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Digitizing The Pharma Research Value Chain For Faster Drug Discovery Through Precompetitive Collaboration
Aug 26, 2016, 09:45 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | The global pharmaceutical industry is at a crossroads. It is, therefore, imperative for pharma organizations to reimagine their research value chain, in order to accelerate product innovation, and boost molecule pipelines during the discovery stage.
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Stealthy Biotech Revives Stalled Parkinsons Drug Reveals Plans In Alzheimers and ALS
Aug 25, 2016, 17:19 PM by Michael CroftForbes | Denali Therapeutics, the stealthy South San Francisco biotech startup that raised $217 million last year to fight Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS, is finally lifting the curtain on its plans this morning.Full story -
Bio-Rad Introduces an Assay Website That Allows Researchers to Identify or Design Their Own Droplet Digital™ PCR Assays
Aug 24, 2016, 18:23 PM by Michael CroftHERCULES, CA, UNITED STATES - Aug 9, 2016 - Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announced the launch of an assay website that allows droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) users to locate existing assays or design new ones for mutation detection and copy number determinationFull story -
Bioclinica Enters Agreement to be Acquired by Cinven
Aug 23, 2016, 11:41 AM by Michael CroftDOYLESTOWN, PA, US - Aug 23, 2016 - Bioclinica®, a provider of specialized technology-enabled services supporting clinical trials, today announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by Cinven, a leading international private equity firmFull story -
MDI Biological Laboratory Scientists Awarded Patent for Potential New Heart Disease Drug
Aug 23, 2016, 11:34 AM by Michael CroftBAR HARBOR, ME - Aug 23, 2016 - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced that it will grant a patent to MDI Biological Laboratory scientists Voot PFull story -
Is the virtual gene panel the way forward, asks Congenica at Dx Summit
Aug 23, 2016, 07:54 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - Aug 23, 2016 - Although the current practice of analysing defined gene panels for a specific disease has great utility, it is of limited benefit when a condition is not well definedFull story -
Obama’s science legacy betting big on biomedical science
Aug 22, 2016, 13:30 PM by Michael CroftNature News & Comment | Ambitious bids to map the brain and cure cancer have not boosted overall research funding.Full story -
With $14 Billion Purchase Pfizer Signals That Cancer Drug Prices Will Remain High
Aug 22, 2016, 13:20 PM by Michael CroftForbes | Pfizer says it will purchase biotechnology upstart Medivation for $14 billion in cash. The main prize in the deal: Medivation's prostate cancer drug, Xtandi, which costs $120,000 a year.Full story -
PHARMA TECH FIRM EXPANDS US PRESENCE
Aug 19, 2016, 08:09 AM by Michael Croft- Aug 19, 2016 - ZENITH Technologies is expanding its US presence by opening two new offices on the West Coast of the US to meet greater demand for its automation, process control and serialization technology support servicesFull story -
Mass Innovation Labs Host Space for Growing Biotech
Aug 19, 2016, 05:05 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World “Something that the industry doesn’t really talk about is the cost of doing research,” says Amrit Chaudhuri, CEO of Mass Innovation Labs in Cambridge, Mass. Running a lab can cost hundreds of dollars per square foot, Chaudhuri says, but Mass Innovation Labs offers an alternative.Full story -
Lies damn lies and CRISPR the legal battle escalates
Aug 18, 2016, 14:44 PM by Michael CroftSTAT | The gloves are off in the legal fight over CRISPR genome editing patents, as the latest documents filed in the case make clear.Full story -
ExAC Project Pins Down Rare Gene Variants
Aug 17, 2016, 14:05 PM by Michael CroftNature News & Comment | Catalogue of genetic information from some 60,000 people reveals unexpected surprises - and highlights the need to make genomic data publicly accessible to aid studies of rare diseases.Full story -
MDI Biological Laboratory Receives Funds for Research on Nerve Damage
Aug 17, 2016, 11:36 AM by Michael CroftBAR HARBOR, ME - Aug 17, 2016 - NIH Grant Will Support Studies on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral NeuropathyBAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that it has received a grant of $456,500 over two years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the study of peripheral neuropathyFull story -
ARM pact Will Help Intel Woo Apple Into New Chip Deal
Aug 17, 2016, 09:53 AM by Michael CroftComputerworld | The chances of Apple's using Intel's factories to have its iPhone and iPad chips made have just rocketed up.Full story -
Mizzou and Danforth Center Leaders to be Featured at the Conversations Program
Aug 17, 2016, 09:49 AM by Michael CroftST. LOUIS, UNITED STATES - Aug 17, 2016 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Centers Conversations Series will be held on Thursday, August 25, 2016, at the Danforth Center, 975 NFull story -
Business Consultant Ned Cloonan Joins MDI Biological Laboratory Board
Aug 17, 2016, 09:39 AM by Michael CroftBAR HARBOR, ME - Aug 17, 2016 - BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The Board of Trustees of the MDI Biological Laboratory has announced the appointment of Ned Cloonan of Greenwich, ConnFull story -
NewLeaf Symbiotics Secures Key Patents in Europe and Japan
Aug 16, 2016, 09:40 AM by Michael CroftST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES - Aug 16, 2016 - NewLeaf Symbiotics announced today that both the European and Japanese Patent Offices will grant patents on the companys foundational production processFull story -
Spiking genomic databases with misinformation could protect patient privacy
Aug 16, 2016, 09:34 AM by Michael CroftNature News & Comment | Technique that adds noise to genetic data would enable much faster access to large data sets.Full story -
Why CRISPR Is An Attractive Approach To Treat Sickle Cell Disease
Aug 16, 2016, 09:26 AM by Michael CroftForbes | Researchers describe a new way to use CRISPR editing to fix sickle cell disease, a debilitating genetic blood disorder.Full story -
Ayar Labs Gets $2.5M to Go After Optical Chips for Data Centers
Aug 16, 2016, 09:23 AM by Michael CroftXconomy | This startup sits at the intersection of electronics, optics, energy efficiency, and the Internet. Ayar Labs is working on how to make data centers perform better with less energy.Full story