National Institutes of Health

NERI nabs $18M NIH contract for pediatric circulatory support devices

Thursday, June 28, 2012 02:37 PM

New England Research Institutes (NERI), a privately held CRO that provides global, customized clinical trial solutions and registry services, has received an $18 million contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the PumpKIN Program for the development and clinical realization of novel pediatric circulatory support devices, such as ventricular assist devices (VADs) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation devices (ECMOs).

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PhRMA reports nearly 1,000 medicines in development to fight cancer

Monday, June 4, 2012 06:00 PM

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has released a report on American biopharmaceutical research companies’ 981 medicines and vaccines currently in development to fight the many types of cancer affecting millions of patients worldwide.

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Obama administration presents national plan to fight Alzheimer’s

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 09:23 AM

Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released an ambitious national plan to fight Alzheimer’s disease, named “The National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease.”

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NIH launches collaborative program to spur therapeutic development

Friday, May 4, 2012 08:02 AM

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has unveiled a collaborative program, Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules, that will match researchers with a selection of pharmaceutical industry compounds to help scientists explore new treatments for patients.

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Recipients of 2012 SAFE-Biopharma Digi Award named

Monday, April 30, 2012 04:52 PM

Recipients have been selected for the 2012 SAFE-BioPharma Digi Award, recognizing innovative uses of the global SAFE-BioPharma digital identity and digital signature standard and the institutions and individuals contributing to broader understanding of its benefits. Recipients included: Astellas, Bristol-Myers Squibb and representatives of two U.S. government entities.

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1000 Genomes Project data available on Amazon Cloud

Monday, April 2, 2012 02:51 PM

The world's largest set of data on human genetic variation — produced by the international 1000 Genomes Project — is now publicly available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, the according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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BioHealth names Chappell first entrepreneur-in-residence

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 06:01 AM

BioHealth Innovation (BHI), a new regional private-public partnership, has selected Todd Chappell as the first entrepreneur-in-residence for BHI at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Technology Transfer (OTT).

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FDA approves clinical trial of artificial pancreas

Monday, March 19, 2012 03:46 PM

The FDA has approved the first outpatient artificial pancreas trial in the U.S., which will be funded by JDRF, a global organization focused on type 1 diabetes research.

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Columbia, Weill Cornell join national effort to spur clinical trials in neurosciences

Friday, March 16, 2012 11:49 AM

The National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has selected Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College to participate in a new national effort to accelerate the development of therapies for people with neurological diseases.

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Trovagene names new vice president

Friday, February 17, 2012 12:46 PM

Trovagene, a developer of transrenal molecular diagnostics, has named Charlie Rodi, Ph.D., vice president and chief technology officer.

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