Articles Published in 2012

WorldCare Clinical expands across Europe, S. America and Asia Pacific

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 09:31 AM

WorldCare Clinical (WCC), an imaging CRO focused on maximizing the precision and accuracy of independent assessments in clinical trials, has opened new offices in Brazil, Dubai, Poland, Spain and Singapore.

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GNS Healthcare, Dana-Farber, Mount Sinai to build computer model of multiple myeloma

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 01:57 PM

GNS Healthcare, a healthcare data analytics company, has entered into a collaboration with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine to create a data-driven computer model of multiple myeloma, the second most common blood cancer in the U.S.

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Boehringer Ingelheim launches Hep C online resource

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 01:39 PM

Boehringer Ingelheim has launched HepCRedefined.com, an online portal to help improve the lives of those living with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) through education, information and understanding. The portal aims to redefine the HCV journey by providing downloadable and shareable resources to healthcare providers, advocates, caregivers and patients.

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Qualcomm Life launches wireless health solution in Europe

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 01:03 PM

Qualcomm Life, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies (QTI), has launched its wireless healthcare services offering in Europe.

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DiscoveRx acquires BioSeek

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:40 PM

DiscoveRx, a privately held, venture-backed company based in Fremont, Calif., has agreed to acquire BioSeek, a drug discovery services provider based in South San Francisco.

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Foundation Medicine, AstraZeneca collaborate on genomic profiling for targeted cancer therapies

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 09:23 AM

Foundation Medicine, a molecular information company based in Cambridge, Mass., has formed a multi-year collaboration with global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to identify alterations found in cancer-related tumor genes that may predict a person's response or resistance to targeted medicines.

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AG Mednet licenses Columbia University software to reduce protocol amendments, unnecessary costs

Monday, November 12, 2012 09:00 AM

Unnecessary procedures and amendments to clinical trial protocols cost sponsors more than $5 billion per year and are responsible for 20% of clinical trial budgets, according to recent research. To help reduce these costs and create zero-delay clinical trials, AG Mednet has licensed from Columbia University advanced image analysis technology developed by Drs. Lawrence Schwartz, Binsheng Zhao and Yongqiang Tan at Columbia University Medical Center.

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Orwin joins Array BioPharma’s board of directors

Friday, November 9, 2012 02:29 PM

Array BioPharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on targeted small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer, has appointed John A. Orwin, CEO of Affymax, to Array's board of directors as part of its continued evolution toward late-stage development and commercialization.

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GlaxoSmithKline honors healthcare nonprofits with $40,000 IMPACT Awards

Friday, November 9, 2012 02:02 PM

GlaxoSmithKline has announced five recipients of its annual GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards. In total, the North Carolina and Philadelphia-area healthcare nonprofit organizations will receive $200,000 in grant funding ($40,000 each) for providing access to healthcare for the underserved in their communities.

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FDA grants Soligenix Fast Track designation for SGX203 for Crohn's disease

Friday, November 9, 2012 12:44 PM

Soligenix, a development stage biopharmaceutical company based in Princeton, N.J., announced that its drug SGX203, for the treatment of mild-to-moderate pediatric Crohn's disease, has received Fast Track designation from the FDA.

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