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Monday, July 27, 2009 10:00 AM
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:33 AM
Covance is selling its interactive voice and web response services (IVR/IWR) business to eClinical provider Phase Forward for $10 million cash, and the two companies have entered into a multi-year agreement making Phase Forward a preferred provider for the contract research organization (CRO).
Under the terms of the agreement, Phase Forward will provide electronic data capture (EDC) and IVR/IWR services to Covance clients for the next five years. The two companies expect to close the acquisition by the end of August.
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Monday, July 13, 2009 11:46 PM
Wilmington, N.C.-based contract research organization (CRO) PPD is laying off a total of 270 employees in North America, including 80 employees from its North Carolina headquarters.
The layoffs are a result of reduced demand for the CRO’s services in North America, according to a company statement. PPD has offices in 12 states and in Ontario, Canada, and 10,000 employees worldwide. Despite the slowdown in North America, the CRO has continued to grow its international operations with the opening of its first Japan office in April and the acquisition of Bulgarian CRO AbCRO earlier this year.
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Friday, July 10, 2009 02:33 PM
Quotient Acquires GE’s Radio-labeling Business, Plans $24M Facility
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Friday, July 10, 2009 01:34 PM
UK-based Quotient Bioresearch recently acquired Amersham Radiolabeling Service, the radiochemical synthesis operations of GE Healthcare, and plans to invest up to 15 million pounds ($24 million) in a state-of-the-art radiochemicals facility.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 10:41 AM
CenterWatch Publications Guide and Test Plan
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 04:24 PM
Medidata Files IPO
Medidata Solutions announced the pricing of its initial public offering late last week, following weeks of speculation over when the clinical trial software company might go public. Medidata hopes to raise $88 million on the NASDAQ (with 6,300,000 shares of common stock priced at $14 a share).
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 04:01 PM
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) accredited another 13 organizations last week, bringing the total number of AAHRPP-accredited organizations to 188.
AAHRPP, a non-profit organization that offers accreditation to organizations that conduct or review research with humans, hopes to accredit the majority of academic health centers by 2010. Earlier this year, Pfizer became the first pharma company to achieve accreditation.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 03:56 PM
Proposed Bill Aims to Increase Patient Enrollment for Rare-Disease Clinical Trials
A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives last week seeks to increase patient participation in clinical trials for rare diseases.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 03:15 PM
Datatrak, a Cleveland-based eClinical company, was delisted from the stock exchange after failing to meet NASDAQ’s $2.5-million minimum stockholders’ equity requirement.
The company will trade its shares over the counter under the same symbol (DATA). The delisting came as no surprise to Datatrak, which received a letter from NASDAQ last August warning the company that it was not in compliance with the stock exchange’s minimum equity requirement. Datatrak had until June 1 to comply with NASDAQ’s requirements.
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