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Pharsight Corporation, a provider of software, strategic consulting, and regulatory services for optimizing clinical drug development, and InforSense Ltd., aprovider of next-generation business and scientific intelligence tools, announced that they have signed an agreement for InforSense to distribute Pharsight products in China through its Shanghai based subsidiary.

The European Commission (EC), the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have affirmed their commitment to regulatory cooperation and to intensifying their interactions in several new areas.

The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) partners funded £393m worth of research into cancer in 2006, an increase of £135m compared to 2002.

PPD, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of InnoPharm, an independent contract research organization based in Smolensk, Russia.

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After almost a decade of dim progress in drug development, R&D is finally making a come back, according to current data published in Parexel International's, "The U.S. Drug Approval Trends and Yearbook 2008/2009."

Clinsys Clinical Research, a therapeutically focused global contract research organization, announced the launch of its Passionately Pink for the Cure campaign, a company-wide breast cancer awareness and fundraising program supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

The Netherlands has become the latest European country to establish a network that is designed to promote pediatric drug development.

A new online MSc in Clinical Research Administration, developed to combat a skills shortage in the clinical research sector, has attracted 73 students from 27 countries.

CRF Inc. (CRF), a global provider of electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePRO) and wireless data collection solutions for the Life Science industry, announces the expansion of its Clinical Advisory Board.

Exco InTouch, a mobile messaging provider for the pharmaceutical industry, announces that its electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO) solutions have been selected by Synairgen, a drug discovery company focused on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Covance Inc. has announced that it will no longer pursue a 50-50 joint venture with WuXi Pharmatech to provide preclinical contract research services in China.

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The EMEA has made its first recommendation for the use of a centrally-authorized medicine in children on the basis of clinical trial data generated in accordance with an agreed paediatric investigation plan (PIP).

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Growth Partnership Company Frost & Sullivan has named Oracle as the 2008 North American Market Leadership Award recipient for Clinical Trial Management Systems, recognizing Oracle's Siebel Clinical Trial Management System.

Good Products, a provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, and Adlib Software, a producer of server-based document conversion, recognition and publishing software, announced an OEM partnership.

TIBCO Software Inc., together with INTEGROMICS, a provider of software solutions for data management and data analysis in genomics, proteomics and drug discovery, announced a solution for genomics research that provides researchers and scientists with a direct, interactive, visual approach to data analysis that rapidly reveals insights and unexpected relationships in genomics data.

Hewlett-Packard selects Kayentis, a global provider of Digital Pen and Paper technology, as Worldwide Solutions business partner for the health care and life science industries.

ISI, a provider of software and services for the life sciences industry, announced a new module to its integrated regulatory solution suite at the 2008 RAPS Annual Conference & Exhibition in Boston.