Apr 14, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

PRINCETON, NJ - Apr 14, 2014 - NovoPath introduces a customizable web portal to its NovoPath anatomic pathology laboratory information system (APLIS), helping customers efficiently comply with new legislation requiring labs to provide direct patient access to reports

Apr 14, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

WARSAW, POLAND - Apr 14, 2014 - Warsaw - 14 April 2014 - European Clinical Research Organization (CRO), KCR, is pleased to announce the launch of its new business enterprise: KCR Placement

Apr 11, 2014, 14:00 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Bio-Rad has acquired GnuBIO, a next-generation droplet-based DNA sequencing technology. GnuBIO's DNA sequencing solution integrates the entire sample preparation workflow on a chip.

Apr 10, 2014, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

Duke Chronicle | Duke's plans for the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy were made public in late March--a formal dismantling July 1.

Apr 10, 2014, 11:10 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Celladon today became the first company to receive breakthrough status for a gene therapy treatment in development. The treatment, MYDICAR, is intended to reduce the risk of heart failure in patients with a deficiency of the enzyme SERCA2a.

Apr 10, 2014, 11:00 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | A string of price cuts from Google, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft has further driven down the price of cloud computing.

Apr 10, 2014, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Apr 9, 2014, 15:00 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World Roundup | More challenges for India's Open Source Drug Development project. The Indian Ministry of Science and Technology reportedly did not clear the cabinet note meant to extend funding for the Open Source Drug Discovery project and the project is facing a serious talent shortage.

Apr 9, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

WOBURN, MA, UNITED STATES - Apr 9, 2014 - BridgeHead Software, a leader in healthcare data management, today announced the latest release of its Healthcare Data Management (HDM) solution with a new DICOM Archive Browser (DAB) and increased Cloud support, most notably support for the open Cloud storage standard SWIFT

Apr 8, 2014, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World Roundup | A March 26 Nature comment is getting press today. Steve Perrin, chief scientific officer at the ALS Therapy Development Institute in Cambridge, Mass., is frustrated with the mouse models driving ALS research.

Apr 8, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

CHAPEL HILL, NC, UNITED STATES - Apr 8, 2014 - Rho Shares Lessons Learned in Rescuing Clinical TrialsRescue trial experts discuss red flags, tips for selecting an effective CRO As a first-class provider of clinical trial rescue services, Triangle-based contract research organization (CRO), Rho, is often called upon to resolve issues when clinical research studies do not go as planned

Apr 7, 2014, 13:00 PM by Michael Croft

Technology Review | Data presented at the American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR) event over the weekend heralded the revival of cancer immunotherapy.

Apr 7, 2014, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | Computerworld released its 2014 Salary Survey for tech workers today. Compared with last year, salaries inched up slowly, but with more employees seeing increases.

Apr 7, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

MUNICH, GERMANY - Apr 7, 2014 - Definiens, the global leader in image analysis for digital pathology and diagnostics, announced today that it has signed an agreement with INSERM Transfert to sponsor the worldwide consortium for the validation of the Immunoscore, a new approach to cancer therapy that has been called "transformational

Apr 7, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Apr 7, 2014 - Terascala, the fast data company, today announced record OEM sales for the first quarter of 2014 and sequential increases in total sales for the last four quarters

Apr 4, 2014, 12:40 PM by Michael Croft

Huffington Post | A practicing bioinformatician makes the case for genomic research organizations to make their data public.

Apr 4, 2014, 08:50 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The new LiveDesign platform, released this week, allows computational and medicinal chemists to cooperate in the cloud, drawing new compounds and running predictive models on them during live sessions.

Apr 3, 2014, 13:00 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Appistry, which has managed the commercial releases of the Broad Institute's Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) since 2012, has released the GATK 3 for commercial use.

Apr 2, 2014, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

Cornell Chronicle | Cornell University has established a new Center for Reproductive Genomics (CRG) with the help of a five-year, $10 million grant from NIH.

Apr 2, 2014, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | This morning, 23andMe announced the appointment of industry veteran Kathy Hibbs as chief legal and regulatory officer, filling a role that has been vacant for nearly a year.