BioDuro, a pre-clinical Beijing CRO, signed a three-year agreement with Dow AgroSciences. The two companies will seek novel molecules that synthesize and test fungicides, insecticides and herbicides in crops. Although BioDuro's biochemistry skills have been used primarily to discover medicines, Dow AgroSciences will apply them to the field of agroscience. BioDuro was bought by PPD in 2009 for $78 million in a strategic move that increased PPD’s presence in China’s CRO market. More details.... Stock Symbol: (NSDQ: PPDI) Share this with colleagues: var switchTo5x=true; stLight.options({publisher:'d7871f5b-67bc-4d30-b66f-1465d0b97213'});