Clinical trials

News

Soligenix wins US$1.2m development grant – 23-Aug-2010

Supports Phase III trial of orBec in acute GI GVHD

GSK starts final clinical trial of shingles vaccine – 23-Aug-2010

More than 30,000 patients to take part worldwide

SCM Pharma wins repeat radio-labelling contract – 9-Aug-2010

French pharma company again chooses CMO for specialist radio-labelled filling clinical trial project involving potent cytotoxic ingredients

World Courier expands storage and distribution network – 5-Aug-2010

Breaks ground on new 135,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in Singapore

Anticancer agent – brivanib alaninate – 20-Jul-2010

When vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is over-expressed, it can lead to rapid tumour growth

Articles

Anticoagulant – edoxaban tosilate – 7-Sep-2010

With classical anticoagulants like warfarin and heparin it can be a challenge to maintain effective, safe blood thinning when required

Voluntary procedure on trial – 5-Feb-2010

Is the Voluntary Harmonisation Procedure the way forward for multinational clinical trials in the EU? Hilary Ayshford reports from the recent TOPRA/EMA meeting on how things are progressing

Capping in isolation – 11-Sep-2009

Industry is moving towards isolation rather than containment for many filling operations. Watson-Marlow Flexicon describes the automated filling and capping systems for an aseptic isolator recently installed in a UK clinical trial facility

Filling a niche – 6-Feb-2009

Many small drug discovery companies need to outsource the production of materials for clinical trials. Susan Birks visited Bodycote Prova, in Camberley, UK, whose recent expansion aims to tap into that niche

Keeping trials on track – 6-Feb-2009

As part of a strategic move into the clinical trials space, Piramal Healthcare's CMO business has developed the TrakPack system to project manage clinical trial supplies for customers. Piramal's Ian Morgan explains

Events

Monitoring Clinical Drug Studies: Beginner – 24-Aug-2010

15 - 17 September 2010
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

SCOPE – Summit for Clinical Ops Executives – 16-Aug-2010

7 – 9 February 2011
Westin Colonnade Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, US

FDA Clinical Investigator Training Course – 13-Aug-2010

8 – 10 November 2010
Silver Spring, Maryland, US

Jobs & People

Graham Nicholls joins Almac as director of biostatistics – 22-Apr-2010

Brings more than 15 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry

TxCELL appoints chief medical officer – 12-Feb-2010

TxCell, a French biotechnology company developing cell-based therapies using Type 1 T-regulatory lymphocytes for treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, has appointed Miguel Forte to the newly created role of chief medical officer.