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Broad Institute Prevails In Heated Dispute Over CRISPR Patents
Feb 15, 2017, 13:06 PM by Michael CroftSTAT | In a one-sentence decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled that key CRISPR patents awarded to the Broad Institute beginning in 2014 are sufficiently different from ones applied for by the University of California.Full story -
Certara Vice President Appointed F1000Prime Faculty Member
Feb 15, 2017, 09:27 AM by Michael CroftPRINCETON, NJ - Feb 15, 2017 - Certara®, the leading provider of decision support technology and consulting services for optimizing drug development and improving health outcomes, today announced that Professor Piet van der Graaf, PharmD, PhD, its vice president of quantitative systems pharmacology, has been appointed a F1000Prime faculty memberFull story -
Human Gene Editing Receives Science Panel’s Support
Feb 14, 2017, 12:00 PM by Michael CroftThe New York Times | Pressed by controversial, advancing technology, an influential committee laid out the conditions under which human embryos might be engineered with heritable traits.Full story -
Bionano Genomics Announces Global Launch Of Saphyr
Feb 13, 2017, 14:10 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | Bionano Genomics today announced the global commercial launch of Saphyr, its newest and most advanced system for genome mapping.
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The Pistoia Alliance Appoints Advisory Board of Notable Life Science Figures to Support its Mission to Increase Industry Collaboration
Feb 13, 2017, 10:30 AM by Michael CroftLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Feb 13, 2017 - The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, has appointed an advisory board to guide its strategyFull story -
Qlucore continues to expand in the US
Feb 13, 2017, 10:21 AM by Michael CroftLUND, SWEDEN - Feb 13, 2017 - ~~Based in Baltimore, Beth Repetti will be responsible for driving new business for Qlucore, a world leader in the development of bioinformatics softwareFull story -
BC Platforms Partners with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital to Transform Cancer Research
Feb 13, 2017, 02:49 AM by Michael CroftBASEL, SWITZERLAND - Feb 13, 2017 - BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management solutions, today announces it has signed a partnership with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Centers laboratory of Clinical Genomics and Advanced Technology in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine in the US, focused on providing data management solutions in cancer researchFull story -
Illumina Welcomes New Startups To Its Accelerator Program
Feb 10, 2017, 13:40 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | Illumina announced today that it has chosen three new startups to join its accelerator program, which provides investment capital and other resources to early-stage companies developing new genomic technologies and applications.
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A Call For Academic Drug Companies
Feb 10, 2017, 12:05 PM by Michael CroftIn The Pipeline | Derek Lowe, in his blog for Science Translational Medicine, offers his thoughts on the question, "How Much Longer Will We Put Up With $100,000 Cancer Drugs?"Full story -
Zenith Technologies strengthens managed services business
Feb 10, 2017, 07:01 AM by Michael CroftDUBLIN, IRELAND - Feb 10, 2017 - A global life science technology firm has appointed David Staunton as director of global managed services to help meet increased demand for its automation and manufacturing execution system (MES) servicesFull story -
MyHeritage Announces Yaniv Erlich As New Chief Science Officer
Feb 9, 2017, 17:00 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | Yaniv Erlich is joining Israeli online genealogy platform company, MyHeritage, as Chief Science Officer.
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MasterControl and LORENZ Life Sciences Group Celebrate Decade Long Partnership and Integration in Streamlining eCTD Submissions
Feb 9, 2017, 13:06 PM by Michael CroftSALT LAKE CITY, UT, UNITED STATES - Feb 9, 2017 - — MasterControl, a leading global provider of enterprise quality management systems (EQMS) and LORENZ Life Sciences Group, a leading global Regulatory Information Management Solutions provider have been demonstrating joint success at customers streamlining and integrating their document management and submission management solutions respectively for a decadeFull story -
Big Move-BOC Sciences Introduced Iron Oxide Nanopaticles
Feb 9, 2017, 04:46 AM by Michael CroftNEW YORK, NY - Feb 9, 2017 - At the beginning of 2017, BOC Sciences added iron oxide nanoparticles as a big move to expand its product variety, which is a series of action began in 2016Full story -
Creative Peptides Newly Launched Peptide Products for Three Research Areas
Feb 9, 2017, 04:38 AM by Michael CroftLONG ISLAND CITY, NY, UNITED STATES - Feb 9, 2017 - Creative Peptides newly launched three research areas containing the related peptides to facilitate the studies for better therapiesFull story -
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Names Investigators, Builds Collaborative Culture
Feb 8, 2017, 16:50 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub has named its first cohort of 47 investigators from the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco.Full story -
KCR Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Feb 8, 2017, 10:57 AM by Michael CroftBERLIN, GERMANY - Feb 8, 2017 - In 2017 KCR celebrates its 20-year anniversary of contributing to the clinical research & development (R&D) industryFull story -
Align Biopharma Provides Easier Connection To Healthcare Professionals
Feb 8, 2017, 09:00 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | Six technology leaders have come together to create Align Biopharma, a new industry standards group aiming to ease digital engagement challenges for member companies and their users.
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FDA Proposal On Biotech Drugs Sparks Criticism
Feb 7, 2017, 14:58 PM by Michael CroftTheHill | The FDA wants to give biotech drugs more distinct names, but some drugmakers and agencies aren't on board.Full story -
New CIC recruit to bring big pharma knowledge to Cambridge cluster
Feb 7, 2017, 04:15 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - Feb 7, 2017 - Dr Michael Anstey is the latest recruit for Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC); he has come from Canada to join the company as an Investment Director specialising in healthcare investmentsFull story -
Malin Announces Acquisition Of Artizan Biosciences Shareholdings
Feb 6, 2017, 12:10 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | Malin today announced that it has acquired a 32% shareholding of Artizan Biosciences.