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NIH Launches Centralized National Enclave For COVID-19 Patient Data
Jun 15, 2020, 15:55 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World The National Institutes of Health has launched a centralized, secure enclave to store and study vast amounts of medical record data from people diagnosed with coronavirus disease across the country. It is part of an effort, called the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C), to help scientists analyze these data to understand the disease and develop treatments. This effort aims to transform clinical information into knowledge urgently needed to study COVID-19, including health risk factors that indicate better or worse outcomes of the disease, and identify potentially effective treatments.Full story -
The Pistoia Alliance Launches Toolkit, Accelerates Implementation of FAIR Data Principles
Jun 15, 2020, 12:45 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World The Pistoia Alliance has launched a freely accessible toolkit to help companies implement the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) guiding principles for data management and stewardship. The project was funded by pharmaceutical and biotech companies including AstraZeneca, Bayer, Roche, Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and AbbVie.Full story -
Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab Offers an Exclusive Section for Regulatory Resources
Jun 15, 2020, 01:57 AM by Michael CroftNY, NY, UNITED STATES - Jun 15, 2020 - Starting from last year, the professional analytical testing organization Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab has been adding resources to its website regarding rules and regulations on the broad spectrum of testing and analysis for companies and agencies in the industryFull story -
COVID-19’s Achilles’ Heel, Other News From the Bio-IT Community
Jun 12, 2020, 07:45 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | The Bio-IT community is continuing to adapt to their newfound role in the fight against the COVID-19 virus. Recent updates include recent collaborations between organizations and universities, innovative modeling tools, and the discovery that the virus’ main protease may wind up being its Achilles’ heel.
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Creative Proteomics Launches Several Newly-developed Services for Protein Related Projects
Jun 11, 2020, 05:34 AM by Michael CroftSHIRLEY, NY - Jun 11, 2020 - Creative Proteomics, a leading supplier in proteomics and metabolomics services, has recently released several proteomics services to researchersFull story -
Creative Enzymes Introduces Enzymes for Coronavirus Nucleic Acid Test to Help the Detection of COVID-19
Jun 11, 2020, 05:30 AM by Michael CroftSHIRLEY, NY - Jun 12, 2020 - COVID-19 is a serious global infectious disease outbreak with nearly 6,800,000 cases and around 397,000 deaths worldwideFull story -
CD Genomics Releases Kits and Reagents for Coronavirus Research to Aid in COVID-19 Response
Jun 11, 2020, 05:24 AM by Michael CroftSHIRLEY, NY - Jun 12, 2020 - COVID-19 is a serious global infectious disease outbreak with nearly 6,800,000 cases and around 397,000 deaths worldwideFull story -
The Pistoia Alliance Launches New Project to Help Life Sciences and Healthcare Realize the Value of Digital Health
Jun 11, 2020, 04:57 AM by Michael CroftBOSTON, MA - Jun 9, 2020 - The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, today launched a new series of programs to help organizations collaborate on advancing the role of digital technology within life sciences R&D and healthcareFull story -
ArisGlobal Announces the All-New LifeSphere® Regulatory Platform, Bringing Game-Changing Efficiency to Regulatory Information Management
Jun 11, 2020, 03:01 AM by Michael CroftMIAMI, FL, UNITED STATES - Jun 8, 2020 - ArisGlobal, the leading provider of software that automates core drug development functions for over 300 global life sciences companies, today announced the launch of of LifeSphere® Regulatory, an all-new cloud platform that addresses the full end-to-end regulatory management process in a simple, unified suiteFull story -
Kyruus Secures $30 Million Investment from Francisco Partners
Jun 10, 2020, 10:40 AM by Michael CroftBOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES - Jun 10, 2020 - Kyruus, the leader in provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems, today announced that it has obtained $30 million in new funding from Francisco Partners, a leading global technology-focused private equity firm with extensive experience in healthcare ITFull story -
MilliporeSigma, 10x Genomics Launch New Option For CRISPR Research
Jun 10, 2020, 10:40 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World News Brief | MilliporeSigma and 10x Genomics announced that they have developed a new option for biological experiments. The collaboration provides a linking of two innovative technologies: single cell transcriptomics and pooled CRISPR screening.
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Dotmatics receives ISO 9001:2015 certification for scientific informatics technology
Jun 10, 2020, 07:55 AM by Michael CroftBISHOP’S STORTFORD, UK - Jun 3, 2020 - Dotmatics Ltd, a scientific informatics software and services company that is driving the automation of laboratory data workflows for scientific discovery and innovation research, today announced it has achieved certification to the internationally recognised standard ISO 9001:2015 for its quality management system (QMS)Full story -
Gendius kicks off funding round to further grow its market-leading smart diabetes management platform
Jun 9, 2020, 11:32 AM by Michael CroftMANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - Jun 9, 2020 -Full story- Intellin® is now the world's fastest-growing diabetes management app.
- It has seen rapid growth since the outbreak of Covid-19, with more than 10,000 downloads a week so far in May 2020x
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ICENI DIAGNOSTICS CORONAVIRUS TESTS WINS FUNDING FROM INNOVATE UK
Jun 9, 2020, 09:50 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - Jun 9, 2020 - Iceni Diagnostics, developers of a rapid test for coronavirus, is one of the 800 companies to benefit from a £20 million government fundFull story -
DNAnexus Completes $100 Million Financing
Jun 9, 2020, 09:37 AM by Michael CroftMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, UNITED STATES - Jun 9, 2020 - DNAnexus, Inc., the leading cloud-based SaaS company serving the global life science community, today announced the closing of a $100 million financing roundFull story -
Olaris CEO Elected to Personalized Medicine Coalition Board of Directors
Jun 9, 2020, 08:48 AM by Michael CroftWALTHAM, MA, UNITED STATES - Jun 9, 2020 - Olaris, a precision medicine company that is working to fundamentally change how diseases are treated, today announced that The Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) has elected Olaris CEO and Founder DrFull story -
Florence Healthcare Names Melinda Rodriguez Winner of The Florence Effect Initiative
Jun 8, 2020, 09:16 AM by Michael CroftATLANTA, GA, UNITED STATES - Jun 8, 2020 - Florence Healthcare, the leading platform for remote-enabled electronic document workflow management in clinical trials, is proud to name Melinda Rodriguez, Director of Regulatory Services at Elligo Health Research, as the winner of The Florence Effect initiativeFull story -
The RSA Group reveals new global brand
Jun 5, 2020, 09:40 AM by Michael CroftLONDON, UK - Jun 5, 2020 - The RSA Group, the leading global specialist in Life Sciences Executive Search, is excited to share its new global brand and websiteFull story -
COVID-19 Update: Structural Modeling, New Funding, Vaccine News
Jun 5, 2020, 08:20 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | More updates on SARS-CoV-2 research and COVID-19 from the Bio-IT Community including an app to create COVID-19 severity scores, new insights into viral behavior, modeling tools for the virus structure, and an influx of funding from Illumina, the Department of Defense, AstraZeneca, and more.Full story -
BOC Sciences Offers Raw Chemical Materials for Manufacturing Test Kits and Vaccines
Jun 4, 2020, 22:35 PM by Michael CroftSHIRLEY, NY - Jun 5, 2020 - Recently, BOC Sciences, a New York-based chemical and pharmaceutical raw material supplier, announced to offer raw chemical materials needed for the manufacture of test kits and vaccines to meet the challenges facing the global pharmaceutical industry during the coronavirus outbreakFull story