Articles Published in 2012

Merck Serono: 40% of Geneva staff have job prospects

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 01:50 PM

Merck Serono has provided an update on the redeployment of its Geneva-based staff, 100 days after announcing its decision to close the site. As of Sept. 28, job prospects have been clarified for more than 500 employees, or 40% of Geneva-based employees:

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PCAST releases report on innovation in drug discovery and development

Monday, October 1, 2012 03:21 PM

The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has advised that the U.S. set a goal of doubling the output of innovative new medicines that meet critical public health needs over the next 10 to 15 years, while continuing to increase drug safety. The council recommends a number of actions involving industry, academia and the federal government in a recent report.

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Evotec, Bayer form multi-target alliance to fight endometriosis

Monday, October 1, 2012 02:57 PM

Evotec, a German drug discovery alliance and development partnership company, and Bayer have entered into a five-year, multi-target collaboration with the goal of developing three clinical candidates for the treatment of endometriosis.

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UPMC selects Oracle to power enterprise healthcare analytics initiative

Monday, October 1, 2012 02:49 PM

UPMC, a $10 billion integrated global health enterprise based in Pittsburgh, Penn., has selected Oracle Health Sciences applications and Oracle technology and hardware as a key part of the foundation for its new five-year, $100 million enterprise healthcare analytics initiative.

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Sanofi selects Bioclinca’s Onpoint as enterprise CTMS

Monday, October 1, 2012 02:15 PM

Pharmaceutical company Sanofi has selected global provider of clinical trial management services BioClinica’s OnPoint as the company’s standard clinical trial management system (CTMS). With this decision, Sanofi plans to utilize OnPoint CTMS for all clinical trial management activity.

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The CenterWatch Monthly, October 2012

Monday, October 1, 2012 01:22 PM

CRCs workload up: relative pay declining

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Novartis receives E.C. approval for once-daily Seebri Breezhaler for COPD

Monday, October 1, 2012 12:11 PM

The European Commission has approved Novartis’ Seebri Breezhaler (glycopyrronium bromide) 44µg delivered dose, as a once-daily inhaled maintenance bronchodilator treatment to relieve symptoms in adult patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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FDA approves first subcutaneous heart defibrillator

Monday, October 1, 2012 11:51 AM

The FDA has approved Cameron Health’s subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) system, a heart defibrillator that helps to restore regular heart rhythms with leads that can be implanted subcutaneously instead of connected directly into the heart.

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Cardium acquires To Go Brands

Monday, October 1, 2012 10:24 AM

Cardium Therapeutics, an asset-based health sciences and regenerative medicine company based in San Diego, announced that its MedPodium operating unit has acquired the assets, business and product portfolio of San Diego-based To Go Brands, a developer of nutraceutical powder mixes, supplements and chews to support healthy lifestyles, to support the expansion of Cardium's health sciences nutraceutical brand platform.

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Quintiles, Scottish health boards partner to accelerate research

Monday, October 1, 2012 09:41 AM

Quintiles, a fully integrated biopharmaceutical services company, formed a strategic partnership with the four teaching health boards—Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow—in Scotland as part of its Prime Site program to accelerate the development of new and more effective medicines.

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