At the end of this month, in Arlington, Virginia, ClinPage will be attending the inaugural Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) conference, sponsored by the Center for Business Intelligence. We’ve long felt the convergence of technological change and regulatory acceptance of PRO warranted a meeting. We can’t wait to attend. One of the speakers at the meeting is Michael…more...

United BioSource (UBC) has been built one acquisition at a time from a 9-figure investment war chest. The company provides clinical trial research services, but is not a contract research organization (CRO) in any traditional sense. It counts some CROs as customers and calls itself a specialty services organization. With 1,000 employees, UBC reports that more than…more...

Wilmington, N.C.-based contract research organization (CRO) PPD has a new senior vice president of global biostatistics and data management. It’s Susan Atkinson, who previously oversaw the company’s Phase I-IV biostatistics, programming and data management for U.S. operations. In her the new role, Atkinson is providing direction for the company’s global biostatistics and data management business, including electronic…more...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed PDUFA legislation by a huge 403-16 vote. The bill includes fines as high as $50 million. The bill would raise $393 million in user fees from the pharmaceutical industry and $287 million from the medical device industry. The Senate version of the same bill is here. The House version requires sponsors…more...