Jun 2, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

WALTHAM, MA - Jun 2, 2015 - Trinity Pharma Solutions, a leader in cloud-based data and guided analytics solutions for the global life sciences industry, today announced the next generation of its cloud-enabled and mobile-ready data analytics platform

Jun 1, 2015, 14:00 PM by Michael Croft

Jun 1, 2015, 12:25 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | News and product briefs from around the industry, including a suite of new proteomics and lipidomics solutions from SCIEX, and new efforts at the Broad Institute to understand the mechanisms of cancer drug resistance.

Jun 1, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | Google may not have caught up to Amazon in the cloud market, but that's OK, according to a Google executive. The company is heading in a slightly different direction with cloud computing that involves helping customers analyze their data.

May 29, 2015, 15:00 PM by Michael Croft

May 29, 2015, 11:50 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Months after 10X Genomics came to market with a platform for reassembling 100-kilobase DNA fragments with an Illumina sequencer, Pacific Biosciences and RainDance Technologies have teamed up on their own barcoded long read solution that they say could outperform 10X on virtually every count.

May 29, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, UNITED STATES - May 29, 2015 - Cenduit, a joint venture between Quintiles and Thermo Fisher Scientific, today announced it has achieved a new milestone of more than 400 employees

May 28, 2015, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft

May 28, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

CHAPEL HILL, NC - May 28, 2015 - Rho Named a Best CRO with Life Sciences Award
from the Triangle Business Journal Chapel Hill, NC  ̶  May 27, 2015  ̶  Rho, a contract research organization (CRO) focused on bringing new products to market through a full range of product development services, recently announced that the company was recognized as one of the Best CROs by the Triangle Business Journal, a multimedia source for local business news, research and events in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill region of North Carolina, where Rho is headquartered

May 27, 2015, 12:10 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Biotech funding must be hot indeed when an 18-month-old immunotherapy company can pledge hundreds of millions to an 18-month-old genome editing company, but there's plenty of promise combining CAR T therapy with CRISPR technology — as rivals Novartis and Intellia Therapeutics made clear when they forged their own partnership this January.

May 27, 2015, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

May 21, 2015, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | Boston Children’s Hospital is launching CLARITY Undiagnosed, a $25,000 competition to identify molecular diagnoses for five families with as-yet undiagnosed conditions. The Challenge kicks off in conjunction with a documentary film tracing the journeys of the patients and—possibly—the teams. Teams have until June 11 to register

May 21, 2015, 09:40 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | As the Genome in a Bottle Consortium and the National Institute of Standards and Technology announce the first reference DNA samples as trusted standards for genomic sequencing, the FDA weighs a regulatory role for the new reference material.

May 21, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

CHAPEL HILL, NC - May 21, 2015 -   Rho Showcases Clinical Services Expertise at OCT East Coast WHAT:           Rho, a full-service contract research organization (CRO), will highlight its continued success in drug development strategies and services during the 6th annual Outsourcing in Clinical Trials (OCT) East Coast conference, being held May 27-28 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

May 21, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

BERLIN, GERMANY - May 21, 2015 - KCR, a Contract Research Organization (CRO), operating in 19 countries in Europe as well as the U.S., has recently validated the quality and accuracy of its operations receiving ISO 9001:2008 Certification for all its services

May 21, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

BOULDER, CO, UNITED STATES - May 21, 2015 - BOULDER, Colo.—May 21, 2015—Biodesix, Inc. today announced the launch of GeneStrat™, a targeted liquid biopsy mutation test for genotyping tumors of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

May 20, 2015, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

May 20, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | Under a collaboration announced today, San Diego-based Cypher Genomics said it would use its biomarker discovery service to help New Jersey's Celgene identify key genetic variants among patients who respond well to specific drugs.

May 19, 2015, 11:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Robert Gentleman’s goal is to “bring bioinformatics and computational drug discovery to complement the really strong genetics” already at 23andMe. He spoke with Bio-IT World about open science at a for-profit venture, the challenges of drug discovery, and what’s left to find via SNP chips.

May 19, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | One of gene therapy's major unanswered questions is just what it'll take to convince U.S. regulators to approve one of these treatments.