CRO
ICON acquires market access consultancy
February 28, 2012Research and Development CRO, ICON, pharma market access, pricing and reimbursement
ICON has acquired consulting firm PriceSpective, helping to expand the contract research organisation’s services in the field of pricing and …
Contract research news in brief
October 31, 2011Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development CRO, manufacturing and production
PPD looks set to go private, WuXi and Quintiles stride down the acquisition trail plus updates from TrialReach and Aragen …
Parexel to work with Singapore on clinical research training
October 11, 2011Research and Development Asia, CRO, Parexel, Singapore, clinical research
Parexel and the National University of Singapore have launched a new academic course to train Asia’s scientist to work in …
Contract research news in brief
April 20, 2011Research and Development CRO, contract research
Our contract research news round-up features updates from BioClinica, Vyteris, CROMSOURCE, Quintiles, Imperial/D. Anderson and PRA International. Clinical trial management …
Sanofi signs $2.2bn CRO deal
October 1, 2010Research 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, 2010Research 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, 2010Research 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, 2010Research 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, 2010Research 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, 2010Research 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, 2010Research 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, 2010Research 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, 2010Research 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, 2010Research 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, 2010Research 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 …
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