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Dr. Tamar Ben-Yedidia will be speaking at the upcoming World Vaccine Congress in Lyon, France on October 4, 2010. She will be updating the congress on the company's progress and upcoming Phase II trials starting in October.

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Phase Forward (Waltham, Massachusetts), which provides data management systems for clinical trials and drug safety, has acquired privately held Green Mountain Logic for $5.25 million in cash.

Matrix Group (Hyderabad, India) and ethica Clinical Research (Montreal, Canada) have formed a joint venture, ethicamatrix CRO Pvt Ltd, to manage contract research services in India.

UK pharmaceutical development and custom manufacturing specialist Penn Pharmaceutical Services has set up a US subsidiary, Penn Pharmaceutical Services US Inc, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Averion International (Southborough, Massachusetts) has sold its staffing services division to members of its management team for $2.275 million.

AstraZeneca has opened its first clinical pharmacology unit in China as part of a co-operative agreement with Peking University Third Hospital.

Charles River Laboratories International (Wilmington, Massachusetts) is to build a new 300,000 sq ft preclinical facility in the recently constructed Sherbrooke Biomedical Park in Quebec, Canada.

Indian IT company Patni Computer Systems (Mumbai) has acquired US regulatory consultancy Taratec Development for $27.2 million in cash, including contingency payments.

Premier Research (Berkshire, UK) has appointed Chris Nowell as vice-president, clinical trial management for its international division. Mr Nowell will also be responsible for training clinical project management and clinical monitoring functions

The US FDA is reviewing ongoing trials involving adeno-associated virus vectors (AAVs) as a precaution following the death of a patient during a trial of Targeted Genetics’ injectable anti-arthritis drug, tgAAC94.