Articles Published in 2012

inVentiv Health strengthens clinical leadership team

Monday, December 10, 2012 02:12 PM

inVentiv Health, a global provider of clinical, commercial and consulting services, has appointed Raymond Hill as executive vice president of clinical. Hill will be responsible for leading the company's clinical business segment, which includes early stage, phase II-IV and strategic resourcing.

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INC Research strengthens leadership for strategic advisory services unit

Monday, December 10, 2012 01:44 PM

INC Research, a therapeutically focused CRO, has appointed Robert Ryan, PhD, as vice president of regulatory strategy, consulting and submissions. Ryan will provide global leadership to position INC Strategic Advisory Services as a market leader in regulatory consulting and submissions offerings.

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AMRI, GE Healthcare extend long term supply relationship

Monday, December 10, 2012 01:16 PM

AMRI, a global contract research and manufacturing organization, has extended its commercial supply relationship with GE Healthcare for Aminobisamide Hydrochloride (ABA).

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TFS International acquires all shares of Dimensione Ricerca

Monday, December 10, 2012 12:26 PM

TFS International, a CRO based in Sweden, has signed an agreement to acquire Dimensione Ricerca, an independent clinical CRO based in Rome and Milan, Italy.

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Biogen Idec, Isis collaborate on antisense programs for neurological disorders

Monday, December 10, 2012 11:54 AM

Weston, Mass.-based Biogen Idec and Isis Pharmaceuticals of Carlsbad, Calif., have entered into a global collaboration agreement to discover and develop antisense drugs against three undisclosed targets to treat neurological or neuromuscular disorders. Biogen Idec and Isis are already collaborating on antisense drugs to treat spinal muscular atrophy and myotonic dystrophy type 1 under previously established collaborations.

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Recipharm invests in analytical development services

Monday, December 10, 2012 11:27 AM

Recipharm, a contract development and manufacturing organization based in Sweden, has invested in expanding its capacity in analytical services and stability studies at its facility in Solna, Sweden.

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Perceptive Informatics opens first customer care office in China

Monday, December 10, 2012 10:46 AM

Perceptive Informatics, an e-Clinical solutions provider and subsidiary of PAREXEL International, has opened a customer care office in Shanghai to service biopharmaceutical researchers in China and Taiwan who are using Perceptive’s technology solutions.

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Drug discovery services market to reach $16.6B in 2015

Monday, December 10, 2012 10:09 AM

A new report by visiongain, an independent media company based in London, predicts that the world market for drug discovery outsourcing will reach $16.6 billion in 2015. That revenue forecast and others appear in “DrugDiscovery Outsourcing: World Market 2013-2023,” published in November 2012.

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Amgen to acquire deCODE Genetics

Monday, December 10, 2012 09:40 AM

Amgen, a biotech based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire deCODE Genetics, an Iceland-based company that analyzes the human genome.

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DIA begins transition to new executive leadership

Monday, December 10, 2012 09:12 AM

DIA, a neutral, global, nonprofit association that provides knowledge resources across the full spectrum of medical product development, announced that Paul Pomerantz, worldwide executive director of DIA, will be leaving effective March 3, 2013, to assume the position of CEO for the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

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