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Pfizer and Private Access team up for trial recruitment website

20-Aug-2009 - US drug giant Pfizer has joined the growing list of organisations seeking to boost trial recruitment via the web, teaming up with IT firm Private Access to create a website designed to “increase clinical trial awareness and participation.”

Merge Healthcare to acquire eTrials after Bio-Imaging bid collapses

03-Jun-2009 - IT solutions firm Merge Healthcare has won the race to buy eClinical specialist etrials, beating previous suitor Bio-Imaging Technologies whose takeover bid collapsed on Monday.

Cisiv launches Baseline Plus for "real world" trials

07-May-2009 - UK software group Cisiv has unveiled a web-based EDC platform, Baseline Plus, which is specifically tailored to meet the demands of post market trials.

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CMED and Tessella team up on trials

07-May-2009 - CRO CMED and IT group Tessella are teaming up to offer adaptive trial data management and acquisition services to the drug industry.

Compliance initiatives increase despite economy; survey

08-Apr-2009 - Companies are maintaining their spending on quality control measures despite the challenging operating environment, according to Matthew Kopecky, product manager at Sparta Systems.

Asia-Pacific manufacturing growth attracts Werum

07-Apr-2009 - Werum Software & Systems has set up offices in Japan and Singapore, which will strengthen its position in Asia-Pacific and help it meet the region’s growing demand for tools to improve manufacturing quality.

Oracle to add Relsys to healthcare portfolio

02-Apr-2009 - Enterprise software company Oracle is to acquire Relsys, a specialist in drug safety and pharmacovigilance applications, for an undisclosed figure.

Richmond launches new data management offering

11-Mar-2009 - UK CRO Richmond Pharmacology has unveiled a new data management offering for the drug industry that it claims will help trial sponsors cut costs, save time and help guarantee data integrity.

Wonderware launches batch processing software

24-Feb-2009 - Wonderware has launched software to improve the management of batch processes, offering users the ability to easily install additional processing lines or manufacturing cells.

Alpvision stresses importance of brand authenticity

02-Feb-2009 - As the sophistication of counterfeit drug packaging continues to improve it is becoming harder and harder to tell real products from fake. in-PharmaTechnologist spoke with Alpvision's Roland Meylan about the company's approach to brand authentication.

ABB launches software for QbD & PAT

29-Jan-2009 - ABB has launched its latest process analytical technology (PAT) software xPAT, which it claims will help companies implement quality by design (QbD) through a products entire lifecycle.

EU wholesalers express concern with pharma package

23-Dec-2008 - The European Association of Pharmaceutical Full-line Wholesalers (GIRP) says it has concerns about the anti-counterfeiting proposals contained in the European Commission's recently-released 'pharmaceutical package.'

Analysis of 2008’s shifting employment patterns

18-Dec-2008 - To accompany the map detailing job losses, which can be viewed here , we have picked out the details and trends from the data, uncovering the state of US pharmaceutical employment in 2008.

CTx selects IDBS for drug development kit

16-Dec-2008 - Australian drug development firm Cancer Therapeutics (CTx) has selected IDBS’ E-workbook and ActivityBase platforms to manage its global drug development programmes.

Group offers "pharma leadership on demand”

20-Oct-2008 - A UK company has been launched with the aim of providing high level management expertise to pharmaceutical companies on an “on-demand” basis.

Pfizer narrows research focus again

02-Oct-2008 - Pfizer is shifting its research focus to those diseases where its sees the potential for the biggest treatment improvements and profits, while dropping eight disease areas including cholesterol.

Conformia’s platform combined with IBM system

19-Aug-2008 - Conformia says that the integration of its SOA data platform into IBM’s system will provide drugmakers with robust management architecture for the entire lifecycle of a product.

Start-ups shot down as credit crunches

09-Jul-2008 - The credit crunch is putting the squeeze on start-ups and established companies alike, with numerous firms struggling to obtain the financing that is their lifeblood.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing: people on the move

01-Jul-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its periodic round-up of personnel changes in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.

Sanofi launches $6.25bn vaccine battle plan

26-Jun-2008 - Sanofi-Aventis is to invest $6.25bn into vaccine production between now and 2015 as the company attempts to keep pace with rising demand.

IndiaSoft gets DynoChem distribution contract

25-Jun-2008 - IndiaSoft Technologies, which is headquartered in the city of Pune in Maharashtra state has won the contract to distribute Performance Fluid Dynamics' (PFD) DynoChem productivity software to drug manufacturers in the region.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing: people on the move

23-Jun-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its periodic round-up of personnel changes in the pharmaceutical sector.

POMSnet helps cut production errors

23-Jun-2008 - US technology specialist Honeywell International says that new features of its POMSnet manufacturing execution system (MES) can help pharmaceutical firms reduce production errors.

Social networking for scientists

11-Jun-2008 - A company based in the US and Germany has set up what it describes as a 'Facebook for scientists', in a move that brings the phenomenon of social networking firmly into the workplace.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing: people on the move

04-Jun-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its periodic round-up of personnel changes in pharmaceutical manufacturing and development.

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