May17Tue

Member News from ICON Clinical Research

icon-logo_0ICON and Pfizer Honoured as Clinical Research Team of the Year at the Clinical and Research Excellence Awards

Joint ICON and Pfizer team win award for excellence in study start-up and patient recruitment in cardiovascular outcome studies

Dublin, Ireland, 16th May 2016 – ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR) a global provider of drug development solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced that, together with Pfizer, it has won the Clinical Research Team of the Year award at the inaugural Clinical and Research Excellence (CARE) Awards which took place in Boston on the 27th April.

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May10Tue

Member News from Almac Group

AlmacLogositeAlmac Group Launches US Serialization Solution in Partnership with Optel Vision 
Craigavon, N.I., UK, – 25 April 2016 – Almac Group, the global contract development and manufacturing organisation, is pleased to announce an expansion to its serialisation capabilities to include its US commercial packaging facility in Audubon, PA.Building upon Almac’s in-house expertise and proprietary serialisation / track and trace solution developed at its UK headquarters, this technology expansion will address FDA regulations meeting the requirements outlined in the Drug Quality and Security Act together with meeting client demand for a local US, flexible, contract packaging serialisation provider. Read More
May10Tue

Member News from Almac Group

AlmacLogositeThe Almac Pod™ – Changing the Dynamics of Temperature Controlled Shipping Solutions
Craigavon, N.I., UK, 9 May 2016 – With the rise of biologics and the introduction of strict Good Distribution Practices (GDP), Almac has recognised the need for a change in dynamics of temperature controlled shipping, with the launch of their new Almac Pod™ service solution.

Understanding the cost, logistical, and compliance challenges posed by this changing environment, the Almac Pod™ is a first-to-market service solution that incorporates the efficiencies of the Almac-approved, global courier network and advanced phase change technology (PCM) to create a temperature-controlled shipping service solution that eases the burden for their global clinical supply customers.

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May04Wed

Support direct service to Cork Airport

Lend your voice! Click HERE to download a Guide to Filing in the NAI Docket
(information regarding the application made by Norwegian Air, as well as step by step instructions on how you can submit comments)

As many of you know, Norwegian Airlines, in conjunction with Cork Airport, have been working to institute direct flights across the Atlantic from Cork. Initially these flights will go to Boston, with plans to expand the service to New York.

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May04Wed

Ireland to be EU’s fastest-growing economy in 2016

Ireland is predicted to be the fastest-growing economy in Europe this year according to new figures from the European Commission, with the EU’s executive arm expecting the economy to grow by 4.9 per cent this year.

The predicted GDP growth rate is higher than the figure of 4.5 per cent for 2016 estimated three months ago. The Commission also revised upwards its estimates for 2017 to 3.7 per cent, up slightly from the growth rate of 3.5 per cent predicted in February.

To read the entire article, please click HERE.

Mar25Fri

Irish colleges and companies secure €251m of EU science funding

Government targets €1.25bn of total €75bn Horizon 2020 budget

Nearly 600 science projects run through colleges and companies in Ireland won have won funding worth €251 million from the Horizon 2020 programme, the Minister for Skills, Research & Innovation, Damien English, has announced.

Horizon 2020 is the European Union’s programme for Research and Innovation, and it has granted €157 million of that funding to projects in the higher education system and €72 million to companies based in Ireland, English said.

To read the entire article, please click HERE.