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The FDA is requiring that J&J and co-development partner Basilea Pharmaceutica resolve data integrity issues related to its antibiotic drug ceftobiprole

Sermes a contract research organization (CRO) based in Madrid, Spain, has deployed Oracle Clinical applications to support a new business unit focused on clinical trial data management, as well as plans for continued expansion in the global clinical trial market.

PAREXEL, a global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced that it has opened an office in Lima, Peru to provide regulatory consulting and clinical research capabilities.

ProTrials Wins Stevie Award

ProTrials Research, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded top honors in the 5th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

QED Farms Out IT

QED Clinical Services, a contract research organization, is using the IT Farm's Web-based IT for its offices as far afield as Russia, India and China.

DIA, the multidisciplinary, non-profit association that provides a neutral forum for the exchange of information critical to the advancement of the drug discovery and life cycle management processes, has opened an office in Beijing, China.

Octagon Research Solutions Inc. has been named to Deloitte?s prestigious Fast 50 Program for Greater Philadelphia, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the area by Deloitte LLP, one of the nation?s leading professional services organizations.

Bioanalytical Systems, Inc announced today that Anthony S. Chilton, Ph.D. is joining the Company as Chief Operating Officer, Scientific Services, effective December 1, 2008.

ICON plc, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, today announced that is has acquired Prevalere Life Sciences Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ORS Labs Inc.

To meet market demands for global trials, ICON plc, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced the opening of a full service central laboratory in Bangalore, India.

Patheon, a global provider of drug development and manufacturing services to the international pharmaceutical industry, will launch its recently enhanced Quick To Clinic(SM) program at the 2008 AAPS Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

PPD, Inc. today announced that its board of directors declared a cash dividend for the fourth quarter of 2008 under its annual cash dividend policy.