Big CROs losing out as complex trials favour Phase I specialists
Phase I-focused CROs are winning business from larger rivals as sponsors seek specialists to run more complex studies, market research found.
Phase I-focused CROs are winning business from larger rivals as sponsors seek specialists to run more complex studies, market research found.
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.
Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH has announced plans to increase production of its medical injection moulders four-fold in its China facility over the next 18 months.
Lonza Group and Fosun Pharmaceuticals will pump $15.6m (100m yuan) into a joint venture in the Zhangjiang High-Tech Industry Zone, China.
Lanxess have begun plans to increase its production of thionyl chloride by 20 per cent at its plant in Nagda, India.
Florida, US-based Advanced Pharma CR says decision to move to University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park (UMLSTP) was driven by demand.