Adaptive clinical design can lead to significant time savings when implemented successfully, claims a new study by Cutting Edge Information, the North Carolina, US-based business consultancy firm.
Chiltern International, a global contract research organisation (CRO) has expanded its European operations with the opening of a new office in the Netherlands.
Michigan, US-based clinical research organisation (CRO), Imperial, has completed the acquisition of clinical trial specialists, D. Anderson & Company for an undisclosed fee.
Comprehensive Clinical Development, a contract research organisation based in Florida, US, has finalised the acquisition of clinical trials specialist, Charles River Clinical Services.
Almac Diagnostics, a branch of UK-based contract research organisation (CRO), Almac, has opened a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) registered lab at its headquarters in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.
PHT, a provider of electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) services used in clinical trials, has launched a web browser-based ePRO system to collect patient data over the internet.
Perceptive Informatics, an eClinical solutions provider, has announced the results of a survey to find out what the biopharma industry considers the most important eClinical attributes.
Contract research organisation (CRO) Quintiles gained new ‘first-in-human’ (FIH) trial capacity yesterday with the opening of an ‘experimental medicine hub’ at Guy’s Hospital in London, UK.
US CRO Quintiles has postponed a financing plan it announced earlier this month, citing unfavourable global credit market conditions as the reason for the decision.
Contract services firm Almac aims to expand its trial patient management and compliance offering though a new partnership with ePRO specialist Exco InTouch.
Leading players in the Japanese contract research sector have predicted ongoing disruption to trials in the aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the country last week.
Applying a business model based on marketing theory to clinical trials can give a consistent framework for planning and managing patient recruitment, say academics.
CRO and Pharma patient recruitment efforts can benefit from social networks and online patient groups, but clarification from the US FDA is still needed.
Wuxi PharmaTech finished the fourth quarter and the full year 2010 on a high driven by growth across all business units and the payoff from former suitor Charles River Laboratories (CRL).
Outsourcing-pharma.com presents a round up of the latest partnerships in the clinical research services sector, with news from Covance, ISB, Emergo, Data Pharma and Integra and RxTrials.
Ricerca Biosciences, a US-based preclinical contract research organisation (CRO) has announced it will enter a 'strategic partnership' with UK-based drug development consultants, Fulcrum Pharma.
US CRO Celerion is to expand in-house compounding for microtracer studies after gaining certification for cleanroom and pharmacists at its Ph I unit in Lincoln, Nebraska.
South Korea's Samsung Group has announced plans to form a 'strategic partnership' with US contract research organisation (CRO), Quintiles, as it gears up to enter the biopharma market.
Clinical trial management company, BioClinica, has joined with advisory and consulting firm, Paragon Solutions, to conduct a study which will assess business challenges and trends facing clinical trial chain management.
Late-stage cancer trials are the biggest challenge for pharmaceutical and biotech firms according to data presented at the Biotechnology Industry Organisation's (BIO) CEO and investor conference in Washington DC, US this week.
BioClinica grew service revenues in the fourth quarter and predicted the trend will continue in 2011 when it will “eliminate certain duplicate functions”.
Passwords used to protect personal health information in Canadian clinical trials are often too easy to crack, according to a report in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR).
Takeda Pharmaceuticals has joined the growing list of pharma companies to forge strategic deals with contract research organisations (CRO) by signing new deals with Covance and Quintiles.
A global compulsory register of all contractors and subcontractors involved in each clinical trial should be created to increase transparency, according to a study.
PPD and Charles River Laboratories (CRL) finished 2010 with very different quarters, each posting results that illustrate trends within the CRO sector.