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Covance acquires early clinical development business in Switzerland

April 8, 2009
Research and Development Covance

Covance has expanded its presence in clinical pharmacology in Europe with the acquisition of Swiss Pharma Contract, a 50-bed clinical …

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Wyeth execs to lead on biotech in new Pfizer

April 8, 2009
Sales and Marketing MA, Pfizer

Pfizer has unveiled the new structure of the merged company created by its proposed acquisition of Wyeth. It plans to …

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Top CROs can look forward to ‘five years of growth’

April 8, 2009
Research and Development CRO

The current economic downturn is having a braking effect on the top 10 contract research organisations, but a new report …

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Quintiles completes 400th trial using electronic data capture

April 7, 2009
Research and Development CRO, Quintiles

Quintiles has completed its 400th clinical trial using Electronic Data Capture (EDC). In addition to starting its 400th EDC trial, …

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MEP animal testing vote angers welfare groups

April 7, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Animal testing, Europe, preclinical

The European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee has been accused of watering down proposals drawn up by the European …

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A new approach to CRO partnerships

April 6, 2009
Research and Development Pfizer, UK, clincal, partnerships

Contract research organisations now play an indispensable role in helping pharmaceutical companies develop their drugs. But as the number and …

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Lilly forges risk-sharing R&D alliance with India’s Zydus

April 6, 2009
Research and Development Asia, India, lilly

Eli Lilly has forged a research collaboration with India's Zydus Cadila that sees the two companies combine their efforts in …

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Med comms ‘needs to be more transparent’

April 6, 2009
Medical Communications Liberation

There needs to be greater transparency in medical communications if negative views of the pharma sector are to be countered, …

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Consolidation wave expected in contract manufacturing

April 6, 2009
Research and Development CRO

The mergers and acquisitions that have become a feature of the contract research organisation (CRO) sector in recent years look …

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Pfizer halts Sutent head-to-head trial

April 6, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Pfizer, Sutent

Pfizer has halted a late-stage breast cancer trial between Sutent and Roche's Xeloda, after the study failed to show significant …

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Working Life: Maneesh Juneja

April 3, 2009
Research and Development GSK, productivity

How did you find your way into your current role? After graduating with a degree in business & computing, I …

Feature

Consortium wins US biodefence contract

April 3, 2009
Manufacturing and Production biologics, vaccines

A consortium of US and UK companies has been awarded an $11 million grant from the US Government to speed …

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iX Group buys manufacturing audit company

April 3, 2009
Business Services Rephine

iXGroup, owners of Medix UK, has acquired Rephine, the pharmaceutical audit and consultancy specialists. Rephine was founded in 1998 and …

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NHS health and social care pilots begin

April 3, 2009
NHS

A raft of pilot schemes designed to bridge gaps between health and social care services started this week. The nationwide …

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US prescription growth stalls in 2008

April 3, 2009
Sales and Marketing US

US prescription sales growth was just 1.3% in 2008, well down on the typical 5%-plus in recent years, according to …

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Solvay considering options after Sanofi bid

April 2, 2009
Sales and Marketing Solvay

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Inflammatory bowel disease care ‘unacceptably’ variable

April 2, 2009
GI, NHS

The standard of care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease in the UK remains "unacceptably" variable. The second national audit …

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Telehealth awareness reaches tipping point

April 2, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing digi, healthcare

Analysts Datamonitor believe that telehealth has reached the tipping point in terms of awareness, with IBM following Intel's entrance into …

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Takeda chooses US base for its global development headquarters

April 2, 2009
Research and Development Takeda

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company is shifting its global development HQ from Japan to the US. The move will see that function …

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Bayer Schering Pharma restricts UK distribution

April 2, 2009
Manufacturing and Production Bayer

Bayer Schering Pharma has joined the ranks of firms switching to restrictive distribution arrangements in the UK. The pharma company, …

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