Jun 18, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

SAN MATEO, CA - Jun 18, 2014 - MAVERIX ADDS SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENTS TOGENOMIC ANALYSIS PLATFORMFOR RNA-SEQ RESEARCHEnhanced design allows comparison of side-by-side resultsfrom HTSeq/DESeq and CufflinksMaverix Biomics Inc

Jun 17, 2014, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft

San Diego Union-Tribune | The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla and the University of Southern California are reportedly considering a merger or acquisition, under which Scripps would be acquired by USC.

Jun 16, 2014, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World Brief | Ten days after Pathway Genomics announced its new BRCATrue test and its plan to donate $10 million worth of tests in its one for one program, Myriad Genetics filed a patent infringement suit against the company. While calling the suit "unwarranted", Jim Plante, Pathway Genomics' founder and CEO, also acknowledged that the lawsuit was "not unexpected."

Jun 13, 2014, 11:20 AM by Michael Croft

Forbes | Matthew Herper examines the market for generic biotech therapies, which have sometimes been seen as more resistant to generic competition than chemically manufactured drugs.

Jun 13, 2014, 08:20 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | News and product releases from around the industry, including Myriad Genetics donating cancer variants to PROMPT study, and the launch of MolecularHealth's cancer genotyping service.

Jun 12, 2014, 13:40 PM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | With over $400 million on hand, Cambridge-based Moderna Therapeutics is revisiting its role in bringing mRNA-based therapies to market.

Jun 12, 2014, 12:30 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | NextCODE Health, the spin-off from deCODE genetics that launched last October, has continued to release new software tools based on deCODE's former diagnostic services. Its latest is a whole genome-scale tumor analyzer.

Jun 12, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

WARSAW, POLAND - Jun 12, 2014 - Warsaw – 12 June 2014 – Europe was the first region worldwide to introduce a clear regulatory pathway for biosimilar medicines

Jun 12, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

TORONTO, ON, CANADA - Jun 12, 2014 - Claron Technology, a leading medical imaging solution provider, was ranked today as No. 305 on the Canadian Business and PROFIT 26th annual PROFIT 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies

Jun 12, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, UNITED STATES - Jun 12, 2014 - TeraDiscoveries, Inc., a bio-therapeutics company focused on cloud-based drug design and development, announced today that effective immediately, it has changed its corporate name to Cloud Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Jun 11, 2014, 08:30 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | This morning, a trio of U.K. researchers released what may be the first publicly available read from an Oxford Nanopore MinION Sequencer.

Jun 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

PARAMUS, NJ - Jun 11, 2014 - Advanced Data Systems (ADS) announced today that MedicsDocAssistant v. 7.0 is certified as a Silver Quality Solution by Quest Diagnostics under Quest’s Health IT Quality Solutions™ Program (the “Program”)

Jun 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

PALO ALTO, CA - Jun 11, 2014 - Palo Alto, California –: PREMIER Biosoft, a next generation leader in bioinformatics, today announced the release of Enterprise Edition of SimGlycan® v

Jun 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

WASHINGTON, DC - Jun 11, 2014 - mProve Health’s Trial Guide app takes off across numerous studies and is localized for more than 30 countries

Jun 10, 2014, 11:40 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Today, Autism Speaks announced that Google has agreed to host the database of the AUT10K program, which plans to house 10,000 whole genomes of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families, alongside detailed clinical information.

Jun 10, 2014, 10:20 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | This month, a review article appeared in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology that follows the typical growth of microbial communities living in and on humans over the first three years of life.

Jun 10, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

COLUMBIA, MD, UNITED STATES - Jun 10, 2014 - BioFortis Inc., a leading software supplier to the pharmaceutical industry and the Rx-360 Consortium, an international pharmaceutical supply chain consortium, today released the Rx-360 Audit Sharing Database

Jun 10, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

CHAPEL HILL, NC, UNITED STATES - Jun 10, 2014 - Rho SVP R&D Serving on Panel, Presenting duringDIA 50th Annual Meeting in San Diego WHAT:           Rho, a full-service contract research organization (CRO), is showcasing its                             30-year history of success in drug development strategies and services at                       the 2014 Drug Information Association (DIA) 50th Annual "Celebrate the Past -                       Invent the Future," Meeting, June 15-19 in San Diego

Jun 9, 2014, 08:25 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | A new twist on the popular Hi-C sequencing technique, pioneered at the University of Washington, may allow scientists to tease out the whole genomes of undiscovered microorganisms — even if they can't be separated from the other microbes they live with.

Jun 6, 2014, 17:00 PM by Michael Croft