ClinicalRM – which ICON acquired in 2016 – has become ICON Government and Public Health Solutions (GPHS), providing full-service clinical trial execution and functional services to government, NGOs, and commercial customers.
Project Data Sphere aims to accelerate research by providing cancer clinical trial data from various sources to “any and all scientists” – and has named pharma industry veteran Bill Louv as its new president to ensure it delivers.
The CRO industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5-6% over the next 5 years, despite a move by Big Pharma to take more control of clinical trials, bringing work back in-house.
Exactis Innovation is standardizing its sequencing labs as it aims to quickly match at-risk cancer patients with clinical trials through its longitudinal, biopsy-led registry.
Align Clinical CRO is "committed to operating with speed" as it aims to solve common pre-competitive industry challenges to improve clinical trial execution and collaboration between sponsors and CROs, says exec.
Accelovance and Linical are merging to create a contract research organization (CRO) with a global footprint in response to the need for large-scale, multinational clinical trials.
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and Hitachi aim to shorten clinical trial timelines and reduce drug development costs through the use of digital technologies, such as AI.
Watson for Clinical Trial Matching has shown an 80% increase in clinical trial enrollment at Mayo Clinic, which is expanding its partnership with IBM to further develop the cognitive computing platform.
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced plans to build a supply chain facility, which it says will increase capacity for cold and ambient clinical trial materials in Europe.
An online portal designed to connect sponsors with trial sites and contract research organizations has been launched by the Victorian state government in Australia.
More efficient clinical trials may reduce global CRO revenue, potentially slowing adoption of new technology, says Otsuka director – noting that the industry doesn’t often take operational risks, but it must.
BiondVax is working closely with a CRO to advance its universal flu vaccine candidate, which will be manufactured in-house and in collaboration with a CMO to support tech-transfer pending a successful trial.
Parexel has announced an alliance with CHA Medical Group to augment clinical development in South Korea, where demand for early phase trials has grown significantly, says VP.
Diurnal has named Worldwide Clinical Trials as its preferred clinical services provider ahead of its planned Phase III study which is expected to begin later this year.
Bristol-Myers Squibb is conducting a pilot program through which it will use GRYT Health’s mobile app to collect real-world data – with the goal of improving clinical trial design and patient wellbeing.
Zelluna Immunotherapy has partnered with the CDMO MasSTherCell to develop its T-cell receptor (TCR) adoptive cell therapy platform with clinical trials expected to begin in 2019.
World Courier has created personalized supply chain teams to support direct-to-patient, cell and gene therapy, and clinical trials execution as the company experiences double-digit growth.
Novartis hopes to eventually recruit ‘a significant portion’ of patients into a decentralized clinical trial model that has the potential to increase the company’s reach globally, says exec.
Sanofi will license more than ten R&D assets to Evotec as part of an open platform alliance designed to advance anti-infective drug discovery and development.
Theradex Oncology will support two Phase II clinical trials evaluating OncBioMune Pharmaceuticals' immunotherapy cancer vaccine and has released a clinical trial management system (CTMS).
Elligo Health Research is partnering with Saama Technologies to build a new technology platform, which it says will help sponsors achieve their objectives faster.
Novartis is expanding its strategic alliance with Science 37 and has committed to conducting up to 10 new clinical trials – blending both virtual and traditional models – over the next three years.
Altasciences Clinical Research has received iCardiac/ERT certification, which the CRO says assures clients that the critical nature of their study’s cardiac data collection is well understood.
Nearly one-sixth of clinical trials registered in both the US and EU have discrepancies in their completion status, errors which undermine trust in the industry and medicine, say researchers.
Parexel names former INC Research executive Jamie Macdonald as its new CEO – with discussion that Gregory Rush will follow after his early departure from Syneos.
LabCorp’s Covance Drug Development business has entered into a strategic technology agreement with GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) through which the company will use several of the CRO’s software solutions.
Uber has selected Bracket as a launch partner for its new healthcare offering which aims to expedite patient transportation – an oft-cited barrier to clinical trial participation.
With fewer global mid-sized contract research organizations (CRO) through consolidation, some stakeholders are expressing concern that the industry could become a monopoly – “we may be getting there,” one expert said.
The healthcare technology company Medrio is expanding its business both internationally and domestically following a $30m investment – and demand knocking on its door.
The UK-based CRO Clintec International has expanded its partnership with Medidata to include the latest generation of its electronic data capture (EDC) technology.
Alira Health has acquired Clinical Assistance Programs (CAP), a contract research organization (CRO), which complements the company’s consulting, medical affairs, regulatory, and R&D services, says exec.
ACRP is partnering with a Singapore-based institute to ensure the workforce is appropriately trained ahead of anticipated growth in clinical trials throughout Asia.
The global health research network TriNetX has developed a new chemotherapy lines of treatment identification algorithm to help researchers identify potential clinical trial patients.
Strategikon Pharma has released a new cloud-based solution to help plan, source, and manage clinical programs – with the goal of eliminating paper-based processes.
In an open letter to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) AllTrials implores the agency to fine clinical trial sponsors that don’t publish trial results on ClinicalTrials.gov – as no fines have been issued to date.
Researchers have published new international guidelines for the inclusion of patient-reported outcomes in clinical trial protocols with the goal of providing high-quality evidence and enhancing patient care.
Boehringer Ingelheim has joined the Society for Clinical Research Sites as a Global Impact Partner (GIP) to help identify new approaches to working with sites.
Scientist.com is working to implement an improved contractual landscape ahead of GDPR implementation in May, in order to ensure global compliance among sponsors and CROs.
Technology investments are catalyzing the study start-up process – and with more investment coming in from CROs, sponsors complete all site-related activity 6 to 11 weeks slower, according to a recent Tufts report.
PCI Pharma Services (PCI) has announced its intent to acquire Pharmaceutical Packaging Professionals (PPP) as the company focuses on growth and rapid expansion.
HealthCarePoint has announced a mutual collaboration with Clinerion through which members of the company’s BlueCloud Sponsor Network will gain access to Clinerion’s patient database via a dynamic map.
Parexel has launched a new offering that enables customers to manage patient biological sample assets across the supply chain, as precision medicine becomes more prominent, says VP.
