Joan Yan is Marken's GM in China

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Global clinical supply chain solutions provider, Marken, appointed Ms Joan Yan as its new general manager for their Beijing office, effective July 1, 2013. Ms Yan will be respons...Read more

Neil McCullough is Icon's executive VP of quality

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 May, 2013

Singapore: Icon, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, appointed Dr Neil McCullough as executive vice pres...Read more

Korea drug dev fund joins hands with US CRO

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Oct, 2012

Singapore: WCCT Global announced a mutual cooperation and business agreement with Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) located in Seoul, South Korea. This will be only the second global net...Read more

Charles River buys Vital River in China

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Charles River Laboratories International has entered into an agreement to acquire 75 percent ownership of Vital River, the premier commercial provider of research models and rel...Read more

Quintiles founder wins lifetime achievement award

BioServices |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Quintiles founder Dr Dennis Gillings has received the SCRIP 'Lifetime Achievement Award' and the company has been named 'CRO of the Year' at the 2012 SCRIP Awards in London. The...Read more

Study on drug for traumatic brain injury reaches milestone

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2012

Singapore: BHR Pharma has reached its SyNAPSe clinical trial enrollment midpoint of 590 patients. The company made the announcement during a presentation by Dr David Okonkwo, clinical direc...Read more

Transgene out-licenses TG1042 to Ascend Pharma

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Jul, 2013

Singapore: French biotech firm Transgene SA has granted Ascend Biopharmaceuticals, an emerging privately-held Australian immunotherapy company, a license to develop and commercialize TG1042...Read more

Ninad Deshpanday is Kemwell R&D president

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Feb, 2013

Bangalore: India-based Kemwell Biopharma appointed Dr Ninad Deshpanday as president of R&D. Dr Deshpanday has over 22 years of experience in diverse international roles in the pharmaceu...Read more

Quintiles China report: Low household income is challenge for pharma

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Sep, 2012

Singapore: A new Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report sponsored by Quintiles concludes that "China is a complex market that can yield profits to those companies that jump in with bo...Read more

PPD ranked 2nd by CenterWatch CRO site survey

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 May, 2013

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development's (PPD) site has been acknowledged by CenterWatch's 2013 Global Investigative Site Relationship Survey for reputation among all contract resear...Read more

Covance receives China GLP certification

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Dec, 2012

Singapore: The early development facility of Covance, which is located in Shanghai, China, received a good laboratory practice (GLP) certificate from the State Food and Drug Administration ...Read more

Cliantha uses Acceliant software to manage trials

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Feb, 2013

Singapore: India based contract research organization (CRO), Cliantha Research has implemented Acceliant's eClinical Suite for their clinical trial data management needs. Acceliant is the m...Read more

Roche introduces digital pathology platform

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 May, 2014

The Roche Diagnostics platform, which includes the iScan Coreo scanner and the Virtuoso digital pathology software, together represent a new way of working for pathologists in India. They a...Read more

Quintiles acquires Novella, retains leadership team

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Sep, 2013

Singapore: Global CRO Quintiles has completed the acquisition of Novella Clinical, a full-service clinical research organization focused primarily on emerging oncology customers as well as ...Read more

Chandler acquires Hoan My Medical's 80% stake

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Jun, 2013

Singapore: Chandler Corporation, provider of healthcare businesses in Philippines, Indonesia, and Kenya under Viva Healthcare brand, acquired 80 percent stake in Hoan My Medical, Vietnam's ...Read more

Japan approves pioneering stem cell study for heart disease

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Cytori Therapeutics announced that a 40-patient, multi-center investigator-sponsored and funded clinical study in Japan using the Celution System has been approved under the Min...Read more

Clinical Network Services acquires Beltas' assets

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Jan, 2013

Singapore: Clinical Network Services (CNS), an Australia-based CRO offering integrated development services in the planning, implementation and delivery of phase I and II trials, has acquir...Read more

Vedic launches ACElerator client-CRO model

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Vedic Lifesciences launched an innovative and unique client-CRO model, called ACElerator, for conducting human studies to substantiate product claims. Under this initiative, Vedi...Read more