Articles Published in 2012

Leading researchers outline principles for conduct of comparative effectiveness research

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 11:51 AM

A new set of principles developed by a group of leading researchers could help to ensure more consistency in how comparative effectiveness research (CER) is planned and conducted. These guiding principles were published in the September issue of The Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research.

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Exagen completes $5.3M financing

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:58 AM

Exagen Diagnostics, a commercial-stage specialty diagnostic company based in Albuquerque, N.M., has executed a capital raise of $5.3 million led by Tullis Health Investors.

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StemCells awarded $20M from CIRM for Alzheimer's program

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:52 AM

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), which awards grants and loans for stem cell research, has approved an award to StemCells, a cell-based therapeutics company based in Newark, Calif., for up to $20 million under CIRM's Disease Team Therapy Development Award program (RFA 10-05).

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Sweden to invest $320 million in life sciences

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:41 AM

A delegation of four ministers from the Swedish government, led by the Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, confirmed the country's largest ever investment in life sciences as a key element of the ruling coalition's autumn budget and research and innovation bill.

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Welch Allyn restructures business, cuts 10% of workforce

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:26 AM

Welch Allyn, a global provider of frontline medical products and solutions based in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., will reshape its business and realign resources over the next three years.

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Takeda completes its Russian pharmaceutical manufacturing facility

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 09:39 AM

Takeda Pharmaceutical International, a Zurich-based wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, has completed construction at its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Yaroslavl, Russia.

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AstraZeneca, Broad Institute partner on discovery of antibacterial and antiviral agents

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 09:09 AM

AstraZeneca and the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass., have formed a collaboration to identify new chemical compounds targeting bacterial and viral infections that could speed the development of new antibacterial and antiviral drugs.

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Minervation launches Mental Elf app

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:28 AM

Oxford University spin-out company Minervationhas developed the Mental Elf iPhone app, which provides users a daily update of mental health research, policy and guidance.

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Eckert & Ziegler acquires Vitalea Science

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:25 AM

Germany-based Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik, through its Californian subsidiary Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products (EZIP), has agreed to purchase all stock and assets of Vitalea Science. Vitalea Science is a bioanalytical CRO that provides services to researchers and clinicians in drug development supported by validated Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) technologies.

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MonitorForHire.com releases new mobile app

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:23 AM

Conshohocken, Penn.-based MonitorForHire.com, a patented, web-enabled management tool for locating and contracting independent clinical research monitors, has released a free mobile application. The app, designed for clinical research monitors registered with MonitorForHire.com, is available via Apple's App Store and Android's Google Play Store.

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