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Epic Sciences announced today an agreement with Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings to provide circulating tumor cell (CTC) technology and support oncology clinical trials in Asia through Covance Drug Development
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Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals a provider of sports nutrition, weight loss products, and contract manufacturing services, and Innovative laboratories have entered into a definitive agreement in which Hi-Tech has agreed to acquire Innovative's brand of Diet ...
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One vaccine used in Europe during the 2009 swine flu pandemic was linked to rare cases of a baffling side effect — the sleep disorder narcolepsy. Now new research offers a clue to what happened.
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A vaccine offering new hope for millions of Alzheimer’s disease patients, their physicians and caregivers has passed a Phase 1 safety trial.
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Catalent has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Excelimmune, Inc. to access its antibody combination therapy (ACT) technology platform.
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Southern Research has been awarded a seven-year contract of up to $22 million to support research that could contribute to the cure of HIV disease. Under this contract, Southern Research will develop and standardize assays that quantitate latent ...
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Recently. FDA issued the DSCSA Implementation: Product Tracing Requirements for Dispensers–Compliance Policy Guidance. This document announces that FDA does not intend to take enforcement action against dispensers who, prior to November 1, 2015:
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Industry Standard Research (ISR) has announced the availability of the "Contract Manufacturer Quality Benchmarking (2015)" report, providing a comprehensive assessment of CMO service quality.
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Ampersand Capital Partners has appointed Patrick D. Walsh as Chief Executive Officer of Avista Pharma Solutions and Accuratus Labs.
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The makers of the potent painkiller OxyContin have pulled out of a federal meeting to review the company's harder-to-abuse version of the much-debated drug.
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From research dollars to free lunches and junkets, drug and medical device companies paid doctors and leading hospitals nearly $6.5 billion last year, according to government data posted Tuesday.
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Capsugel has completed construction of a new pharmaceutical spray-dried dispersion (SDD) commercial manufacturing facility at its site in Bend, Oregon.
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Aeterna Zentaris Inc. has executed a definitive agreement with Ergomed to manage the new, confirmatory Phase 3 clinical study to demonstrate the efficacy of Macrilen™ (macimorelin), a novel orally-active ghrelin agonist for use in evaluating adult ...
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PwC US announced that the firm has been awarded a government contract to aid in the mission of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the advancement of global health.
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Juniper Pharma Services, a subsidiary of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has entered into a long-term collaboration with OxSonics Limited to support the development, scale-up, and GMP manufacturing of OxSonics' proprietary "sono-sensitive particles."
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