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The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi; Geneva, Switzerland) received ?5 million from Spain's Agencia Espa?ola de Cooperaci?n Internacional, based in Madrid, to aid in the research and development of new, effective, and affordable drugs for neglected diseases, including Chagas disease, human African trypanosomiasis, and malaria. DNDi plans to develop two new malaria drugs by the end of the year and is looking to create between six and eight new drugs for neglected diseases by 2014.

Clinsys continues expansion of team and drug development and clinical trial design capabilities through therapeutically-aligned program strategists.

EDICT Initiative pinpoints areas in which clinical trials policies need improvement.

Oncology trials in the community are making strides for one research network.

A look at the latest industry news as of May 2008.

Synarc gives insight into what its like to open a Clinical Research Center in Hong Kong.

First call for proposals under the Innovative Medicines Initiative presented today in the presence of Commissioner Janez Potoènik and EFPIA President Arthur Higgins.

Tigermed Consulting joins Shanghai CRO Service Alliance, CROSA.

ClinPhone and invivodata create a new global partnership to provide electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO) solutions.

A new partnership between Premier Research Group and Octagon Research Solutions will expand the companies' solution sets.

ClinPhone has announced its preliminary results for the year, reporting revenue growth of 15%.

As Octagon experienced significant growth in its CDISC SDTM related business, leaders in clinical data standardization note increased interest in CDISC standards.

Introducing ACT's new enewsletter, Lab Views, which will bring you news specific to the laboratory and its uses in clinical trials including deals, alliances, business developments, people news and events.

Medidata Rave becomes the first and only clinical trial solution certified on all eight uses of the Operational Data Model.

Interspond Introduces Electronic Investigator Grant Payment Process at IIR's Partnerships with CROs Conference in Las Vegas.

eResearchTechnology and nSpire Health form alliance to benefit clinical researchers with cardio-pulmonary services.

Supportive Oncology Services' direct collection of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) improves cancer care.

Amnis releases IDEAS version 3.0 statistical image analysis software.

A perspective piece from the New England Journal of Medicine calls for improvements in trial design for biomedical HIV treatments.

A new multiple sclerosis compound is now in the early stages of clinical trials

Clinical Trial Technology Company Broadens Partner Program in Response to Increasing Demand for Medidata Rave and Growing CRO and Service Provider Market.

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The Indian government has reacted to the enforced closure of three of its oldest vaccine manufacturing plants by launching a plan to convert them to drug testing laboratories.

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The Drug Information Association hosted its 20th Annual European meeting in Barcelona, Spain, where industry experts discussed topics at the forefront of European pharma.

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A recent survey from KMR Group shows a 15% decline in clinical operations productivity since 2005.