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July 24, 2008

Tuesday News

EDS Wins Bristol-Myers Deal

With news about Medidata, OpenClinica, Captaris, Emergis, and PharmaNet.

Cardiovascular CRO

Integrium Goes to The Heart

The California company believes therapeutic area focus (and a deep understanding of sites) is attractive for sponsors.

Friday News Briefs

Phase Forward In India

With news about Ranbaxy, Cedara, PHT, ChemDiv and etrials

Tuesday News Briefs

Etrials Revenues Fall

With news about Cerebricon, Charles River, PharmaNet, OxyPharma and Stora Enso.

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Tuesday News

EDS Wins Bristol-Myers Deal

December 11, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

Array BioPharma selected Medidata Solutions’ Rave system as its enterprise-wide electronic data capture (EDC) solution. “Rave’s ability to build forms electronically on our initial trials has resulted in improved protocol design for clinical study managers,” said Jim Rizzi, senior director…

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Cardiovascular CRO

Integrium Goes to The Heart

December 10, 2007

By SuzR

The three founders of Integrium didn’t set out to start a contract research organization (CRO). It just ... happened. It was the mid-1990s. David Smith, Joel Neutel and Michael Weber were southern California-based clinical investigators. In the course of conducting…

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Friday News Briefs

Phase Forward In India

November 23, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

Ranbaxy is planning to buy a contract research organization (CRO) that would be a component of a new R&D subsidiary. The CRO would be part of a partially owned R&D division to include Ranbaxy’s ongoing collaborative programs with GSK. Ranbaxy…

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Tuesday News Briefs

Etrials Revenues Fall

November 13, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

etrials announced quarterly earnings. The clinical trial technology suite reported a loss and net service revenues that dropped 7 percent, to $4.1 million. Positive trends included $4.9 million in new bookings. Cancellations during the quarter fell to just $200,000 vs.…

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Monday News Briefs

AAI Pharma Goes Into Hungary

November 12, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

Research and Markets has released the report “Clinical Data Management in India”. This report provides an in-depth perspective of the sector from different aspects. Topics such as the CDM value chain, markets, major players, regulations, growth drivers, issues and challenges,…

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Friday News Briefs

DataTrak Revenues Fall

November 09, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

I-many, a leading provider of contract management software, has introduced version 5.2 of its I-many Contract Management Suite for Life Sciences. I-many is an advanced business intelligence reporting tool. David Blumberg, executive vice president of fulfillment services for I-many, said:…

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Friday news briefs

Kendle Earnings Fall

November 02, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

Top contract research organization Kendle reported a strong quarter but told Wall Street future profits would be lower than expected. Quarterly revenues jumped 33 percent to $100 million. The company lined up $175 million in new business. But net income…

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Thursday News Briefs

First Consulting Group Is Sold

November 01, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

First Consulting Group was acquired by Computer Sciences for $365 million. ClinPage wrote about FCG during the annual DIA conference this year. Here’s a news release about First Consulting’s approach to making Microsoft Office documents fit into the terrain of…

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CRO Industry In FDA Limbo?

NEJM Indicts CROs

October 18, 2007

By Mark Uehling

The October 4, 2007, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is not online for free; we can’t link to it. But it contains a discussion of the booming contract research organization (CRO) industry. The CRO industry’s growth…

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Thursday News

Pfizer Earnings Fall

October 18, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

Pfizer’s quarterly earnings fell sharply, with net income dropping 77 percent. The company’s R&D budget shank by five percent as part of a previously announced cost-cutting effort. Lipitor sales were also down by 5 percent. The financial picture was marred…

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Wednesday News Briefs

CDISC Tech Survey

October 17, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

ClinPhone, a leading clinical technology suite, has been granted a Best Technological Development in Clinical Trial Management Systems Award for its drug accountability solution at the inaugural GCPj Awards 2007. The Good Clinical Practice Journal Awards were developed to recognize…

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Monday News Briefs

Akamai Web Accelerator

October 15, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

CDISC annointed Omnicare Clinical Research registered Registered Solutions Provider status. Said the company’s Mark Penniston, global VP of Biometrics: “Since our first CDISC conformant submission in early 2004, Omnicare Clinical Research has had a rich history of successful data conversions.…

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Friday News Briefs

Big Wyeth Verdict

October 12, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

In Nevada, a jury ordered Wyeth to pay $135 million to three women who took Premarin and Prempro. The jury said Wyeth acted with malice or fraud. Wyeth has no reserve fund for its hormone replacement therapy (HRT) cases, possibly…

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Sopheon, Quintiles, etrials

Thursday News Briefs

October 11, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

Alquest, a leading contract research organization (CRO) specializing in medical devices, announced its sponsorship of the 2008 BayBio Medical Device Breakfast Series. This series showcases up-and-coming northern California medical device companies, new technologies behind their work, as well as their…

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CDISC, PointCross, Chiltern

Wednesday News Briefs

October 10, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

According to Gary Buehler, director of the FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs (OGD), pharmaceutical companies should be developing the capabilities to submit common technical document (CTD) applications electronically, or should utilize eCTD applications. Although submitting both new drug applications (NDAs)…

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Lilly, Arbios, Novo Nordisk

Wednesday News Briefs

October 03, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

Lilly chairman and CEO Sidney Taurel, in a speech at the Cleveland Clinic, says there should be a new, modern pharmacovigilance system. “Systems are now within our grasp to more quickly identify both the true benefits and the full extent…

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Pharm-Olam, Quintiles

Tuesday News Briefs

October 02, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

The Drug Information Association is offering a meeting on optimizing electronic data capture. It’s in Weston, Florida (near Ft. Lauderdale) on November 12 and 13. There is information here. Fast Track Systems, a developer of tools for clinical trial design…

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NIH Report, Cmed, DSG

Monday News Briefs

October 01, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

The first Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) Data Driven Innovation Award was awarded to DSG. The Data Driven Innovation Award recognizes excellence in the advancement of clinical data management. The winner was a partnership between DSG and Sirion Therapeutics…

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Covance, Arizona Trial Center

Friday News Briefs

September 28, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

Covance expanded its facilities in Singapore for food manufacturers in the region. Manufacturers operating in Asia to export food to the U.S. will soon be able to send samples to a laboratory in Singapore. Chinese state media stated that the…

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MDS Pharma Services, Clinsys, Image Solutions

Wednesday News Briefs

September 12, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

MDS Pharma Services, a provider of contract research, drug discovery and development solutions, has won the Good Clinical Practice Journal (GCPj) Award for the clinical research program that best promotes access to new medicines. MDS Pharma Services’ parent company, MDS…

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CRO Revenue Impact?

Adaptive Trials Insights From UBC

September 11, 2007

By Mark Uehling

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…