Oct 20, 2016, 13:38 PM by Michael Croft

WILMINGTON, NC, UNITED STATES - Oct 20, 2016 - As mentioned earlier in this report, the procedure provides relief of pain and symptoms associated with herniated discs, bulging or protruding intervertebral discs, degenerative disc disease, sciatica and chronic pain

Oct 20, 2016, 10:48 AM by Michael Croft

Chemical & Engineering News | In a critical validation for a biotech firm espousing an unusual business model, Perlara has struck a deal to develop lysosomal storage disorder treatments with Novartis. The big pharma company will also make an undisclosed investment in the rare-disease-focused firm.

Oct 20, 2016, 10:30 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | The American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting is currently underway in Vancouver, Canada. Here are some of the product news and company announcements released so far this week. Highlights include the Genome Aggregation Database, Illumina’s contribution to ClinVar, BabySeq news, and more.

Oct 20, 2016, 10:09 AM by Michael Croft

CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - Oct 20, 2016 - Congenica, a clinical interpretation partner for the UK 100,000 Genomes Project, has announced that its whole genome analysis platform Sapientia™ is detecting clinically relevant variants in over 35% of diagnostics reports returned to the NHS Genomic Medicine Centres (GMCs) for the Pilot and Main Phase studies

Oct 20, 2016, 09:32 AM by Michael Croft

BOSTON, MA, USA - Oct 19, 2016 -  The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not for profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, has today announced that Pine Biotech and Medexprim have been selected as the grand prize winners of its 2016 President’s Startup Challenge

Oct 20, 2016, 09:29 AM by Michael Croft

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED KINGDOM - Oct 20, 2016 - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that four start-up companies have been selected for The Hive, Elsevier's new incubator project for biotech and pharmaceutical start-up firms

Oct 19, 2016, 16:38 PM by Michael Croft

WILMINGTON, NC, UNITED STATES - Oct 20, 2016 - Decompression relieves pressure that builds up on the discs and nerves. The task of relieving pain comes about as a result of drawing areas of herniated disc back into place

Oct 19, 2016, 12:54 PM by Michael Croft

NEW YORK, NY - Oct 19, 2016 - - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of the new release of Reaxys, a chemistry research experience that delivers relevant literature and data more than twice as fast as any other solution

Oct 19, 2016, 12:49 PM by Michael Croft

NEW YORK, NY - Oct 19, 2016 - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has today announced that the 2016 Reaxys ChemSearch Challenge is now live, following its successful debut last year

Oct 19, 2016, 09:52 AM by Michael Croft

ST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES - Oct 19, 2016 - James Umen, Ph.D., associate member at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and colleagues have discovered a way to make algae better oil producers without sacrificing growth

Oct 19, 2016, 09:38 AM by Michael Croft

WIRED | We must access genetic info from millions of cancer patients to make the connections necessary to battle the disease. It won't be easy, but Eric Schadt believes we can do it.

Oct 19, 2016, 09:18 AM by Michael Croft

The Boston Globe | The gene-editing technology company with Cambridge operations sold 4 million share at $14 each. It had planned to sell 4.7 million shares at $15 to $17 apiece.

Oct 19, 2016, 08:24 AM by Michael Croft

PRINCETON, NJ - Oct 19, 2016 - Certara®, the leading provider of decision support technology and consulting services for optimizing drug development and improving health outcomes, today announced that the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded it a multi-year research grant to create and validate a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling and simulation framework that complements existing models within the Simcyp® Population-based Simulator

Oct 19, 2016, 06:59 AM by Michael Croft

OXFORDSHIRE, UK - Oct 19, 2016 - Oxford Genetics Ltd, a leading biotech which specialises in DNA design, protein expression optimization and cell line development technologies and services, has moved its operations to new state-of-the-art laboratories at The Oxford Science Park

Oct 19, 2016, 03:17 AM by Michael Croft

BASEL, SWITZERLAND - Oct 19, 2016 - BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management solutions, today announced that the Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) at the Karolinska Institute has extended its research partnership with BC Platforms to encompass its newest version of the platform and include its BC|GENOME and BC|TILING tools to add capacity for large scale next generation sequencing as well as superior data handling and analytics

Oct 19, 2016, 02:17 AM by Michael Croft

SHIRLEY, NY - Oct 19, 2016 - Creative BioMart, a world leading biotech company committed to providing advanced tools for life sciences studies, is pleased to updated its official website recently

Oct 18, 2016, 16:55 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | This week DNAstack, a Toronto-based genomic software company, launched its Google Cloud platform to accelerate genetic disease research and precision medicine built on GA4GH APIs.

Oct 18, 2016, 11:04 AM by Michael Croft

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, UNITED STATES - Oct 18, 2016 - Cenduit, a joint venture between QuintilesIMS and Thermo Fisher Scientific, is showcasing its solutions and expertise as the largest interactive response technology (IRT) specialist in the world at IRT 2016 — Interactive Response Technologies in Clinical Trials, October 25-26, 2016 in Philadelphia

Oct 18, 2016, 10:50 AM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | Veritas Genetics, which sells genome sequencing and genetic screening tests, has received a $30 million Series B round of funding to add more products, build out its digital tools for consumers, and ink partnerships with hospitals and researchers around the world.

Oct 18, 2016, 10:12 AM by Michael Croft

Microsoft Blog | In a blog post this morning, Microsoft announced that it has come up with a way to "significantly reduce the time it takes to do the major computational aspects of sequencing a genome." Microsoft is running the BWA aligner and GATK on the Azure cloud, and says it is 7x faster than previously.