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Premack joins Celtaxsys as chief technology officer

Friday, October 26, 2012 12:31 PM

Celtaxsys, a San Francisco-based, private biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of drugs to treat inflammatory disorders through innate immunity, has appointed life sciences technology expert, Brett A. Premack, Ph.D., as chief technology officer.

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Synteract upgrades safety database systems to Oracle Argus

Friday, October 26, 2012 10:24 AM

Synteract, a full service CRO based in Carlsbad, Calif., has implemented two Oracle Argus 7.0 modules to its pharmacovigilance technology platform, Oracle Argus Safety and Oracle Argus Interchange.

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Novelos enrolls first patient in solid tumor imaging trial

Thursday, October 25, 2012 09:48 AM

Novelos Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company developing novel drugs for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer, announced that the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC), an oncology research institution, has enrolled the first patient in a phase I/II positron emission tomography (PET) imaging trial of I-124-CLR1404 (LIGHT), a cancer-targeted PET imaging agent, in patients with nine solid tumor types, including triple negative breast, soft tissue sarcoma, colorectal, gastric, head and neck cancer, esophageal, prostate, ovarian and pancreatic.

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Aclaris raises $21M in Series A Financing

Thursday, October 25, 2012 07:30 AM

Aclaris Therapeutics, a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company focused on dermatological therapeutics, has secured $21 million in Series A financing.

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Allegro Diagnostics reveals positive results of BronchoGen genomic test for lung cancer

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:43 AM

Allegro Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics company based in Maynard, Mass., released positive results from the AEGIS I (Airway Epithelium Gene Expression In the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer) clinical trial, which demonstrate the diagnostic accuracy of the BronchoGe genomic test in combination with bronchoscopy.

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PFF calls for letters of intent for 2013 Young Investigator and Established Investigator awards

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:11 AM

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) is accepting letters of intent for its 2013 PFF Research Fund grants.  Letters of intent will be accepted until Monday, November 26.  

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Cortex unveils growth plans, 1,400 new jobs

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 09:24 AM

Cortex, a St. Louis-based hub of bioscience and technology R&D and commercialization, has unveiled phase two of its 25-year master plan, which will bring 1,400 new jobs and 384,000 square feet of additional lab and office space to the district.

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Bayer’s riociguat meets primary endpoint in phase III study in PAH

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 07:15 AM

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, the U.S.-based pharmaceuticals business of Bayer HealthCare, issued data from the phase III PATENT-1 pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) trial evaluating its investigational drug riociguat in both treatment-naive patients and those pre-treated with an endothelin receptor antagonist or an oral, inhaled or subcutaneous prostanoid.

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Former i3 CEO Bilawsky tapped to lead Precision Health Economics

Friday, October 19, 2012 02:55 PM

Health economics partnership Precision Health Economics (PHE) has named Glenn Bilawsky as its CEO. The healthcare consultancy, known for its exceptional, highly decorated and connected team has experienced rapid growth and is looking to Bilawsky to underpin its success with a strategy and business platform that will ensure stability while accelerating expansion of the business.

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Steris acquires businesses, expands healthcare service business

Friday, October 19, 2012 01:42 PM

Steris, an infection prevention, decontamination, surgical and critical care company based in Mentor, Ohio, purchased two privately-owned businesses: Spectrum Surgical Instruments of Stow, Ohio, and Total Repair Express (TRE) of Hillsborough, N.J.—both providers of surgical instrument repair services and instrument care products to hospitals and surgery centers in the U.S.

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