<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>PharmaAsia - Alliances and Mergers</title><link>http://www.pharmaasia.com</link><description>PharmaAsia - Alliances and Mergers</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>Copyright 2012 Ten Alps Communications Asia. All rights reserved.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 19:23:22 +0800</pubDate><item><title>DOCS continues expansion with four new offices in Europe</title><link>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/docs-continues-expansion-with-four-new-offices-in-europe/9320</link><description>ICON announced that its resourcing division, DOCS, has expanded in Europe by opening four new offices:  in Milan, Italy; Budapest, Hungary; Brussels, Belgium and Berlin, Germany. This latest expansion brings the total number of DOCS offices in Europe to 22.</description><guid>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/docs-continues-expansion-with-four-new-offices-in-europe/9320</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Agilent Technologies joins sponsors of GreenCentre Canada</title><link>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/agilent-technologies-joins-sponsors-of-greencentre-canada/9307</link><description>Agilent Technologies has joined the sponsors of GreenCentre Canada, a national centre of excellence for commercializing green chemistry discoveries generated by academic researchers and industry.</description><guid>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/agilent-technologies-joins-sponsors-of-greencentre-canada/9307</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Sartorius Stedim Biotech, Refine Technology announce cooperation</title><link>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/sartorius-stedim-biotech-refine-technology-announce-cooperation/9310</link><description>This joint development project proactively responds to the current market demand for more effective connectivity between equipment from different suppliers to enable development of efficient, streamlined systems.</description><guid>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/sartorius-stedim-biotech-refine-technology-announce-cooperation/9310</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Phase III studies with VEGF Trap-Eye in wet age-related macular degeneration show sustained improvement in visual acuity</title><link>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/phase-iii-studies-with-vegf-trap-eye-in-wet-age-related-macular-degeneration-show-sustained-improvement-in-visual-acuity/9306</link><description>Bayer HealthCare and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced that in an integrated analysis of two parallel Phase III studies (VIEW 1 and VIEW 2) in patients with the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), patients treated with VEGF Trap-Eye showed a sustained improvement in visual acuity at 96 weeks versus baseline.</description><guid>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/phase-iii-studies-with-vegf-trap-eye-in-wet-age-related-macular-degeneration-show-sustained-improvement-in-visual-acuity/9306</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Agilent Technologies, Integrated Diagnostics enter into partnership</title><link>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/agilent-technologies-integrated-diagnostics-enter-into-partnership/9301</link><description>Agilent Technologies and Integrated Diagnostics announced a partnership to develop assays that detect major human diseases at very early stages to improve treatment outcomes.</description><guid>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/agilent-technologies-integrated-diagnostics-enter-into-partnership/9301</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>PBL InterferonSource collaborates with AVANZA</title><link>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/pbl-interferonsource-collaborates-with-avanza/9300</link><description>PBL InterferonSource (PBL) and AVANZA Laboratories announced collaboration between their two organizations that will focus on enhancing their ability to service the biopharmaceutical industry.</description><guid>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/pbl-interferonsource-collaborates-with-avanza/9300</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>ICON Acquires BeijingWits Medical Consulting</title><link>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/icon-acquires-beijingwits-medical-consulting/9299</link><description>ICON has agreed, subject to closing conditions, to acquire BeijingWits Medical Consulting, a leading CRO in China. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2012.</description><guid>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/icon-acquires-beijingwits-medical-consulting/9299</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Agilent Technologies and Oxford Gene Technology expand microarray and sequencing partnership</title><link>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/agilent-technologies-and-oxford-gene-technology-expand-microarray-and-sequencing-partnership/9251</link><description>OGT the first company to be awarded Agilent High-Throughput Microarray Certified Service Provider status.</description><guid>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/agilent-technologies-and-oxford-gene-technology-expand-microarray-and-sequencing-partnership/9251</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Pharmaceutical and biotech companies boost resources in medical affairs affiliates</title><link>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/pharmaceutical-and-biotech-companies-boost-resources-in-medical-affairs-affiliates/9248</link><description>Cutting Edge Information finds country-level medical affairs budgets now average $1.9 million.</description><guid>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/pharmaceutical-and-biotech-companies-boost-resources-in-medical-affairs-affiliates/9248</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Roche signs definitive agreement to acquire Anadys Pharmaceuticals</title><link>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/roche-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-anadys-pharmaceuticals/9243</link><description>A cquisition aims to expand future treatment options for hepatitis C patients.</description><guid>http://www.pharmaasia.com/article/roche-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-anadys-pharmaceuticals/9243</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

