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Sanofi and Recipharm announce transfer of Holmes Chapel Manufacturing site
Jun 14, 2018, 07:33 AM by Michael CroftHOLMES CHAPEL, UK - Jun 14, 2018 - Recipharm and Sanofi announced today that they have signed an agreement to transfer the Holmes Chapel site from global healthcare leader, Sanofi, to leading pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organisation, RecipharmFull story -
Greenphire Expands Flexibility of eClinicalGPS to Increase CRO and Sponsor Control
Jun 13, 2018, 12:30 PM by Michael CroftKING OF PRUSSIA - Jun 13, 2018 - KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., June 13, 2018-- Greenphire, the global leader in financial software for clinical trials, today announced enhancements to its eClinicalGPS site payment solution, expanding configuration and administration options, providing CROs and sponsors unmatched capability, flexibility, and controlFull story -
MR Solutions rejuvenates old MRI systems to provide state of the art imaging
Jun 13, 2018, 09:48 AM by Michael CroftGUILDFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - Jun 13, 2018 - Following requests from customers MR Solutions is now offering a service to upgrade old MRI scanners to provide state of the art imaging qualityFull story -
Archive First, For The Future
Jun 13, 2018, 09:30 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | The life sciences industry has continually experienced one innovation after another that multiples the amount of data being generated, outpacing enterprise IT. It’s crucial for life sciences IT to invest in the right infrastructure now, to manage their growing data and prepare for the future.
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Move Over China: U.S. Is Again Home To World’s Speediest Supercomputer
Jun 12, 2018, 10:56 AM by Michael CroftThe New York Times | For the past five years, China has had the world's fastest computer. But as of Friday, Summit, a machine built in the United States, is taking the lead.Full story -
FLUENCE ANALYTICS SIGNS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT IN JAPAN
Jun 12, 2018, 10:27 AM by Michael CroftNEW ORLEANS, LA, UNITED STATES - Jun 12, 2018 - Fluence Analytics, a manufacturer of industrial and laboratory analytics products, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Nihon Rufuto, a Japanese company specializing in the import and domestic sales of scientific instrumentsFull story -
NeuroBANK Banking On Collaboration, Compassion, Clinical Research
Jun 12, 2018, 08:10 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | A Harvard professor and Bio-IT World 2018 Best Practices Award winner is banking on old-fashioned collaboration and compassion, along with 21st century technology, to help principal investigators collect data for clinical research and to facilitate the development of new therapies and cures.
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Glytec Adds Smart Meter to Growing Network of Connected Solution Partner
Jun 11, 2018, 13:33 PM by Michael CroftWALTHAM, MA, UNITED STATES - Jun 5, 2018 - For millions of patients with diabetes whove been unable to achieve their treatment goals, few programs have the potential to reduce A1C faster or more effectively than Glytecs virtual insulin titration serviceFull story -
All The Gear But Still No Idea? Why Machines Alone Can’t Cure Cancer
Jun 11, 2018, 09:50 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Despite the hype and fanfare that has accompanied massive supercomputers and AI platforms in recent years, there is still no tool capable of delivering answers to questions such as, “How do I cure a particular patient’s type of cancer?”
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#BioIT18 News, Notes, And Coverage
Jun 8, 2018, 10:50 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | Last month in Boston, over 3,500 members of the biotech and life science industries came together to share thoughts, insights, and technologies during the 2018 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo. The conference featured 16 tracks including Bioinformatics, FAIR Data for Genomic Applications, Data Transfer, Clinical Genomics, Next-Gen Sequencing Informatics, and more.
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Reporters’ Notebook: Clustal, FAIR Data, Rare Diseases, Data Science Community At #BioIT18
Jun 8, 2018, 10:35 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | When over 3,500 members of the biotech and life science industries spend three days together, there’s more good stuff than a writer can possibly fit into post-event coverage. Our Reporters’ Notebook comprises some of the bits and pieces that we collected over the three days in Boston.
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Bill And Melinda Gates Start A Nonprofit Biotech In Boston
Jun 7, 2018, 11:51 AM by Michael CroftForbes | The Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, which is holding an event today to show off its plans, will aim to develop new medicines and vaccines for malaria, tuberculosis, and diarrhea, which together account for 2.6 million deaths a year globally, many of them in children.Full story -
Wasdell Group invests £500k in new microbiological and analytical lab
Jun 7, 2018, 11:37 AM by Michael CroftNEWCASTLE, UK - Jun 7, 2018 - The Wasdell Group (Wasdell), a leading outsourcing partner to companies within the pharmaceutical, medical device and clinical trials industries, is investing £500k in a new laboratory at its Newcastle siteFull story -
CRF Health Industry Luminaries to Share eSource Expertise in Clinical Trials at DIA 2018
Jun 7, 2018, 10:23 AM by Michael CroftPLYMOUTH MEETING, PA - Jun 7, 2018 - Plymouth Meeting, PA – June 07, 2018: CRF Health, the leading provider of patient-centered eSource technology solutions for the life sciences industry, today announced that it will host a series of interactive workshops and speaker sessions at DIAs 2018 Global Annual Meeting, June 24-28, Boston, MAFull story -
Data Are Forever
Jun 7, 2018, 08:15 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | For attendees at this year's Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, perhaps the biggest focal point was the near-permanence of data—particularly juxtaposed against the limited contemporaneous uses for any given dataset in healthcare and life-science IT.
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BioIVT to Host Webinar Describing In Vitro Models to Predict Herb-Drug Interactions
Jun 6, 2018, 15:15 PM by Michael CroftWESTBURY, NY - Jun 6, 2018 - BioIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens and related services, today announced that it will be hosting a webinar entitled Whole-cell In Vitro Models Can Predict Clinically-relevant Herb-Drug Interactions (HDIs) at 11 am ET on June 20Full story -
Wellcome Sanger Institute Sequences Reference Genomes Of 3,000 Dangerous Bacteria
Jun 6, 2018, 10:30 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | The genomes of more than 3,000 bacteria, including some of the world’s most dangerous, have been sequenced by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in collaboration with Pacific Biosciences.
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Finding The Usable In FAIR Data At #BioIT18
Jun 6, 2018, 08:20 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | Last year at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, three teams competed in a Hackathon to see if they could make their datasets more Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR). This year, the organizers of the FAIR Hackathon wanted to see if they could take those principles to the next level.
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Open Cell launches shipping container labs at Shepherd's Bush Market to accelerate biotech start-up businesses
Jun 6, 2018, 07:23 AM by Michael CroftLONDON, UK - Jun 6, 2018 - Open Cell has joined forces with regeneration specialist, U+I, and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and SynbiCITE to launch a biolab to offer affordable spaces at the Old Laundry Yard in Shepherds Bush MarketFull story -
MyHeritage DNA Suffers Security Breach, Only Email Addresses Compromised
Jun 5, 2018, 16:25 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World News Brief MyHeritage, an Israeli online genealogy platform company, announced yesterday evening that the email addresses and hashed passwords of 92 million MyHeritage users were found on a private server not linked to the company. The security breach includes users who signed up for the service on or before October 26, 2017.Full story