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

Senz starts phase II cancer trial

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 10 Dec, 2012

Singapore: Senz Oncology announced that the first patient has commenced treatment in a phase I/II clinical evaluation of VAL-1000 in patients with acute leukaemias (protocol SO-2012-1)...Read more

India suffers adverse effects of clinical research

Clinical Research |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Aug, 2013

Everything does not seem to be well in the pharmaceutical industry of Asia's third largest economy - India. Although the largest democracy of the world, which boasts of a population of 1.27...Read more

Resverlogix initiates phase II diabetes trials

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Resverlogix has initiated an exploratory phase II clinical trial in patients with pre-diabetes mellitus to examine the effects of RVX-208 and ApoA-I production on glucose metabo...Read more

Marken gets 12-year license in China

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Global clinical supply chain solutions provider Marken has been granted a 12-year license to ship biological samples and drug product within China. Marken plans to continue its e...Read more

Which domain of clinical research do APAC CROs focus on?

Clinical Research |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Sep, 2013

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conducted in association with CyberMedia Research (CMR), yet again identifie...Read more

Good Clinical Practice-certified investigators ensure quality in Malaysia

Clinical Research |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Sep, 2013

The clinical trials landscape in Malaysia is very easy to navigate. The Malaysian government has been actively promoting clinical trials and other facets of biomedical development for man...Read more

Marc Wolff is CFO of ReSearch Pharma Services

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2013

‎Singapore: ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, a clinical research firm, has appointed Mr Marc Wolff as its chief financial officer.In this role, Mr Wolff will direct all financial, ta...Read more

Patrys' multiple myeloma clinical trial progresses

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Patrys, a clinical stage biotechnology company, has received approval to progress its Phase I/IIa PAT-SM6 multiple myeloma trial to its fourth and final group of patients, based ...Read more

Agilent LC/MS for 'dried blood-spot analysis'

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 May, 2012

Singapore: Agilent Technologies has introduced the Agilent Automated Card Extraction LC/MS system, a fully integrated instrument for the analysis of dried blood spots and other dried media....Read more

Mesoblast NeoFuse shows +ve results

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Jan, 2013

Singapore: Regenerative medicine company Mesoblast's phase II clinical trial for lumbar spinal fusion successfully met its safety and efficacy endpoints. The results suggest that Mesoblas...Read more

Japanese firm to begin clinical research in Bahrain

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Feb, 2013

Singapore: SBI Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Japan, has concluded a basic agreement to begin clinical research on diabetes in Bahrain with the Arabian Gulf University. The company resea...Read more

Quintiles gets CAP's first-ever Asia accreditation

Clinical Research |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Jan, 2013

Mumbai: Quintiles announced that its central laboratory in Mumbai, India, has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists 15189SM Accreditation Program, becoming the f...Read more