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July 25, 2008
Thursday News
Averion Expands To Ukraine
A few news bulletins on Parexel, Averion, postmarketing research, Health Canada, Merck and QualityMetric.
Wednesday News
CRO News From Asia
A few news bulletins on Althea Technologies, Cato Bioventures, Sekisui Chemical, adaptive designs, Veeda Clinical, INC Research, and Tigermed Consulting.
Tuesday News
Congress: Shrinks Not Ethical
Bulletins on Sundia MedTech, Ranbaxy, DynPort, Worldwide Clinical Trials, Research Point, and the American Psychiatric Association.
Monday News
CEO Resigns At etrials
A few news bulletins on FDA, Octagon Research, Rho, Quintiles, etrials, and The Halifax Group.
Thursday News
Kendle Hires Ex-FDA Official
Bulletins on ICD Global, OmniComm, CRF, MDS Pharma, medical image training and Kendle.
SpineMark, a spine-oriented contract research organization, signed an alliance with Wooridul Hospital of Korea. “Wooridul Hospital is renowned for its state of the art facilities and work in spine treatment research,” said Marcy Rogers, president and CEO of SpineMark. “This collaboration is a natural extension of our work and commitment… more...
Inclinix, specializing in patient recruitment, is positioning itself to support continued growth. Diane Montross joins the firm from Veritas Medicine; Steve Agnoff will take the title of senior VP of sales and marketing. The Wilmington, N.C., company previously announced a growth rate of 40 percent in 2007 and the infusion… more...
The print issue of Nature Reviews Drug Discovery has an article by Dan Jones that explores the risks and potential of meta-analyses. Some academics are urging the industry to anticipate that any trial may later be used in a meta-analysis. The Annals of Internal Medicine also addressed the issue in… more...
Kendle acquired Decision Line Clinical. It’s a boutique Canadian Phase I CRO. Co-founders Edward Sellers and Myroslava Romach will join Kendle. “The company operates an 82-bed, 36,000-square-foot-facility for drug studies in Toronto, and has 110 full-time and 130 part-time employees,” according to this story. The CSS Informatics division of PPD… more...
Phase Forward’s flagship electronic data capture software won a Codie award for best medical and health information product. This year six hundred companies submitted 1,100 entries, which were judged by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). “The 2008 Codie awards recognize those companies providing the best new technology products… more...
Cato Research, a contract research organization, and Neuland Laboratories, a contract manufacturer, announced a new joint venture that will establish a company in Hyderabad, India. Cato Research Neuland India, as the company will be called, will bring innovative drugs to market while using high quality and cost effective resources located… more...
Encorium Group, a contract research organization (CRO), announced $3.2 million of additional new business contracts for Europe and North America. Revenue recognition for many of these contracts will begin in the current second quarter of 2008 with the remainder expected to occur on a proportional performance basis as services are… more...
Diasome Pharmaceuticals, a diabetes-oriented research sponsor, announced four abstracts have been accepted at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Diabetes Association, scheduled for June 6 -10, 2008, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, CA. The abstracts highlight the company’s proprietary oral and injectable insulin product. Here’s the… more...
OmniComm Systems, a provider of electronic data capture, announced an $8-10 million deal with an unnamed firm. It appears to be a major win for the Florida company. “We are very excited to be chosen by such a prestigious company to manage their clinical trials over the next 5 years,”… more...
Laurence Birch was named chairman of DataTrak as the struggling firm rearranged its management team. The post of COO has been eliminated. Recently, the firm’s quarterly loss expanded by 18 percent, to $2.2 million. Revenues dropped 41 percent to $2 million. Some of the reading of the financial statements is… more...
