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Immunocore, Genentech collaborate on cancer targets

Tuesday, July 2, 2013 01:17 PM

Immunocore, an Oxford-based biotechnology company developing novel biological drugs known as ImmTACs to treat cancer and viral disease, has entered a research collaboration and licensing agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, for the discovery and development of multiple novel cancer targets using Immunocore's ImmTAC technology.

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MorphoSys, Celgene to jointly develop cancer program

Tuesday, July 2, 2013 01:15 PM

Global biopharma companies MorphoSys and Celgene have agreed to jointly develop MOR202 globally and co-promote it in Europe. MOR202 is a fully human monoclonal antibody targeting CD38 to treat patients with multiple myeloma and certain leukemias. It currently is being evaluated in a phase I/IIa trial in patients with relapsed/refractory myeloma. The companies will collaborate on the development of MOR202 in multiple myeloma and other indications and share costs.

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Sarah Cannon, AstraZeneca partner for oncology

Tuesday, July 2, 2013 12:53 PM

Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI) and AstraZeneca will collaborate to develop new AstraZeneca oncology compounds. The companies will work on molecular profiling to classify tissue based on genetic profiles for the purpose of treating cancers and predicting response to therapy.

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The CenterWatch Monthly, July 2013

Monday, July 1, 2013 02:01 PM

CISCRP looks inside patients’ perceptions, motives

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Yale, Forte integrate interfaces

Friday, June 28, 2013 02:21 PM

Forte Research Systems, a developer of specialized clinical trial management systems (CTMS) and eClinical research solutions, and the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation have announced that Yale has deployed new interfaces between the OnCore eClinical research solution and the university's electronic medical record (EMR), Epic. The integration facilitates communication of clinical trial data from OnCore to the EMR to help streamline processes for research staff, and strengthen patient safety and billing compliance.

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Greenphire, Oracle integrate product suites

Friday, June 28, 2013 02:19 PM

Greenphire, a provider of payment technologies for the clinical trials industry, has partnered with Oracle Health Sciences to integrate their respective product suites to streamline and automate processes from trial planning and budgeting through data capture to executing payments to  sites and patients, while providing real-time reporting and analytics.

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Intrasense joins DatatrakConnect

Friday, June 28, 2013 02:16 PM

Datatrak International, a developer of cloud-based, unified eClinical technologies and services, has announced Intrasense as the newest DatatrakConnect program member. Intrasense, a global multimodal medical imaging software company, develops and markets Myrian, an advanced suite of applications for the review and analysis of medical images and the assessment of drug candidates efficacy in oncology and other pathologies.

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Johnson & Johnson opens Boston Innovation Center

Friday, June 28, 2013 02:12 PM

Johnson & Johnson have announced the opening of the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center in Boston. As part of Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the goal of the Boston Innovation Center is to advance healthcare by catalyzing collaborations in science and technology between regional innovators and the Johnson & Johnson family of companies across a diverse spectrum of early-stage opportunities.

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Evado launches cloud application

Friday, June 28, 2013 02:09 PM

Evado, a developer of software for clinical trial research, has launched a cloud application to streamline clinical trials by allowing the management of information and complex data from a single-page, user-interface regardless of software, format or user device.

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InnovoCommerce, SAFE-BioPharma collaborate

Friday, June 28, 2013 02:02 PM

The global SAFE-BioPharma digital identity and signature standard is being incorporated into the InnovoCommerce eClinical product suite used by pharmaceutical companies for their enterprise and investigator portal initiatives. InnovoCommerce is a source of eClinical collaboration products and solutions. It also has joined SAFE-BioPharma Association’s Vendor Partner program.

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