CWWeekly March 10th 2008 Issue

Top News

AbCRO Opens Two Offices in Russia

Sofia, Bulgaria-based, American-owned contract research organization AbCRO opened two offices in Russia. AbCRO currently has 170 employees. AbCRO also has offices in Bucharest and Cluj, Romania; Zagreb, Croatia; and Belgrade, Serbia. In addition, the company opened an office in Warsaw, Poland, last year.

PRA Doubles Kansas Phase I Unit

Raleigh, N.C.-based contract research organization (CRO) PRA International has opened a new clinical pharmacology unit (CPU), adding about 40 beds in Lenexa, Kansas.The facility replaces a smaller nearby phase I unit and doubled PRA’s presence in the area to 80 beds. The 16,000-square-foot facility was built at a cost of about $2 million. According to Tamminga, the new CPU in Kansas will focus on “high-end” complex trials that require a lot of skill and knowledge to perform.

Other breaking news... 

• GRS launches phase I data management platform...
• Georgia Institute of Technology develops drug compliance device “necklace”...

Company Profile: An interview with Ron Waife, president, Waife & Associates

To read the full articles for this issue or for more information on these and other breaking stories, please click here for subscription information. Past weekly article summaries for the year can be found in the CW Weekly Issue archives.