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Another CRO Leadership Award! For Compatibility, Expertise, Quality and Reliability

Each year, Life Science Leader honors CROs that are the top performers in Compatibility, Capabilities, Expertise, Quality, and Reliability. To determine the winners, the magazine teams up with Industry Standard Research (ISR). ISR looks at 27 different performance metrics, as rated by decision-making executives at biopharmaceutical companies. “Real customers provide experiential feedback on their involvement […]

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QPS’ Patient Recruitment Management at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Clinical Trials Community in Israel

Patient recruitment is one of the most critical foundations of any clinical trial. Effective patient recruitment sets the trial down a path toward success if done well, or can create a road full of potholes if managed incorrectly. On April 11th, Barbara Derler, PhD, heading the EU patient recruitment team from the QPS site in

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QPS Global Clinical Operations Team Aces Enrollment for a Global Study of a Prostate Cancer Drug

QPS has been assisting an international Sponsor to perform a global, late-phase study to investigate the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetic behavior of an investigational drug in subjects with advanced prostate carcinoma. The original enrollment goal was 133 patients to be enrolled in approximately 18 months. The QPS Global Clinical Operations team enrolled 137 patients at

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SCIEX and QPS Join Forces to Bring You a New Bioanalysis Solution for Biologics

Over the past 10 years, large molecule therapies have increased from 10% to nearly 50% of the typical pharma and biopharmaceutical pipeline. This transition has created new challenges in the industry. To address these challenges and boost productivity, QPS has teamed up with SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, to advance a

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QPS Now Has Exclusive Distribution Rights for Samsara’s Specialized Human Liver Cells

QPS and Samsara Sciences have solidified a cell supply partnership for the production, characterization and distribution of primary human liver cells including hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells for research. QPS now has exclusive rights to distribute Samsara’s primary human hepatocytes. At the same time, the two companies will also cooperate to provide specialized non-parenchymal hepatocytes

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QPS Global Clinical Operations Team Aces Enrollment for Global Study of Prostate Cancer Drug and Completes the First Patient in Europe!

QPS has been assisting an international Sponsor to perform a global, late-phase study to investigate the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetic behavior of a newly formulated investigational drug in subjects with advanced prostate carcinoma. The original enrollment goal was 133 patients to be enrolled in approximately 18 months. The QPS Global Clinical Operations team enrolled 137

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QPS will create an (LC)-ICP-MS assay to perform the critical elemental analysis in your drug development study

If you need to quantify blood zinc levels, are working on a gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent, or need to measure platinum levels in mouse livers – a QPS-developed (LC)-ICP-MS assay may well be what you need. These assays, validated according to FDA, EMA and ICH guidelines, can quantify levels of most ELEMENTS (such as iron,

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Consultation open on revised EMA Guideline on Medicines to treat Alzheimer’s Disease

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has released a draft guideline revision on the clinical investigation of medicines for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias for a six-month public consultation. The EMA considers dementia a key public health priority and sees early stage intervention and prevention of symptomatic disease as particularly worthy goals. This

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New ICP-MS Magnesium (Mg) Assays in Human Plasma and Urine added to the QPS Global Assay Database

The role of Mg in human nutrition has recently received renewed interest. Mg dietary intake has been reported to have decreased during the last 100 years in Western countries. For example, in the US it is often below the recommended dietary allowances. Decreased Mg intake and/or low serum Mg have been associated with a number

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See QPS in London at Informa’s Early Clinical Development Conference, 23 – 24 February 2016

On February 23, Professor Zuzana Diamant, MD PhD, Director of Respiratory & Allergy Research at QPS, will talk about Biomarkers in Respiratory Drug Development and personalized medicine at the Informa-sponsored Early Clinical Development conference, Amba Hotel Marble Arch, London. In her lecture, Professor Diamant will cover the following topics: Definition of a valuable biomarker Which

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Read the QPS Whitepaper on Phase I Site Selection to support EU Registration

Making the right decision about where to conduct Phase I of a clinical trial is crucial. As long as basic EU regulatory requirements are fulfilled, the investigational site may be located anywhere in the world. This paper will walk you through the three key essential considerations for clinical trials intended to support registration in the

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Wishing You a Very Happy New Year, With Some Very Cool Science

Cancer immuno therapies. Oligo therapeutics. CAR T-cell therapies. Breakthrough Antivirals. For the past 20 years, we’ve been following the path of solid science and it’s lead us to this point: about to close out another year spent partnering with the world’s best pharmaceutical and biotech companies in pursuit of better solutions for patients. As our

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Growth and Goals-Our Next 10 Years: QPS 20th Anniversary Series, Part 6

The past 20 years for QPS have included countless hours of hard work, exciting change and a tireless commitment to do what is right for the client and the patient. Like anything, there have been ups and downs and challenges to overcome. There have also been accolades and—above all—a transcendent atmosphere of teamwork. And, according

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The QPS Strategy for Overcoming Business Challenges: QPS 20th Anniversary Series, Part 5

When I reflect on the past 20 years of my life, I remember both the milestones and the few challenges I encountered along the way. (Though, if I’m being completely honest it’s probably more than a few, many of them self-inflicted, but who’s keeping score?) It seems refreshing to me then to hear our CEO,

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QPS CEO Predicts Where Industry, Company are Headed: QPS 20th Anniversary Series, Part 4

When Ben Chien, PhD, QPS Chairman, President and CEO, first started a small bioanalytical lab with just three people, he wasn’t expecting it to grow into a worldwide CRO with more than 1,150 employees. “In the beginning, we were just happy to be serving the client well, producing high-quality data,” said Chien. But after a

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What a Patient-Focused Outlook Means for Staff and Clients: QPS 20th Anniversary Series, Part 3

Brandi Muehlethaler, Supervisor Wet Lab Operations, says she still gets emotional thinking about the role she had in developing a drug therapy for stroke victims that ended up helping her own father. And Brandi’s not alone at QPS in her knowledge of how important her work is to patients. In the daily grind of lab

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