Articles Published in 2012

SIRO Clinpharm named Indian CRO of the Year 2012

Monday, October 1, 2012 09:20 AM

SIRO Clinpharm, a drug development solutions provider, has been awarded the 'Indian CRO of the Year 2012' by Frost & Sullivan, a global growth partnership and consulting firm.

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NeuroCog Trials receives $1.2M NIMH grant

Monday, October 1, 2012 09:09 AM

NeuroCog Trials, a Durham, N.C.-based cognitive services provider for the clinical trials industry, has received a 2012 phase II grant from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), for the validation and commercialization of its Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool (VRFCAT).

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CRI Lifetree appoints Craig-Rodriguez and Marcos to leadership team

Friday, September 28, 2012 02:59 PM

CRI Lifetree, a multi-therapeutic early stage research company, has strengthened its early phase leadership with the appointments of Alicia Craig-Rodriguez as chief operating officer and Jose Marcos as East Coast director of clinical operations. 

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ICON adds two to leadership teams in Asia Pacific and Latin America

Friday, September 28, 2012 02:47 PM

ICON,a global provider of outsourced development services, has appointed new members to its Asia Pacific & Latin American teams. New members include Wei Ming Goh as vice president of Asia Pacific and Dennis Hurley as vice president of Latin America.

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Medtronic to acquire China Kanghui Holdings

Friday, September 28, 2012 02:32 PM

Medtronic, a global medical technology company based in Minneapolis, Minn., has agreed to acquire China Kanghui Holdings for approximately $816 million in cash ($30.75 per American depository share). The total value of the transaction, net of Kanghui's cash, is expected to be approximately $755 million.

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FDA approves new treatment for advanced colorectal cancer

Friday, September 28, 2012 12:19 PM

The FDA has approved Bayer’s and Onyx Pharmaceuticals’ Stivarga (regorafenib) to treat patients with colorectal cancer that has progressed after treatment and spread to other parts of the body.

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Knome introduces knoSYS100, first plug-and-play human genome interpretation system

Friday, September 28, 2012 12:10 PM

Knome, a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of human genome interpretation systems and services, has launched its knoSYS100, the first plug-and-play, fully integrated hardware and software system designed to help researchers in medical and academic institutions interpret human whole genomes.

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Atreca receives $6M for Immune Repertoire Capture tech for infectious diseases

Friday, September 28, 2012 11:47 AM

Atreca, a privately held biopharmaceutical company based in San Carlos, Calif., has formed a collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the discovery and development of novel vaccines and therapeutics for human infectious diseases.

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Medicago, Philip Morris ink agreement for flu vaccines in China

Friday, September 28, 2012 11:11 AM

Medicago, a Canadian biopharmaceutical company focused on vaccines, has signed a licensing agreement with Philip Morris Products, a subsidiary of international tobacco company Philip Morris International.

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PsiOxus launches phase I/II trial of oncolytic vaccine in metastatic cancer

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:07 PM

PsiOxus Therapeutics, a U.K.-based development stage biotech, has treated the first patient in its phase I/II clinical trial of ColoAd1for the treatment of metastatic solid tumors.

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