Author: Peter Mansell

Quintiles, the US-based provider of biopharmaceutical-development and commercial-outsourcing services, has entered into a five-year strategic partnership to optimise the clinical development of pipeline products at Biogen Idec.

Business & Decision Life Sciences (BDLS), which provides clinical-research and consulting services to life-science clients in North America and Europe, has secured valuable resources for non-interventional studies by acquiring Paris, France-based specialist Ceri Medical.

A European subsidiary of Harlan Laboratories, the US-based provider of contract-research services and research models, has appointed Invenium Pharmacology as its exclusive agent for contract research services in Australia, Southeast Asia and New Zealand.

The last financial quarter saw continuing consolidation in the contract research and manufacturing space.

Biomedical researchers working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are being offered fellowship and seed grants worth AED8 million (US$2.18 million) in total in a programme launched by Al Jalila Foundation.