| Date | Category | Partnering Companies | Description |
| 3/8/2012 | CRO Services | Eclinso / XClinical | Eclinso and XClinical have entered into a partnership so as to provide combined service offerings for sponsors to manage their clinical data. Eclinso's Trialforce is a SaaS-based clinical trial platform, while XClinical's MARVIN is an EDC and data management tool |
| 3/6/2012 | Research Collaboration | ASLAN / PharmaNet | ASLAN pharmaceuticals has selected PharmaNet / i3 as a strategic partner to conduct clinical trials in its Oncology program |
| 3/6/2012 | Research Collaboration | ICON / Roche | Roche has selected global CRO ICON as a technology partner for storage of its medical images collected during clinical research |
| 3/1/2012 | CRO Services | Celerion / Ricerca | The two companies have entered into a JV to provide a comprehensive suite of services around the development of biosimilars |
| 2/28/2012 | Globalization | Quintiles / Russian Venture Company (RVC) | Quintiles entered into an alliance with RVC, with the intent of strengthening its service capability in Russia, which it believes will experience rapid growth in the coming years |
| 2/28/2012 | CRO Services | Charles River / Millipore | Charles River has entered into an exclusive licensing arrangement with Millipore, with the objective of using the latter's TrueSpike Technology to enhance its viral clearance studies offering |
| 2/23/2012 | Globalization | Inclinix / JSW Life Sciences | Inclinix, a CRO focused on patient recruitment, has entered into a parternship with JSW Life Sciences, which will enable it to strengthen its patient recruitment capabilities in Europe |
| 2/23/2012 | Globalization | Frontage / Fanghui Pharma | Fanghui, a Chinese pharmaceutical company entered into a $10 million agreement with CRO Frontage, wherin the latter will provide support in the areas of infrastructure, development, regulatory and facility consultation to Chinese pharma companies |
| 2/16/2012 | Globalization | Quintiles / Dayarn Pharma | Quintiles has strengthened its service offerings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region through an agreement with UAE-based Dayarn Pharma. The region is witnessing annual growth rates of 12-15% in pharma |
| 2/7/2012 | CRO Services | ESTERN Medical / Nextrials | CRO ESTERN Medical has partnered with clinical trial software company Nextrials. Through this collaboration, ESTERN's clients will be able to access Nextrials' EDC system that enables integration with EHR. Nextrials will also be able to provide services in Latin American markets |
| 2/1/2012 | Globalization | Parexel / ASAN | Parexel has entered into a collaboration with South Korea-based ASAN Medical Center, to provide early phase clinical trial services to sponsors in Asia |
| 2/1/2012 | CRO Services | PPD / VirtualScopics | PPD and VirtualScopics have expanded their alliance (formed in October 2010 and focused on Oncology), to now include clinical and medical imaging services across additional therapeutic areas such as CNS, Cardiovascular, General medicine and Medical devices |
| 1/27/2012 | CRO Services | Datatrak International / Excel Life Sciences | Excel Life Scienes, a CRO based out of the US and providing clinical trial services out of India, announced its partnership with Datatrak International's Connect Partner Program. Datatrak is a technology company with a focus on eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry |
| 1/19/2012 | Research Collaboration | Covance / Inserm Trnasfert | Covance has entered into an R&D collaboration with Inserm and its subsidiaries whereby the former will conduct discovery and early development studies for the latter |
| 1/17/2012 | CRO Services | Greenphire / Merge Healthcare | Clinical trial payment technology firm Greenphire has entered into a partnership with CRO Merge Healthcare, wherein the former's vendor payment system will be integrated with the latter's EDC system, to enable sponsors to automate payments in local currencies |
| 1/9/2012 | CRO Services | Dualsystems Biotech / NiKem Research | European CROs Dualsystems and NiKem have entered into a partnership to provide target profiling and early toxicology services to companies |
CRO Partnerships
Research collaboration: Collaboration with the objective of building research capabilities
Globalization: Partnerships with the intent of gaining access to clients in new geographic regions
