National Institutes of Health

ADi awarded $2.5M SBIR grant to identify malaria protection biomarkers

Monday, August 13, 2012 10:13 AM

Antigen Discovery (ADi), a biotech based in Irvine, Calif., has received a phase II Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health.

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UTEP science program receives $4.2M grant from NIH

Friday, August 3, 2012 11:43 AM

The Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program at The University of Texas, El Paso, has been awarded a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling more than $4.2 million , funding student research training initiatives until 2017.

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LCG Systems awarded CIO-SP3 IDIQ contract by NIH

Friday, July 27, 2012 11:46 AM

LCG Systems, a provider of grants management solutions to health and social services agencies, has beenselected by theNational Institutes of Health(NIH)as an awardee for the agency’s chief information officers solutions and partners 3 (CIO-SP3) small business IT services/solutions government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC).

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Biodel awarded NIH grant to develop ultra-rapid-acting insulin for artificial pancreas

Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:42 AM

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Biodel, a Danbury, Conn.-based specialty biopharmaceutical company, a grant for the development of concentrated ultra-rapid-acting insulin formulations for use in an artificial pancreas, also known as a closed loop pump system.

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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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