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Chiltern promotes Aize Smink and Linda Christmas

Thursday, November 29, 2012 08:00 AM

Chiltern International, a global CRO, has promoted Aize Smink and Linda Christmas to executive positions, coinciding with Dr. Jim Esinhart’s appointment as CEO.

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New phone app charts cases of infectious diseases

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 02:53 PM

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a free iPhone application, ClickClinica, to help health authorities monitor cases of major infectious diseases in response to research that highlighted one in 10 meningitis patients were not reported to the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

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Roche, Broad Institute to identify novel uses for failed phase II compounds

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 01:39 PM

Roche, through its Translational and Clinical Research Center, and the Broad Institute, a biomedical and genomic research center based in Cambridge, Mass., have signed a multi-year collaboration designed to identify novel indications for promising development-stage compounds using the Broad Institute's platforms of screening technologies.

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Merit Medical to acquire Thomas Medical for $167M

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:19 AM

Merit Medical Systems, a manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology, radiology and endoscopy, has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire Thomas Medical Products from GE Healthcare in a $167 million all-cash transaction, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.

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Medpace acquires European medical device CRO MediTech Strategic Consultants

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:50 AM

Cincinnati-based Medpace, a privately held CRO, has acquired MediTech Strategic Consultants, a European CRO dedicated to medical device clinical trials and services related to development and commercialization of medical devices.

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NEOMED Institute aims to renew biopharmaceutical research in Québec

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:33 AM

AstraZeneca Canada and Pfizer Canada are forming a partnership with the Québec government to create the NEOMED Institute, a new kind of life sciences research center. A total of $100 million will be invested to establish and support the research center over five years.

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QPS expands phase I clinic in the Netherlands

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:31 AM

QPS Holdings has completed a 24-bed annex to its phase I clinic at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands, bringing to 58 its bed capacity for the conduct of first-in-man and early-phase research on novel and complex therapeutic agents.

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Icon Central Laboratories launches iSite portal

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:17 AM

Dublin-based CRO Icon has launched iSite, a secure web-based portal that drives efficiency by providing investigators 24-hour access to study-specific laboratory information from Icon Central Laboratories.

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Jeff Jonas joins Shire leadership team

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:51 AM

Irish specialty biopharmaceutical company Shire has appointed Jeff Jonas, MD, as president of Shire's regenerative medicine business.

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Shire, Boston Children's Hospital collaborate on rare pediatric diseases

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:54 AM

Boston Children’s Hospital and Shire, a specialty biopharmaceutical company based in Ireland, have signed a three-year, broad research collaboration in rare diseases.

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