Pharmaceutical Outsourcing covers news of importance to the contract services segment of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Topics of interest typically include: mergers and acquisitions, service additions, new capabilities, personnel changes, news from the FDA and other international regulatory and standard-setting agencies, and new outsourcing contracts and deals.
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Monday, February 29, 2016
Valeant Pharmaceuticals has announced that J. Michael Pearson has returned as Valeant's chief executive officer following his recovery from severe pneumonia and other complications, effective immediately.
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Monday, February 29, 2016
AstraZeneca has entered into a licensing agreement with China Medical System Holdings Ltd (CMS) for the commercialization rights in China to its calcium channel blocker, Plendil (felodipine).
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Eurofins Scientific has announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art manufacturing and services facility in Louisville, KY, in the US. The large, 65,800 ft2 (6,113 m2) facility functions as the Group’s central genomics laboratory in North ...
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Wednesday, March 02, 2016
WuXi Biologics Co. and Prima BioMed Ltd. have announced that through their strategic supply partnership, Prima's first-in-class immuno-oncology product candidate IMP321 (LAG-3 Ig fusion protein), manufactured at WuXi's state-of-the-art cGMP facility ...
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Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Bilcare Research has introduced a new thermoforming capability to support its blister films production. In full adherence with pharmaceutical industry standards, the state-of-the-art line will be utilized for customer-specific development projects.
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Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Colorcon has announced the opening of a new Technical Service, Laboratory and Conference Facility in Bogotá, Colombia, to support market growth and customers across the Andean countries, Central America and the Caribbean. The new facility is ...
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Wednesday, March 02, 2016
SubjectWell, a provider of a risk-free patient recruitment marketplace for clinical trials, today announced the release of their report on consumer perceptions of clinical trials. The SubjectWell Survey of Clinical Trial Awareness and Attitudes ...
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Wednesday, March 02, 2016
McKesson Corporation and Katz Group have announced a definitive agreement to acquire Rexall Health from Katz Group for $3 billion CAD ($2.2 billion USD*, or approximately $1.9 billion USD* net of the present value of incremental cash tax benefits). ...
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Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Xpertdoc Technologies Inc., a Microsoft Gold Partner and a document generation and customer communications solutions provider, has announced that Camargo Pharmaceutical Services has selected Xpertdoc’s CCM platform and Microsoft Dynamics CRM ...
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Wednesday, March 02, 2016
LabConnect, a global provider of central laboratory and support services for biopharmaceutical, medical device and contract research organizations, announced it has recently secured a $4 million investment from BroadOak Capital Partners, a life ...
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Coveris, a global packaging and coatings solutions company, has announced the acquisition of Supraplast. Supraplast is shrink sleeve and adhesive label technologies company based in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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Cryoport, a cryogenic logistics company, has announced that it will be supporting the cryogenic logistics requirements of ImmunoCellular Therapeutics' registrational Phase III glioblastoma clinical trial across 120 sites in North America and Europe.
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HUYA Bioscience International has announced the appointment of Akira Miyazato, MD, Ph.D. as VP, Head of Clinical Research and Development in Japan.
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Worldwide Clinical Trials Reveals Findings of Unique Multinational Survey of Site Preferences for eCOA Technologies
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TriNetX has announced the signing of a collaboration agreement with Novartis to optimize clinical trial design and advance clinical research for Novartis programs.
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