Amrutanjan & Austin form clinical trial material venture
Amrutanjan and Austin Chemical are establishing a joint venture to market Indian-produced clinical trial materials.
Archives for January 24, 2011
inVentiv to buy i3 & Campbell Alliance
inVentiv Health is to acquire i3 and Campbell Alliance and realign into three operating units: clinical, consulting and commercial.
Covance’s genomics lab CLIA certified
US CRO Covance wins CLIA certification for its genomics laboratory in Seattle, Washington, further expanding its personalised medicines business.
One killed and two injured during cleaning ops at Baxter plant
One employee has died and two have been injured after an incident at Baxter International’s manufacturing facility in Atwater, California last weekend.
Bioclinica continues cancer CRO partnering strategy
US-based data management services firm BioClinica has signed up oncology and CNS disease focused CRO Symbiance as its partner.
Youth recruitment via cancer registries may be ineffective
Oncology registries may be ineffective for recruiting large, representative samples of adolescent cancer survivors to clinical trials, according to research.
FDA wants limits on bead size in “sprinkle delivery” drugs
The US FDA has suggested pharmaceutical firms use a maximum bead size of 2.0mm for modified-release drugs formulated for “sprinkle” delivery to avoid problems resulting from inadvertent chewing.
Genzyme to build new Belgium manufacturing plant
Genzyme will build a second manufacturing plant in Geel, Belgium to ensure it has the capacity to meet demand for its Pompe disease drugs Myozyme and Lumizyme.
Lilly chooses Cognizant to deliver commercial operations
Cognizant will provide Eli Lilly with end-to-end IT services as part of a multi-year deal to help make Lilly’s US sales and marketing operations more effective, efficient and innovative.