Articles Published in 2012

Janssen R&D establishes global cross-pharma clinical trial Investigator Databank

Monday, November 19, 2012 10:18 AM

Janssen Research & Development, based in Raritan, N.J., has established a global cross-pharmaceutical Investigator Databank designed to improve efficiencies of industry-sponsored clinical trials. Merck and Eli Lilly are the first two companies to join Janssen in this effort.

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Aptuit and GSK extend strategic partnership

Monday, November 19, 2012 09:50 AM

Aptuit, a pharmaceutical services company, has reached an agreement on a multi-year extension of its strategic partnership with global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for dedicated drug development work at The Aptuit Center for Drug Discovery & Development in Verona, Italy. The Verona site—formerly known as GSK’s Medicines Research Centre—was acquired by Aptuit from GSK in 2010.

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Allergan to acquire SkinMedica for $350M

Monday, November 19, 2012 09:22 AM

Allergan, a multi-specialty health care company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SkinMedica, a privately held,  topical aesthetics skin care business.

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Abbott announces phase III Hep C program details

Friday, November 16, 2012 02:25 PM

Abbott Laboratories, a global healthcare company, has released details on its phase III hepatitis C registration program following promising results from its phase IIb clinical trial, known as Aviator.

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Sanofi, T1D Exchange to investigate optimal care for young people with diabetes

Friday, November 16, 2012 02:06 PM

Sanofi, a global healthcare comapny, and T1D Exchange, a non-profit organization focused on type 1 diabetes, will collaborate on the TEENs registry study, which aims to provide the type 1 diabetes community with a better understanding of how children, adolescents and young adults are currently living with type 1 diabetes, and to deliver recommendations for better disease management and patients outcomes.

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Saladax Biomedical appoints Myslinski as CCO

Friday, November 16, 2012 12:18 PM

Saladax Biomedical, a Bethlehem, Penn.-based privately held company that develops diagnostic assays for the practical delivery of personalized medicine, has appointed Mark D. Myslinski as senior vice president and chief commercial officer.

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ClinicalRM awarded USAMMDA contract

Friday, November 16, 2012 12:00 PM

Clinical Research Management, a full-service CRO based in Hinckley, Ohio, has been awarded a U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity(USAMMDA) contract. 

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ePharmaSolutions launches patient recruitment application for Windows 8

Friday, November 16, 2012 11:43 AM

ePharmaSolutions, a provider of technology-based clinical services based in Conshohocken, Penn., has launched PatientLive, an innovative new patient recruitment application for the new Windows 8 platform.

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New report shows more than 220 drugs in pipeline for diabetes

Thursday, November 15, 2012 08:00 AM

America's biopharmaceutical research companies currently are developing 221 innovative new medicines to help the nearly 26 million patients in the U.S. affected by diabetes.

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Medrio appoints execs from Genentech and NetSuite to board of directors

Thursday, November 15, 2012 08:00 AM

Medrio, a provider of advanced eClinical software as a service (SaaS) for clinical research, has made key appointments to its board of directors: Richard H. Scheller, executive vice president of research at Genentech, and Dave Lipscomb, founder and former executive at NetSuite.

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