Abbott Builds Pipeline With Deals; Boehringer Drafts $382M Expansion Plan - Sept. 14, 2011

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Wednesday, September 14, 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   •  Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Builds Pipeline With Deals More... •  Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation Drafts $382 Million Expansion Plan More... •  Vertex Pharmaceuticals (MA) (VRTX) CEO Uses Morgan Stanley Stage to Chide Analyst in Front of Investors More... •  Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Delays Formula Unit Sale to Explore Spin-Off More... •  Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (D4S.F) Unit Warned by FDA Over Manufacturing More... •  AEterna Zentaris (AEZS) Presents Positive Final Phase 2 Efficacy and Safety Data for AEZS-108 in Advanced Endometrial Cancer at European Society of Gynecological Oncology Meeting in Milan, Italy More... •  Banking on Botox No Concern for Allergan Inc. (AGN) CEO More... •  VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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