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MDI Biological Laboratory Announces Morris Scientific Discovery Fund
Aug 13, 2018, 13:24 PM by Michael CroftBAR HARBOR, ME, UNITED STATES - Aug 13, 2018 - The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced the formation of the Morris Scientific Discovery Fund, which will provide a total of up to $250,000 per year for eligible research programsFull story -
Tjoapack launches postponement packaging service
Aug 13, 2018, 11:55 AM by Michael CroftETTEN-LEUR, NETHERLANDS - Aug 13, 2018 - Global contract packaging organisation (CPO), Tjoapack has launched a new postponement packaging service to help customers address supply chain challenges including variable demand and repackaging workFull story -
The Future Of Humans As Model Organisms
Aug 13, 2018, 10:14 AM by Michael CroftScience | A better grasp of the dynamic relationship between genes and the environment may truly sharpen our ability to determine disease risk and response to therapy, argues a recent perspective essay in Science.Full story -
BC Platforms and Negen Announce Partnership for Early Risk Assessment of Common Diseases
Aug 9, 2018, 16:07 PM by Michael CroftBASEL, SWITZERLAND - Aug 8, 2018 - BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management and analytics, today announces that it has signed a co-operation agreement with Negen to use its platform to provide detailed insights into raw genomic data for clinical reporting capabilitiesFull story -
KEY BIOLOGICS AND ASTARTE BIOLOGICS MERGE
Aug 9, 2018, 08:47 AM by Michael CroftMEMPHIS, TN, UNITED STATES - Aug 9, 2018 - KEY BIOLOGICS AND ASTARTE BIOLOGICS MERGEIncludes growth equity investment from Ampersand Capital PartnersKey Biologics, has completed its merger withAstarte Biologics to create the leading provider of research- and clinical-grade human immune cells, blood products, and related services to the biopharmaceutical industryFull story -
US Scientist Who Edited Human Embryos With CRISPR Responds To Critics
Aug 8, 2018, 13:49 PM by Michael CroftMIT Technology Review | Facing criticism from fellow scientists, the researcher behind the world's largest effort to edit human embryos with CRISPR is vowing to continue his effort to develop what he calls "IVF gene therapy."Full story -
A New Machine Learning Approach To Document Classification – A Pfizer/SciBite Collaboration
Aug 8, 2018, 12:10 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | To address the issues surrounding knowledge transfer, Pfizer and SciBite collaborated on the development of ClassifR, a web-based tool that combines SciBite’s NER platform with novel machine learning (ML) approaches to automate the process of metadata extraction and alignment of incoming documents against a user-defined hierarchy.
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iGlucose® Joins the Validic Connected Health Ecosystem
Aug 7, 2018, 13:11 PM by Michael CroftTAMPA, FL - Aug 6, 2018 - Today, Smart Meter, LLC, makers of the iGlucose® Cellular Diabetes Care Solution, announced its integration with Validic, the healthcare industry's leading data connectivity platformFull story -
Quartzy Teams Up with BioBlaze to Democratize Science Across Chicago’s Biotech Community
Aug 7, 2018, 13:05 PM by Michael CroftPALO ALTO, CA, US - Aug 7, 2018 - Quartzy, the only free online laboratory supply management and ordering platform, announced today its partnership with South Elgin-based BioBlaze Community Bio Lab to provide the non-profits scientists with access to competitive terms on laboratory supplies and enhanced support tailored to their emergent scientific endeavorsFull story -
Oxford Genetics signs major supply and licensing agreement for CRISPR engineered mammalian cell lines
Aug 7, 2018, 09:35 AM by Michael CroftOXFORD, UK - Aug 7, 2018 - Oxford Genetics, a leader in innovative synthetic biology-based technologies for biologics discovery, development and delivery, has secured a multi-million pound contract with a leading multi-billion dollar global ecommerce provider of reagents and tools to the research and clinical communityFull story -
Prototypes Of China’s Exascale Supercomputers Point To Some New Realities
Aug 6, 2018, 12:18 PM by Michael CroftTOP500 | Two prototypes of China's initial batch of exascale supercomputers are now up and running according to local news reports. And neither of them appears to be based on x86 technology.Full story -
Bluebird, Regeneron Team Up To Make Cell Therapies For Cancer
Aug 6, 2018, 08:13 AM by Michael CroftXconomy | Regeneron and Bluebird have struck a wide-ranging deal to broaden the reach of their respective cancer immunotherapy work, inking a deal to develop multiple cell therapies together.Full story -
Denial And Data Science: How You Must Change Your Thinking To Work In A Data Driven Environment
Aug 3, 2018, 08:25 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | At the 2018 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, we dedicated a plenary session to a panel discussion on data science. Wanting to offer the conversation to our community, we asked Samantha G. Zeitlin about the optimal environment to grow data science, the skillsets necessary in the data science industry, and more.
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World’s first hand-held infrared devices for COPD and other conditions to be produced following Glyconics agreement with Spectrolytic
Aug 3, 2018, 05:00 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - Aug 3, 2018 - A hand-held device that would give early warning of acute events, and so avoid the hospitalisation of thousands of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is to go into production ahead of clinical trialsFull story -
Ashfield Healthcare Communications to open office in Manchester
Aug 3, 2018, 04:27 AM by Michael CroftNEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, UNITED KINGDOM - Jul 31, 2018 - Ashfield Healthcare Communications, a global micro network of connected agencies, part of UDG Healthcare plc, is set to expand its business further by opening an office in the heart of Manchester, UKFull story -
Precision Communication For Precision Medicine: How NIH’s All Of Us Is Tackling Patient Recruitment
Aug 2, 2018, 10:59 AM by Michael CroftClinical Informatics News | In May, the National Institutes of Health launched national open enrollment for their All of Us Research Program. Now, the precision medicine is looking to make a difference in their approach to outreach.Full story -
Recipharm launches standalone serialisation service
Aug 1, 2018, 09:51 AM by Michael CroftSTOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Aug 1, 2018 - Recipharm, a leading contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) has announced the launch of its standalone serialisation service ahead of the introduction of the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD)The new service is designed to offer pharmaceutical companies access to Recipharms serialisation capabilities as a standalone service due to increasing concerns that many will not be ready for the February 2019 compliance deadlineFull story -
ALBUMEDIX ANNOUNCES EVALUATION AGREEMENT WITH A TOP PHARMA COLLABORATOR
Aug 1, 2018, 04:27 AM by Michael CroftNOTTINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - Aug 1, 2018 - Nottingham, UK, August 1st – Novartis and Albumedix Ltd. (Albumedix) have entered into an agreement to evaluate the development of several first-in-class therapeutics using Albumedixs Veltis® technology platform and associated technologiesFull story -
Quartzy Brings Free Shipping to Over 3 Million In-Demand Life Science Products
Jul 31, 2018, 13:53 PM by Michael CroftPALO ALTO, CA, US - Jul 31, 2018 - Quartzy, the only free online laboratory supply management and ordering platform, announced today its plan to help labs across the United States save even more on supply shipments with free standard shipping for all orders over $99Full story -
Zenith Technologies Surveys Pharma Industry on Digital Technology Investment Trends
Jul 31, 2018, 11:55 AM by Michael CroftBLUE BELL, PA, UNITED KINGDOM - Jul 31, 2018 - Zenith Technologies, a world leader in delivering manufacturing software to the life sciences industry, has released its first survey on digital technology trends in the pharma industryFull story