United States

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center appoints new board members

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 02:52 PM

Former Washington governor Chris Gregoire has been appointed to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's board of trustees. In addition to serving two terms as governor, Gregoire served three terms as attorney general. She is among four new Fred Hutch board members appointed for fiscal year 2013-2014, which brings the total number of those serving from 16 to 20. Their terms begin July.

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Boston Heart Diagnostics CEO Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalist

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 01:51 PM

Boston Heart Diagnostics, an integrator of next-generation diagnostics into personalized nutrition and lifestyle programs for patients with or at risk for heart disease, has announced that a panel of independent judges selected Susan Hertzberg, its president and chief executive officer, as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 Award in the New England region.

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PSI Names Andrea Cracraft Director Clinical Operations North America

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 08:01 AM

Privately-held CRO PSI has appointed Andrea Cracraft director of clinical operations North America.

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$100,000 grant aids rapid cancer detection program

Monday, June 24, 2013 03:27 PM

A rapid cancer detection program developed through collaboration between local physicians, the Scottsdale Healthcare Research Institute and Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Industrial Development Authority (IDA)of Scottsdale.

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Datatrak introduces One Clinical ERP solution DIA

Monday, June 24, 2013 03:10 PM

Cleveland-based Datatrak International, a developer of cloud-based, unified eClinical technologies and related services for the clinical trials industry, announced its next-generation clinical trial management enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. The Datatrak One Clinical ERP release streamlines the clinical trial process through enhancements to DATATRAK's single database architecture. 

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goBalto creates customer success division

Friday, June 21, 2013 03:15 PM

San Francisco-based goBalto has announced a new Customer Success division, designed to nurture and expand customer relationships through consultative account management and ensure continuous customer enthusiasm.

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Instem enters early phase market

Friday, June 21, 2013 03:13 PM

Instem of Conshohocken, Pa., a provider of IT solutions to the global early development healthcare market, has entered the early phase clinical trials market with its recent acquisition of Logos Technologies.

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Nuclea, BMC sign research agreement

Friday, June 21, 2013 01:28 PM

Nuclea Biotechnologies signed an R&D agreement with Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) that could lead to more effective treatment for prostate and breast cancer. This partnership will advance R&D biomarkers, which are a vital component in the field of personalized medicine.

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Nuclea teams with SUNY for nanochip development

Friday, June 21, 2013 01:20 PM

SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering (CNSE) and Pittsfield, Mass.-based Nuclea Biotechnologies have launched a $1 million research partnership to enable the development and commercialization of a high-throughput nanochip to accelerate the diagnosis and treatment of breast, colon, prostate and other cancers.

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Comprehend Systems partners with Merge Healthcare

Friday, June 21, 2013 01:03 PM

Palo Alto-based Comprehend Systems has expanded its reach in the clinical research space with a partnership with Merge Healthcare’s eClinical Solutions division. The integration of Comprehend Clinical with Merge’s eClinical OS will enable Merge’s growing base of sponsor and CRO customers to gain critical insights into end-to-end clinical and operational data, without the need for costly programming, data warehousing or business intelligence (BI) tools. 

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