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CRISPR In China: Cancer Treatment With Gene Editing Underway
Feb 21, 2018, 10:52 AM by Michael CroftNPR | More than a third of patients with cancer of the esophagus responded to experimental treatment in China with the gene-editing technique CRISPR. Several CRISPR studies are underway there.Full story -
100,000 Genomes Project Reaches Halfway Milestone
Feb 20, 2018, 16:15 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | The United Kingdom’s pioneering 100,000 Genomes Project has reached a major milestone by sequencing 50,000 genomes.
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Doctors Said Immunotherapy Would Not Cure Her Cancer. They Were Wrong.
Feb 19, 2018, 12:48 PM by Michael CroftThe New York Times | Scientists are racing to understand why immunotherapy drugs have worked for a few cancer patients when the medicines should have had no effect.Full story -
Ambry Genetics and Invicro Announce Partnership to Provide Enhanced Capabilities with Advanced Genomics Services to Enable Precision Medicine
Feb 16, 2018, 19:52 PM by Michael CroftALISO VIEJO, CA - Feb 1, 2018 - Ambry Genetics Corporation (Ambry), leaders in genetic testing, announced today they will partner with Invicro, a leading provider of imaging services and software for research and drug development, to provide customized genomics and imaging services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, with a specialized focus on oncology and neurodegenerative diseasesFull story -
Cambridge Semantics Announces Graph-Based Online Analytics Support For Amazon Neptune, Graph Databases
Feb 16, 2018, 15:20 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | Cambridge Semantics announced a preview of AnzoGraph, a native graph-based parallel query engine available for analyzing data from Amazon Neptune, the new fully managed graph database service from Amazon Web Services.
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Saneca Pharma appoints new CEO
Feb 16, 2018, 08:59 AM by Michael CroftHLOHOVEC, SLOVAKIA - Feb 16, 2018 - Contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Saneca Pharma has announced the appointment of its new CEO, Richard KrálFull story -
CRF Health’s ‘Outstanding Innovation’ with Pioneering TrialConsent® Wins 2018 Clinical Informatics News Best Practices Awards
Feb 15, 2018, 09:03 AM by Michael CroftPLYMOUTH MEETING, PA - Feb 15, 2018 - CRF Health, a leading global provider of patient-centered eSource technology and service solutions for the life sciences industry, today announced that its electronic informed consent solution, TrialConsent®, has won the 2018 Best Practices Award at this years Clinical Informatics News AwardsFull story -
iRODS Consortium Carries Open Source Data Management Software Forward
Feb 15, 2018, 08:15 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | Integrated Rule-Oriented Data System is used across the globe in industries ranging from the life and physical sciences to media and entertainment. Recent developments in the software have invigorated the life sciences community and provided the possibility of collaboration.
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Education system failing to properly prepare STEM students for the working world
Feb 15, 2018, 05:49 AM by Michael CroftNEW YORK CITY, NY - Feb 15, 2018 - The inability of chemistry to recruit new STEM students is a crisis for the industry according to more than a third (36%) of 180+ chemistry professionals from academia and industry, in a survey carried out by Elsevier's Reaxys teamFull story -
One of the largest French Biobanking centers, Ferdinand Cabanne, has chosen TDBioBank from TECHNIDATA
Feb 15, 2018, 05:23 AM by Michael CroftMONTBONNOT, FRANCE - Feb 13, 2018 - Software adapted to the specific needs of the BiobankFull story
Ferdinand Cabanne Biobank Center draws together a number of institutions such as the Dijon Burgundy University Hospital, the national French blood services (the EFS) for the Burgundy Franche-Comté region as well as the Cancer Care Center Georges-François Leclerc -
Evid Science Receives Seed Capital to Advance Clinical AI Platform
Feb 14, 2018, 20:22 PM by Michael CroftLOS ANGELES, CA - Feb 14, 2018 - Evid Science, an artificial intelligence (AI) company for the pharmaceutical industry, has successfully secured seed funding from TKS I, a new private equity fund dedicated to early stage life science companiesFull story -
Bristol-Myers To Pay Largest Fee In Biotech History For Nektar Cancer Drug
Feb 14, 2018, 10:32 AM by Michael CroftForbes | Bristol-Myers Squibb says it will pay a record $1.85 billion to Nektar Therapeutics, a small biotech startup, for rights to its experimental cancer drug, codenamed NKTR-214. Nektar will book 65% of global profits on the drug, should it reach the market, with Bristol getting the other 35%.Full story -
Recipharm appoints President Development Services to drive end to end offering
Feb 14, 2018, 09:58 AM by Michael CroftSTOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Feb 14, 2018 - Contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Recipharm has appointed Bernard Pluta to lead its new global development organisationFull story -
Certara Launches Version 10 of D360, Its Industry-leading Drug Discovery Informatics Platform
Feb 14, 2018, 08:34 AM by Michael CroftPRINCETON, NJ - Feb 14, 2018 - Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development and regulatory science, today announced the launch of version 10 of D360, its data informatics platform for discovery scientistsFull story -
CRF Health Extends Product Strategy and Innovation Team with Industry Pioneer
Feb 14, 2018, 07:49 AM by Michael CroftPLYMOUTH MEETING, PA - Feb 14, 2018 - CRF Health, a leading global provider of patient-centered eSource technology and service solutions for the life sciences industry, has today announced the appointment of Bill Byrom as Vice President of Product Strategy & InnovationFull story -
BC Platforms to Provide Real World Evidence Solutions to Pfizer in Cardiovascular Diseases
Feb 14, 2018, 05:51 AM by Michael CroftBASEL, SWITZERLAND - Feb 14, 2018 - BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management and analytics, today announces that Pfizer Finland will be using its technology solutions and research platform, including BCRQUESTFull story -
The Pistoia Alliance Launches User Experience For Life Sciences Toolkit
Feb 13, 2018, 16:55 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | The Pistoia Alliance has today announced the launch of the User Experience for Life Sciences Toolkit, to help life science companies improve UX in line with other global industries.
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Wout Brusselaers to Speak at HIMSS18 on Finding the Return on Investment of Artificial Intelligence
Feb 13, 2018, 16:27 PM by Michael CroftPASADENA, CA, UNITED STATES - Feb 13, 2018 - HIMSS has named Wout Brusselaers, chief executive officer of Deep 6 AI , an artificial intelligence (AI) company focused on accelerating patient recruitment for clinical trials, as a speaker for the 2018 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS18)Full story -
Anitoa unveils ultra-portable qPCR system at Molecular Med Tri-con 2018
Feb 13, 2018, 14:50 PM by Michael CroftMENLO PARK, CA, UNITED STATES - Feb 13, 2018 - Anitoa Systems, LLC, a Menlo Park, California-based medical device company today introduces Maverick, an ultra-portable quantitative-polymerase-chain-reaction (qPCR) systemFull story -
SeraCare Announces Industry's First CNV-Specific Reference Material for Gene Amplifications in Breast, Lung, and Brain Cancer
Feb 13, 2018, 12:41 PM by Michael CroftMILFORD, MA, UNITED STATES - Feb 13, 2018 - SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer and leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers and clinical laboratories, is expanding what is already the most comprehensive suite of clinical genomics development, validation, and QC tools with the launch of the SeraseqTM Breast CNV and Seraseq™ Lung and Brain CNV MixFull story