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Top Stories for the Week of October 06, 2008

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Ethica expands IRB services to Latin America

Ethica Clinical Research, a Montreal, Canada-based contract research organization (CRO), has partnered with Argentina-based Blanchard y Asociados to provide ethics review services for clinical trials in Latin America.

 

Covance,WuXi End China Partnership

Princeton, N.J.-based contract research organization (CRO) Covance has abruptly halted plans to partner with Chinese CROWuXi Pharmatech just three months after the deal was announced. The joint venture would have expanded both companies’ preclinical contract research services in China.

   
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  • GlaxoSmithKline cuts 6% of R&D...
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals submits NDA triggering PPD payment...
   
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Company Profile: An interview with Jerry Piotrowski,M.D., Ph.D., medical director and CEO PharmaTrials

   
 

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Top Stories for the Week of September 29, 2008

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AAHRPP Accredits First Independent Investigative Site

The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) has accredited HOPE Research Institute of Arizona as the first-ever independent investigative research facility to attain AAHRPP’s approval.

 

Encorium Cuts Staff, Cancels Prologue Acquisition

In an effort to cut costs and preserve capital, Wayne, Pa.-based contract research organization (CRO) Encorium is reducing its staff by 18%—12 people—effective immediately, and postponing negotiations to acquire Prologue Research, a Columbus, Ohio-based CRO specializing in oncology.

   
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Other breaking news...

 

  • PTC Therapeutics granted stay...
  • Parexel expands early phase services...
   
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Company Profile: An interview with Dirk Meijer,M.D., Ph.D., CEO/medical director, and Joris Bannenberg, M.D., Ph.D.,COO/medical director Factory-CRO

   
 

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