Study finds 600 new genes mutated in stomach cancer

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Jun, 2013

Singapore: A collaborative study conducted by three research groups affiliated with the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (Duke-NUS) and the National Cancer Center Singapore (NCCS) has ident...Read more

Sigma-Aldrich unit enters Korea with CrystalGenomics

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Sigma-Aldrich's custom manufacturing and services business unit, SAFC, has signed an agreement with Seoul-based CrystalGenomics to support the development of active pharmaceutica...Read more

India approved 26 drugs without clinical trials

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Aug, 2013

New Delhi: Officials in the Indian health ministry have admitted that about 26 new drug molecules were given approval since 2010 without conducting any proper clinical trials on local popul...Read more

FDA offers guidance on Alzheimer's drug development

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Feb, 2013

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposal designed to assist companies developing new treatments for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, before t...Read more

SIRO wins Frost & Sullivan CRO award

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Sep, 2012

Mumbai: SIRO Clinpharm has been awarded the Indian Clinical Research Organization of the Year 2012 Award by Frost & Sullivan, a leading global growth partnership and consulting firm. Th...Read more

Clinical Research Network gives Singapore its competitive edge

Clinical Research |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Sep, 2013

Singapore has a good track record of conducting high quality clinical trials in Asia, attributed to the highly qualified doctors and clinical trials coordinators who are trained in Good C...Read more

Mr Denzil Benjamin, ICON: New guidelines by India's CDSCO will re-define the industry in 2013

Clinical Research |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Dec, 2012

Adapting technology and tools to address the issues of increasing research and development (R&D) costs, slow results, lack of funding, regulatory requirements, multiple databases, and s...Read more

India strengthens clinical trial regulations

Clinical Research |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2012

In a bid to strengthen the regulation and monitoring of clinical trials in the country, the Indian government has announced several measures. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mr...Read more

PAREXEL inks services deal with Taiwan hospital

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Taiwan's PAREXEL International, a biopharmaceutical services provider, and National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) have collaborated to provide drug development services in Ta...Read more

Merger and Acquisition in CRO-Annual BSA CRO Survey

Clinical Research |  Analysis | By Nandita Singh | 0 Comment | 11 Oct, 2015

According to business intelligence provider, GBI Research, total number of deals in the global contract research organization market reached 700 between January 2010 and April 2015, achievi...Read more

Fight between local and global CROs intensifies

Clinical Research |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Sep, 2012

Mr Malcolm Burgess relocated to Hong Kong in 2011 to take up the role of executive vice president of ICON with special responsibility for the growth and development in Asia Pacific (APA C)....Read more

Malaysia to build on its clinical research potential

Clinical Research |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Jun, 2012

Malaysia's aspiration is to be a developed nation by the year 2020. With 10 years more to prepare for this anticipated year, current Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak announc...Read more

PPD acquires patient recruitment firm Acurian

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development, (PPD) has acquired Acurian, a service provider of clinical trial patient enrollment and retention solutions for the life sciences industry. "A...Read more

Daiichi Sankyo extends Medidata Clinical Cloud use to China

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo is expanding its use of US-based Medidata Solutions' cloud-based platform to support clinical trials conducted by its division in China. Daiichi Sankyo will bring ...Read more

CROs and BPOs give pharmacovigilance a new edge

Clinical Research |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Sep, 2012

Demand in emerging markets is opening up newer opportunities across various sectors and life sciences companies have several compelling reasons to build their presence in these markets. Em...Read more

China: Emerging drug discovery destination

Clinical Research |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Apr, 2012

China's growing economic strength and population of 1.3 billion people holds tremendous potential for global pharma and biotech companies as a location for clinical trials, as well as a mar...Read more

Linear Clinical Research wins Emerging Exporter Award

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Australian company Linear Clinical Research has won the Emerging Exporter of the year Award at the 50th annual Premier's Western Australian Export Awards. The awards aim to recog...Read more

India's CRO industry raises concerns at workshop

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Jul, 2012

New Delhi: At a media workshop on the clinical research industry (CRO) held at Delhi on July 13, 2012, industry experts urged the media to report in a balanced way. The workshop attended by...Read more