CROs/CMOs
Top Sponsors Rated by Investigative Sites
March 4, 2013 10:31 am | News | CommentsBiogen Idec, Forest Laboratories, and Bayer claimed the top three spots in the 2013 Global Investigative Site Relationship survey. More than 2,000 global investigative sites rated the best biopharmaceutical companies to work for across 36 relationship attributes.
TikoMed, BRI Launch Transplant Drug Trial
February 28, 2013 12:10 pm | News | CommentsTTikoMed AB and Baylor Research Institute (BRI), the research arm of Baylor Health Care System, announced that an agreement has been established to investigate TikoMed's product IBsolvMIR in a Phase 2 clinical trial for the improvement of engraftment of auto islet cell transplantation (AICT), in patients with severe chronic pancreatitis...
Agilent, SRI Sign Licensing Deal
December 10, 2012 5:00 pm | News | CommentsAgilent Technologies Inc. and SRI International announced they have signed a licensing agreement to offer laboratory research customers a package that combines Agilent’s latest release of GeneSpring GX, GeneSpring NGS, Mass Profiler Professional and Pathway Architect version 12.5 with SRI International’s complete BioCyc Pathway Database Collection.
SNBL USA Settles Compliance Issues
November 19, 2012 3:46 pm | News | CommentsSNBL USA Ltd., a subsidiary of Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, has received a formal close out letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicating that it has successfully resolved all the issues identified in an August 10, 2010 warning letter.
BioClinica to Support Phase 3 Trials
November 16, 2012 4:24 pm | News | CommentsTauRx Therapeutics has signed agreements with BioClinica to use Trident IWR/IVR and Imaging Core Lab solutions to support its upcoming Phase 3 clinical trials. TauRx focuses its research on therapies and diagnostics for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
PPD Signs Trial Design Deal
November 15, 2012 2:59 pm | News | CommentsPPD has signed an agreement to use Tessella and Berry Consultants' FACTS software to create a more flexible, intuitive approach for trial design. The software expands PPD's adaptive design capabilities by giving biopharmaceutical companies greater ability to use simulations to investigate study design options.
Plexpress Extends Admescope Deal
November 14, 2012 3:53 pm | News | CommentsPlexpress has announced plans to extend its collaboration with Admescope. The Tracpack induction screening service is optimized for screening high priority drug candidates, producing all the data required to meet Food and Drug Administration regulations.
Charles River, AstraZeneca Partner on DMPK
October 18, 2012 4:49 pm | News | CommentsCharles River Laboratories International Inc. announced that it has been selected by AstraZeneca as its preferred strategic partner for outsourced regulated safety assessment and development drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics. The three-year agreement extends into 2015.
SNBL USA Receives AAALAC Accreditation
October 16, 2012 4:59 pm | News | CommentsSNBL USA has received full accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC) for its animal programs at both SNBL USA in Everett, Wash. and SNBL USA Scientific Resource Center in Alice, Texas.
Advanced Clinical Announces New Executive Director
October 16, 2012 4:54 pm | News | CommentsAdvanced Clinical, a provider of clinical research solutions, announced that Susan Paulson, PhD, has been hired as executive director, clinical pharmacology and nonclinical development. Previously, she ran her own consultancy and worked in pharmacology leadership positions at Abbott, NeoPharm, and Searle.
Bioclinica Expands Imaging Support for OA Trials
October 16, 2012 4:48 pm | News | CommentsBioClinica Inc. has expanded its imaging services for clinical trials in the area of osteoarthritis (OA), a disease affecting over 21 million people in the United States. developing a device to correctly position patients to measure small changes on film rediographs.
Bend Research Presents at AAPS Annual Meeting
October 15, 2012 4:54 pm | News | CommentsBend Research Inc., an independent scientific development and manufacturing company, will participate in technical presentations and the exhibition at the 2012 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition, Oct. 14-18 in Chicago.
Compound Chemical Library
October 15, 2012 1:17 pm | Product Releases | CommentsChanTest has added a 50,000 compound chemical library from Enamine Ltd. The 3D Diversity Set will be available to ChanTest clients effective immediately for drug discovery services.
Kinexum, Pennington Partner on Early Trial Research
October 2, 2012 4:27 pm | News | CommentsKinexum and Pennington Biomedical Research Center are establishing an integrated approach for emerging companies and early stage therapies to achieve high value regulatory and early phase human clinical trials. The approach will focus on translational research of scientific discoveries and therapeutic developments.
CRI Lifetree Conducting Pain Addiction Study
September 11, 2012 4:11 pm | News | CommentsThe extent to which genetics contribute to the development of addiction to opioid pain medication is the subject of a new investigation, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CRI Lifetree is among the facilities awarded the NIH research grant.
AstraZeneca Partnering with WuXi
September 10, 2012 3:40 pm | News | CommentsAstraZeneca PLC's MedImmune unit is joining with a Chinese pharmaceutical outsourcing company to develop an experimental treatment for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, deepening the British drug developer's presence in the world's second-largest economy.
BioFocus, Ono Sign Collaboration
September 6, 2012 10:57 am | News | CommentsGalapagos NV announced that its service division BioFocus and Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. of Osaka, Japan have signed a new collaboration agreement, focused on discovering novel drugs in the field of CNS disorders. Financial details were undisclosed.
MedPharm, Molecular Profiles Form Alliance
August 27, 2012 10:11 am | News | CommentsMedPharm, experts in topical drug delivery systems, and Molecular Profiles, a specialist contract development and clinical trial manufacturing organization, announced that they have formed a strategic alliance, branded as MPGMP, to provide an enhanced service for the manufacture of topical formulation clinical trial material.
Ark and Millipore Collaborate on Vaccines
August 22, 2012 11:32 am | News | CommentsArk Therapeutics Group plc announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent with EMD Millipore Corporation to enter into a collaborative agreement in the field of viral-based bioengineered vaccines and other live viral products manufacturing.
Quintiles Buys Expression Analysis
August 20, 2012 12:03 pm | News | CommentsTo help biopharmaceutical companies improve drug development productivity and deliver greater value, Quintiles announced the acquisition of Expression Analysis Inc., a provider of genomics testing and analysis to biopharma, academic, government and non-profit customers.
Molecular Profiles, Onyx Partnering
August 15, 2012 1:40 pm | News | CommentsMolecular Profiles has entered into an alliance with Onyx Scientific to deliver services from initial drug discovery through to early and late phase manufacturing.
Metabolon Acquires Lipomics
August 8, 2012 11:36 am | News | CommentsMetabolon Inc. has completed its acquisition of Lipomics Technologies Inc. and its TrueMass Profiling lipids technology platform.
BioFocus, Activiomics Partner on Proteomics
August 2, 2012 11:06 am | News | CommentsBioFocus and Activiomics announced a strategic alliance which will allow BioFocus to offer Activiomics’ proteomics services to its customers.
Clinipace, Prometheus Partner on Oncology
July 23, 2012 11:39 am | News | CommentsClinipace Worldwide, a global digital research organization (dCRO), announced Prometheus Laboratories Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, has awarded the company an Oncology Program. Immediate plans are commencing for two metastatic melanoma studies.
BioClinica Partners with ClinPlan
July 19, 2012 11:55 am | News | CommentsBioClinica Inc. has partnered with ClinPlan LLC to deliver clinical supply simulation services in conjunction with BioClinica Optimizer.
