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ICAD 2009   17-Jul-2009

  CDR exhbited at booth # 320 at the world's leading forum on dementia research - Alzheimer's Association, International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease 2009, July 11th - 16th, Vienna, Austria. ICAD 2009 drew nearly 3,800 international atten ... Read more

NCDEU 2009   02-Jul-2009

CDR attended the 49th Annual NCDEU Meeting on June 29th - July 2nd, Hollywood, Florida, USA. NCDEU is an annual scientific meeting that brings together academic researchers involved in clinical trials, research pharmacists, clinicians ... Read more

BioTrinity 2009   17-Apr-2009

 CDR attended the 3rd BioTrinity 2009 conference which united the UK’s life science industry. The largest biotech partnering and investment conference in the country was held on April 2 -3, 2009 Kassam Stadium, Oxford, UK whe ... Read more

International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR)   03-Apr-2009

CDR attended the International Congress on Sschizophrenia Research on March 28th - 1st April in San Diego, CA. The  biennial meeting where scientists representing a broad range of disciplines involved with discovery in schizophrenia gathere ... Read more

ASCPT 2009   24-Mar-2009

ASCPT 2009 CDR exhibited at booth # 128 at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT) in Washington, DC March 18th - 21st  2009. The 2009 Annual Meeting was held at the new Gaylo ... Read more

AD/PD 2009   17-Mar-2009

AD/PD 2009 CDR was proud to co-sponsor a symposium at the 2009 AD/PD conference with Forenap Pharma, 11-15th March 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. The event focussed on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases: Advances, Concepts and New Challenge ... Read more

Results of PRoFESS-COG presented at the International Stroke Conference in San Diego, California 18-20th February.   12-Mar-2009

Prof. Gary Ford from Newcastle University presented the results of PRoFESS-COG, an international multicentre secondary stroke prevention trial that used the CDR System to assess the effects of telmisartan (an angiotensin-receptor-blocker) on cognitiv ... Read more

ISCTM 5th Annual Meeting   06-Mar-2009

ISCTM 5th Annual Meeting CDR attended the International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology held in Arlington, Virginia on 3rd - 5th March 2009. The Scientific Program Committee had again developed a very ambitious and timely agenda fo ... Read more

CDR featured in Terry Pratchett: Living with Alzheimer's BBC documentary   19-Feb-2009

Fantasy author Terry Pratchett diagnosed with Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA) a variant form of Alzheimer’s, chronicles his personal journey since he was diagnosed. Produced by IWC Media, the documentary follows Pratchett’s search through science for a c ... Read more

2009 NIO Public Policy Tour in DC   17-Feb-2009

CDR attended NIO's third annual Public Policy Tour of Washington, DC which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 10-11, 2009. The two-day event included high-level meetings on Capitol Hill and with the Department of Veterans Affairs and National I ... Read more

CDR article in European Pharmaceutical Contractor (EPC) Journal   04-Feb-2009

Helen Brooker and Nicole Meinel of CDR explain that assessing the cognitive effects of drugs at an early stage in clinical trials can reduce the likelihood of a drug failing at a later stage of development; thereby saving time and money. Click here ... Read more

CDR article in CenterWatch Weekly - 5 Jan 2009   27-Jan-2009

Pat Turk, US Director of Business Development was recently interviewed by CeterWatch Weekly. The article covered the following topics; What differentiates CDR from other computerized cognitive testing services companies? What other se ... Read more

The 4th Congress of International Society for Vascular Behavioral and Cognitive Disorders (VAS-COG) - 14-16 January 2009, Singapore   20-Jan-2009

Dr Brian Saxby presented on "What would be the ideal design for a BP lowering trial (patients, drug, duration of follow-up)?" and presented the following posters; 'Candesartan and cognitive decline in older hypertensives from the SCOPE study: Comparison t ... Read more

Visiongain's CNS Drug Development Conference   18-Dec-2008

Professor Keith Wesnes presented on "Cognitive Testing in Clinical Trials" at Visiongain's CNS Drug Development Conference held at BSG Conference Centre, London, 15th - 16th December 2008. The global CNS pharmaceuticals market, worth £55bn a year wi ... Read more

SMi's Clinical Trials in CNS Conference   18-Dec-2008

Professor Keith Wesnes presented on "Computerised Cognitive Function Assessment Comes of Age in Drug Development" & hosted a workshop titled "Assessing Cognitive Enhancement in Clinical Trials" at the Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, 25th - 27th Nov ... Read more