EMA confirms recommendation to suspend medicines over flawed studies by GVK Biosciences

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 May, 2015

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has confirmed its recommendation to suspend a number of medicines for which authorization in the European Union (EU) was primarily based on clinical stud...Read more

ISCR welcomes CDSCO restrictions on investigators, sites

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Aug, 2016

Welcoming the recent announcements by the DCGI with regard to the cap on the number of trials per investigator and number of beds per site, the Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR) h...Read more

'India should benefit more from clinical trials'

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Jun, 2016

India has some of the highest brain power in the world and should benefit more from conducting larger number of clinical trials of new drugs under development, said Dutch expert Prof Meir P...Read more

World Hepatitis Day: 'India lagging behind in Hepatitis research'

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Jul, 2016

World Hepatitis Day is observed on July 28 to raise global awareness of viral hepatitis (an inflammation of the liver caused by a virus), and to call for access to treatment, better prevent...Read more

Quintiles announces new chairman

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Nov, 2015

Quintiles Founder Dr Dennis Gillings will retire from his position as executive chairman of Quintiles Transnational Holdings at the end of this year, December 31, 2015. Dr Gillings will rem...Read more

Merck confirms shutting Bangalore Genei facility

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Aug, 2015

The company confirmed with BioSpectrum that the production at the facility had been stopped since July 31, 2015, and that the decommissioning activities are in progress. As part of Merck M...Read more

PPD recognized for excellence in Clinical Research

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 May, 2015

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) has announced that it has been recognized for excellence in clinical research by pharmaceutical and biotechnology company executives surveyed f...Read more

PAREXEL announces services agreement with Pfizer

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 10 Jun, 2016

PAREXEL a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced that it has signed a services agreement with Pfizer Inc. Under the terms of this agreement, PAREXEL will contin...Read more

Global bioabsorbable scaffolds market to rocket beyond $2 bn by 2021

CRO |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Jul, 2015

The global market value for bioabsorbable scaffolds (BAS) will expand rapidly from $143.7 million in 2014 to just under $2.1 billion by 2021, driven primarily by new product approvals and a...Read more

Quintiles, DaVita Clinical Research announce strategic alliance

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2016

Quintiles, and DaVita Clinical Research, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a leader in kidney care, has announced a global strategic alliance. The alliance combi...Read more

PAREXEL to acquire Health Advances

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Jan, 2016

PAREXEL International Corporation has announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding equity securities of Health Advances, an independent life...Read more

ICON launches Electronic Informed Consent

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Apr, 2015

ICON has announced the launch of Firecrest eConsent, a next-generation electronic informed consent solution that incorporates key recommendations from the FDA's recent draft guidance on inf...Read more

We are a niche protein research services company: Dr Kundu

CRO |  News | By Rahul Koul Koul | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2013

"The global CRAMS scenario has been very competitive, complex and cyclical. We are dependent on the success of the molecule moving from research to process development and then preclinical ...Read more

SGS Life Science's Mumbai facility witnesses completion

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 Apr, 2015

An official opening of this state-of-the-art laboratory is planned for May 20, 2015. The expansion has seen the previous 1,393 square meter laboratory space more than double in size to 3,40...Read more

Quintiles among Fortune 500 list of most admired companies in 2015

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Mar, 2015

Quintiles, the world's largest biopharmaceutical services company, has been named to FORTUNE magazine's "World's Most Admired Quintiles is ranked third overall in FORTUNE's Healthcare: Phar...Read more

Confidence building measures must for clinical trials in India: Experts

CRO |  News | By Rahul Koul Koul | 0 Comment | 24 Jul, 2015

The Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR) has stated that in the recent times, several steps have been taken by the Indian regulators to bring clinical research in India back on track...Read more

Quintiles wins best CRO award at World Vaccine Congress 2015

CRO |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 10 Apr, 2015

After being named as one of America's best employers by Forbes, Quintiles, for the third time in the last four years has been named the best clinical research organization (CRO) at the Vacc...Read more

Tighter clinical trial regulation is need of the hour

CRO |  Features | 0 Comment | 11 Feb, 2013

Recently, the Supreme Court managed to stir the $600 million (Rs 3,246 crore) Indian bioservices industry, when it asked for greater accountability from the Drug Controller General of India...Read more