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Olaris Announces Findings from Exploratory Analysis of Biomarkers that Predict Patient Responsiveness to Trastuzumab Therapy
Mar 2, 2020, 08:36 AM by Michael CroftWALTHAM, MA, UNITED STATES - Mar 2, 2020 - Olaris, a precision medicine company that is working to fundamentally change how diseases are treated, today announced the findings from its exploratory analysis of biomarkers of response (BoR) that predict whether a HER2-positive (Her2+) metastatic breast cancer patient will respond to Herceptin® (trastuzumab) therapyFull story -
Solentim names Mark Truesdale as new CEO
Mar 2, 2020, 04:52 AM by Michael CroftBOURNEMOUTH, UK - Mar 2, 2020 - Solentim, the global leader in cell line development instrumentation, today announced that Dr Mark Truesdale has been appointed to the position of CEOFull story -
Legit™ Unveils A New Collaboration Software For Life Sciences
Feb 28, 2020, 09:55 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, MA, UNITED STATES - Feb 28, 2020 - Legit, the leading life sciences collaboration platform, announced today the launch of their new collaboration software geared towards the life sciencesFull story -
Alfa Chemistry Introduced Functionalized Nanomaterials
Feb 27, 2020, 22:16 PM by Michael CroftNEW YORK, NY - Feb 28, 2020 - On February 20, 2020, Alfa Chemistry announced to introduce a wide range of functionalized nanomaterials to meet the increasing demand from their global customersFull story -
MGI Announces $100 Genome; Illumina Files Patent Suit
Feb 27, 2020, 18:25 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World MGI got some attention with its presentation this week of the $100 genome. Among the feedback, a patent infringement suit from Illumina relating to the “CoolMPS” sequencing products.Full story -
Menarini Silicon Biosystems To Announce New Solutions for Advancing Liquid Biopsy in Clinical Research
Feb 27, 2020, 12:32 PM by Michael CroftBOLOGNA, ITALY AND HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA - Feb 27, 2020 - Menarini Silicon Biosystems, the pioneer of liquid biopsy and rare cell technologies, announced today that it is developing several new products that could help advance precision medicine research by expanding the capabilities and applications of its CELLSEARCH and DEPArray technologies, for rare cells isolation and single cell analysisFull story -
Illumina, NSA Labs, Certara, And More: News From February 2020
Feb 27, 2020, 10:10 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World February featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Illumina, NSA Labs, Certara, and more.
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Bio Filters For Air Pollution Control Outlook, Product, Industry Developments and Opportunities
Feb 27, 2020, 04:15 AM by Michael CroftALBANY, NY, US - Feb 27, 2020 - Transparency Market Research delivers key insights on the global bio filter market. In terms of revenue, the global bio filter market is estimated to expand at a CAGR of ~7%, based on value, during the forecast period, owing to numerous factors, regarding which, TMR offers thorough insights and forecasts in the global bio filter market reportFull story -
The Pistoia Alliance’s Releases Latest Unified Data Model
Feb 26, 2020, 14:00 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World The Pistoia Alliance yesterday released the latest Unified Data Model (UDM) file format, Version 6, supported by funding from Biovia, Elsevier, GSK, Novartis, and Roche (recently joined by BMS). V6 delivers a stable foundation for the collection and exchange of reaction data and empowers the community to move forward with its adoption. The release is built upon standard (Allotrope-compatible) vocabularies for units of measure and analytical methods, allowing the systems to be interoperable. As increased adoption of AI and ML in R&D continues, such industry-wide data standards are essential in the move toward the digitally driven Lab of the Future (LoTF).Full story -
A Deep Look At The Future Of Medicine
Feb 26, 2020, 13:00 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World Cardiologist Eric Topol, author of the Creative Destruction of Medicine and The Patient Will See You Now has often written about medicine and technology. But Deep Medicine isn’t just about technology.Full story -
Stilla Technologies, Yuzi Holdings and TusPark donate digital PCR Naica™ Systems to help fight coronavirus outbreak in China
Feb 25, 2020, 17:16 PM by Michael CroftSAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA, US - Feb 25, 2020 - Paris, February 25, 2020 - Stilla Technologies, a leading provider of pioneering digital PCR (dPCR) solutions for high-precision genetic analyses, just announced it will be joining an initiative led by Yuzi Holdings and TusPark Science & Technology Service Group (TusPark) to donate two Naica Systems to City of Zhengzhou and City of Xinyang[1], in China, to help them better detect the coronavirus and monitor its mutationsFull story -
New Players Take the Field: How Private Employer Healthcare Could Mean More Focus on People
Feb 25, 2020, 12:05 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Depending on which side of the gurney you find yourself, the U.S. healthcare system can be simultaneously viewed as either a modern-day gold rush or an impossible financial burden. In large part, this is because humans have been displaced by business objectives as the focal point of healthcare. If you’re seeking some sign of restored equilibrium between massive healthcare corporations (59 of the S&P 500 companies are healthcare-related) and the individuals they are meant to serve, there’s an inkling of real change, growing out of an unlikely corner… other massive corporations.
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Spring Bank Announces Clinical Collaboration to Evaluate SB 11285 in Combination with PD-L1 Checkpoint Inhibitor in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors
Feb 25, 2020, 10:09 AM by Michael CroftHOPKINTON, MA, UNITED STATES - Feb 25, 2020 - Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBPH), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for oncology and inflammatory diseases, today announced a new clinical collaboration with Roche (SIX:RO, ROG), to explore the co-administration of SB 11285, Spring Banks intravenously (IV)-administered STING (STimulator of INterferon Gene) agonist with Roches PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq®) in patients with advanced solid tumorsFull story -
The Pistoia Alliance’s UDM Project Reaches Major Milestone
Feb 25, 2020, 09:15 AM by Michael CroftBOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES - Feb 25, 2020 - The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, today released the latest Unified Data Model (UDM) file format, Version 6, supported by funding from Biovia, Elsevier, GSK, Novartis, and Roche (recently joined by BMS)Full story -
Certara’s Simcyp Division Acquires Modeling and Simulation Platform for Neurodegenerative Diseases from In Silico Biosciences, Inc.
Feb 25, 2020, 08:36 AM by Michael CroftPRINCETON, NJ - Feb 25, 2020 - Certara®, the global model-informed drug development and decision support leader, today reported that it has acquired a range of modeling and simulation technology assets from In Silico Biosciences, IncFull story -
LUNAC Therapeutics selects Domainex as its strategic drug discovery partner
Feb 25, 2020, 04:50 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE AND LEEDS, UNITED KINGDOM - Feb 25, 2020 - Domainex Ltd., a fully integrated provider of drug discovery services from its Medicines Research Centre near Cambridge, UK, has entered into a research partnership with LUNAC Therapeutics Limited to discover novel anticoagulant therapies that have a reduced risk of bleeding compared to current therapiesFull story -
Streck to present new tube at TRI-CON
Feb 24, 2020, 10:20 AM by Michael CroftLA VISTA, NE - Feb 24, 2020 - Streck R&D Scientific Manager Dr. Nicholas George will give a presentation on our newest blood collection tube, RNA Complete BCT, at the 27th International Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference in San FranciscoFull story -
Rare Disease Patient Platform Raremark Partners With TriNetX
Feb 24, 2020, 09:32 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, MA - Feb 24, 2020 - TriNetX, the global health research network that revolutionizes clinical research and enables discoveries through the generation of real-world evidence (RWE), today announced that Raremark, a patient-data platform focused on rare disease, has partnered with the TriNetX network to bring more clinical trials to its communityFull story -
Altair Medical awarded FDA Breakthrough Device designation to address the global opioid crisis
Feb 24, 2020, 05:19 AM by Michael CroftGLASGOW, SCOTLAND - Feb 24, 2020 - Altair Medical, a medical technology company developing a groundbreaking solution to the global opioid crisis, today announce that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded the Company Breakthrough Device designation for its RESPMETER(TM) wearable biosensor deviceFull story -
Aalto Bio Reagents Launches First Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Nucleocapsid Protein
Feb 24, 2020, 05:13 AM by Michael CroftDUBLIN, IRELAND - Feb 24, 2020 - Aalto Bio Reagents today announced the availability of its new recombinant SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein (code CK 6404) for diagnostic test manufacturers, vaccine developers and researchers globallyFull story