Deals Of The Week: Forest/Adamas, Colby/MannKind, Pernix/Cypress/Hawthorn
Executive Summary
Building on the 10-pharma clinical development problem-solving initiative launched in September, J&J, Merck and Lilly are spearheading a databank that will share information on clinical trial sites and investigators, with a primary goal of avoiding redundancy in paperwork and training.
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