• HudsonAlpha, Dell EMC, St. Jude, And More: News From August 2018

    Bio-IT World | August featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including HudsonAlpha, Dell EMC, St. Jude, and more.

    Aug 29, 2018

  • British Heart Foundation Launches Interdisciplinary, International Challenge

    Bio-IT World  The British Heart Foundation (BHF) launched the Big Beat Challenge over the weekend. The £30 million award is one of the largest and most ambitious of its kind: a challenge to scientists, clinicians, innovators, and entrepreneurs to identify a significant unmet need or opportunity for game-changing innovation in heart and circulatory science or medicine. The award will prioritize international and interdisciplinary entries.

    Aug 27, 2018

  • 23andMe Cuts Off API Access To Outside Developers

    CNBC | 23andMe will prevent third-party apps from accessing its customers' raw genetic information, and will only let them use reports from the company.

    Aug 24, 2018

  • Sharing Is Caring: Why The Pharma Industry Must Work Together To Encourage Patients To Share Their Data

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | From who’s got it, to how is it being used, and who is sharing it without our permission, our personal data appears to be becoming less personal by the day. This has significant implications when it comes to personal patient, health, and fitness data, where the impact could be particularly worrisome.

    Aug 22, 2018

  • Building The Participant Interface For All Of Us And Keeping Users Connected

    Bio-IT World | The All of Us research program is truly a collaboration of partners, each taking on responsibility for part of the project. Vibrent Health won the Participant Technology Systems Center award, versioning its Learning Health System to guide over one million participants through the process of recruitment, enrollment, engagement, and return of health information.

    Aug 22, 2018

  • Bionano Genomics Announces Pricing Of Initial Public Offering

    Bio-IT World News Brief | Bionano Genomics today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 3,360,000 units at a public offering price of $6.125 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $20,580,000, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

    Aug 21, 2018

  • MD Anderson Spins Out Neurosciences Company From Discovery Division

    Bio-IT World News Brief | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Accelerator Life Science Partners, a leading life science investment and management firm, have announced the launch of Magnolia Neurosciences Corporation, a company developing a new class of neuroprotective medicines, with $31 million in Series A funding.

    Aug 20, 2018