Fortrea acquiert l’unité de pharmacologie clinique et les activités de laboratoire bioanalytique de Worldwide Clinical Trials

Fortrea has agreed to acquire the Early Phase Services division of Worldwide Clinical Trials for approximately $45 million in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition includes a GLP-compliant bioanalytical laboratory in Austin, a 200-bed clinical pharmacology unit in San Antonio, and a biological sample storage facility in Pflugerville, Texas. This strengthens Fortrea's end-to-end clinical development platform with integrated bioanalytical capabilities for both large and small molecules, while allowing Worldwide to focus on its growing advanced-stage development activities in oncology, neurosciences, internal medicine, and rare diseases.