Current Drugs Ltd. sold to Thomson Corp.In related news, Thomson Corp. (Stamford Stamford, town, England Stamford, town (1991 pop. 18,127), in the Parts of Kesteven, Lincolnshire, E central England, on the Welland River. It is a market town. Products include diesel engines, electrical equipment, bricks, and tiles. , CT) has acquired the privately--held Current Drugs Ltd. (London London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. ), a producer of integrated competitor intelligence services to the research solutions market serving the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. No terms of the deal were given. Current Drugs was represented in the transaction by The van Tulleken Co. (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ). Current Drugs provides databases, systems and services to the pharmaceutical and biotech bi·o·tech n. Informal Biotechnology. biotech Noun short for biotechnology Noun 1. industries and to the companies that service those industries, including clinical research organizations and chemical suppliers. Its primary product, "Investigational Drugs" database, carries content that is targeted to scientists and business executives involved in drug research and development. The company also provides products focusing on specific areas of scientific research, including the monthly, subscription--based review journal Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development and competitor intelligence services. Thomson said that Current Drugs further enables the company to "deliver a highly differentiated, comprehensive research solution to the pharmaceutical and biotech markets," especially when combined with other Thomson products and businesses such as Derwent World Patent Index, Derwent GENESEQ, ISI ISI International Sensitivity Index, see there Web of Science and Wila Verlag. |
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