Merck & Co to set up Asian R&D hub in China
07-Dec-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
US drugmaker Merck & Co has chosen Beijing, China as the site of its Asia R&D headquarters.
Warnex’ long-serving CEO resigns; strategic review continues
07-Dec-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
Warnex says the resignation of CEO Mark Busgang last week was a mutual decision and will not impact its ongoing review.
News from Takeda, Immune Design, and Pharmacyclics – People on the move
06-Dec-2011 By Natalie Morrison
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its weekly round-up of the latest changes within the pharmaceutical job sector, including news from Takeda, Immune Design, and Pharmacyclics.
Samsung and Quintiles' biosimilars JV teams with Biogen Idec
06-Dec-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
Samsung will set up a $300m biosimilars development JV with Massachusetts, US-based Biogen Idec, building on the partnership it forged with CRO Quintiles earlier this year.
05-Dec-2011 By Nick Taylor
UBC & Medco are calling for personalised medicine developers to engage payers in Phase I to ensure necessary data is generated.
Rise of Asian biopharm creates investment targets for Quintiles
01-Dec-2011 By Nick Taylor
Quintiles expects to make more investments in Asia-Pacific partnerships as the local biopharm sector grows.
UBC looking to ‘buy or build’ to serve strategic partnerships
29-Nov-2011 By Nick Taylor
UBC expects strategic outsourcing of outcomes and personalised medicine research to accelerate as biopharm cut fixed costs.
SOHM acquires Novatrend Medicament's product line in latest Indian forray
28-Nov-2011 By Natalie Morrison
Generic drugs manufacturer SOHM is continuing its expansion into the Indian market with the acquisition of Novatrend Medicament’s product line.
23-Nov-2011 By Nick Taylor
Covance is adding mass spectrometry and other capabilities to meet growing demand for biosimilar comparability services.
21-Nov-2011 By Natalie Morrison
Contract services providers which embed service personnel in pharma companies are becoming more prominent in the industry.
SeraCare posts Q4 loss after bioservice revenue halves
21-Nov-2011 By Nick Taylor
SeraCare slipped into the red in the fourth quarter as loss of government business halved bioservice revenues.
DOCS opens four EU offices in prep for staffing services boom
17-Nov-2011 By Natalie Morrison
Icon’s staffing and resourcing division DOCS has launched four new European offices.
Lilly inks deal with Kenexa to consolidate recruitment tasks
17-Nov-2011
Eli Lilly is consolidating its global recruitment processes in major markets through an outsourcing deal with Kenexa.
Quintiles re-focuses Asia-Pacific commercial services after Invida sale
16-Nov-2011 By Natalie Morrison
Quintiles will bring its commercial activities within the Asia-Pacific region in-house after selling its share of jointly established company Invida Group.
Santarus outsources diabetes sales support to inVentiv
15-Nov-2011
inVentiv Health is providing sales support, recruiting and automation services to Santarus for its type 2 diabetes products.
Low demand for QC testing hits Warnex’ revs in Q3; seeks another debenture delay
15-Nov-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
Warnex’ pharmaceutical quality control (QC) contracting business continued to struggle in Q3, offsetting gains made by its trial laboratory services unit.
CryoPort posts widening loss after key client sales plummet
15-Nov-2011 By Nick Taylor
CryoPort posted a widening second quarter deficit after a client that accounted for close to half its revenues cutback.
inVentiv sets up in Korea as outsourcing demand grows
14-Nov-2011 By Nick Taylor
inVentiv Health has set up in Korea to meet growing demand for clinical and commercial services in the country.
PDI operating profit falls as DCA buy drags on performance
10-Nov-2011 By Nick Taylor
Operating profit at PDI fell 90 per cent in the third quarter after the acquired digital communications unit again dragged on performance.
Pharma CSR reporting up 39% in 2011 according to KPMG
09-Nov-2011
Pharma sector corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting has increased dramatically in recent years according to a new report that argues such activity enhances financial value.
News from SPBT, Viamet and Virobay – People on the move
07-Nov-2011 By Natalie Morrison
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its round up of the latest comings and going within the pharmaceutical industry, including news from SPBT, Viamet and Virobay.
ViiV teams with Russian manufacturer
03-Nov-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
ViiV, GSK and Pfizer’s HIV joint venture, has partnered with Russia’s JSC Binnopharm to boost manufacturing capacity in the country.
News from BIO, Natrix, Amarantus and 3M – People on the move
02-Nov-2011 By Natalie Morrison
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its round-up of the latest appointments in the pharmaceutical industry, including news from BIO, Natrix, Amarantus and 3M.
Obama pushes FDA and drugmakers to solve shortages
02-Nov-2011
US President Barack Obama has leaned on the US FDA to ramp up its early warning system for drug shortages and asked manufacturers to do more.
31-Oct-2011 By Natalie Morrison
Icon will this year focus its R&D efforts on gaining new grounds in genomics, said Brian O’Dwyer.Icon
Generic API makers to pay 20% of GDUFA fee
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27-Oct-2011 By Gareth MacDonald
API manufacturers will contribute a fraction of the annual fee paid to the US FDA if the proposed generic drug user fee act (GDUFA) is passed by Congress next year
News from Novella, Roche, and Nycomed – People on the move
27-Oct-2011 By Natalie Morrison
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its round-up of the latest appointments within the pharmaceutical industry, inclduign news from Novella, Roche, and Nycomed.
GSK named among winners of Eagle Award at this year's Site Solutions Summit
26-Oct-2011 By Alexandria Pesic
Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), contract research organisation (CRO) Medpace, and institutional review board Quorum Review IRB have all been honoured with Eagle awards at this year's Site Solutions Summit, held in Ellicott City, Maryland, USA.
Quintiles says payers driving demand for market access offering
25-Oct-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
US CRO Quintiles says healthcare payer influence is driving pharmaceutical industry demand for market access services.
News from Novocure, YM BioSciences, and SGVI – People on the move
25-Oct-2011 By Natalie Morrison
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its round-up of the latest appointments within the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Novocure, YM BioSciences, and SGVI.
Icon extends medical imaging capabilities through vRad partnership
19-Oct-2011 By Natalie Morrison
Icon has extended its medical imaging division through a new partnership agreement with Virtual Radiologic (vRad).
Movianto building warehouse as logistics growth continues
17-Oct-2011 By Nick Taylor
Movianto is to open a 13,000 sq m pharmaceutical warehouse in the Netherlands as it continues to expand cold-chain capabilities.
Execs the winners after tax holiday, Senate report says
13-Oct-2011 By Nick Taylor
A Senate report has slammed the ACRO-backed overseas profit tax break for doing more to help execs’ pay packets than US employment.
AWAC, RecipharmCobra Biologics and O2h rebrand
13-Oct-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
Rebranding seems to be in vougue in the pharmaceutical services sector this month, with three firms changing their monikers.
UNIDO and AUC says Big Pharma can support drugmaking in Africa through partnering
12-Oct-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
The United Nations Industrial Development organisation (UNIDO) says it will help foster pharmaceutical manufacturing in Africa and has called on international Pharmas to do likewise.
Quintiles cuts ribbon on new European headquarters
12-Oct-2011 By Natalie Morrison
Quintiles says it will provide a “seamless” service to its customers through a new European headquarters in Reading, UK.
Chiltern opens Chicago office
12-Oct-2011
Chiltern has opened a new office in Bannockburn, Chicago.
Competitive concerns limit market access outsourcing
12-Oct-2011 By Nick Taylor
Outsourcing of certain market access tasks is limited by concerns that using vendors will give rivals a competitive advantage, a report found.
CDRD inks affiliation agreement with University of Tokyo's Todai
11-Oct-2011
The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) and Todai TLO have inked an affiliation agreement to allow joint research projects.
Dong-A and Meiji Seika to build biosimilars plant
06-Oct-2011
South Korean drugmaker Dong-A and Japan’s Meiji Seika Pharma will build a biosimilars plant in a bid to target the global Ab-based drug market.
Source Biosciences launches 3-hour DNA sequencing service for trial samples
06-Oct-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
Source BioScience’s has launched a DNA sequencing service at its German laboratory that it claims can process samples from clinical trial patients and return data to sponsors and CROs in as little as three hours.
AmerisourceBergen to buy reimbursement services firm TheraCom for $250m
05-Oct-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
AmerisourceBergen will buy patient access and reimbursement support services firm TheraCom, continuing its recent run of acquisitions.
Tabex maker Sopharma opens new Serbian plant
04-Oct-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
Smoking cessation drugmaker Sopharma has opened its new manufacturing plant in the Serbian capital Belgrade.
Supply chain delays driving up Indian logistics costs
03-Oct-2011 By Nick Taylor
State-border delays, tolls and paperwork are increasing logistics costs in India and making transit less efficient than the EU and China, a report found.
AstraZeneca takes its bioinformatics capabilities to Russia
29-Sep-2011
AstraZeneca is will build a center for bioinformatics and predictive medicine in St.Petersburg, Russia by the end of 2011.
DaVita launches FDA advisory committee prep service
29-Sep-2011
DaVita Clinical Research will help sponsors prepare for US FDA advisory committee meetings through a new contract offering introduced this week.
Altermune Technologies says it will win back "much needed" resistant pathogens investors
27-Sep-2011 By Natalie Morrison
Big pharma companies looking to invest in 'superbug' R&D could soon see a better return through Altermune Technologies' new platform.
PerkinElmer's new service aims to speed up instrumentation qualification
22-Sep-2011 By Natalie Morrison
PerkinElmer has launched its new Universal Operational Qualification (UOQ) service for pharmaceutical labs.
Illingworth Research launches contract medical photography service
21-Sep-2011 By Gareth Macdonald
Medical Photography is a potentially valuable yet underused resource in clinical trials according to Illingworth Research, which aims to increase its exposure with a new service.
DHL expands in life sciences with China site & JV takeover
21-Sep-2011 By Nick Taylor
DHL has opened a logistics centre in China and taken full ownership of a cold chain joint venture to expand its life sciences capabilities.