MPI Research and Shanghai Medicilon have formed a joint venture in preclinical services. Medicilon-MPI Preclinical Research (Shanghai) LLC will be located initially at the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai, China. The group will open a 50,000-sq.-ft. preclinical testing facility in the Chuansha Economic Park in early 2008. This new facility will meet the regulatory standards set forth by the US FDA and other regulatory agencies worldwide, according to a joint statement. The JV is intended t...