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PRA International, a leading clinical research organization (CRO), has announced the global implementation of the PRA Management System (PRAMS), a fully integrated quality management initiative aimed at delivering high-quality services to clients worldwide. This move strengthens the company's commitment to meeting or exceeding customer expectations in all locations.
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Sydney-based Skilled Engineering Ltd has announced a strong annual net profit of $A16.4 million ($US11.53 million) for the year to June 30, 2004, marking a slight increase from the previous year's net profit of $A16.1 million ($US11.32 million). The company's revenue reached
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Taipei's Executive Yuan Development Fund and Israeli venture capital firm GIZA are set to collaborate in investing in Taiwan's telecommunications and life sciences sectors, with the goal of introducing high-end expertise and upgrading Taiwan's design and R&D capabilities. This cooperative venture, the
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Gentris Corporation, a leading service provider of pharmacogenomic testing, has signed a preferred vendor and master services agreement with Quintiles Transnational Japan K.K. (Quintiles Japan), a leading service provider to the pharmaceutical industry in Japan. This partnership marks Gentris' first international expansion, capitalizing on Japan's position
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Pall Corporation has introduced three new protein purification kits, the Enchant Life Sciences Kit for Albumin Depletion and the two Enchant Life Sciences Kits for IgG Purification, designed to remove abundant proteins from human and animal-derived serum or plasma samples. This innovation supports the increasing demand for proteomics technologies, which
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Taiwan and New Zealand have agreed to broaden their cooperation in areas such as digital content and biotechnology, despite differences on agricultural issues. The two nations have a long-standing economic relationship, with Taiwan being New Zealand's fifth-largest trading partner, and New Zealand being Taiwan's largest trading
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Indonesian non-governmental organizations, led by the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi), are planning to take legal action against the gold mining company PT Newmont Minahasa Raya, a subsidiary of the US-based Newmont Mining Corp, for damaging the environment and putting public health at risk. The lawsuit, set to be filed next
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The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport (LSUHSC-S) and Bionomics Limited have announced a collaborative study to explore the therapeutic potential of a Bionomics proprietary gene (BNO69) in treating cancer. This partnership brings together LSUHSC-S's expertise in gene therapy delivery technology with Bionomics' gene discovery
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Researchers from PRB Pharmaceuticals and Lee's Pharmaceuticals have made a groundbreaking discovery in the fight against bird flu, with a patent-pending botanical extract, V38-AMF-1, showing complete inhibition of H5N1 and H3N2 infections in vitro. This breakthrough comes from the second arm of a multi-center, anti-viral project jointly sponsored
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Two former executives of the HealthSouth Corporation, Robert E. Thomson and James Reilly, were charged with conspiracy and violations of the Travel Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in connection with a suspected bribery scheme in Saudi Arabia. The indictment alleges that HealthSouth agreed to pay the director general
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Jay Grinney, CEO of HealthSouth Corp., is taking a page from his previous experience at HCA Inc. to help the company recover from billion-dollar fraud charges. Grinney, who spent 7 years as president of HCA's eastern group, helped the company settle federal charges of overbilling Medicare and Medicaid
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The largest for-profit hospital chain, Tenet Healthcare, has reported a loss of $122 million in the first quarter, marking the fifth quarter in a row. The company blames massive legal and regulatory problems, as well as a growing number of patients who can't or won't pay
