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Colorado BioScience Association Appoints Four Industry Leaders to Board of Directors
Four industry executives were named to the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) Board of Directors at its 2012 Annual All-Member Meeting. New CBSA director appointments include James Chomas, Ph.D., Founder & CEO, Surefire Medical; Scott Deeter, President & CEO, Ventria Bioscience; Brent Fassett, Partner, Cooley LLP; and Kerry Ingalls, Vice President of Colorado Operations, Amgen. - April 05, 2012 - Colorado BioScience Association
BioPharm Systems to Host Webinar on How to Personalize the Siebel Clinical User Interface
Leading provider of clinical trial, data and drug safety solutions will discuss the various ways one can personalize their Siebel Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) user interface. - April 05, 2012 - BioPharm Systems
Dr. Birgit Schoeberl to Discuss Using Mathematical Models to Set Design Criteria for Antibody-Based Therapies in Rosa’s "Impact" World-Wide Webinar Series
Dr. Schoeberl will present “Using Mathematical Models To Set Design Criteria For Antibody-Based Therapies” April 17, 2012. - April 04, 2012 - Rosa & Co LLC
U.S. Granted Patent 8,088,385 B2 Strengthens Advanced Cancer Therapeutics’ Anti-Cancer Product Portfolio
Advanced Cancer Therapeutics (ACT), a privately held company dedicated to bringing new anti-cancer therapies to market, today announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent 8,088,385 B2 titled “PFKFB3 inhibitor for the treatment of a Proliferative Cancer” by the United States Patent... - April 04, 2012 - Advanced Cancer Therapeutics
Dr. EH Yang's Research Team Awarded with NSF Grant on Pioneering Microfluidics Innovation
Digital microfluidics creates a lab-on-a-chip, enabling portable at-home medical tests. - April 04, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Navinode to Launch World’s First All-Carbon Fibre Yacht at the Gold Coast Boat Show 2012 in Hong Kong
Navinode and Delta Powerboats will be launching the world’s first all-carbon fibre yacht in serial production in Asia at the Gold Coast Boat Show 2012 in Hong Kong. - April 01, 2012 - SHL Group (Scandinavian Health Group Ltd)
Rosa to Present Two Lectures at the European Foundation of Medicinal Chemists Conference
Rosa to Present The MQM Standard and Lead Optimization Using Systems Pharmacology Modeling - April 01, 2012 - Rosa & Co LLC
MenScience Stacks: A New Way to Get Your Dream Body
MenScience launches new supplement kits to help men reach their nutrition and fitness goals. - March 31, 2012 - MenScience Androceuticals
ImmunoReagents Announces Exclusive Japanese Distribution Channel with Funakoshi Ltd. Co.
ImmunoReagents, a manufacturer of high quality secondary antibodies used by researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has announced the appointment of Funakoshi as its new distributor for Japan. ImmunoReagents and Funakoshi will work closely together to bring top quality antibodies... - March 31, 2012 - ImmunoReagents Inc.
Nanoindentation Instrumentation for the First Time Under $30K
Nanovea announced the arrival of the N3 line dedicated to providing high-end measurement technology to the broader market. Nanovea has fully automated their measurement techniques while designing to price in the $20K market. - March 31, 2012 - NANOVEA
Genesis Dnepr IVF Celebrates the Births of 1150 IVF Babies
The first Sunday of April is celebrated as the ‘Test Tube Baby’ Day or the White Orchid Day. In the past 10 years, due to Genesis Dnepr in Dnipropetrovsk 1150 IVF babies were born. Ukraine now counts about 16 000 IVF citizens. According to ESHRE overall around 5 million lives had emerged due to the in vitro fertilization method of reproduction (IVF) worldwide. - March 30, 2012 - Genesis Dnepr IVF
Investing in Health Pays Off - Nicaragua
The Roberto Clemente Health Clinic’s Annual Health Care Fair on February 4 was a success, with numbers far surpassing expectations. Around 1,200 residents, who live in the remote communities of southwest Nicaragua, received free health care in Limon 1, Tola, Rivas. Adults patiently waited to... - March 30, 2012 - The Roberto Clemente Health Clinic
EU Novel Foods Approved for Vitamin K2 Ingredient
Chrysalis Health & Beauty have announced the availability of Kappa K2Vital Vitamin K2 MK7 raw material for the UK and export markets following the successful EU Novel foods approval for this essential nutrient. - March 30, 2012 - Chrysalis Health & Beauty Business Solutions Limited
AnaSpec Highlights HiLyte Fluor™ Dyes Collection for Labeling Amine and Thiol-Modified Oligos
AnaSpec is pleased to highlight their wide collection of amine and thiol reactive 6-isomeric dyes of fluoresceins and rhodamines, and AnaSpec’s own proprietary HiLyte Fluor™ dyes for labeling amine and thiol modified oligonucleotides. Fluorescent dye-labeled oligos are widely used as... - March 29, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Hometown Urgent Care Opens in Latonia Kentucky
Hometown Urgent Care and WorkCare Center will open in the Latonia Center in front of Kroger. - March 29, 2012 - Hometown Urgent Care
NovaTeinBio Announces Discount on New Human PEG 20000 ELISA Kit
Boston-based biological reagents provider NovaTeinBio has recently announced that they’re offering a 10% discount on their new Human PEG 20000 ELISA kit. This discount is designed to help medical researchers across the company to consolidate the cost of their testing in order to refocus their... - March 28, 2012 - Novatein Biosciences
The Jon Block Group Initiates First Tennis Sponsorship with David Konstantinov
Expanding upon the firm’s tremendously successful sponsorship program in motorcycle road racing, The Jon Block Group is pleased to announce its first tennis sponsorship with an endorsement of 17 year old San Francisco native, David Konstantinov. As succinctly put by Kurt Burgess, the... - March 27, 2012 - Jon Block Group
Rosa to Present Systems Pharmacology Workshop at 3rd Annual World PK/PD Summit
Rosa Workshop Presents the MQM Quality Standard for Mechanistic Modeling - March 26, 2012 - Rosa & Co LLC
BioPharm Systems Launches Accel-Account Manager for Creating and Managing Oracle Clinical, RDC and TMS User Accounts
Accel-Account Manager allows life sciences companies to easily and cost-effectively manage user accounts without technical knowledge. - March 25, 2012 - BioPharm Systems
Dr. Henry Du Elected SPIE Fellow
Professor Du's interdisciplinary fiber-optic sensing research advances applications in environmental monitoring, medical diagnosis and energy production - March 25, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
ImpactRx Acquires AlphaDetail
Addition of AlphaDetail’s global custom market research expertise enhances and expands company’s solutions offerings. - March 25, 2012 - ImpactRx, Inc
New Clinically Proven Sleep Remedy Launched with Free Promotional Give Away
Opti Sleep the new clinically proven natural sleep solution has been launched with a Free 2 weeks trail such is the confidence of the developers. - March 24, 2012 - Opti Sleep
Rosa to Present at 2012 Keystone Symposia: Advances in Islet Biology
Modeling analysis enables development of biomarkers for beta cell mass. - March 24, 2012 - Rosa & Co LLC
Carotech to Showcase Natural Palm Mixed Carotene (Caromin) & Palm Tocotrienol Complex (Tocomin) at FIC 2012, Shanghai
Carotech will share latest scientific developments and application strategies of its Tocomin and Caromin series of ingredients - March 24, 2012 - Carotech Inc.
pharmaCline Partners with The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television
pharmaCline, an innovative pharmaceutical company is partnering with The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television in a four part mini-series to discuss First Aid Wound Care for every member of your family. - March 24, 2012 - pharmaCline
World Leaders to Address Challenges and Technology Breakthroughs in Sample Preparation for Pathogen Detection at 5th Sample Prep Conference in San Diego, May 3-4
Leading organizations from around the world will convene in San Diego for the Knowledge Foundation’s 5th Sample Prep conference which will take place at the Hilton Resort & Spa from May 3-4, 2012. - March 24, 2012 - Knowledge Foundation
Medimix International and Sanofi Pasteur to Present Results of Social Media Monitoring Study PMRG ANC - Orlando, March 27th, 2012
Medimix International and Sanofi Pasteur will present at the PMRG ANC results of an innovative social media study which used a powerful new tracking platform to monitor social media conversations around the globe. Scouring sites representative of English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Chinese (or 80% of the languages used by online populations), the flagged mentions were analyzed by both machine and human to correctly categorize content, overall sentiment, and identify influencers. - March 23, 2012 - Medimix International
Keys to Successful Health Industry Alliances with China
Cypin Production Conference Offers Insights in R&D…and Beyond - March 23, 2012 - CYPIN PRODUCTION LLC
Office of Naval Research Continues Funding for Innovative Research in Unmanned Naval Vessels
ACCeSS collaborators push the boundaries of naval technology and education. - March 23, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
The Spine Health Foundation to Present at the 2012 Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale University
The Spine Health Foundation was selected to present a social enterprise pitch at the 2012 Global Health and Innovation Conference at Yale University in April. Dr. Morgan Lorio, Orthopedic Surgeon and Official Spokesperson for the foundation will speak on "Eliminating Disparity in Healthcare for the Disadvantaged." - March 22, 2012 - The Spine Health Foundation, Inc.
Control Blood Sugar Using Social Medicine
Diabetes is on the rise, yet a healthy lifestyle change can help control blood sugar levels. Your blood sugar levels can be improved by making small changes in the way you eat, adding in a little more exercise, and losing even a modest amount of weight. - March 22, 2012 - Social-medicine.org
AnaSpec Develops AMC Resins for SPPS
Peptide-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin conjugates (peptide-AMCs) are widely used as fluorogenic substrates to study proteases. The preparation of peptide-AMCs usually involves solution phase synthesis since AMC lacks an additional functional group for attachment to a solid support. Although solid-phase... - March 22, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Viachem to Represent AkzoNobel’s Akucell® Food-Grade Cellulose Gum Additives
Viachem Sales and Marketing to Target Food, Bakery, Beverage and Processed Food Manufacturers that Use Specialty Ingredients and Food Additives in Their Products - March 21, 2012 - Viachem, Ltd.
ALS Therapy Development Institute Announces Eighth Annual "The Cure Is Coming" 5k and Awareness Walk
Participants walk, ride or race to raise money and awareness to end ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) - March 21, 2012 - ALS Therapy Development Institute
Detroit R&D and ALPCO Diagnostics Sign Distribution Agreement
ALPCO Diagnostics and Detroit R&D agree to a distribution partnership in North America. - March 20, 2012 - ALPCO
Foamix’s Minocycline Foam – 100% Effective in Impetigo Phase II Clinical Trial with No Side Effects. 80% Improved Significantly After 3 Days of Treatment.
Targets a $1 billion a year market. Foamix, a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today the successful completion of the Phase II clinical trial of Minocycline foam in Impetigo patients. Minocycline Foam has shown to be highly effective against bacteria, including some multi-drug resistant strains (such as MRSA). - March 20, 2012 - Foamix Ltd
Colorado BioScience Association Commends PhRMA and We Work For Health for Showcasing the Critical Importance of Clinical Trials to Chronic Disease Sufferers in the State
Members of Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) today joined with colleagues from both the public and private sectors, including Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, at a State Capitol News Conference to applaud the release of PhRMA's new report: “Research in Your Backyard.” Colorado's biopharmaceutical industry assists sufferers of chronic disease and includes approximately 300 companies employing over 5,410 with average salaries of $93,000. - March 19, 2012 - Colorado BioScience Association
Tips to Reverse Diabetes Using Social Medicine
Diabetics have more control over their health than they think. A lifestyle change doesn’t mean living in deprivation. It means knowing what is best and knowing what other people have done to reverse diabetes. - March 19, 2012 - Social-medicine.org
New Book Release
CGMP University inc of San Jose announced the release of two books: 1. How to design a Pharmaceutical Quality system. 2. Principles of design controls for medical device. - March 16, 2012 - cGMP UNIVERSITY INC.
Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority Names New President & CEO
Following an extensive national search, Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA) has named Steve VanNurden as its new President & CEO. VanNurden, a seasoned leader in the life science/bioscience space, comes to FRA from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. - March 16, 2012 - Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority
The NEXTflex™ ChIP-Seq Kit Now Includes a Completely Gel-Free NGS Library Prep Protocol
Bioo Scientific incorporated an alternative gel-free, bead-based protocol into the NEXTflex™ ChIP-Seq Kit which reduces the required sample prep time and allows for complete automation of library prep. - March 16, 2012 - Bioo Scientific
FEECO Australia Celebrates One Year
FEECO International’s Australia branch is celebrating its one-year anniversary this March. - March 16, 2012 - Feeco International Australia
Noveguard™, a Breakthrough New Natural Preservative System Kills Foodborne Bacteria
A new natural preservative system, which can be added to beverages during processing, has the potential to kill deadly pathogens and extend shelf-life. - March 16, 2012 - MRM
Zouch Dynamics Will Distribute Red Cedar Technology Software in the UK
Zouch Dynamics will work with CAE Value AB to sell HEEDS in Europe. - March 16, 2012 - Red Cedar Technology
Dr. Joga Gobburu to Discuss the Impact of Pharmacometrics on Drug Approvals in Rosa’s World-Wide Webinar Series, “Impact of Modeling & Simulation in Drug Development”
Dr. Gobburu will present “Impact of Pharmacometric Analyses on New Drug Approval and Labelling Decisions” March 20, 2012. - March 16, 2012 - Rosa & Co LLC
G&G Vitamins Introduce Children’s Vitamins and Minerals Product
Leading UK vitamin specialist G&G Vitamins have recently announced the introduction to their catalogue of their new Children’s Vitamins and Minerals product. This solution has been added to the company’s core catalogue to ensure that youngsters around the globe have access to the... - March 15, 2012 - G&G Vitamins
Rocky Mountain Fertility Center Offers New Package Prices on Tubal Reversals
Rocky Mountain Fertility Center has released new lower package prices on tubal reversals. The infertility center has been devoted to assisting couples achieve success and has announced a new lower fallopian tubal reversal procedure (tubal re-anastomosis) price in conjunction with Crown Point... - March 15, 2012 - Rocky Mountain Fertility
Rocky Mountain Fertility Center Invites Patients to Participate in Study on Egg Freezing
Rocky Mountain Fertility Center has just announced they are taking new eligible patients to participate in a research study on egg freezing. The study offers participants a significantly reduced cost to for an IVF cycle for participation in the oocyte freezing study. Your participation in this... - March 15, 2012 - Rocky Mountain Fertility
Patients Have Once Again Recognized Rocky Mountain Fertility Center’s, Dr. Deborah Smith as One of America's Most Compassionate Doctors
Patients have once again recognized Rocky Mountain Fertility Center’s, Dr. Deborah Smith as one of America's Most Compassionate Doctors and have voted her a coveted Patients' Choice Award as one of Colorado’s Favorite Doctors. The Compassionate Doctor Certification is part of the... - March 15, 2012 - Rocky Mountain Fertility
Foamix Granted Comprehensive US Patent for PerFoam® – Ideal Foam Treatment for Head Lice and Scabies
Foamix Ltd., a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company, that is developing proprietary dermatological and gynecologic topical foam products, today announced that the company has been granted a new patent from United States Patent Office. - March 15, 2012 - Foamix Ltd