WCG continues its expansion into technology-enabled clinical trial solutions by picking up digital GcP training and collaboration platform Trifecta, including its communications platform known as InvestigatorSpace® to facilitate and support virtual training...
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Intermountain Healthcare Announces its Intention to Merge with Sanford Health Forming Huge Health System with Large Rural presence
Intermountain Healthcare, one of America’s pathbreaking systems embracing value-based and digital healthcare, has signed a letter of intent to develop a strategic partnership with Sanford Health, one of the nation’s leading systems in rural health care delivery and...
Headlands Research Acquires Well-Known CNS Research Centers to Continue its Expansion for Competitive Advantage
Clinical trials site consolidation continues as Headlands Research, a global next-generation clinical research site organization, bought two large central nervous system (CNS)-focused clinical research centers, including JEM Research Institute and Toronto Memory...
Advarra buys Boutique IRB as PEG-Backed, Consolidators Push Ahead in COVID-19 World
Central institutional review board (IRB) consolidator Advarra has acquired another firm—this time a boutique IRB firm called IRBco. This purchase represents the ongoing march of private equity-backed central firms (the other major one being WCG) to further consolidate...
CenExel Acquires Research Centers of America further Expanding Its Operation Across the Country
Clinical research site expansion continues at a healthy rate as CenExel Clinical Research, Inc. (“CenExel”) acquires Research Centers of America (RCA), a Hollywood, Florida based clinical investigational site. This acquisition enables CenExcel to expand their “Centers...
Nationwide Clinical Investigational Site Consolidation Continues with CNS-Focused Consolidation Funded by Bison Capital Partners
In yet another private equity-backed consolidation move in the clinical research site market, private equity made a power move again, this time underwriting a new central nervous system (CNS)-focused site organization roll-up called Apex Innovative Sciences (Apex)....
Minnesota Clinical Investigator Site Prism Clinical Research Acquired by Private Equity-Backed Australian CRO
Clinical investigator site consolidation continues as deal making goes international. Crescent Capital Partner-backed Australian dedicated research site and contract research organization (CRO) Nucleus Network recently acquired St. Paul MN-based Prism Clinical...
Clinical Investigator Site Consolidation Continues as PE-Backed VitaLink Research Acquires Comprehensive Clinical Trials
Commercial clinical investigator site M&A-driven consolidation continues with the latest acquisition of VitaLink Research—financed by Great Point Partners—the pick up of Palm Beach, Florida-based Comprehensive Clinical Research. Great Point Partners released a...
Nebraska-based Meridian Clinical Research Expands Site Network with Acquisition of Regional Clinical Research
Omaha, NE-based Meridian Clinical Research, LLC acquired the assets and operations of Regional Clinical Research, Inc. in yet another clinical investigator site acquisition. TrialSite News covers ongoing drive for consolidation and rationalization in what is largely...
Genstar Acquires Advarra From Linden Capital Partners
Genstar Capital, a private equity firm, acquired Advarra from Linden Capital Partners, another private equity house. Advarra offers institutional review board, institutional biosafety committee, and research quality and compliance services. Genstar focuses on...
LabCorp (Covance) Expands Nonclinical Services with Envigo Purchase & Partnership
LabCorp is purchasing Envigo’s non-clinical contract research services business, expanding its global reach and capabilities of Covance’s nonclinical drug development business. Envigo’s research models and services business will purchase Covance’s research products...
Provider (and Research Site) Consolidation: Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health & Wake Forest Univ. to Combine
Consolidated health systems will enable data-driven research as care options—leveraging sophisticated patient data pools, analytics and population health in combination with advanced research for cutting edge new treatments. We have written about the ongoing health...
Site Consolidation Continues with Evolution Research Buying Finger Lakes Clinical Research
Private equity owned Evolution Research Group (ERG), an independent clinical research site company has acquired Finger Lakes Clinical Research (FLCR), a clinical research facility specializing in pediatric and adult central nervous system trials for major national and...
Vanderbilt University Medical Centers Expands Acquiring Tennova Healthcare
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, is also the largest comprehensive health system in Tennessee. It has been named a top hospital by Truven Health Analytics 14 times. In 2018, U.S. News & World...
IRB Consolidation Continues with Advarra Gobbling Quorum Review IRB & Kinetiq Research
Private equity continues its infusion into the clinical trials arena with Linden Partners-backed Advarra’s recent acquisition of Quorum, a leading central Institutional Review Board (IRB). The transaction includes Quorum’s research and technology consulting...
Elligo Health Research Patient Network Tops $1 Million
Melissa Fassbender reports from Outsourcing-Pharma that with Elligo Health Research buying another site (Protenium Clinical Research), its patient recruitment network went to over $1 million. Follow the link to read Ms. Fassbender’s article.