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German testing and inspection services firm TÜV SÜD (Munich) has acquired Belgian CRO Msource Medical Development (Kraainem) to create a life sciences business unit.

Chinese CRO Tigermed Consulting (Shanghai) has received $5 million in venture capital funding from Qiming Venture Partners.

Troubled e-clinical specialist Datatrak International (Cleveland, Ohio) could be up for sale shortly, depending on the outcome of a review of strategic options now under way.

In the latest of five acquisitions, Worldwide Clinical Trials (Beverley Hills, California) has completed the purchase of Serbian CRO MediQuest (Belgrade).

Sekisui Chemical (Tokyo, Japan) is to acquire privately held US CRO XenoTech (Lenexa, Kansas), which specialises in pre-clinical safety studies. Specific terms of the all-cash transaction have not been disclosed.

E-clinical specialist etrials Worldwide (Morrisville, North Carolina) has announced that its president and CEO, Eugene (Chip) Jennings, resigned on July 8th “for family reasons”.

Simbec Research (Merthyr Tydfil, UK) is among the first group of Phase I units in the UK to pass the Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency inspection for standard and supplementary accreditation.

Canadian CRO Algorithme Pharma (Laval, Quebec) has acquired a US clinical research centre from Bioanalytical Systems (BASi - West Lafayette, Indiana) for US$850,000 in cash.

US e-clinical specialist Datatrak International (Cleveland, Ohio) has decided to close its office in Bonn, Germany. Global help-desk services previously carried out by the office will now be provided from the company’s Cleveland headquarters.

Immtech Pharmaceuticals (New York City) and Beijing Capital Medical University have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture to provide contract research services in China.