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Leveraging On-Line Social Networks for Clinical Trial Patient Recruitment The phenomenal growth and utilization of online social networks has created a range of new opportunities for recruiting patients into clinical trials. From Facebook to MySpace and Bebo to hi5, social networks offer sponsors a channel through which they can proactively and cost-effectively plac ...	Other Articles Patient Data Security Paramount Issue in Clinical Trial Recruitment Investment Grows in Venture Hubs Around the World CRF Health Is Awarded For Getting Closer Electronic Data Capture Studies Need A New Model of Leadership Health Decisions Appoints New CTO to Streamline its HD360° Trial Management Platform Ricerca Launches Foresight With A Limited Time Offer MedNet Announces Key Enhancements To Empower Its Leading Research Management Solution
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CRO

Health Decisions Appoints New CTO to Streamline its HD360° Trial...

Health Decisions (www.HealthDec.com), a full-service contract research organization (CRO) specializing in high-efficiency adaptive solutions, has appointed Bryan Minihan as...

Ricerca Launches Foresight With A Limited Time Offer	MedNet Announces Key Enhancements To Empower Its Leading Research Management Solution
BioFocus And University Of Bristol Enter Drug Discovery Collaboration In Chronic Pain	Applied Clinical Intelligence, LLC Launches iCommittees

CMO/CDMO

Vetter Investment Will Enhance Strategic Partnership

Start of construction for modern center for visual inspection and logistics A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for Vetter’s newest facility, Ravensburg Vetter...

AMRI Receives Approval of Preliminary Injunction Against Dr. Reddy’s	AMRI Acquires Hyaluron Inc.
Lonza Closes Acquisition Of MODA	Vetter And Sentry BioPharma Services Establish Preferred Partnership Agreement

PHARMA

Immunovaccine Licenses Clinical Stage Cancer Vaccine from Merck KGaA

Immunovaccine Inc. (TSX VENTURE:IMV) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Merck KGaA (MRCG.DE) of Darmstadt, Germany, to in-license EMD 640744, an...

Frost & Sullivan Research Suggests Shift In Pharma Industry	AMRI Acquires Hyaluron Inc.
FedEx Custom Critical: Understanding the Carrier Roles in a Logistics Environment	Transportation in the Pharm Supply Chain: Understanding the Carrier Roles in a Logistics Environment

CLINICAL TRIALS

CRF Health Is Awarded For Getting Closer

CRF Health garnered nine awards recently in the Business-to-Business categories of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) Best of Health Awards, for their bold,...

CEDRA Corporation Announces Senior Director of Business Development in Generics	Balancing Market Value And Patient Populations - Autoimmune Treatments In Emerging Markets
CEDRA Corporation Names CEO	Vetter And Sentry BioPharma Services Establish Preferred Partnership Agreement

BIOPHARM

Adimab Announces 5th Major Pharmaceutical Partnership In First Year After...

Adimab, Inc., a leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced the initiation of a research collaboration with Novartis (Basel, Switzerland). This...

Novozymes Biopharma Offers Free Evaluation Samples Of Sodium Hyaluronate	Novozymes Biopharma Secures Albucult® Supply Agreement For Use In Medical Devices
Beckman Coulter Genomics Launches SPRIworks Fragment Library System II	MorphoSys and Xencor Sign License and Collaboration Agreement for Clinical Antibody Program

COMPLIANCE

Camargo Experts to Host July Webcasts

Guide for US FDA-Regulated Organizations Now Available

RadPharm and Medifacts International Merge to Form Leading Independent Core Lab

MPI Research Proactive in Response to Recent FDA Assessment of Abuse Potential of Drugs

PAREXEL Consulting Releases New Study Data On Drug Development Timelines In Safety First Era

More Regulatory Compliance Resources

R&D

Phenomenex Wins R&D 100 Award for Fifth Consecutive Year

Beckman Coulter and DNA Genotek Enhance DNA Isolation And Purification

AB Controls, Inc. Announces New Fully Automated Robotic Titration (Tix) System

Agilent Integrates Surety’s AbsoluteProof Service into OpenLAB Electronic Lab Notebook

GE Healthcare Launches High Content Analysis Award (HCA Award)

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TECHNOLOGY

Virtify Elevates John P. Murgo to Chief Operating Officer

GxPi’s x-docs™ electronic Document Management Solution Achieves Regulatory Compliance for FDAS

Optibrium Secures 25 Accounts in First Year of Business

Deacom Appoints Amanda Mackedanz as Senior Product Consultant for ERP Solution

Medidata Introduces New Web-based Version of Clinlical Trial Budgeting App With Complexity Metric

More Information Technology Resources

FINANCE

Investment Grows in Venture Hubs Around the World

Sanofi-Aventis’ Potential Acquisition Targets

Biotech Execs Reveal Strong Interest In Tax Credit Program, Forecast Hiring Plans

The Dohmen Company Foundation Donates $500,000 To Map International

Pfizer, Teva In 3-Way Bidding War For Ratiopharm

More Finance & Business Dev Resources

PROCESS MGMT

DDN Names New President Former COO, Mark Wiesman Moves to Company’s Top Position, Adds Staff

Taconic Undertakes Major Green Initiative at Germantown, New York Site

Taconic Acquires Xenogen Biosciences Subsidiary of Caliper Life Sciences

Fluxion Expands Into Asia With First China Sale, Distributors In Korea And Japan

DDN Medical Affairs Offers Structured Product Labeling (SPL) Services To The Life Science Industry

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