Clinical research site consolidation will continue over the summer, and COVID-19 will certainly contribute to this ongoing process. In the latest moves, Accel Clinical Services (ACS), the parent company of Accel Research Sites, acquired the assets of AMPLIFY Clinical....
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NJ-based Clinical Investigational Site Profile: Amici Clinical Research Gears up for COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Raritan, New Jersey-based Amici Clinical Research is gearing up for a busy summer as it seeks to conduct up to 15 clinical trials, many of which will be focused on COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, or preventive drugs. In one case, the research site will conduct a...
Velocity Clinical Research Acquires Omega Medical Research, Expanding Its Reach to All Four Continental U.S. Time Zones
Paul Evans and Velocity are on the move again buying another research site in their quest to build a seamlessly integrated national clinical research site organization. Now the team has acquired Omega Medical Research in Providence, Rhode Island, and Buynak Clinical...
New York-Presbyterian Hospital Scrambles for Funding due to COVID-19
A major research hub in New York City, New York-Presbyterian represents one of the most comprehensive, integrated academic health care delivery systems not only in the New York metro areas but also the nation. By collaborating tightly with Weill Cornell Medicine and...
Will Clinical Research Grow in California’s Capital?
Just as the death toll from COVID-19 rose over 90,000 in the United States, Operation Warp Speed was announced by President Donald Trump, an ambitious federally-driven, public-private partnership established to help overcome COVID-19. Among other things, a safe and...
Kansas Clinical Investigative Site Ready for COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial
Kansas-based Heartland Research Associates, a clinical research center and investigatory site, has completed more than 300 major vaccine studies—they have now added a COVID-19 vaccine study to their portfolio as a pharmaceutical company opted them into a trial. The...
Clinical Investigational Site Hit by Cyber Gangsters and 2,300 Subjects’ Personal Data Published on the Internet
Hammersmith Medicines Research Ltd. was scheduled to commence a trial of a potential COVID-19 vaccine when it was attacked by the Maze ransomware group on March 14, locking down its systems. When it resisted the hacking group’s demands, the latter published historic...
Local Illinois Provider Taps into CTCA for Advanced Oncology Care and Access to Clinical Research as a Care Option
A local Illinois-based provider, Iroquois Memorial Hospital, has inked a collaborative partnership with a national oncology network called Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA). The deal introduces not only the prospect of more advanced oncology care to the...
Wisconsin-based Spaulding Clinical Research A Top Phase I Facility: The FDA Awards a $5m Contract
Spaulding Clinical Research, a West Bend, WI-based clinical research site, and a declared full-service CRO, operates a 200-bed facility while specializing in Phase I trials supporting the first-in-human clinical proof-of-concept, cardiovascular, and NDA-enabling...
hyperCORE International Adds More Sites to its Integrated Site Network
hyperCORE International (hyperCORE), a growing U.S.-based integrated site network, has added two more research sites to provide additional capacity required for its growth, including AGA Clinical Trials and Clinical Site Partners. Clinical research sites compete for...
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris Inks Partnership with IQVIA for a ‘Prime Site’ in Europe
One of Europe’s leading clinical research centers, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), has joined forces with IQVIA, the global health technology, and human data science company to launch the Paris Prime Site for clinical trials. This AP-HP partnership...
Data Breaches at Regional Montana Provider Offering Clinical Trials
Kalispell Regional Healthcare in Montana was hit with another patient lawsuit recently as the apparently patient protected health information was impacted by a data breach. And just a couple months ago, the health system notified patients that 130,000 patients had...
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Developed Parkinson’s Disease PET Drug
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new Positron Emission Tomography (PET) drug to combat Parkinson’s disease. Fluorodopa F 18 Injection (NDA 200655) will help visualize dopaminergic nerve...
Prominent Neurosurgeon & Clinical Investigator Appointed CEO to Henry Ford Medical Group
Ford Health System has named world-renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Steven Kalkanis as Chief Executive Officer of the Henry Ford Medical Group. Dr. Kalkanis will provide strategic leadership and direction to over a 1,900-member group of physicians and researchers, including...
Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute New Advanced Cancer Center to Support Clinical Trials
Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCS) announced a new $16 million state-of-the-art facility in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, to house an advanced cancer center. The 10,820 square-foot center will include 38 chemotherapy chairs, 10 examination rooms,...
A Pediatric Dermatologist, Some Positive Exposure, Integrated Health System & Research Site: M Health Fairview
A pediatric dermatologist at provider M Health Fairview, Dr. Sheilagh Maguiness, MD, FAAD, focuses on pediatrics with a special interest in the diagnosis and management of vascular anomalies, including hemangiomas, capillary malformations and complex vascular...
DIEX Research in Quebec Drives a Multidisciplinary, Collaborative Culture to Improve Clinical Research Outcomes in Quebec
A wealthy, diverse, dynamic, multi-cultural and bilingual nation, Canada wields tremendous influence in biopharma markets given its’ position as the ninth largest biopharma drug market in the world with a relatively small population of 37.59 million people. In the...
Charlotte NC Provider CEENTA Seeks Clinical Research Coordinator for Clinical Trials
Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates, P.A. (CEENTA) has been a Charlotte, North Carolina region premier eye, ear, nose and throat care provider for adults and pediatric patients for nearly 100 years. With the largest multi-specialty practice on the East...
CenExel Acquires Research Centers of America further Expanding Its Operation Across the Country
Clinical research site expansion continues at a healthy rate as CenExel Clinical Research, Inc. (“CenExel”) acquires Research Centers of America (RCA), a Hollywood, Florida based clinical investigational site. This acquisition enables CenExcel to expand their “Centers...
Advanced Therapy Research Survey of Sites and Investigators
The value-driven, precision-based drug development boom now underway introduces new complexity and competitive dynamics for drug development including clinical trials. Traditional small molecule-based biotech therapies focus on addressing symptoms of disease while...