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Biogen Says Its Back and Ready for ‘Highly Active’ Dealmaking
Apr 24, 2017, 09:42 AM by Michael CroftBloomberg | Biogen Inc. is ready to make some deals. "We're moving, and we're back in terms of augmenting the pipeline," research and development head Michael Ehlers said Friday in an interview. An agreement last week to pay Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. $300 million upfront for an experimental Alzheimer's drug is "hopefully just the beginning of a set of very rigorous but highly active deals."Full story -
Recipharm opens new GMP suite for clinical trial material
Apr 24, 2017, 09:26 AM by Michael CroftNORTH CAROLINA, NC - Apr 24, 2017 - Recipharm, the contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has opened a newly built GMP suite for clinical trial material (CTM) manufacture at its facility in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USAFull story -
Recipharm delivers first serialised batch to Saudi Arabia
Apr 21, 2017, 11:50 AM by Michael CroftLISBON, PORTUGAL - Apr 21, 2017 - Recipharm, the contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has delivered its first batch of serialised drug products to Saudi Arabia, following the introduction of new regulatory requirements in March 2017Full story -
World’s largest society for regulatory professionals increases investment in Europe
Apr 21, 2017, 10:46 AM by Michael Croft- Apr 20, 2017 - The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) is stepping up its presence in Europe and expanding its European team in response to growing membership demand from those involved with the regulation of healthcare and related productsFull story -
The Go-To Gene Sequencing Machine With Very Strange Results
Apr 21, 2017, 10:31 AM by Michael CroftWIRED | An update to Illumina's gene sequencing technology could have contaminated the results of recent high-sensitivity data produced on the machines.Full story -
Geisinger Accused Of Coercing Patients To Participate In Genetic Research
Apr 20, 2017, 14:57 PM by Michael CroftPennLive.com | The Geisinger Health System has been accused by two of its former doctors of coercing patients to participate in genetic research. The accusation was made in a wrongful termination suit filed this week.Full story -
Certara Introduces Comprehensive Solution to Prepare, Analyze and Submit Pharmacokinetic (PK) Data
Apr 20, 2017, 09:43 AM by Michael CroftPRINCETON, NJ - Apr 19, 2017 - Certara®, the leading provider of decision support technology and consulting services for optimizing drug development and improving health outcomes, today announced the launch of a new solution for preparing, analyzing and submitting PK data in Clinical Data Exchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) formatFull story -
Google Offshoot Starts A 10000-Person Study To Plumb Human Biology
Apr 20, 2017, 09:09 AM by Michael CroftForbes | Verily, formerly known as Google Life Sciences, is launching a long-awaited study whose methods may offer a realistic blueprint for how tech could change medicine. But it's also an emblem of how long that transformation will take.Full story -
Building BioTeam’s Texas Sandbox
Apr 19, 2017, 10:35 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | In 2015, Ari Berman, BioTeam’s Vice President and General Manager of Consulting Services decided that the consultancy needed a better spot for non-digital products. BioTeam launched its Convergence Lab, datacenter space hosted by the Texas Advanced Computing Center in Austin, Texas, dedicated to BioTeam. Now with a maturing business model, the Convergence Lab is beginning to play host to some of BioTeam's best ideas.
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Cancer Drugmaker G1 Therapeutics Makes IPO Pitch To Wall Street
Apr 18, 2017, 10:32 AM by Michael CroftXconomy | Research Triangle Park, NC-based G1 has filed for an initial public offering that could raise up to $115 million. G1 has yet to work out the number of shares it will offer and at what price.Full story -
Geneious Biologics Set to Launch at Bio-IT World
Apr 18, 2017, 00:25 AM by Michael CroftAUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - Apr 18, 2017 - Geneious Biologics, a next-generation cloud service developed to empower enterprises engaged in commercial antibody discovery and screening and significantly improve their success rates, will launch at Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, in Boston MA, on May 23, 2017Full story -
Bio-IT World Announces Finalists For Best Practices Awards
Apr 14, 2017, 08:30 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | The finalists for the 2017 Bio-IT World Best Practices competition have been announced. This year, 23 projects from 36 different groups were chosen for the final round of competition.
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NantOmics Acquires Genos
Apr 13, 2017, 16:20 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World Brief NantOmics today announced its acquisition of Genos, a consumer genomics startup that launched its services last year.Full story -
Building And Supporting Mobile Apps In The Cloud
Apr 13, 2017, 15:25 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | Bio-IT World Expo Commentary Mobile application development is a term used to denote the act or process by which application software is developed for mobile devices and it is growing steadily and at a rapid pace. With the increase in the usage of cloud technology, mobile development is the need of the hour. Most of the major products now have mobile modules attached and sometimes even provided as incentive to increase their sales. Mobile development has also brought changes to project management methodology in organizations. Cohesiveness and synergy between various teams is now more visible than ever.Full story -
CRISPR Cousin SHERLOCK May Be Able To Track Down Diseases, Scientists Say
Apr 13, 2017, 14:46 PM by Michael CroftSTAT | Scientists have found a way to use CRISPR to develop quick, easy, cheap, and precise diagnostic tests, including in the field during a disease outbreak.Full story -
Berkeley Lab Supercomputer Breaks New Ground In Quantum Computing Simulation
Apr 13, 2017, 12:46 PM by Michael CroftTOP500 | Cori, the fifth fastest supercomputer in the world, has been used to model a 45-qubit circuit, which, by all accounts, is the largest simulation of a quantum computer ever achieved. The virtual circuit is just a handful of qubits short of a quantum computing system that would be more powerful than any conventional computer currently devised.Full story -
MR Solutions launches sealed animal carrier system for use in cleanroom environments
Apr 13, 2017, 07:54 AM by Michael CroftGUILDFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - Apr 13, 2017 - MR Solutions preclinical, cryogen-free multi-modality, MRI systems can now be sited in cleanroom environments with the addition of a sealed animal handling bedFull story -
SimpleTrials Selected as a Top 10 eClinical Trial Management Solution Provider by Pharma Tech Outlook
Apr 12, 2017, 15:42 PM by Michael CroftOAKLAND, CA - Apr 12, 2017 - SimpleTrials, the latest Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) from Trial By Fire Solutions, has been recognized as one of the Top 10 eClinical Trial Management Solution Providers for 2017 by Pharma Tech Outlook MagazineFull story -
Equus Compute Solutions to Showcase Hyper-Converged Severs at NTCA IP Vision Show
Apr 12, 2017, 13:51 PM by Michael Croft, MN, UNITED STATES - Apr 12, 2017 - Equus Compute Solutions, one of America's largest manufacturers of custom computer hardware systems, will display its advanced scalable High Density Storage Server solutions at the NTCA IP Vision Expo which will be held April 10-11, 2017 at the Marriot StFull story -
The Human Vaccines Project, Vanderbilt, And Illumina Collaborate To Decode The Human Immunome
Apr 12, 2017, 10:25 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | The Human Vaccines Project and Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced this week that they joined forces with Illumina to decipher the human immunome, the genetic underpinnings of the immune system.