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Off-shoring: A Country Attractiveness Index for Clinical Trials

By Mark P. Mathieu
For many years, pharmaceutical companies have been off-shoring manufacturing operations to lower-cost countries. Healthy margins and strong risk aversion have afforded pharmaceutical companies the luxury of staying close to home, for all but manufacturing activities. As financial pressures increase, pharmaceutical executives are finding that going offshore is not only less risky than it once was, but also too attractive to ignore.  Read More



Invivodata and Quintiles Partner



January 22, 2010 | Quintiles and invivodata, inc.,  have announced a collaboration agreement  to transform the way Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) are used in clinical research to speed drug development. The collaborative arrangement connects invivodata’s PRO consulting, technology, and service solutions to the full suite of Quintiles’ clinical services,  providing integrated processes and deliverables. It will reduce study complexity and cost as redundant services are removed throughout all phases of  drug development. The agreement solidifies an ongoing collaborative effort between the companies, with invivodata providing its ePRO solutions in more than 20 joint studies to date. Read more.

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