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Topic: clinical research organization

Quintiles tops investigator recruiting survey but pharmas are ‘dissatisfied outsourcers’

Quintiles tops investigator recruiting survey but pharmas are ‘dissatisfied outsourcers’

June 5, 2012 12:45 pm by | 0 Comments

It’s no secret pharmaceutical companies are outsourcing more and more work to clinical research organizations. But when it comes to recruiting doctors to run the studies, they’re not happy at ... Read more
CRO Inclinix merges with clinical trials site operator PMG Research

CRO Inclinix merges with clinical trials site operator PMG Research

June 4, 2012 5:15 pm by | 0 Comments

Clinical research organization Inclinix is merging with PMG Research in the latest merger and acquisition deal to hit the CRO space.Inclinix provides clinical trial recruitment services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and ... Read more
PPD names Pfizer executive David Simmons its new CEO

PPD names Pfizer executive David Simmons its new CEO

May 23, 2012 11:46 am by | 0 Comments

Clinical research organization PPD has hired a Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) veteran to become its new CEO.David Simmons brings 15 years experience at the world’s largest pharmaceutical company to PPD, which is ... Read more
Quintiles report: Healthcare payers to get greater drug development role

Quintiles report: Healthcare payers to get greater drug development role

May 22, 2012 12:22 am by | 0 Comments

Pharmaceutical companies and insurers are still figuring out how they’ll work with each other, but a clear majority of both camps surveyed in Quintiles‘ annual New Health Report expect that ... Read more
Run a clinical trial, get paid faster — Clinverse raises $3.8M for software

Run a clinical trial, get paid faster — Clinverse raises $3.8M for software

May 7, 2012 5:39 pm by | 1 Comments

The clinical trials process is becoming more of an electronic endeavor as the proliferation of data sparks new software to efficiently manage it. But one aspect of these studies has ... Read more
PRA reaches clinical research deal for AMGN’s global biosimilar portfolio

PRA reaches clinical research deal for AMGN’s global biosimilar portfolio

April 26, 2012 1:21 pm by | 0 Comments

Amgen‘s (NASDAQ:AMGN) biosimilar drug portfolio will be studied in clinical trials in alliance with clinical research organization PRA.PRA has entered into a strategic partnership with Amgen to do work on ... Read more
FDA finalizes Cetero’s time frame for clinical trials requiring new tests

FDA finalizes Cetero’s time frame for clinical trials requiring new tests

April 24, 2012 4:00 pm by | 0 Comments

Cetero Research, the clinical research organization that fell under a U.S. Food and Drug Administration probe for allegedly falsifying clinical trial records, has reached a “final resolution” with regulators about ... Read more
What Dennis Gillings told me about Quintiles during a chance encounter

What Dennis Gillings told me about Quintiles during a chance encounter

April 23, 2012 8:22 pm by | 0 Comments

 Dennis Gillings doesn’t give many interviews and today, the day his Quintiles successor was announced, he wasn’t available to talk either.I’ve had a few occasions to talk with Gillings and ... Read more
Why Quintiles hired a CEO with no CRO or pharma experience

Why Quintiles hired a CEO with no CRO or pharma experience

April 23, 2012 4:14 pm by | 2 Comments

Quintiles‘ new CEO Tom Pike brings to the clinical research organization nearly 30 years experience — but none of that time was spent at a CRO or a pharmaceutical company.Pike ... Read more
Quintiles’ names new CEO; Gillings stays on as executive chairman

Quintiles’ names new CEO; Gillings stays on as executive chairman

April 23, 2012 10:27 am by | 0 Comments

Quintiles CEO Dennis Gillings is stepping away from the top post of the company he founded and built into the largest clinical research organization in the industry.Tom Pike, a 22-year ... Read more
Medical device CRO genae hires chief medical officer

Medical device CRO genae hires chief medical officer

April 17, 2012 1:29 pm by | 0 Comments

Cardiovascular medical devices clinical research organization genae has hired a new chief medical officer.The CRO, which is based in Belgium and last year established a U.S. headquarters in Cleveland, has ... Read more
Bankruptcy court extends Cetero bidding deadline to May 11

Bankruptcy court extends Cetero bidding deadline to May 11

April 16, 2012 11:01 am by | 0 Comments

Cetero Research‘s unsecured creditors will have a little more time to prepare a bid to buy the bankrupt clinical research organization.The bankruptcy court has extended the bid deadline for the ... Read more
Cetero creditors cry foul on stalking horse bid process for bankrupt CRO

Cetero creditors cry foul on stalking horse bid process for bankrupt CRO

April 13, 2012 3:25 pm by | 0 Comments

Cetero Research‘s unsecured creditors are challenging the bidding process for the clinical research organization claiming that the bankruptcy sale process is rigged in favor of the banks who are already ... Read more
Cetero bankruptcy preceded by failed CRO sale; buyer abandoned final bid

Cetero bankruptcy preceded by failed CRO sale; buyer abandoned final bid

March 27, 2012 4:39 pm by | 0 Comments

Cetero Research‘s bankruptcy reorganization is under way, but a sale of the beleaguered clinical research organization had actually been in the works for months. As the CRO worked with the ... Read more
Cetero files for bankruptcy; FDA had alleged the CRO falsified trial data

Cetero files for bankruptcy; FDA had alleged the CRO falsified trial data

March 26, 2012 3:52 pm by | 0 Comments

Cetero Research, the clinical research organization that fell under regulatory scrutiny for allegedly falsifying clinical trial data, has filed for bankruptcy protection.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last July disclosed ... Read more