CRO Bioanalytical Systems (BASi) will move its in vivo discovery services to a new site in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2012 as part over a wider reorganisation of its US operations
Preclinical CRO Porsolt has opened a new research centre and laboratory space citing industry demand for large scale studies as the key driver for the investment.
Australian preclinical services firm vivoPharma has opened a new vivarium and laboratory facility in the US as part of an effort to expand its global reach.
Shares in drug discovery company Sareum have soared by 36 per cent after the firm announced the selection of a preclinical development candidate for its Checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) inhibitor programme.
UK preclinical contractor Cyprotex says H1 profits were hit by the loss of it biggest customer, but is upbeat on revenue growth and potential of in vitro toxicity testing business.
The growth seen in the early-phase contract development sector earlier this year may have stalled as pharmaceutical industry sponsors continue to hold off on expensive toxicology studies, according to new analysis.
US CRO Charles River Laboratories (CRL) has rejigged its upper management as part of a business realignment that unifies its regional research model and preclinical development businesses.
Preclinical service revenue at Charles River slumped to its lowest level since 2005 in the second quarter, but margin gains helped earnings beat analysts’ estimates.
Costly and time consuming drug screening could soon be a thing of the past thanks to new easy-bake synthetic cell membranes made at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE).
CRO Toxikon is expanding its efficacy and surgical research services (ESRS) unit in Bedford, Massachusetts to bolster its preclinical services offering for drug and medical device developers.
CRO Clintec International has opened offices in China, Singapore and Thailand in a move designed to consolidate its presence in the Asia Pacific region.
Last week non-clinical CRO CIT bought Canadian counterpart LAB Research. Outsourcing-pharma.com spoke with CIT executive chairman Jean-Francois Le Bigot about the deal and the plan going forward.
French preclinical contract research organisation (CRO) CIT has said it will buy Canadian counterpart LAB Research in a deal that would rescue the Quebec-based firm from the receivers.
The Southern Research Institute has partnered with the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana (BRFNL) on non-invasive preclinical imaging.
Shanghai-based CRO, ChemPartner, a subsidiary of Chinese biotech outsourcing company, ShangPharma, has signed a research services agreement with China-based oncology specialists, Shenogen Pharma, to develop therapeutic antibodies for use in the treatment...
Nimbus Discovery has signed up Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and Richard Friesner, co-founder of chemical simulation software developer Schrodinger, as investors.
RainDance Technologies, manufacturer of microdroplet-based analysis equipment, has announced it will collaborate with Roche-owned gene sequencing specialists, 454 Life Sciences, to develop a series of next generation sequencing solutions for drug discovery..
Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched a predictive assay that, it claims, can assess a drug candidate’s potential to cause liver damage earlier than traditional methods.
Ingenuity Systems, the California, US-based life sciences software developer has announced a research collaboration with US contract research organisation (CRO), Covance.
