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Evid Science Receives Seed Capital to Advance Clinical AI Platform
Feb 14, 2018, 20:22 PM by Michael CroftLOS ANGELES, CA - Feb 14, 2018 - Evid Science, an artificial intelligence (AI) company for the pharmaceutical industry, has successfully secured seed funding from TKS I, a new private equity fund dedicated to early stage life science companiesFull story -
Bristol-Myers To Pay Largest Fee In Biotech History For Nektar Cancer Drug
Feb 14, 2018, 10:32 AM by Michael CroftForbes | Bristol-Myers Squibb says it will pay a record $1.85 billion to Nektar Therapeutics, a small biotech startup, for rights to its experimental cancer drug, codenamed NKTR-214. Nektar will book 65% of global profits on the drug, should it reach the market, with Bristol getting the other 35%.Full story -
Recipharm appoints President Development Services to drive end to end offering
Feb 14, 2018, 09:58 AM by Michael CroftSTOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Feb 14, 2018 - Contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Recipharm has appointed Bernard Pluta to lead its new global development organisationFull story -
Certara Launches Version 10 of D360, Its Industry-leading Drug Discovery Informatics Platform
Feb 14, 2018, 08:34 AM by Michael CroftPRINCETON, NJ - Feb 14, 2018 - Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development and regulatory science, today announced the launch of version 10 of D360, its data informatics platform for discovery scientistsFull story -
CRF Health Extends Product Strategy and Innovation Team with Industry Pioneer
Feb 14, 2018, 07:49 AM by Michael CroftPLYMOUTH MEETING, PA - Feb 14, 2018 - CRF Health, a leading global provider of patient-centered eSource technology and service solutions for the life sciences industry, has today announced the appointment of Bill Byrom as Vice President of Product Strategy & InnovationFull story -
BC Platforms to Provide Real World Evidence Solutions to Pfizer in Cardiovascular Diseases
Feb 14, 2018, 05:51 AM by Michael CroftBASEL, SWITZERLAND - Feb 14, 2018 - BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management and analytics, today announces that Pfizer Finland will be using its technology solutions and research platform, including BCRQUESTFull story -
The Pistoia Alliance Launches User Experience For Life Sciences Toolkit
Feb 13, 2018, 16:55 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | The Pistoia Alliance has today announced the launch of the User Experience for Life Sciences Toolkit, to help life science companies improve UX in line with other global industries.
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Wout Brusselaers to Speak at HIMSS18 on Finding the Return on Investment of Artificial Intelligence
Feb 13, 2018, 16:27 PM by Michael CroftPASADENA, CA, UNITED STATES - Feb 13, 2018 - HIMSS has named Wout Brusselaers, chief executive officer of Deep 6 AI , an artificial intelligence (AI) company focused on accelerating patient recruitment for clinical trials, as a speaker for the 2018 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS18)Full story -
Anitoa unveils ultra-portable qPCR system at Molecular Med Tri-con 2018
Feb 13, 2018, 14:50 PM by Michael CroftMENLO PARK, CA, UNITED STATES - Feb 13, 2018 - Anitoa Systems, LLC, a Menlo Park, California-based medical device company today introduces Maverick, an ultra-portable quantitative-polymerase-chain-reaction (qPCR) systemFull story -
SeraCare Announces Industry's First CNV-Specific Reference Material for Gene Amplifications in Breast, Lung, and Brain Cancer
Feb 13, 2018, 12:41 PM by Michael CroftMILFORD, MA, UNITED STATES - Feb 13, 2018 - SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer and leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers and clinical laboratories, is expanding what is already the most comprehensive suite of clinical genomics development, validation, and QC tools with the launch of the SeraseqTM Breast CNV and Seraseq™ Lung and Brain CNV MixFull story -
RxTE Health Appoints Dave Teckman as Executive Chairman of the Board
Feb 13, 2018, 10:25 AM by Michael CroftSACRAMENTO, CA, UNITED STATES - Feb 13, 2018 - RxTE Health (RxTE), a company specializing in pharmacy cost reduction programs for employers, today announced the appointment of Dave Teckman as Executive Chairman of the BoardFull story -
The Pistoia Alliance Tackles Poorly Designed Scientific Software with Launch of User Experience for Life Sciences Toolkit
Feb 13, 2018, 08:06 AM by Michael CroftLONDON - Feb 13, 2018 - The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D has today announced the launch of the User Experience (UX) for Life Sciences (LS) Toolkit, to help life science companies improve UX in line with other global industriesFull story -
Reliable Standards: A Necessity For Genomic Data
Feb 12, 2018, 10:30 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | As the field of genomics grows, it is imperative that we develop reliable, high-quality data standards with which to gauge accuracy and completeness.
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23andMe Launches The Global Genetics Project
Feb 8, 2018, 17:25 PM by Michael Croft23andMe Blog | 23andMe launches a Global Genetics Project recruiting thousands of individuals with recent heritage from dozens of countries in Africa, Oceania, Asia, and the Americas to improve research in underrepresented populations, and reveal new insights into patterns of human migration and genetic diversity.Full story -
Enamine and BioSolveIT Launch the World's Largest Searchable Chemical Space for Novel Compound Sourcing
Feb 8, 2018, 05:03 AM by Michael CroftKIEV & SANKT AUGUSTIN, UKRAINE & GERMANY - Feb 8, 2018 - Kiev, Ukraine, and Sankt Augustin, Germany, 08 February 2018. Enamine Ltd., a leading chemical research organization and producer of the world's largest collections of novel building blocks (150,000) and screening compound libraries (2,400,000), and BioSolveIT GmbH, premium provider of medicinal chemistry software, today announced the launch of the 'REAL Space Navigator'Full story -
This New Company Wants To Sequence Your Genome And Let You Share It On A Blockchain
Feb 7, 2018, 17:40 PM by Michael CroftMIT Technology Review | A new startup from George Church, Nebula Genomics, says it will sequence your genome, secure it using a blockchain, and let you earn cryptocurrency by sharing it with pharma companies.Full story -
Scientific Data Doctoring: Could Blockchain Technology Help Stamp It Out?
Feb 7, 2018, 10:35 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Blockchain technology has emerged as a technology that could reduce data falsification in a publicly visible, traceable, perpetual and immutable fashion, and thus help to rebuild trust in science.
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Oxford Nanopore Outlook 2018
Feb 7, 2018, 09:56 AM by Michael CroftOmics! Omics! Blog | Keith Robison gives his thoughts on the recent publication of the human genome sequencing paper focusing on Oxford Nanopore.Full story -
Charles River Makes Investments In High-Throughput Screening Infrastructure
Feb 6, 2018, 11:00 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | Charles River announced a new agreement which grants Charles River commercial access to AstraZeneca’s high-throughput screening and compound management infrastructure.
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Sequencing Human Genome With Pocket-Sized “Nanopore” Device
Feb 6, 2018, 10:30 AM by Michael CroftNIH Director's Blog | A report in Nature Biotechnology highlights the latest advance in DNA sequencing: the sequencing and assembly of a human genome using a pocket-sized device.Full story