Mr George Baeder, Quintiles: Companies will fail to leverage on what China has to offer in 2013

BioServices |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Dec, 2012

China's role in the global drug industry will fundamentally change; most companies will fail to capitalize on this opportunity. Prepare for the world of traditional Western drug development...Read more

Humedica, Pfizer form strategic research alliance

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Dec, 2012

Singapore: US-based Humedica, a clinical intelligence company, and Pfizer, will conduct data-driven collaborative research. According to the agreement, the alliance will leverage Humedica's...Read more

ScinoPharm to manufacture anti-obesity drug for VIVUS

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Jul, 2012

Singapore: ScinoPharm's Taiwan facility will provide commercial manufacturing of topiramate active pharmaceutical ingredient for VIVUS's Qsymia, a new drug for the treatment of obesity appr...Read more

Siro deploys Oracle's Health Sciences InForm

BioServices |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Dec, 2012

Singapore: Siro Clinpharm, a leading full service clinical research organization, has deployed one-of-the-biggest IT advancement projects in the Asia Pacific region, Oracle Health Sciences...Read more

PPD expands testing facilities at Singapore, Brussels

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

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), a contract research organization providing drug discovery, development and life-cycle management services, has strengthened its central ...Read more

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