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The Motley Fool November 30, 2007 Brian Orelli	Clinical Trial Failures Don't Bother These Companies Contract research organizations, outsourcing companies hired by pharmaceutical and biotech companies to run pre-clinical tests and clinical trials for them, succeed even when drugs fail, and more work may be coming their way.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 Brian Orelli	Recession Schmession, This Industry Is On Fire Contract research organizations do pre-clinical research and run clinical trials for drug developers on the cheap. With pharmaceutical companies cutting back on costs, CROs are in the perfect position to benefit.
Bio-IT World January 13, 2003 Mark D. Uehling	Powerhouse CRO (Slowly) Goes Electronic Unhappy customers at Quintiles -- the world's largest CRO (contract research organization) -- are rare. It kept plugging away at the startup process, redesigning it from scratch. Now starting electronic trials takes no longer than paper ones.
Chemistry World January 25, 2013 Rajesh Parishwad	Indian supreme court's anger over unregulated clinical trials The fledgling clinical trials industry in India has been hit by recent revelations of a lack of regulation. Now, the country's supreme court has criticized the body that oversees clinical trials for its inaction in the face of these unethical practices.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2010 Luke Timmerman	Vertex Nails Third Big Trial With Hepatitis C Drug And in the toughest patients to treat, too.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: Promises to Keep Congress wants pharma to meet study commitments and disclose research results, but no one is giving FDA more resources to enforce its rules.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Sue Barrowcliffe	Real World Insights Commercial teams as well as patients can benefit from managed access programs, which are designed to provide access to medicines outside of the clinical and commercial setting, for patients who have no other available treatment options.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2007 Tom Taulli	A New Phase for Phase Forward Phase Forward wins a multi-million dollar contract for its clinical trial software; this infusion of cash provides even more resources for pursuing more growth.
Fast Company December 2009 Elizabeth Svoboda	Biotechs Look Overseas to Launch a Stem-Cell Revolution According to one small biotech, the best way to launch a stem-cell revolution is to do it overseas.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	Clinical Trial Results Fail to Inspire Inspire Pharma gets cut in half after a cystic fibrosis trial failure.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2013 Vansgaard et al.	Develop Drugs for People, Not Just Bodies A patient-centric approach to drug development delivers the benefits that actually create value
The Motley Fool September 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	You Must Realize This Drug Works by Now Vertex concludes its phase 3 trials with another win.
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Bio-IT World April 2007 Malorye Allison	Biomarkers versus Blockbusters Are companies really changing their strategies and using biomarkers to target smaller, better defined patient sets with their new drugs? Or is the vast majority of pharma biomarker studies just aimed at culling bad drugs from their pipelines?
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AskMen.com Richard Stevens	Participating In Clinical Trials Check out what participating in clinical trials involves and how you can join a study. You may even make some cash in the process.
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The Motley Fool March 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	Know Your Drug Stock ABCs: Part 2 Investing in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries can be difficult. Here are terms investors should know to better understand how the clinical trial process involved with bringing a drug to market works.
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Chemistry World October 15, 2013 Dinsa Sachan	Supreme court ruling brings clinical trials to a halt in India The fate of 162 global clinical trials hangs in the balance, as the top Indian court has asked the government to provide more details on their approval process before they can proceed.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Brian Lawler	Is Threshold on the Verge of Success? Shares of Threshold Pharmaceuticals were the second-best performer on the market yesterday, up 28% as a result of positive phase 2 clinical trial results for its lead drug, glufosfamide.
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Chemistry World February 26, 2014 Ned Stafford	Roche disputes unethical East German trial claims Clinical trials in the 1980s, performed in former communist East Germany by global pharmaceutical giant Hoffmann-La Roche, adhered to international standards and did not violate East German laws, according to a report issued by the company after a six month internal investigation.
Bio-IT World August 2005 Ellen H. Julian	Tech Expertise Singles Out Outsourcers Biopharmaceutical companies are flocking to consultants, outsourcers, and staffing firms to help with discrete clinical trial processes to gain access to advanced technologies and reduce the drain on already-scarce IT resources.
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Managed Care July 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Support Grows for Establishing National Clinical Trial Registry Stakeholders are pushing for a national clinical trial registry, and efforts by UnitedHealth Group are in the forefront. Medical journals are setting hard and fast rules.
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Chemistry World August 7, 2013 Emma Stoye	AllTrials releases plan for clinical trial reporting The organizations behind AllTrials, a public campaign calling for detailed information on clinical trials to be publically available, have put together a detailed plan on how to achieve clinical trial reporting on a global scale.
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