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New Pharma Qualifications Encouraged
Aug 2010
PHARMACEUTICAL and bioscience employers are being urged to shape the new Working Higher Foundation Degree qualifications for their sector by working with an industry champion, who has been appointed to strengthen the bridge between academia and business.
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Midatech & Monosol Patent Application
Aug 2010
Midatech Group Ltd., and MonoSol Rx, the leader in developing and manufacturing pharmaceutical films based on its proprietary PharmFilm® drug delivery technology, today announced the filing of a provisional US patent application for “Nanoparticle Film Delivery Systems.”
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Phylogica Antimicrobial Peptide Discovery
Aug 2010
Phylogica Ltd, a public Australian drug discovery company, announced today that they have entered into an agreement with MedImmune to evaluate Phylogica’s proprietary Phylomer® peptide library for novel antimicrobial peptides.
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Almac launch Biomarkers for biopharma
Aug 2010
Almac today announced the launch of Biomarkers for biopharma; a range of solutions specifically designed to meet the needs of the biopharma industry.
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Ambry Genetics Announces Illumina
Aug 2010
Ambry Genetics, a global leader in genomic services, announced today that it has acquired the Illumina HiSeq 2000 Next Generation Sequencing System as well as received the first 510(K) approved Illumina BeadXpress ® Genotyping System.
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University of Nottingham Spin-out Business
Aug 2010
A newly spun-out company from The University of Nottingham, PRECOS Ltd, has secured a multi-year contract from a major pharmaceutical company, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV.
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ANSYS Ranked on FORTUNE 100
Aug 2010
ANSYS has been ranked number 39 on the 2010 FORTUNE 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list. The ranking includes ANSYS as the sole provider of product development software, a recognition that underscores the strategic value of engineering simulation as well as the ANSYS leadership position.
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New Therepeutic Approach To Diseases
Aug 2010
CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY has signed an agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany to evaluate new leptin antagonist peptides as potential experimental treatments initially in the area of gynaecological diseases, including cancer.
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OmscientiaTM Offer Kyratec SuperCycler
Aug 2010
Omscientia, Inc., based in Carlsbad, CA, is pleased to announce that the company has entered into a distribution agreement with Kyratec Life Science (International Sales) to offer their new and innovative line of PCR and Real-Time qPCR instruments in the United States and Canada.
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PolyTherics move to larger premises
Aug 2010
PolyTherics Ltd, today announced it has moved to larger premises to accommodate a growing team of scientists developing biobetters and novel proteins and peptides, both in-house and in partnership with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
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Phosphagenics Appoints New Directors
Aug 2010
Phosphagenics Limited has appointed Mr Stuart James, Dr Sandra Webb and Mr Don Clarke as Non-Executive Directors to formulate and facilitate the implementation of strategies to commercialise the company’s research and development pipeline.
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Accelrys Releases Symyx Notebook 6.5
Aug 2010
Accelrys, announced the release of Symyx Notebook 6.5. This latest Symyx electronic laboratory notebook delivers improvements supporting chemical process development, production scale-up, & administrative compliance in pharmaceutical, fine chemicals, agrochemical, and consumer products markets.
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Sartorius & SAFC Global Partnership
Aug 2010
Sartorius Stedim Biotech, & SAFC Biosciences, announced the signing of a global partnership agreement that combines SSB’s expertise in filtration and liquid handling systems with SAFC Biosciences’ proficiency in development & manufacturing of cell culture media & downstream purification products.
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Setback for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Aug 2010
The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), the advocacy voice for regenerative medicine and cell therapy, issued the following statement about the August 23, 2010 Federal District Court's ruling blocking federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research:
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New body clock drugs
Aug 2010
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have successfully used a drug to reset and restart the natural 24 hour body clock of mice in the lab.
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ChemAxon extends chemicalize.org
Aug 2010
ChemAxon announces the addition of major new functionality in it's chemicalize.org web based service. The new features help users understand better the chemical structure with more predicted properties and a customizable layout to be of most use.
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mobilePRO by Exco InTouch
Aug 2010
Exco InTouch, the leading provider of patient communication solutions for the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, announces that its new mobilePRO technology is a powerful solution that overcomes issues associated with traditional ePRO technology.
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Genetix Granted Patent for ClonePix
Aug 2010
Genetix, a leading provider of solutions for imaging and image analysis, announces that it was granted a patent, US 7,776,584 on 17th August 2010. Aspects of this patent are incorporated into ClonePix™ FL, which is used for the screening and selection of cell lines producing biopharmaceuticals.
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Thermo Symposium Locations and Dates
Aug 2010
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., announced it will host a series of Laboratory Informatics Symposiums (LIS) from September 14 to September 20 in three South African locations.
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PharmaDiagnostics SoPRanoTM
Aug 2010
PharmaDiagnostics NV, a company developing and marketing a broadly-enabling, label-free screening technology that uniquely does not require specialized equipment, announces today the launch of its SoPRanoTM assay kit, SoPRano CA1.
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SAFC & Novozymes extend agreement
Aug 2010
SAFC, & Novozymes Biopharma DK A/S today announced a 10-year extension of their joint agreement under which SAFC retains exclusive marketing and distribution rights for Novozymes Biopharma’s LONG®R³IGF-I growth factor used for industrial cell culture applications.
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IDBS Acquires Quantrix
Aug 2010
IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of data management and analytics solutions to R&D and healthcare organizations, today announced that it has concluded an agreement to acquire Quantrix, an award-winning company that provides business modeling and analytics software and services.
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Software Release from FEI
Aug 2010
FEI Company, a leading scientific instrumentation company providing electron microscopy systems for nanoscale applications across many industries, released today a set of software applications that increase the throughput and ease-of-use of its electron microscopes for biological research.
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RJW & Partners latest appointment
Aug 2010
Pricing and market access consultants to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, RJW & Partners, are delighted to announce the appointment of Natalie Shalet as Senior Consultant, strengthening the pricing and market access capability within the firm.
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Eurofins MWG Operon Signs Contract
Aug 2010
Eurofins MWG Operon, international market leader and expert for custom oligonucleotide synthesis and RCUK Shared Services Centre Limited (RCUK SSC Ltd) have signed a three year contract for the supply of synthetic DNA & RNA oligonucleotides.
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Steve Smith to head up IonFlux
Aug 2010
Fluxion has announced that Steve Smith, Ph.D., has joined its management team as head of IonFlux sales and will lead sales and application efforts for the IonFlux automated patch clamp system. Steve brings to this role over 20 years of experience in the electrophysiology and drug discovery sectors.
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Optiform Compound Optimization Platform
Aug 2010
Catalent Pharma Solutions' Optiform compound optimization platform, a novel, solid-state and highly-automated analysis platform for salt, crystal-form, and co-crystal screening, will now be broadly available to early development scientists for the first time.
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Robust Genetic Analysis Results...
Aug 2010
Fluidigm Corporation has announced that the Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées Genomic Platform - Genotoul INRA core facility is now providing a wide range of services on a BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis to a diverse range of French researchers.
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Sigma & Switchgear to Co-develop
Aug 2010
Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich, and SwitchGear Genomics, Inc. today announced a joint project to develop and distribute a novel microRNA (miRNA) target reporter system.
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Biosearch Signs Exclusive License
Aug 2010
Biosearch Technologies, Inc., today announced that the company has licensed exclusively from the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey a Single Molecule Fluorescent in-situ hybridization technology based on detection of RNA.
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