Dec 07, 2007
eResearchTechnology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is to acquire Covance’s (Princeton, New Jersey) centralised electrocardiographic business for up to $49.2 million.
Dec 06, 2007
Merck KGaA’s Merck Serono division and Newron Pharmaceuticals (Milan, Italy) have launched a Phase III trial of safinamide as an add-on to dopamine agonist therapy in early Parkinson’s disease.
Dec 05, 2007
US cancer biotechnology company AVEO Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, Massachusetts) has signed a collaborative agreement with Eli Lilly to use AVEO's Human Response Platform in a pilot project.
Dec 04, 2007
Covance (Princeton, New Jersey) has purchased from Eli Lilly a partially constructed insulin manufacturing facility on a 47-acre site in Prince William County's technology park (Virginia, US).
Nov 27, 2007
Private equity firm Sequoia Capital has invested Rs 1 billion ($25 million) in Indian CRO GVK Biosciences (Hyderabad). GVK BIO plans to use the funds to build a state-of-the-art campus on a 25-acre site at Hyderabad.
Nov 26, 2007
UK CRO Chiltern International (Slough, Berkshire) has acquired the independent US CRO Clinical Trial Management Services. Terms were not disclosed.
Nov 20, 2007
Indian CRO Manipal AcuNova (Bangalore) and its German counterpart ECRON (Frankfurt) have signed a definitive merger agreement. The combined company, ECRON AcuNova, will have 265 employees
Nov 14, 2007
Averion International has acquired Swiss CRO Hesperion from its parent company, Cerep, for €25 million ($36.2 million).
Nov 14, 2007
Targeted Genetics (Boston, Massachusetts) says that final tests support earlier indications that a patient death during a trial of its injectable anti-arthritis drug, tgAAC94, was not caused by the drug.
Nov 08, 2007
MDS Pharma Services (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) has expanded its central lab operations in China, moving to a new, 25,000 sq ft facility near Beijing airport.