Latest News - Biotech - United Kingdomi3 acquires Russian CRO Lege Artis
2008-04-23, 103 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Pharmaceutical services company i3 (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) has acquired Russian CRO Lege Artis (Moscow). Financial terms were not disclosed.
Mixed ALLAY results for Novartis’s Rasilez
2008-04-14, 132 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Mixed results for Novartis’s first-in-class direct renin inhibitor, Rasilez (aliskiren), have been reported from the ALLAY study at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago, US.
Parexel sells French lab & ups stake in Indian CRO
2008-04-02, 259 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Parexel International (Boston, Massachusetts) has sold its stand-alone bioanalytical laboratory in Poitiers, France, to privately owned Indian CRO Synchron Research Services (Ahmedabad, Gujarat)
Quintiles in central lab deal with Medca Japan
2008-03-31, 193 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Quintiles Transnational (North Carolina) has signed an agreement with Medca Japan to provide central laboratory services in Japan. Quintiles will have its own staff at the Medca Japan laboratory in Saitama, a city in the Greater Tokyo area
Bio-Terror Attacks: What Can You Do To Protect You And Your Family
2008-03-30, 157 views - Advanced Silver Solution
One of the worst terror scenarios is a bio terror attack. Due to the time delay in it showing up, the effects could travel nationwide or internationally in a short space of time. But what can we do? Find out here.
Wilson Learning Europa Sponsors Sales Force Effectiveness Europe 2008
2008-03-20, 195 views - Wilson Learning
Wilson Learning Europa - EMEA operation of global Human Performance Improvement providers Wilson Learning Worldwide - announces its sponsorship and participation as exhibitors at the 6th Annual Sales Force Effectiveness Europe Conference 2008.
Biopharma Innovators Syntaxin Wins Top Honours at 2007 Interactive Media Awards
2008-03-17, 156 views - Syntaxin Ltd
Biopharma firm Syntaxin's new website has won a very prestigious IMA award which recognises great design, technical innovation and accessibility compliance within the interactive media industry.
New Report Says Corn Usage in Biofuel Production Has Driven Milk Prices Up in China
2008-03-06, 394 views - ReportBuyer
Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report which finds that China’s dairy industry is seeing rising milk prices as corn is increasingly being used in the production of ethanol
GeoVax’s AIDS vaccine heads for Phase II
2008-02-29, 304 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
US biotechnology company GeoVax Labs’ (Atlanta, Georgia) HIV/AIDS vaccine is expected to enter Phase IIa human trials in mid-2008.
KCR expands CEE presence with DUX acquisition
2008-01-29, 282 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Polish CRO KCR (Warsaw) has acquired its Czech counterpart DUX Consulting (Prague). The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
Quintiles Completes New Investor Partnership
2008-01-28, 397 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Quintiles Transnational (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) has completed a new investor partnership in which CEO Dennis Gillings and private investment firms Bain Capital and TPG Capital have become the lead investors.
GSK declines option on Exelixis’s XL784 after Phase II results
2008-01-22, 122 views - Jobs4dd.com
GlaxoSmithKline has decided not to exercise its option to license Exelixis’s (San Francisco, California) kidney disease drug XL784 for further development and commercialisation.
Quintiles expands Chinese facilities
2008-01-16, 237 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Quintiles Transnational (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) is to expand its global central laboratories and clinical development service (CDS) units in Beijing, China.
US FDA lifts hold on Vion’s Cloretazine trial
2008-01-09, 235 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
The US Food and Drug Administration has lifted its clinical hold on Vion Pharmaceuticals’ Phase III trial of its lead anti-cancer agent, Cloretazine (VNP40101M), in combination with Ara-C (cytarabine) in relapsed acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML).
NicOx/Pfizer’s glaucoma drug enters Japanese Phase II tests
2008-01-08, 297 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Pfizer has started a dose-ranging Phase II clinical trial of PF-03187207 for the treatment of glaucoma in Japan.
Clinsys & ITEC form strategic alliance
2008-01-05, 208 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
US CRO Clinsys Clinical Research (Bedminster, New Jersey) and its French counterpart ITEC Services (Cenon, Bordeaux) have entered into a strategic alliance agreement.
PPD expands Indian business
2008-01-02, 249 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
PPD (Wilmington, North Carolina) has appointed Dr Philip Mathew as director of strategic development, to lead its Phase II-IV operations and expansion in India.
Sanofi-aventis opens Indian development centre
2007-12-13, 255 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Sanofi-aventis officially opened its first Asian pharmaceutical development centre in Goa, India on December 3rd. The investment represents the company’s single largest in India to date.
Seattle starts Phase IIb trial of SGN-40
2007-12-10, 192 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Seattle Genetics (Bothell, Washington) has begun a Phase IIb clinical trial of its monoclonal antibody SGN-40 as an adjunct to second-line therapy for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
eRT to acquire Covance’s ECG business
2007-12-07, 230 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
eResearchTechnology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is to acquire Covance’s (Princeton, New Jersey) centralised electrocardiographic business for up to $49.2 million.
Merck & Newron start Phase III safinamide trial
2007-12-06, 243 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Merck KGaA’s Merck Serono division and Newron Pharmaceuticals (Milan, Italy) have launched a Phase III trial of safinamide as an add-on to dopamine agonist therapy in early Parkinson’s disease.
Covance builds new US pre-clinical laboratory
2007-12-04, 410 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Covance (Princeton, New Jersey) has purchased from Eli Lilly a partially constructed insulin manufacturing facility on a 47-acre site in Prince William County's technology park (Virginia, US).
Indian CRO GVK BIO raises $25 million
2007-11-27, 504 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Private equity firm Sequoia Capital has invested Rs 1 billion ($25 million) in Indian CRO GVK Biosciences (Hyderabad). GVK BIO plans to use the funds to build a state-of-the-art campus on a 25-acre site at Hyderabad.
Chiltern acquires US CRO CTMS
2007-11-26, 328 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
UK CRO Chiltern International (Slough, Berkshire) has acquired the independent US CRO Clinical Trial Management Services. Terms were not disclosed.
Indian and German CROs to merge
2007-11-20, 425 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Indian CRO Manipal AcuNova (Bangalore) and its German counterpart ECRON (Frankfurt) have signed a definitive merger agreement. The combined company, ECRON AcuNova, will have 265 employees
Averion acquires Hesperion for $36 million
2007-11-14, 244 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Averion International has acquired Swiss CRO Hesperion from its parent company, Cerep, for €25 million ($36.2 million).
CRB becomes UK Panagene distributor
2007-11-14, 389 views - Elements PR
Cambridge Research Biochemicals (CRB) has signed an agreement with Panagene to become the UK distributor for high purity peptide nucleic acids (PNA) oligomers. PNAs have many applications in bio-procedures, diagnostics, and anti-gene therapies.
TgAAC94 exonerated in US trial death
2007-11-14, 179 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Targeted Genetics (Boston, Massachusetts) says that final tests support earlier indications that a patient death during a trial of its injectable anti-arthritis drug, tgAAC94, was not caused by the drug.
Quintiles acquires Central American CRO
2007-11-07, 525 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Quintiles Transnational (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) has acquired Central American CRO Bio-Trials. The purchase was made by Quintiles’ Latin American subsidiary, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Isotechnika to monitor long-term use of ISA247
2007-11-06, 361 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
Isotechnika (Edmonton, Canada) has received permission from the US Food and Drug Administration for the long-term use of ISA247 for the prevention of rejection in patients currently participating in its Phase IIb kidney transplant (PROMISE) trial.
FDA warns Sanofi-Aventis over Ketek trial
2007-11-06, 351 views - Jobs4dd Ltd
The US Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to Sanofi-Aventis, detailing failings in Aventis’s oversight of investigators involved in a clinical trial of the antibiotic Ketek (telithromycin) in 2001-02.
US trial setbacks for Takeda cholesterol drug
2007-10-30, 641 views - Jobs4dd.com
Development of Takeda Pharmaceutical’s cholesterol-lowering agent, TAK-475 (lapaquistat), will be held back following a request from the US Food and Drug Administration for additional clinical data.
India To Host 30% Of Global Clinical Research By 2020
2007-10-22, 608 views - Jobs4dd.com Ltd
India is expected to host 30% of the world's contract research within the next 10-15 years, driven by the attractions of low cost and high quality standards, says the India Brand Equity Foundation, IBEF.
DNA Solutions aim to preserve the Asian Elephant with DNA analysis
2007-10-01, 183 views - Dan Leigh / DNA Solutions
Conservationists said Friday they plan to send some 520 samples of elephant dung to DNA Solutions for DNA analysis, the results will help them estimate more accurately the number of elephants in the Cambodian wild.
Cambridge Research Biochemicals expands dye offering
2007-09-18, 370 views - Cambridge Research Biochemicals
Cambridge Research Biochemicals (CRB) announces a new partnership with the Molecular Probes business of Invitrogen Corporation, (Carlsbad, CA, USA). The agreement grants CRB a non-exclusive license to the full range of Molecular Probes dyes.
Multiple Sclerosis Treatments Market to Reach $11.9 Billion by 2011 as Number of New Patients Rise
2007-07-27, 172 views - Report Buyer
Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report. “Multiple Sclerosis: Worldwide Market Outlook to 2011” predicts a growth of $6 million by 2011.
Wealthy Urban Populations Keep Pharmaceutical Market Growing In Brazil, Russia, India and China.
2007-07-24, 226 views - Report Buyer
Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report which forecasts that growth in the pharmaceutical market in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) will be slow, but steady.
Third award of the year for Randox Laboratories
2007-06-19, 471 views - Randox Laboratories Ltd.
Randox Laboratories are delighted to add yet another award to their trophy cabinet for the year. This time it is the Frost & Sullivan European Technology Innovation of the Year Award for lab-on-chip based medical diagnostics.
Flame Retardant Chemicals to Reach £3.4 billion Worldwide by 2010
2007-06-10, 493 views - Report Buyer
Flame Retardant Chemicals - Volume will grow 3.5% Annually and Reach 3.4 billion pounds Worldwide by 2010, says new report available from ReportBuyer.com.
“Novartis Will Rise Even Higher Within The Ranks Of Pharmaceutical Giants ” Says Visiongain'
2007-06-06, 203 views - Visiongain
Novartis Market Outlook 2012 Report, examines the Novartis group independently and critically, through comprehensive research and analysis. Visiongain discusses Novartis in the context of the wider pharmaceutical industry and market.
Epigenomics Market to Reach $4.1 billion by 2012
2007-06-04, 196 views - Report Buyer
Epigenomics Market to Reach $4.1 billion by 2012, says new report available from ReportBuyer.com.
Medical Robotics and Computer-Assisted Surgery to Grow $2.8 billion by 2011
2007-05-30, 270 views - Report Buyer
Medical Robotics and Computer-Assisted Surgery to Grow $2.8 billion by 2011, says new report available from ReportBuyer.com.
Medical Imaging: Reagents and Analysis Tools to reach over $8.4 billion in 2011
2007-05-29, 259 views - Report Buyer
Medical Imaging: Reagents and Analysis Tools to reach over $8.4 billion in 2011, says new report available from ReportBuyer.com.
Labeling and Linkage Agents for Immunoassays and Gene Probes New Report just added
2007-05-29, 162 views - Report Buyer
Labeling and Linkage Agents for Immunoassays and Gene Probes, says new report available from ReportBuyer.com.
Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Genetic Diseases is Expected to Grow by 8.7% by 2010
2007-05-29, 151 views - Report Buyer
Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Genetic Diseases is Expected to Grow by 8.7% by 2010, says new report available from ReportBuyer.com.
Kinase Inhibitors Worldwide Market to Reach $11.8 billion by 2010
2007-05-25, 311 views - Report Buyer
Kinase Inhibitors Worldwide Market to Reach $11.8 billion by 2010, says new report available from ReportBuyer.com.
High-Performance Films: National Consumption to cross 16 billion pounds by 2011
2007-05-25, 219 views - Report Buyer
High-Performance Films: National Consumption to cross 16 billion pounds by 2011, says new report available from ReportBuyer.com.
Healthcare Information Systems to reach $34.7 billion in sales by 2011
2007-05-25, 197 views - Report Buyer
Healthcare Information Systems to reach $34.7 billion in sales by 2011, says new report available from ReportBuyer.com.
Global Market for Photovoltaic Balance of System Components to reach $4.8 billion by 2011
2007-05-25, 184 views - Report Buyer
Global Market for Photovoltaic Balance of System Components to reach $4.8 billion by 2011, says new report available from ReportBuyer.com.
Global Market for Catalyst Regeneration Projected to reach $3.5 billion in 2010
2007-05-24, 195 views - Report Buyer
Global Market for Catalyst Regeneration Projected to reach $3.5 billion in 2010, says new report available from ReportBuyer.com.
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