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Synvir's Ultrafast Nozzle Speeds Past T-Junction Chips
A new MEMs nozzle produces 100,000 microdroplets per second. - May 31, 2011 - Synvir, Inc.
Arkin and Foamix to Develop an Innovative Acne Foam
Arkin Holdings and Foamix today announced that they have established a collaboration to develop and commercialize an innovative topical foam to treat patients with acne vulgaris and related disorders. - May 27, 2011 - Foamix Ltd
Ameridose Reveals Strong First Quarter Sustainability Results
Ameridose, LLC, nationwide provider of sterile admixing services to hospital pharmacies, is pleased to share impressive sustainability results for the first quarter of 2011. The combined total of recycled materials generated from Ameridose facilities in the first quarter approached half a million... - May 24, 2011 - Ameridose, LLC
AB Commercial Inc. Completes Laboratory Investment Recovery Resulting in Over $30,000 to ALK Abello
AB Commercial Inc. (ABCSI), a leading national Investment Recovery and Liquidation firm, has just completed its fifth recovery project for its client ALK Abello in an ongoing partnership since October of last year. So far, ABCSI has recovered over $30,000 for ALK, a pharmaceutical company focusing... - May 22, 2011 - AB Commercial Inc.
Fitness/Swimsuit Model & Former NFL Cheerleader Samantha Baker Signs Large Spokesmodel Contract
Professional fitness model Samantha Baker signs with pharmaceutical giant Gentech Pharmaceuticals as spokesmodel for the extremely popular weight loss supplement PhenTabz. - May 19, 2011 - Gentech Pharmaceutical
Fitness/Swimsuit Model & Former NFL Cheerleader Samantha Baker Wins National Fitness Competition
Professional fitness & swimsuit model Samantha Baker wins first in class in the Figure competition at the 2011 Jay Cutler Classic in Boston, Massachusetts. - May 19, 2011 - Gentech Pharmaceutical
OSO BioPharmaceuticals Manufacturing LLC Honored for Corporate Efforts to Protect Integrity of Rio Grande
OSO BioPharmaceuticals Manufacturing, LLC, has received the Pollution Prevention Award for its efforts to protect water quality in the Rio Grande River. The honor was awarded by the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility as part of its Pollution Prevention Program (P2 Program). The P2... - May 13, 2011 - OSO BioPharmaceuticals Manufacturing, LLC
Eagle Biosciences Announces the Launch of Mouse Monoclonal Antibody Isotyping ELISA Kit
Eagle Biosciences introduces a simple ELISA where up to 12 individual samples can be assayed for heavy chain anti-IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b, IgG3, IgA, and IgM as well as light chain kappa and lambda in one 96-well ELISA plate. - May 11, 2011 - Eagle Biosciences, Inc.
BioPharm Systems Joins Oracle Accelerate Program with Oracle Accelerate Solution Based on Oracle’s Siebel Clinical Trial Management System
ASCEND Delivers Life Sciences Companies a Robust and Cost-effective Enterprise-level CTMS Solution - May 09, 2011 - BioPharm Systems
Julian Lennon Leads World Lupus Day Observance on May 10
Musician and philanthropist Julian Lennon, newly appointed Global Ambassador for the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA), is encouraging people around the world to join with him to observe World Lupus Day on May 10. Julian is asking the public take a pledge to increase awareness of lupus, a devastating and life-altering autoimmune disease that affects at least five million people worldwide. Supporters can make their pledge and find resources to raise understanding of lupus at worldlupusday.org. - May 07, 2011 - Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
Dr. Maeve O’Connor, Recognized as One of the Best Doctors in America, Joins SRxA as an Advisor to Its Allergy Group
Strategic Pharmaceutical Advisors (SRxA), a leading U.S. healthcare strategic marketing consulting and education firm, is delighted to announce that Maeve O'Connor, MD, FACAAI, FAAAAI has become an independent clinical Advisor to its Allergy Group. Dr. O’Connor practices at the Carolina... - May 03, 2011 - SRxA Strategic Pharmaceutical Advisors, LLC
Support Our Soldiers Foundation and Free For All, Inc. Save Over $1 Million in Healthcare Costs
The Support Our Soldiers Foundation (SOSF), in their mission to offer financial assistance to non-profit organizations, and provide significant support to American soldiers, has saved cardholders of the SOSF Prescription Discount Card over $1 million dollars in healthcare costs. Steve Hyle,... - April 30, 2011 - Free For All, Inc.
HealthSaaS Licenses Cloud Based Connected Outcomes Framework to Swedish Medical Center in White Labeling Deal
HealthSaaS today announced the licensing of their Connected Outcomes Framework to Swedish Medical Center in Seattle WA. Details of the white label project are not being disclosed at this time. Dr. Gordon Irving Medical Director of the Swedish Pain and Headache Center states, “Utilizing the... - April 27, 2011 - HealthSaaS, Inc
"The Price of Global Health: Drug Pricing Strategies to Balance Patient Access and the Funding of Innovation"
As one of the most debated yet misunderstood aspects of the pharmaceutical industry, global drug pricing has been at the forefront of political and public dissent for the past decade. Global pharmaceutical pricing expert Ed Schoonveld, who serves as principal for the market access and pricing... - April 25, 2011 - ZS Associates
Ameridose Demonstrates Commitment to Customer Care Excellence
Ameridose, LLC, a leading nationwide provider of sterile admixing services to hospital pharmacies, demonstrates its unrelenting commitment to customer care excellence through the appointment of Mr. Todd DeAngelis to serve as Vice President of Innovation and Customer Experience. He is charged with... - April 23, 2011 - Ameridose, LLC
Rosa Diabetes PhysioPD™ Collaboration with Pfizer to be Presented at World PK/PD Summit
Diabetes PhysioPD model used to predict long-term clinical outcomes and select doses using only summary pharmacokinetic data from a competitor’s short-term Phase I clinical trial - April 23, 2011 - Rosa & Co LLC
Boston Microfluidics Contracts Affinity Life Sciences for Immunoassay Development and Protein Chemistry Services
Boston Microfluidics, Inc. and Affinity Life Sciences, Inc. have partnered to develop immunoassays and chemistry components related to Boston Microfluidics’ POC device. - April 22, 2011 - Affinity Life Sciences
ExL Pharma Goes Virtual for Its Digital Pharma Conference - First and Only Virtual Conference for Digital Marketing Professionals in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Key Digital Innovators and Industry Thought Leaders Will Present Via the 6Connex Virtual Experience Platform - April 20, 2011 - 6Connex
BioPharm Systems to Host Webinar on Argus Safety and Planning for the New Individual Case Safety Report (ICSR) International Standard and Upcoming ICSR Reporting Changes
Who: Andrew Mitchell, EMEA Safety and Pharmacovigilance Practice Lead, BioPharm Systems. What: “Argus Safety: Planning for the New Individual Case Safety Report (ICSR) International Standard and Upcoming ICSR Reporting Changes” The new ISO Individual Case Safety Report (ICSR)... - April 17, 2011 - BioPharm Systems
BioPharm Systems to Host Webinar on Increasing ROI through an Effective Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) Training Program
Who: Param Singh, Vice President of Clinical Trial Management Solutions, BioPharm Systems What: “Increase ROI through an Effective CTMS Training Program” User adoption is the key to achieving a rapid ROI for your CTMS and the key to user adoption is an effective training program. - April 17, 2011 - BioPharm Systems
BioPharm Systems and Oracle to Host Pharma Day
BioPharm Systems, a leading provider of Oracle's clinical trial, data, and safety solutions, today announced the company has teamed up with Oracle to host Pharma Day, an event that will cover how life sciences organizations can use clinical and safety/pharmacovigilance systems to mitigate business... - April 17, 2011 - BioPharm Systems
The Philadelphia Soul is Back and Has Partnered with Free For All, Inc.®
The Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League has recently joined in a partnership with Free For All, Inc.® to provide free access to prescription discounts to all those in need. After a two year hiatus The Philadelphia Soul; 2008 Arena Bowl XXII champions, have made a return to Arena... - April 16, 2011 - Free For All, Inc.
Enterologics, Inc. (OTCBB: ELGO.OB) Unveils Novel Business Strategy to Develop Live Biotherapeutics for Gastrointestinal Diseases
Enterologics, Inc., a biotechnology company, is dedicated to the development of live biotherapeutic products for gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, that it believes are poorly addressed by current therapies. Key examples include pouchitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s disease,... - April 15, 2011 - enterologics, inc
Pennsylvania Company Launches Mobile Health Practice: Mobicize Health Solutions
Mobile Health Solutions are now available at http://MobicizeMe.com/health. Mobicize, a company providing mobile strategy development and execution services, has launched a practice dedicated to supporting the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. - April 14, 2011 - Mobicize, Inc.
DZS Software Solutions Joins Medidata Solutions Technology Partner Program
Clinical Data and Trial Management Services and Solutions Organization Leverages Medidata Rave Web Services API to Enable Data Sharing Between ClinPlus CTMS and Medidata Rave EDC/CDM - April 07, 2011 - DZS Software Solutions
CIS Expands Its Team to Serve Pharma Industry’s Increasing Need for Clinical Compliance Services
CIS has announced that Diane Dellaratta, Billy Grimme, and Karen Chaney will assume clinical consultant positions with varying degrees of responsibility within CIS’ clinical team headed by Annette Horner, senior director of global clinical compliance. - April 02, 2011 - Compliance Implementation Services
Free For All, Inc.® Crosses Over 30 Million in Healthcare Savings
RxCut® Plus, the prescription savings program, powered by Free For All, Inc.®, announced today that it has collectively saved consumers over $30 million dollars on prescription costs since it was founded in 2008. Between January and February 2011, the RxCut® Equalizer Card was used to... - April 02, 2011 - Free For All, Inc.
Cole Hamels Foundation Partners with Free For All, Inc.®
The Hamels Foundation has recently joined in a partnership with Free For All, Inc.® to provide free access to prescription discounts to all those in need. The Hamels Foundation is dedicated to bringing an end to extreme poverty and hardship endured by the lack of educational support. - March 31, 2011 - Free For All, Inc.
Plascon Group Named as One of the 2011 "Michigan 50 Companies to Watch"
Plascon Group has been recognized as one of the 2011 “Michigan 50 Companies to Watch,” an awards program sponsored by the Edward Lowe Foundation and presented by Michigan Celebrates Small Business. Plascon Group will be honored at an awards ceremony during the seventh annual Michigan... - March 30, 2011 - Plascon Group
Upcoming Events at Stevens Highlight Women in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Just two semesters old, the Stevens Institute of Technology's Women in Pharmaceutical Industry Club is already having an impact on its members, providing tools and education to women preparing to enter the pharmaceutical industry. The April 27 meeting will feature guest speaker Ms. Anu Hans, Vice President of Global Procurement at the Janssen Supply Group, a division of Johnson & Johnson. Members of the public are welcome to attend the guest lectures. - March 30, 2011 - Stevens Institute of Technology
The Midwest Reproductive Symposium and SRxA Enter Into an Exclusive Publications Collaboration
SRxA Strategic Pharmaceutical Advisors, a leading healthcare consulting, marketing and education firm, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with the Executive Directors and organizers of the Midwest Reproductive Symposium (MRS) and Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI), to... - March 25, 2011 - SRxA Strategic Pharmaceutical Advisors, LLC
GenScript Will Launch Services with GANP® Technology for World Wide Market Excluding Japan
GenScript Corporation signed a worldwide (excluding Japan) non-exclusive license agreement with TransGenic Inc. through which GenScript Corporation is authorized to use GANP® mice from TransGenic Inc. to produce high-affinity antibodies to scientists. - March 25, 2011 - GenScript USA Inc.
New Service Laboratory for Rapid Determination of Suspected Counterfeit Medications
IAL created to serve consumers by providing rapid analysis of medications and nutraceuticals. - March 24, 2011 - Independent Analysis Laboratories
Pete Taft, Founder of PharmApprove™, to Once Again Co-Chair FDA Advisory Committee Conference
To Share Lead with sanofi-aventis’s Kevin Malobisky. - March 24, 2011 - Taft and Partners
Metrics Develops Color Selection Process to Address Human Bias
New color identification process dramatically improves selection consistency. - March 23, 2011 - Metrics, Inc.
ZS Associates Expands Its Sales and Marketing Analytics, Outsourcing and Technology-Based Consulting Services with Four Executive Hires
Global management consulting firm ZS Associates has hired four new principals to provide expertise and leadership in areas targeted for firm-wide growth and expansion of key client services. Sanjay Joshi, Alex Contreras, Bill Sudlow and Ashish Vazirani will join the leadership teams for the sales... - March 22, 2011 - ZS Associates
Rosa Announces Six Poster Presentations at the American College on Pharmacometrics 2011
In collaboration with its clients, Lithera, MediciNova, Pfizer, Vitalea, Rosa & Co will present six posters at the 2011 American College on Pharmacometrics in San Diego, CA on April 4, 2011. The posters describe the use of drug-disease modeling in pharmaceutical development. - March 22, 2011 - Rosa & Co LLC
Actavis Spain Implements eluzzion CRM for Its Sales Force
The Spanish generics leader signs 3-year contract with Data3s for eluzzion CRM, an advanced customer relationship management software solution for pharmaceutical and life science organizations. - March 20, 2011 - Data System Solutions s.r.o.
Pacific Biomarkers CSO Elizabeth T. Leary Co-Authors Paper in March Issue of Clinical Chemistry
Article Explores the Contribution of Assay Methodologies in Risk Classification for Cardiovascular Disease - March 11, 2011 - Pacific Biomarkers Inc
IonSense Introduces the DART XZ Transmission Module for Rapid Quantitation of Contaminants in Food Safety and Product Quality
Fast and Accurate Determination of Chemicals and Contaminants using Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry. Displayed at Pittcon 2011 Booth #2735. - March 10, 2011 - IonSense, Inc.
Rosa & Co. Announces the Appointment of Sharan A. Pagano as Vice President, Scientific Alliances, and the Opening of Rosa’s Boston-Area Office
Rosa & Co. LLC, a drug development advisory firm with expertise in drug-disease modeling and simulation, today announced the appointment of Sharan A. Pagano, Vice President, Scientific Alliances, responsible for worldwide sales and account development, and the opening of Rosa’s new Boston, MA-area office. - March 09, 2011 - Rosa & Co LLC
PuraMed Bioscience Goes Social to Promote Drug for Migraine Headache Relief
PuraMed turns to the social networks to locate migraine headache sufferers and offer relief. - March 09, 2011 - Lone Wolf Inc
Stevens Dr. A. K. Ganguly Receives Topliss Award Lecture from University of Michigan
Dr. A. K. Ganguly, Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry at Stevens Institute of Technology, recently gave the Topliss Award Lecture at the University of Michigan. Named in honor of pioneer pharmaceutical researcher Dr. John G. Topliss, the lectures were established to recognize outstanding... - March 04, 2011 - Stevens Institute of Technology
MedCenter Systems, LLC Appoints Lisman Holdings, Inc. as National Sales Representative
The MedCenter System – Manage Your Medicine. Manage Your Health - March 03, 2011 - Lisman Holdings, Inc.
Centrifan™ PE Personal Evaporator Uses Vacuum-Free, Closed System Drying to Contain Radioactive Compounds - to be Introduced at Pittcon 2011
The Centrifan PE Personal Evaporator for sample safe drying of radioactive compounds will be introduced at Pittcon 2011 in Sorbent Technologies Pittcon Booth#3426 - March 02, 2011 - Modular SFC
OSO BioPharmaceuticals to Sponsor Forum on Subcutaneous Biologic Drug Delivery Trends and Best Practices at DCAT Week
The 2011 DCAT Week Biologics Forum will present regulatory and pharmaceutical industry leaders discussing current requirements, trends and best practices for subcutaneous biologic drug delivery systems. - February 24, 2011 - OSO BioPharmaceuticals Manufacturing, LLC
Ameridose Announces Outstanding 2010 Sustainability Results
Ameridose, LLC, nationwide provider of sterile admixing services to hospital pharmacies, is pleased to announce the impressive results of its 2010 sustainability program. Three Ameridose facilities had combined recycling that totaled over 1.5 million lbs. Recycled materials included day-to-day... - February 22, 2011 - Ameridose, LLC
Metrics Names Renee Smith as Company’s First Validation Manager
Having experienced a significant increase in clients and projects, Metrics Inc. has created a new validation manager position and appointed Reneé L. Smith to serve in it. Smith brings nearly 10 years of validation management experience to her new role, and is especially knowledgeable about... - February 19, 2011 - Metrics, Inc.
Predictive Biosciences and Affinity Life Sciences Collaborate in the Development of Unique Biomarker Assays
Predictive Biosciences, a recognized leader in novel molecular diagnostics and Affinity Life Sciences, specialists in biomarker assay development and cGMP compliant production, are working together on the development of specific biomarker assays for use in clinical studies. This collaboration... - February 17, 2011 - Affinity Life Sciences
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Harnesses Mosaic Technology to Meet Evolving Needs of Students
Mosaic Technology, a leading expert in virtualization and data storage technology, today announced that Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) is transitioning to a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for its campuses in Boston, Worcester, and Manchester, N.H. The VDI... - February 16, 2011 - Mosaic Technology