Pharmaceutical Outsourcing covers news of importance to the contract services segment of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Thursday, September 17, 2015
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on hospital acute care and gastroenterology, has agreed to a strategic alliance with Clinigen Group plc, a global pharmaceutical and services company.
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Thursday, September 17, 2015
Physician-scientist Frank M. Longo, MD, PhD, has been named the inaugural winner of the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation's (ADDF) Melvin R. Goodes Prize for Excellence in Alzheimer's Drug Discovery, the first prize to specifically recognize ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
The ALS Association announced that a critical effort made possible by the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is underway, involving nearly 100 people with ALS and caregivers, researchers, clinicians, and industry experts from across the country to create drug ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Medivir AB has announced that, as the next step in the company's optimization process, its research and development operations will be merged into a joint unit as of 1 October 2015, headed by Richard Bethell who will hold the new title of EVP ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
McKesson Corporation and Albertsons announced the signing of a five-year distribution agreement to include the sourcing and distribution of both branded and generic pharmaceuticals, commencing on April 1, 2016.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company has announced that the FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Opdivo for the potential indication of advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
NVS Influenza Vaccines, now owned and operated by the CSL Limited, announced that the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to recommend licensure of a candidate ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
The FDA is making changes to the requirements for monitoring, prescribing, dispensing, and receiving the schizophrenia medicine clozapine, to address continuing safety concerns and current knowledge about a serious blood condition called severe ...
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
Frontage, a full service contract research organization (CRO), has announced the appointment of Michael S. Willett, PharmD., RAC as President of its clinical business unit.
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
Pharmaceutical Product Development has announced that Michael Gold, M.D., has joined PPD’s neuroscience team to serve as vice president of global product development, strengthening the company's ability to help biopharmaceutical clients manage the ...
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Wednesday, September 09, 2015
Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Progenics Pharmaceuticals have announced that the FDA has accepted for review Valeant's New Drug Application for RELISTOR® (methylnaltrexone bromide) Tablets for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in adult ...
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Wednesday, September 09, 2015
The FDA is expanding its alert regarding compounded or repackaged drugs stored in Becton-Dickinson (BD) general use syringes to include certain additional syringe sizes including 1mL, 10mL, 20mL and 30mL BD syringes, and BD oral syringes.
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Wednesday, September 09, 2015
SGS Life Science Services, has announced that its facility in Fairfield, NJ, has been upgraded to be Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) compliant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.
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Wednesday, September 09, 2015
The Ontario Government, University of Toronto, and MaRS Discovery District (MaRS) have announced a collaboration with Janssen Inc. to launch the successful Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS incubator model in Toronto.
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Wednesday, September 09, 2015
goBalto, Inc. has announced a two-year partnership with the Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS), the globe trade organization fully dedicated to representing the interests of clinical research sites.
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