• Geisinger Accused Of Coercing Patients To Participate In Genetic Research

    Apr 20, 2017, 14:57 PM by Michael Croft
    PennLive.com | The Geisinger Health System has been accused by two of its former doctors of coercing patients to participate in genetic research. The accusation was made in a wrongful termination suit filed this week.
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  • Certara Introduces Comprehensive Solution to Prepare, Analyze and Submit Pharmacokinetic (PK) Data

    Apr 20, 2017, 09:43 AM by Michael Croft
    PRINCETON, NJ - Apr 19, 2017 - Certara®, the leading provider of decision support technology and consulting services for optimizing drug development and improving health outcomes, today announced the launch of a new solution for preparing, analyzing and submitting PK data in Clinical Data Exchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) format
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  • Google Offshoot Starts A 10000-Person Study To Plumb Human Biology

    Apr 20, 2017, 09:09 AM by Michael Croft
    Forbes | Verily, formerly known as Google Life Sciences, is launching a long-awaited study whose methods may offer a realistic blueprint for how tech could change medicine. But it's also an emblem of how long that transformation will take.
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  • Building BioTeam’s Texas Sandbox

    Apr 19, 2017, 10:35 AM by Michael Croft

    Bio-IT World | In 2015, Ari Berman, BioTeam’s Vice President and General Manager of Consulting Services decided that the consultancy needed a better spot for non-digital products. BioTeam launched its Convergence Lab, datacenter space hosted by the Texas Advanced Computing Center in Austin, Texas, dedicated to BioTeam. Now with a maturing business model, the Convergence Lab is beginning to play host to some of BioTeam's best ideas. 

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  • Cancer Drugmaker G1 Therapeutics Makes IPO Pitch To Wall Street

    Apr 18, 2017, 10:32 AM by Michael Croft
    Xconomy | Research Triangle Park, NC-based G1 has filed for an initial public offering that could raise up to $115 million. G1 has yet to work out the number of shares it will offer and at what price.
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  • Geneious Biologics Set to Launch at Bio-IT World

    Apr 18, 2017, 00:25 AM by Michael Croft
    AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - Apr 18, 2017 - Geneious Biologics, a next-generation cloud service developed to empower enterprises engaged in commercial antibody discovery and screening and significantly improve their success rates, will launch at Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, in Boston MA, on May 23, 2017
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  • Bio-IT World Announces Finalists For Best Practices Awards

    Apr 14, 2017, 08:30 AM by Michael Croft

    Bio-IT World | The finalists for the 2017 Bio-IT World Best Practices competition have been announced. This year, 23 projects from 36 different groups were chosen for the final round of competition.

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  • NantOmics Acquires Genos

    Apr 13, 2017, 16:20 PM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World Brief  NantOmics today announced its acquisition of Genos, a consumer genomics startup that launched its services last year.
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  • Building And Supporting Mobile Apps In The Cloud

    Apr 13, 2017, 15:25 PM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World | Bio-IT World Expo Commentary  Mobile application development is a term used to denote the act or process by which application software is developed for mobile devices and it is growing steadily and at a rapid pace. With the increase in the usage of cloud technology, mobile development is the need of the hour. Most of the major products now have mobile modules attached and sometimes even provided as incentive to increase their sales. Mobile development has also brought changes to project management methodology in organizations. Cohesiveness and synergy between various teams is now more visible than ever.
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  • CRISPR Cousin SHERLOCK May Be Able To Track Down Diseases, Scientists Say

    Apr 13, 2017, 14:46 PM by Michael Croft
    STAT | Scientists have found a way to use CRISPR to develop quick, easy, cheap, and precise diagnostic tests, including in the field during a disease outbreak.
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  • Berkeley Lab Supercomputer Breaks New Ground In Quantum Computing Simulation

    Apr 13, 2017, 12:46 PM by Michael Croft
    TOP500 | Cori, the fifth fastest supercomputer in the world, has been used to model a 45-qubit circuit, which, by all accounts, is the largest simulation of a quantum computer ever achieved. The virtual circuit is just a handful of qubits short of a quantum computing system that would be more powerful than any conventional computer currently devised.
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  • MR Solutions launches sealed animal carrier system for use in cleanroom environments

    Apr 13, 2017, 07:54 AM by Michael Croft
    GUILDFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - Apr 13, 2017 - MR Solutions’ preclinical, cryogen-free multi-modality, MRI systems can now be sited in cleanroom environments with the addition of a sealed animal handling bed
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  • SimpleTrials Selected as a Top 10 eClinical Trial Management Solution Provider by Pharma Tech Outlook

    Apr 12, 2017, 15:42 PM by Michael Croft
    OAKLAND, CA - Apr 12, 2017 - SimpleTrials, the latest Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) from Trial By Fire Solutions, has been recognized as one of the Top 10 eClinical Trial Management Solution Providers for 2017 by Pharma Tech Outlook Magazine
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  • Equus Compute Solutions to Showcase Hyper-Converged Severs at NTCA IP Vision Show

    Apr 12, 2017, 13:51 PM by Michael Croft
    , MN, UNITED STATES - Apr 12, 2017 - Equus Compute Solutions, one of America's largest manufacturers of custom computer hardware systems, will display its advanced scalable High Density Storage Server solutions at the NTCA IP Vision Expo which will be held April 10-11, 2017 at the Marriot St
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  • The Human Vaccines Project, Vanderbilt, And Illumina Collaborate To Decode The Human Immunome

    Apr 12, 2017, 10:25 AM by Michael Croft

    Bio-IT World Brief | The Human Vaccines Project and Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced this week that they joined forces with Illumina to decipher the human immunome, the genetic underpinnings of the immune system.

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  • Top U.S. Scientists Advise On Ways To Foster Research Integrity

    Apr 11, 2017, 17:51 PM by Michael Croft
    NPR.org | The National Academy of Sciences has toughened up its guidelines to call cutting corners, dubious statistics and not fully sharing research methods "detrimental" to science.
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  • MDI Biological Laboratory to Provide Incubator Space to Monoclonals Inc.

    Apr 11, 2017, 13:49 PM by Michael Croft
    BAR HARBOR, ME, UNITED STATES - Apr 11, 2017 - The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that it will provide laboratory incubator space to Monoclonals Inc
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  • Lhasa and Optibrium Enter Research and Product Development Collaboration

    Apr 11, 2017, 06:57 AM by Michael Croft
    CAMBRIDGE AND LEEDS, UK - Apr 11, 2017 - Optibrium™ and Lhasa Limited (Lhasa), developers of software for small molecule property prediction, design and optimisation, announced today they have formed a collaborative partnership to research next generation drug metabolism modelling
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  • ATUM Launches Cell-Line Development Service

    Apr 10, 2017, 11:30 AM by Michael Croft

    Bio-IT World Brief     | ATUM has announced an expansion of its services to include cell line development, which has been enabled by the company’s proprietary Leap-In Transposase genome engineering tools.
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  • CloudLIMS Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification

    Apr 10, 2017, 07:39 AM by Michael Croft
    WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES - Apr 10, 2017 - CloudLIMS is pleased to announce that it has achieved ISO 9001:2015, underlining CloudLIMS' strong commitment to achieve the highest level in Quality Management Systems (QMS)
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