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October 7, 2008

Wednesday News Briefs

Cardiac Testing Coalition

With news about Pfizer, health-IT legislation, Infermed, and the FDA Science Board.

Friday News Briefs

Phase Forward In India

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

Monday News Briefs

AAI Pharma Goes Into Hungary

Plus bulletins about AAI Pharma, data management in India, Parkinson’s disease.

Thursday News Briefs

First Consulting Group Is Sold

Plus news about Ergomed. Pharmacyclics, ClinPhone and NextDocs

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Wednesday News Briefs

Cardiac Testing Coalition

December 05, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

A group of companies that specialize in cardiac safety testing have joined forces to create a comprehensive and technologically advanced solution for determining how drugs affect the heart. The Cardiac Safety Network integrates preclinical and clinical cardiac safety analysis services…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Diary Meeting, Criterium, FCG

Monday News Briefs

July 23, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI) has alerted us to a Nov. 28-9, 2007, meeting in Washington, D.C. on patient-reported outcomes (PRO).  There are confirmed speakers from Merck, JNJ, Daiichi Sankyo, Takeda, Schering and BMS. This is a hot topic…

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Infrastructure Worries

DIA: Parexel CEO On India

June 21, 2007

By Mark Uehling

Ten years after it launched its first office in Japan, contract research organization (CRO) Parexel announced a new office in Hyderabad, India. A city of 8 million in the heart of the subcontinent, Hyderabad is the sixth largest in India…