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May 23, 2013
UK-based contract research organisation ClinTec International will formally open an office in Istanbul, Turkey as the company further consolidates its strong presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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May 23, 2013
The US-based Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) has joined national grouping the Coalition of Small Business Innovators, citing the need to ensure funding for emerging research-intensive companies in the biopharmaceutical and medical device sectors.
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May 23, 2013
While race and gender are often mentioned as factors complicating efforts to ensure clinical trials are conducted in representative populations, new research suggests that similar distinctions may apply to the personnel managing a clinical study.
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May 21, 2013
Hard on the heels of Quintiles’ successful return to public ownership, US-based contract research organisation PRA International is sounding out prospects for its own initial public offering of common stock.
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May 21, 2013
England’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has launched a new campaign encouraging patients to ask their doctor about clinical-research opportunities.
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May 21, 2013
The UK's Cell Therapy (CT) Catapult has now published its database of ongoing preclinical research in the field.
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May 16, 2013
Fresh from returning to public ownership with a US$947 million offering, Quintiles has made a significant addition to its roster of strategic alliances in the form of a five-year clinical development agreement with Merck Serono.
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May 16, 2013
Making trial registration a condition of Research Ethics Committee approval and working with research funders and sponsors to set standards for access to data and human tissue are among proposals by the UK’s Health Research Authority (HRA) to ensure the publication of clinical and other health-research findings.
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May 16, 2013
The Society for Clinical Research Sites has formed a “strategic alliance” with Dr Luis Augusto Russo, president of the Brazilian Society of Investigators.
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May 14, 2013
Quintiles Transnational made a big splash with its second initial public offering since the company started up in 1982, raising US$947.4 million.