News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
Service provider BioClinica will open a Research Triangle Park (RTP) office in North Carolina in response to a rapidly expanding customer base of study sponsors and CROs (contract research organizations) with which it has strategic partnerships.
Speculation GSK's meningitis B vaccine Bexsero will soon be available on the UK National Health Serivice will be welcomed by campaigners, protein supplier Sandoz and its parent company, Novartis.
Several FDA officials are currently visiting India and meeting with manufacturer CEOs and government officials to discuss the way the agency’s inspections are expected to change over time.
Utah will allow execution by firing squad as European pharmaceutical companies refuse to provide drugs for lethal injection.
Ebola, electronic cigarettes and microbiomes are opportunities for the preclinical research sector according to delegates at a US industry conference this week.
With a small pipeline of clinical candidates, as well as R&D partnerships with top Big Pharma companies paying for those partnerships, Evotec could be in a position to re-define what it means to be an outsourcing partner.
Gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 must not be used to alter human DNA until the risks have been researched and the ethical issues considered, say scientists.