William Harvey Research, a UK-based contract research organization (CRO) announced discussions with three leading Indian pharmaceutical companies for joint drug research and collaborations. “We are looking at drug research alliances in India and talking to three major Indian companies that are developing new drugs. However, it is too early to…more...

Forbes says direct-to-consumer drug ads may not work. (This story is based on a forthcoming article in the British Medical Journal.) “For two drugs,” Forbes writes, “Enbrel and Nasonex, the $194 million and $235 million advertising campaigns had no effect whatsoever. Prescription patterns in both English-speaking Canada and Quebec were…more...

invivodata was included on Pittsburgh Business Times’ “Pittsburgh 100” list of the region’s fastest-growing private companies. Honored at an awards program at the Duquesne Club in downtown Pittsburgh on August 21, invivodata was ranked the tenth fastest-growing technology company and number 43 overall on the list of 100, based on…more...

Bio-Imaging Technologies put Adeoye Olukotun on its board of directors. Olukotun is the co-founder and chief medical officer of VIA Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded biotechnology company focused on the treatment of cardiovascular disease based in San Francisco, California. “We are very pleased to have Oye join our board of directors,”…more...

AAIPharma appointed Scott Neilson to COO. He has held senior operations positions in clinical research and has a broad spectrum of functional experience including finance, regulatory affairs, human resources and business development. Neilson will be responsible for AAIPharma’s global drug development services operations and report to Ludo Reynders, CEO and…more...

Phase Forward and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute won an award from CIO magazine. “Our IT organization is honored by this recognition of our work in moving to electronic data capture (EDC) for clinical trials,” said Jeffrey Kessler, chief information officer, Dana-Farber. “EDC has reduced the time to access data…more...

RadPharm, an imaging CRO, appointed Steven Owens as chief information officer. “We are delighted to welcome someone of Steve’s caliber to RadPharm. This key appointment affirms our commitment to continue providing best-in-class services and technologies to current and future RadPharm clients”, said Ronald Berg, CEO. “Steve’s vast knowledge of medical…more...

Blaine Templeman has joined the New York office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice group. He will head Sheppard Mullin’s new Biotech Clinical Contracting team. “Blaine adds significantly to our expertise in life sciences, an area of strategic expansion in both…more...

Averion announced the appointment of Peter Gonze as executive VP of global business development. “Peter brings the necessary sales, marketing and operational management experience to grow Averion’s global sales,” said Markus Weissbach, CEO. “I welcome Peter to our senior management team and look to him to lead our sales growth…more...

ProSanos released Safety Works, which was developed jointly with GSK. The software is “a web-based, semi-automated software system that can help scientists more quickly spot and measure the strength of associations between a drug and a medical condition found within large electronic healthcare databases,” the company said. GSK’s Edward Pattishall,…more...