PE Firm in Talks to Buy PPD for $4.3B - Aug. 16, 2011

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011  |   |   |   |  Pharm-Olam International Acquires StatWorks, Inc. With Pharm-Olam's acquisition of StatWorks we have expanded our team Data Management and Biostatistics experts for functional outsourcing and full service clinical trials. Our comprehensive biometric services include: • Integration of randomization into EDC systems, eliminating IVRS costs, with added benefit of full inventory control over supplies • Adaptive, Sequential, and Bayesian design methods • CDISC, SDTM and ADaM datasets • SAS programming, eCRF design, and medical coding in MedDRA/WHO Drug • Streamlining and reconciling across SAE, CTMS, and study DB • Health Outcomes Research and Patient Reported Outcomes • Protocol development, sample size, and randomization Contact us for your resource planning at www.pharm-olam.com, info@pharm-olam.com, USA 1-713-559-7900, UK 44-0-1344-891121 •   PE Firm in Talks to Buy PPD, Inc. (PPDI) for $4.3 Billion More... •   Icahn Funds Sell Stake in Biogen Idec, Inc. 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It is a print and online publication dedicated to publishing novel methods together with significant advances to tried and tested techniques allowing researchers to perform faster, better and more efficient experimental research. Request Now! •   Beijing SL Pharma, PnuVax SL Biopharmaceuticals Forms Canadian Vaccine $20 Million JV More... •   Muscular Dystrophy Association Collaborates with AVI BioPharma, Inc. (AVII) on First Phase 2 Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Exon-51 Skipping Drug as Potential Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy More... •   Reflect Scientific, Inc. Enters Into Collaborative Relationship With Prominent Cold Chain Development Company More... •   InViragen and University of Texas Medical School Receive Funding for Development of a Novel Recombinant Chikungunya Virus Vaccine More... •   BAC B.V. Collaborates in Providing Custom CaptureSelect(R) Affinity Ligands for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY)'s Adnectin(TM) Biotherapeutics More... 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More Earnings Report News Available Facilities 35 Northeast Industrial Road Branford, Connecticut 06405 U.S.A. • Building Size: 58,061 sq. ft. (gross area) • Land Area: 3.29 acres • Thirty (30+) chemistry and biology laboratories with more than forty (40) hooded workstations More Real Estate Listings Hot Company PPD, Inc. 929 North Front Street Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 U.S.A. Phone: 910-251-0081 Fax: 910-762-5820 PPD, Inc. is a leading global contract research organization providing discovery, development and post-approval services as well as compound partnering programs. Our clients and partners include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, academic and government organizations. More Company Profiles IBC's BioProcess International Conference & Exhibition October 31 - November 4, 2011 - Long Beach, California Event Website Download the 2011 BioProcess International brochure and see why this is YOUR must attend event for 2011. Download your PDF here. 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