Merck, Ono Ink Pact Worth $25M; Creabilis Raises $20M - Oct. 4, 2011

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Tuesday, October 04, 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.   •  Merck , Ono Ink Pact Worth $25M for MS and Cancer Drugs More... •  Creabilis SA Raises $20 Million in Series B Fundraising Round More... •  Hikma Pharmaceuticals Enters the Moroccan Market Through the Acquisition of 63.9% of Promopharm for $111 Million More... •  Phagenesis Closes €7 Million Series B Financing Round More... •  Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SOMX) Announces FDA Feedback on Silenor OTC Regulatory Pathway and Changes to Commercial Team More... •  Emergent BioSolutions (EBS) Snags $1.25 Billion Contract to Provide Anthrax Vaccine to Feds More... •  Australian Anti-Cancer Drug Company, Immune System Therapeutics Limited, Moves to Reach International Markets with Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer More... •  Harris Gets $37 Million Cancer Research Contract More... 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