March 11, 2010
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The “Net Innovation Trend” and What It Means for Big Pharmas, Biotechs, and Generics

By Mark P. Mathieu
Innovation is the key value driver in healthcare.  Over the past 8 years, the pharmaceuticals sector has lost a stunning $593 billion (-65%) in market cap while the two sectors with innovation – biotech and med tech – have each added $71 billion (+46%) and $19 billion (+6%) in market cap, respectively.  Read More


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Next-Generation Genome Sequencing Identifies Disease Genes
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Bio-IT World | Two studies published this week show convincingly that whole-genome sequencing of individual patients or affected families can reveal the one gene out of some 25,000 in the human genome bearing a deleterious mutation.

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Graphics Card Maker Turns to High-Performance Bioinformatics
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Expert Commentary | The Tesla Bio Workbench was recently announced by Nvidia, maker of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) for the computing industry and lately for high-performance computing (HPC) as well. Nvidia processors were originally designed for graphics processing, but have been adapted to general-purpose computing through the use of a computing architecture known as CUDA. Bio Workbench is simply a website that brings together all of the algorithms for the life sciences for the convenience of the researcher.

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Amazon’s Deepak Singh to Give Cloud Computing Keynote at Bio-IT World Expo
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Bio-IT World | Deepak Singh, business development manager at Amazon Web Services, has been named as the third and final keynote speaker at the 2010 Bio-IT World Expo, where he will be presenting on cloud computing for life sciences.

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Sigma Launches Sigma Life Science
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March 8, 2010 | Last week Sigma-Aldrich introduced Sigma Life Science, a brand and website to emphasize the company’s current focus on biology. The website, "Where Bio Begins", will be home to Sigma’s biology-focused technologies and products.

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IBM Gives Rice and Texas Medical 'Blue BioU' Supercomputer
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Houston Chronicle | IBM has given Rice University one of its first POWER7 supercomputers on the condition that Rice open up access to the computer to all the Texas Medical Center.

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AstraZeneca Cuts a Quarter of R&D Areas
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Reuters | AstraZeneca has accounced that it is cutting 10 diseases from its R&D portfolio--about 1/4 of the total disease areas.

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White Papers & Special Reports

sapiosciences
The Workflow Driven Lab
Sponsored by Sapio Sciences

Many companies have recognized that their internal business units operate as a set of business processes. These business processes are also called workflows. Modern Laboratories are highly suitable to this workflow driven approach. In fact, the lab environments successful operation is predicated on the successful definition and adherence to workflows. It could be said that a modern  laboratory is an advanced process implementing construct. It is important that laboratory management software mirrors the process driven nature of the lab thereby increasing automation, shortening learning curves, improving data quality and increasing lab throughput.

  • The modern laboratory is an advanced workflow implementing construct
  • Laboratory Management Software solutions should fully embrace and mirror this process driven approach
  • Effective information management of workflow processes with a LIMS results in increased automation, reduced training curves, better data quality and increased lab throughput
panasas
Curing Life Sciences Data Management Challenges with Scalable Storage
Sponsored by Panasas

High performance storage systems are a given to meet today’s life sciences R&D computational challenges. But with the explosive growth in data produced by next-gen lab equipment, scalability and long-term data management issues must also be addressed. Read this paper to learn:

  • Why new lab equipment will impact R&D workflows
  • How to avoid the hidden costs of long-term data management
  • What approach you should take to accommodate today’s data while having the flexibility to scale to meet future demands.
Quantum
StorNext 4.0: Technical Product Brief
Sponsored by Quantum

 
Proven in the world’s most data intensive industries, Quantum StorNext is a scalable, high-performance file system which allows data sharing across Linux, Mac, Unix, and Windows operating systems and manages data in enterprise storage environments. In this Technical Brief you'll learn:

  • How a high-performing file system can accelerate your business
  • How to simplify your data management
  • How a tiered storage approach can save you money


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Performing in the Downturn and Beyond

By Jean-Marc Neimetz
Capgemini Consulting

November 10, 2009 | The life sciences industry is in a catch-22 situation accentuated by the current economic crisis, according to the eighth edition of Capgemini Consulting’s Vision & Reality report, Life Sciences: Performing in the Downturn and Beyond. Comprised of in-depth interviews with industry executives representing pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and agrichemical companies in Europe and North America, the report presents a perspective on cost initiatives affecting all life science industry players.

Innovation costs are escalating. Outcome-based trials and regulatory requirements are more complex, raising costs for new product approval and release. Meanwhile, price pressures, the combination of generics and shortened market exclusivity limit pharmaceuticals’ ability to fund innovation. Read more.

Bio-IT World invites contributed Expert Commentaries. Contact Kevin Davies with proposals.

Life Science Webcasts & Podcasts

Predict or Perish! Shaping the Practices of Clinical Trials
Decisionview webinarSponsored by:  DecisionView

Predictive Analytics are a key differentiator in running your clinical trials successfully through 2010 and beyond. They will help you to optimize your patient enrollment, reduce your clinical operations costs and minimize your financial liability in the clinical supply chain. In this session, you will:
• Learn what predictive analytics are and what they are not
• Understand why you need predictive analytics to run your clinical trials, and
• Explore how predictive analytics will shape the future of clinical trials

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