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Sanofi signs $2.2bn CRO deal

October 1, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Covance, Sanofi-Aventis

Sanofi-Aventis has signed a major deal to contract out a wide range of drug development and laboratory services as part …

Talking R&D: Strategic vs full service CRO

September 1, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Talking Point, Talking R&D

CRF Health’s Greg Jewett and Medpace’s Alita Hassan debate the merits of a strategic or a full service contract research …

Contract research news in brief

July 29, 2010
Research and Development CRO, LAB Research, Microsoft, PPD, PharmaNet, QPS, Selvita

Icon reports that new business wins rose healthily in the second quarter, plus there’s an alliance between PPD and Microsoft …

Contract research news in brief

June 30, 2010
Research and Development CRO

Yet more geographic expansion from leading CROs, with Kendle opening an office in India and PRA International announcing a Hungarian …

PRA bolsters late phase services

June 23, 2010
Research and Development CRO, PRA, appointment, research and development

Contract research organisation PRA International has appointed Hani Zaki senior VP of its Late Phase Services business. Late Phase Services …

Contract research news in brief

June 18, 2010
Research and Development CRO, ClinStar, Covance, ICON, Parexel, Phlexglobal, Quintiles, chiltern, contract research

Good news abounds in the CRO sector at the moment, with a raft of business expansions, investments, and new contracts …

Former FDA and MHRA regulators join Parexel Consulting

June 16, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Parexel, appointment, research and development

Parexel Consulting has appointed former regulators Toby Silverman, M.D. and Keith Watson, Ph.D. as principal consultants. The company is a …

Contract research news in brief

June 1, 2010
Research and Development CRO, NIB

Irish contract research organisation ICON plc has acquired Timaq Medical Imaging, a Swiss provider of imaging services to pharmaceutical and …

Kaiser Permanente unit joins Quintiles ‘Prime Site’ network

May 25, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Kaiser Permanente, Quintiles

A unit of US health maintenance organisation Kaiser Permanente has become the fourth in Quintiles’ network of ‘Prime Sites’ – …

Contract research news in brief

May 14, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Clinipace, Covance, Encorium, IR Pharma, Imperial College, PPD, Parexel

Developments in the contract research sector this week include the opening of new offices for Parexel and PPD, the spin-out …

Cedra appoints Anthony Busa

May 14, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Cedra, appointment, research and development

Phase I clinical trial specialist Cedra Corp division has appointed Anthony Busa as its new permanent chief executive, replacing acting …

WuXi posts buoyant increases in revenue and profit

May 13, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Charles River, Charles River Laboratories, WuXi

China’s WuXi PharmaTech has given would-be purchaser Charles River Laboratories a lift after posting buoyant increases in both revenues and …

Kendle operating income slumps

May 13, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Kendle

US contract research organisation Kendle posted a 17% drop in revenues in the first quarter of 2010 to $90 million, …

Synexus appoints Germany and Poland managers

May 11, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Synexus, appointment, research and development

Synexus has appointed Dr Helena Sigal as country manager for Germany and Radoslaw Janiak as country manager for Poland. Helena …

Mixed fortunes for major CROs in Q1

May 7, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Covance, ICON, PPD, Parexel, contact research, contract research, contract research organisation

Leading contract research organisations (CROs) reported a mixed bag of financial results for the first three months of 2010, although …

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