Quintiles At DIA
July 30, 2010
It’s easy to give a sharp salute to "quality." What modern research organization would oppose it?
Quality refrigerators, quality cars, quality overnight packages can be defined easily. Quality in a clinical trial is a bit murkier. By definition, every trial is one of a kind, with clinical, operational, regulatory and technological aspects that are unique. Having said…more...
Annals of Drug Safety
June 02, 2010
Editor's Note: Through association with certain spiritual mentalists and accredited acupuncturists, the editor of ClinPage has received what he has been assured is a bonafide transcript from nine years in the future. From the year 2019, to be precise.
The transcript below purports to be the byproduct of a U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. It…more...
Star Quintiles Site
March 11, 2010
We asked Quintiles to tell us about one of the most improved sites or site networks in its five-year-old partner sites program. The contract research organization (CRO) introduced us to Piedmont Medical Research, a group of 11 sites in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
The network is based in Winston-Salem, N.C. It's comprised of nine sites…more...
China Purchase
October 29, 2009
The contract research organization (CRO) PPD unleashed enough news for a year this week. The company announced a long list of new directions, ominous numbers and strategic shifts, including:
• The company's quarterly earnings (not great, but not terrible);
• The planned acquisition of the Chinese CRO Excel PharmaStudies, which will make PPD a major player in…more...
Private Equity Buyer
MDS Sells Central Labs
The owners of Chiltern are buying MDS Pharma’s six central labs.
Tuesday News
Warner Chilcott To Buy P&G’s Pharma Business
News from FDA, Parexel, PPD, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, D-Pharm and Orexigen.
FDA, EMEA Collaborate
Bilateral GCP Inspections
Starting in a few weeks, FDA and EMEA will work together on GCP inspection issues. Their call to the sponsor community.
Top Secret Numbers
India Head Count Sensitivity
Why some CROs won’t say exactly how many feet they have on the ground in India.
Poised for Growth
India Is Hot
In the first installment of our series on trials in India, we look at the upsides, downsides and numbers.
Outsourcing, Inverted
Cheaper Trials At OneWorld
OneWorld explains how it delivers scientific excellence and low budgets in a nonprofit context.
Pharmacogenetic Age
Quintiles Safety Assessment Tool
The CRO discusses its instrument to assess gaps in drug safety risk assessment and mitigation.
