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Matrix honors EP Vantage with European Mediscience 2011 Commentator of the Year award

EP Vantage, part of EvaluatePharma, was presented with the coveted Commentator of the Year Award at the European Mediscience Awards, sponsored by Matrix, on June 22, 2011.

27 Jun 2011

Insight into future development of global pharmaceutical industry

Alacrita, which is changing the face of life science consulting, has published an insight into the future development of the global pharmaceutical industry.

23 Jun 2011

Medidata to acquire Clinical Force

Medidata Solutions, a leading global provider of SaaS-based clinical development solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Clinical Force, a pioneer in providing SaaS-based clinical trial management systems (CTMS), for undisclosed proceeds.

20 Jun 2011

Veritract to develop 'Smart Feeding Tube' with live camera and steering mechanism

Feeding tubes are not as harmless as they seem. Every year in the U.S. over 40,000 feeding tubes are mistakenly placed into a patient's lungs, which results in an estimated 6,000 deaths. But a University of Utah startup company, Veritract Inc., hopes to end these risks by making the placement of feeding tubes much safer and faster.

20 Jun 2011

'Healthy food' discussed at Nutrevent 2011

How is "healthy food" defined ? Which food compounds are scientifically approved as health-enhancing ? What type of food information do consumers need or want ? Do "pharma" and "food" need more convergence to be innovative ? These were the most discussed topics during the 2011 edition of the "Nutrevent", an international innovation congress organized by the Eurasanté and the Nutrition, Health and Logevity Cluster in the French city of Lille.

17 Jun 2011

Women, young people more worried about EHEC bacteria outbreak in Europe

The news coverage of the deadly EHEC bacteria outbreak in Europe came as a bombshell. Ghent University (Belgium) examined 6132 reactions of Belgian newspaper readers after reading the first news reports.

17 Jun 2011

Elsevier announces two new biomedical applications from Molecular Connections

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced two new applications from Molecular Connections, a life science informatics company, on SciVerse Applications beta.

17 Jun 2011

AJ, ATCC sign worldwide non-exclusive licensing agreement for iPS cell patent portfolio

ATCC, the premier biological materials resource and standards organization, and iPS Academia Japan, Inc. (Kyoto, Japan) (AJ) today announced a worldwide non-exclusive licensing agreement for AJ's induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell patent portfolio.

15 Jun 2011

Milestone completes $13 million round of equity financing

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc., a cardiovascular drug development company, announces the completion of a $13 million round of equity financing.

13 Jun 2011

European Bioinformatics Institute drives genomics research with GÉANT

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), which hosts the world’s largest public collection of molecular biology databases, is using the pan-European GÉANT research network and JANET, the UK research network, to help biologists share vital data across the globe.

9 Jun 2011

Isotechnika reports consolidated net loss of $2.9 million for first quarter 2011

Isotechnika Pharma Inc. today announced financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

9 Jun 2011

Constellation raises $15M in Series B extension financing

Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading biopharmaceutical company in the field of epigenetics, today announced that it has raised $15 million in a Series B extension financing. All major current investors participated in the round, including Third Rock Ventures, The Column Group, Venrock Associates, SR One and Altitude Life Science Ventures.

6 Jun 2011

Additional data supporting utility of PAM50 gene signature for breast cancer to be presented at ASCO 2011

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced that researchers will present additional evidence for the potential utility of profiling breast cancer based on the PAM50 gene signature at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting taking place in Chicago, Illinois from June 3-7.

4 Jun 2011

New report: Life science tools market to reach over $80B by 2016

The life science tools market will reach over $80 billion by 2016, according to a new report on companiesandmarkets.com. The life science tools market has shown steady growth over the last couple of years despite the economic downturn.

3 Jun 2011

ANSTO, ITG partner to distribute radioisotopes

ITG Isotope Technologies Garching GmbH (ITG), a specialist in the development and production of innovative radioisotopes, and Sydney-based, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) have agreed on a broad, long-term collaboration on radioisotopes.

3 Jun 2011

Biowave II UV-Vis spectrophotometers for low volume DNA measurements: Special offer

A great solution for measuring DNA in low volume samples, Biowave II / II+ UV-Vis spectrophotometers from Biochrom now come with 500 70µl disposable cuvettes and a 100 µl pipette free of charge. To take advantage of this offer, please contact your local distributor or send an email to [email protected]

From Biochrom Ltd. 2 Jun 2011

New online job sites for health care, life science and medical industries

Springer has launched a network of job sites designed to attract and showcase the unique talent and highly qualified audience that uses Springer tools which are some of the industry's most trusted, prestigious and trafficked sites for research.

1 Jun 2011

E64d reduces Aβ levels and improves memory function in brains of Alzheimer's disease mice

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, the Medical University of South Carolina and American Life Science Pharmaceuticals of San Diego have demonstrated that oral administration of a cysteine protease inhibitor, E64d, not only reduces the build-up of β-amyloid in the brains of animal models for Alzheimer's disease, but also results in a substantial improvement in memory deficit.

1 Jun 2011

Positive results from DavosLife Natural e3 phase I clinical trial in resectable pancreatic cancer

Davos Life Science has today announced preliminary results of a phase I clinical trial of its Natural e3 delta-tocotrienol (Natural e3) in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer. Tocotrienols are highly potent members of the Vitamin E family that have been found by researchers to inhibit the growth and survival of various types of cancer cells.

30 May 2011

Complementary technologies for rapid EHEC identification and detection

With the recent outbreak in Europe of Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), Roche Applied Science and TIB Molbiol are providing scientists with complementary technologies that can be used for the rapid identification and detection of EHEC.

30 May 2011

Life science News and Research

Matrix honors EP Vantage with European Mediscience 2011 Commentator of the Year award

Insight into future development of global pharmaceutical industry

Medidata to acquire Clinical Force

Veritract to develop 'Smart Feeding Tube' with live camera and steering mechanism

'Healthy food' discussed at Nutrevent 2011

Women, young people more worried about EHEC bacteria outbreak in Europe

Elsevier announces two new biomedical applications from Molecular Connections

AJ, ATCC sign worldwide non-exclusive licensing agreement for iPS cell patent portfolio

Milestone completes $13 million round of equity financing

European Bioinformatics Institute drives genomics research with GÉANT

Isotechnika reports consolidated net loss of $2.9 million for first quarter 2011

Constellation raises $15M in Series B extension financing

Additional data supporting utility of PAM50 gene signature for breast cancer to be presented at ASCO 2011

New report: Life science tools market to reach over $80B by 2016

ANSTO, ITG partner to distribute radioisotopes

Biowave II UV-Vis spectrophotometers for low volume DNA measurements: Special offer

New online job sites for health care, life science and medical industries

E64d reduces Aβ levels and improves memory function in brains of Alzheimer's disease mice

Positive results from DavosLife Natural e3 phase I clinical trial in resectable pancreatic cancer

Complementary technologies for rapid EHEC identification and detection

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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