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DataCore Announces VDI Benchmarks
Jan 25, 2011, 02:40 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBrianMadden.com | DataCore Software has announced benchmark results and a research paper reporting less than $35 per desktop for platform hardware and a total system cost of less than $70 per vDesktop for all hardware and software.
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Government to Fund Drug Research
Jan 25, 2011, 00:25 AM by Michael CroftFull storyNew York Times | The government's new drug development center, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, isn't intended to be comptetitive with the private sector, says NIH director Francis Collins. The center is slated to open in October and will be one of the 27 centers and institutes under the National Institutes of Health.
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Pfizer Signs $632m Deal for Biotech
Jan 21, 2011, 00:45 AM by Michael CroftFull storySeattle Times | Pfizer is paying $632 million in a research collaboration with Theraclone Sciences, a Seattle-based biotech working on antibody drugs for cancer and infectious diseases.
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2011 Best Practices Deadline Extension
Jan 20, 2011, 05:05 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | Bio-IT World is announcing a deadline extension for its 2010 Best Practices awards program. In keeping with extensions given in previous years, the 2011 extended deadline is February 4.
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ONC Releases Final Certification Rule
Jan 18, 2011, 08:55 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Expert Commentary | New details of the health information technology (HIT) permanent certification program have been released, and it appears that the federal government will be leaning heavily on the private sector to oversee the electronic health records (EHR) certification process.
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Banking on Biosimilars
Jan 14, 2011, 03:10 AM by Michael CroftFull storyReuters | Several announcements recently have illustrated that drugmakers are seeing money in generics. Merck just struck a deal with Parexel to create biosimilars.
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Scripps Study: When It Comes to Genomics, Consumers Can Handle the Truth
Jan 13, 2011, 01:00 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | An important Scripps study on consumer attitudes to personal genomics testing, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that most individuals are perfectly capable of handling genome-wide data, and may help counter much of the mythology that has arisen surrounding the public's supposed inability to handle personal genetic information.
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The Institute for Systems Biology Orders 615 Complete Genomics Genomes
Jan 13, 2011, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and Complete Genomics have signed an agreement that calls for Complete Genomics to sequence 615 complete human genome samples as part of an ISB study on neurodegenerative diseases.
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Illumina Strikes Back in Gene Machine Wars With MiSeq
Jan 12, 2011, 10:45 AM by Michael CroftFull storyForbes.com | Illumina is launching a smaller, more affordable next-generation sequencing machine, the MiSeq, which will cost $125,000 and will provide some competition for the newly released Personal Genome Machine from Ion Torrent.
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Portal Partnering: Connecting Pharma and CROs
Jan 10, 2011, 06:00 AM by Michael CroftFull storyComment | The contract research market grew 13% in 2009, reaching $23.5 billion, according to the Contract Research Annual Review 2010 report. But as these partnerships with contract research organizations become more common, it will become essential for firms to establish collaborative communications with their partners. A partner portal, connecting the sponsor with the CRO, is an effective platform to achieve these goals.
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Biogen Fills Head R&D Position
Jan 7, 2011, 00:35 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBoston Globe | Biogen Idec has filled its head of research and operations position, a job that has been empty since October 2009.
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GenomeQuest and Ingenuity Announce NGS Partnership
Jan 6, 2011, 03:30 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | GenomeQuest and Ingenuity Systems have announced a partnership to support next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflows specifically targeted for personalized medicine research. The companies will integrate GenomeQuest’s Sequence Data Management (SDM) platform with Ingenuity’s IPA software enabling researchers to exchange gene information, perform interactive analysis, and create and test hypotheses across the domains of genome sequencing and biological pathways.
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Jackson Labs Pulls Bid For Florida Expansion
Jan 5, 2011, 07:35 AM by Michael CroftTampa Tribune | The Jackson Laboratories has pulled an application to the state of Florida for $50 million for a planned personalized medicine institute with the University of South Florida, although the institute insists it remains "very enthusiastic about our possible Florida expansion."Full story -
Pfizer Extends RNA Drug Deal
Jan 5, 2011, 01:00 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBloomberg | Pfizer is expanding Wyeth's 2009 RNA-focused partnershp with Santaris Pharma in a deal that could be worth more than $600 million.
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At Novartis, Fishman Finds a Winning Formula
Jan 4, 2011, 11:55 AM by Michael CroftBoston Globe | Nine years after his appointment as president of the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, cardiologist Mark Fishman, 58, is overseeing an expansion of Novartis research in the U.S. and around the world.Full story -
J&J and MGH Go After the Cancer Blood Test
Jan 4, 2011, 04:10 AM by Michael CroftFull storyCNN | Johnson and Johnson and Massachusetts General Hospital are developing and marketing a blood test that could find a single cancer cell in a person's blood.
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New Drug Approvals Slipped in 2010
Jan 3, 2011, 10:50 AM by Michael CroftWall Street Journal | The FDA approved about 21 drugs in 2010, a relatively modest figure that shows the pharmaceutical industry hasn't yet escaped its drought in recent years. The 2010 figures were lower than the 25 drugs approved in 2009 or 24 in 2008, but higher than the low of 18 in 2007.Full story -
Rothberg's Personal Genome Machine
Dec 30, 2010, 04:20 AM by Michael CroftFull storyForbes | Jonathan Rothberg's new Personal Genome Machine (PGM) has an 8-inch touchscreen and a dock to link to an iPhone. It's the smallest and cheapest DNA decoder on the market.
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Abuse Possibilities for Genetic Data
Dec 30, 2010, 04:10 AM by Michael CroftFull storyForbes | There's no federal law against surreptitious DNA testing, and in 2009 New Scientist writer Michael Reilly sucessfully collected a colleague's DNA (from a water glass), had it amplified and sent it to a genetic testing company.
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The Surprising Genetics of Hair Loss
Dec 29, 2010, 02:10 AM by Michael CroftFull storyNew York Times | Angela Christiano announced the genetics of alopecia areata, a hair loss disease, last summer. Previously thought to be linked to autoimmune diseases like psoriasis, it turned out to be more closely related to rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, and celiac disease.