcare advertising awards expand to include marketing campaigns for clinical trials

Monday, January 31, 2011 08:30 AM

While awards programs that recognize creative healthcare-related advertisements or public awareness campaigns usually are won by agencies that represent large pharmaceutical companies or international health organizations, marketing campaigns that support clinical trial activities have begun to win these prizes, too.

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NEWMEDS creates largest pool of international clinical trial data to advance psychiatric drug research

Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:19 PM

An international consortium of pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions has created a massive database of clinical data that researchers hope can lead to better treatments for schizophrenia and depression.

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Knowledge of trial process can drive away volunteers

Monday, January 10, 2011 07:02 AM

The more a potential trial volunteer learns about the clinical trial process, the less likely he or she is to agree to participate.

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Report: Drug discovery industry must embrace open source innovation to speed process, boost bottom lines

Monday, January 3, 2011 07:30 AM

To meet the challenges of research and development, the pharmaceutical industry must adopt more open source innovation—a concept that has been used for nearly three decades by the information technology sector—to promote innovation in the drug discovery process and boost bottom lines, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.

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Roche to cut 4,800 jobs in global restructuring plan

Thursday, December 2, 2010 11:18 AM

After absorbing Genentech, Swiss pharma giant Roche has announced its cost-cutting plans, much of which will take place in manufacturing and sales. But there will also be some significant trimming in R&D.

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Quintiles expands its Prime Site program with Arizona State, South Korea strategic partnerships

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 10:21 AM

Global CRO Quintiles has stepped up expansion of its Global Prime Site program, which forms research partnerships with large hospitals and health systems capable of enrolling hundreds of clinical trial patients each year. Having established prime sites in California and Asia earlier this year, Quintiles has now signed strategic partnerships with Arizona State University (ASU) and the Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), increasing its number of prime sites to seven.

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Covance and Sanofi-aventis ink landmark 10-year, $2.2 billion R&D outsourcing partnership

Monday, October 4, 2010 10:01 AM

Hailed as the largest outsourcing partnership between a contract research organization (CRO) and a pharmaceutical company, Covance and Sanofi-aventis have signed a 10-year agreement in which the CRO will provide France’s largest pharmaceutical company with a wide range of research and drug development services, and receive between $1.2 billion and $2.2 billion in revenue.

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Covance and Sanofi-Aventis sign 10-year, $2.2 billion strategic R&D alliance

Thursday, September 30, 2010 09:52 AM

CRO Covance, based in Princeton, N.J., today announced the signing of definitive agreements with Sanofi-aventis for a research and development partnership worth up to $2.2 billion.

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