Senators reintroduce bill to offer CROs a share of R&D tax credit
Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) reintroduced a bill that would permanently allow CROs (contract research organizations) to capture a share of the R&D tax credit.
Archives for February 27, 2015
India taking further steps to reform clinical trial industry
Fluctuations in regulations over the past few years have reduced the number of clinical trials run on the subcontinent, but now governing bodies are looking at new ways to attract trials and further control the industry.
UK R&D firm patents biologics powder storage technique
XstalBio, a private biopharma services company, has patented the use of stabilisers in the manufacture of dry powders for biopharmaceuticals – an alternative to freeze-drying or spray-drying techniques.
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Novartis ordered to halt drug production in Japan for 15 days
Novartis’s Japanese unit has been ordered to temporarily halt production of drugs by Japan’s health Ministry as punishment for delayed reporting of side effects.
Germany’s IQWiG questions transparency of proposed database of EU clinical trial results
The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) says the EMA’s proposal to establish a publicly accessible database of clinical trial data does not do enough to make the data transparent.