Happy New Year and welcome to this issue of CROAsia Newsletter!
 Focused mainly on Asia's pharma-outsourcing sector, CROAsia brings all of its latest developments and updates to your fingerprint. We strive to become a leading drug development portal and welcome all interested parties to join us promoting the world's biggest cluster of pharma-outsourcing businesses.
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Featured Event
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 Our featured event is Pharma R&D Partnering World Asia 2010, taking place in Singapore, 16- 19th of March 2009. It is aimed to promote global and regional deal making between pharmas, biotechs and academics across different Asian countries and to direct financing into most promising drug candidates, delivery and expression systems, diagnostics, other technology platforms and R&D activities in the region. Details...
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China's Drug Contractors on a Fast-Growth Track
 Companies that conduct research for drugmakers are poised for torrid growth in China as their multinational clients look to sell more medicines in the world's most populous country and cut development costs.
Such contract research organizations, or CROs, charge large drugmakers for conducting all stages of research -- from discovery of compounds that might be used as drugs, to animal studies and expensive clinical trials involving hundreds or thousands of patients with various ailments. Details...
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Latest News
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Covance Expands Presence in Asia-Pacific
[December 15, 2009] - Covance Inc. today announced the opening of new clinical development offices in Seoul, South Korea and Mumbai, India and office expansions in Tokyo, Japan ...
Shanghai ChemPartner Contributes to Agios' Groundbreaking Cancer Research
[December 09, 2009] - Shanghai ChemPartner Co., Ltd. announced that ChemPartner scientists are pleased to have been involved in recent groundbreaking cancer research from Agios ...
Pfizer and Crown Bioscience to Collaborate on Cancer Drug Research and Development
[December 08, 2009] - Pfizer and Crown Bioscience, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a collaboration to research and develop novel therapeutics for Asian cancers ...
PPD Acquires BioDuro, a China-based Preclinical CRO
[November 18, 2009] - PPD today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire BioDuro, a drug discovery outsourcing company that provides a broad range of integrated services ...
PPD Acquires China's Excel PharmaStudies
[October 27, 2009] - PPD today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Excel PharmaStudies, the market leader and one of China's largest contract research organizations ...
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Featured CRO
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Based in Hong Kong, Clinical Trial Concepts Ltd. has extensive clinical trial proficiency in a wide variety of therapeutic areas. It provides services and training to small or large biotech, medical device and pharmaceutical companies.
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