Challenges in Biological Technology

Ricardo Launches Consortium to Evaluate Lubricant Challenges of Future Low Carbon Engine Technologies

VAN BUREN TWP., Mich. , July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricardo, Inc., the US subsidiary of Ricardo plc, the leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world's automotive, defense, transport and new energy industries, has announced that the...

SHARE Program Launched to Address the Challenges of Achieving Blood Pressure Goal

MUNICH, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- - Investigating the Real Burden of Hypertension, Addressing the Challenges of Getting to Blood Pressure Goal and SHARE(ing) the Knowledge ( http://www.SHARE-hypertension.com ) The SHARE steering committee announce the launch of Supporting Hypertensi...

Sangamo BioSciences Receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research

RICHMOND, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO ), the world leader in the research and development of zinc finger DNA-binding proteins (ZFPs), announced today that it has received a US$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Me...

Waters Corporation Continues to Meet Today's Challenges for Improved Laboratory Operations with New Products at Pittcon 2009

Waters Gives Scientists, Business and Laboratory Managers More of What They Want: Efficiency, Data Quality, Productivity and Profitability CHICAGO, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Against a backdrop of a worldwide economic recession, Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT ) is demonstrating how i...

Opportunities and challenges in uncertainty quantification for complex interacting systems

In spite of continued growth in computational resources the idea of a computational laboratory serving as surrogate to physical reality still faces conceptual and technical challenges. Chief among these is the characterization of physical reality itself, under conditions of incomplete knowledge an...

Volatile Economy / Fundraising Challenges Encourage Business Combinations Among Biotech Companies According to New Survey from CPA Firm Rothstein Kass

'Plumbing the Depths' White Paper Reports More Than 75% of Biotech Firms Expect to Establish or Enhance a Corporate Partnership in Next Three Years NEW YORK, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- More biotechnology companies will be compelled to explore business partnerships and strategic alliances in a mor...

Clostridium difficile Infection: Current Challenges and Controversies

Complimentary Continuing Education Virtual Lecture and Podcast for Healthcare Professionals VOORHEES, N.J., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Current education about Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is critical for several reasons. The epidemiology of CDI is changing and has been marked by incre...

White Paper Addresses FDA Approval Challenges Facing Combination Product Manufacturers

AGAWAM, Mass., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Even as the combination products market continues to experience dramatic growth, the approval process facing manufacturers seeking to introduce new medical devices embedded with pharmaceutical or biologics components is expected to become even more challen...

MaxCyte Hosts Live Discussion with Industry Experts on the Challenges in Developing Cell-Based Screening Assays for Drug Discovery

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MaxCyte, Inc., the pioneer in scalable, high performance cell loading systems, announces that it will be hosting a live discussion with industry experts on the challenges in developing cell-based screening assays for drug discovery. The dis...

The Plasmodium vivax genome provides new routes and challenges in the global fight against malaria

Institutions from around the world join forces in the Global Fight Against Malaria. While most research into controlling malaria has focused on the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is responsible for the most virulent form of the disease, there are other parasites of the same genus which, des...

Isilon CTO Addresses Life Science Data Storage Challenges at Harvard Medical School's BioMedical HPC Leadership Summit

End-User Panel on Managing Biomedical Storage Growth Includes Isilon Customer the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Among Other Leading Biomedical Institutions SEATTLE, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isilon(R) Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN), the leader in clustered storag...

Quest Diagnostics Campaign Challenges Colorectal Cancer Screening Status Quo

'Do You Have the Guts?' aims to reach five million in five years MADISON, N.J., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX ), the nation's leading provider of diagnostic testing information and services, today announced the launch of a novel campaign desi...

Unmet Needs Provide Challenges and Opportunities for Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Developers According to MedPredict Report

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- MedPredict Market Research, a global provider of pharmaceutical competitive intelligence and market research, has published a new report providing critical strategic insight for pharma and biotech companies with a stake in the market for Rheumatoid Ar...

GPhA Annual Meeting Focuses on Industry Opportunities and Challenges for 2008

BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 400 generic industry leaders, financial experts and political officials gathered today for the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) Annual Meeting to discuss the critical issues facing the generic industry in 2008. With the theme of "Gen...

White Paper Details Infection Control Challenges Hospitals Must Address During Construction

NEEDHAM, Mass., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospitals and healthcare institutions are challenged to devise policies and procedures that allow construction projects to take place while maintaining Environment of Care (EC) standards. A free white paper that addresses these challenges is available fo...

Triage study challenges notions of emergency medical response to disaster

NEW YORK (Oct. 31, 2007) -- In the face of terrorism and catastrophic natural disasters, modern regional trauma systems that improve survival for critically injured patients are more vital than ever. Yet many fundamental assumptions underlying these systems -- such as the notion that it is im...

Free White Paper Addresses Challenges of New FDA Regulations Awaiting Combo Product Manufacturers

AGAWAM, Mass., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- A new, free white paper, addressing the challenges of new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations awaiting combination products manufacturers, is now available for download at http://www.microtestlabs.com/combinationpaper . While combination...

Mylan Confirms Four First-to-File Challenges

PITTSBURGH, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL ) today announced that it and/or a subsidiary have been sued in connection with four separate "first-to-file" Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Mylan and A...

Can Algae Biofuels Satisfy the World's Growing Biofuel Needs? Upcoming Webinar Shares the Latest Commercialization Strategies and Challenges

Two leading Algae experts will share their views on the commercialization prospects of Algae Biofuels at the upcoming "Algae Biofuels: The REAL Story" webinar. This webinar separates facts from fiction and will provide a critical examination of several key issues central to long-term co...

Schering-Plough Launches Productivity Transformation Program To Confront New Challenges

$1.5 Billion Annualized Savings Target $500 million in Synergies from OBS Acquisition Rolled into New Target KENILWORTH, N.J., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP ) announced today a major new Productivity Transformation Program (...

MIT researcher addresses biomedical engineering challenges

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Much of the work in MIT Institute Professor Robert Langers prolific lab sounds like something straight from the pages of science fiction, but its products are already saving lives around the world in a variety of ways. One of Langers specialties is growing the vital tissues of...

Video: New Survey Finds Technology Plays a Critical Role in Lives of People with Multiple Sclerosis, Yet Many Are Not Using it to Overcome Disease-Related Challenges

- Affordable, Easy-to-Use Accessible Technology is Within Reach for People with MS - DALLAS, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new survey released this week in conjunction with the National MS Society's National Conference, many people living with multiple scl...

AT&T Challenges SBC in Wisconsin With Local, Long-Distance Bundling

MADISON, Wis. It has been nearly two decades since Wisconsin consumers have been offered the AT&T name for residential phone service. As the overwhelming majority of phone bills in the state are currently emblazoned with the SBC logo, now begins AT&Ts journey to convince locals to switch a...

UW-Madison Chancellor Wiley Challenges State to Think About Universitys Future

MADISON Its the Great (Non)Debate: Can the UW-Madison survive as a public university when public dollars make up a declining share of its budget? Thats the question being posed these days by UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley, whose believes the universitys role as a catalyst for Wisconsins high-...

The challenges of maintaining patient privacy and delivering secure clinical information

UW Hospitals and Clinics officers discuss security challenges MADISON The white board in the middle of the emergency room that lists each patient and their condition is a familiar scene in many hospitals. But is it a violation of patient privacy? Balancing the best interest of the patient ...

Gulbrandsen tackles 'daunting' challenges in Patent Office

Madison, Wis. — As a former attorney and current managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), Carl Gulbrandsen certainly has tackled his share of challenges. But the tasks facing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and its Public Advisory Committee, for which he re...

Conference focuses on experience, challenges of being an entrepreneur

Milwaukee Old experiences were passed down to new businesses at the Wisconsin Entrepreneur's Conference , held June 7 and 8 in Milwaukee at the Hyatt Regency. New and developing Wisconsin business owners, investors and professional service providers converged at the conference to learn techn...

We need the challenges of space exploration

Madison, Wis. -- One of my son's prized possessions from our summer vacation is a three-inch replica of a space shuttle, which we bought at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Three-year-old Sam is obsessed with anything that flies, so even after successive trips to the museum...

Manufacturers face challenges of innovation

Milwaukee, Wis. - Technology executive and author Tom Kelley calls them devil's advocates. Guy Kawasaki, another notable executive author, calls them bozos. Whatever label or moniker one attaches to them, they are the people in business organizations who act as speed bumps or roadblocks to innova...

WARF challenges show need for patent reform

The recent out-of-state challenges, including one from California, to stem cell patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) lack merit and underscore the need for serious patent reform in the United States. Specifically, the process of challenging patents, such as those h...

The Best Enzyme for the Toughest PCR Challenges Improved with New Hot-Start Feature

Novel Herculase Hotstart DNA polymerase results in greater specificity and sensitivity Michael Borns Brad Scott Holly Hogrefe Stratagene Stratagenes Herculase DNA polym...

The (Tech) Economic Year in Review: Signs of Progress Amid Continuing Challenges

Madison, Wis. Was 2003 a year in which Wisconsins real-time economy gained time or lost it? A review of the years top technology news stories suggests the state is becoming a place where innovation, intellectual property and investment are welcome. Dont pop the champagne corks just yet: Wiscon...

Minority and inner-city entrepreneurs face challenges

MILWAUKEE Wisconsins inner-city and minority entrepreneurs face a unique set of challenges, and these obstacles as well as the resources designed to overcome them were the topic of a discussion Wednesday at the Entrepreneurs Conference in Milwaukee. A panel consisting of State Secretary of Comme...

Electronic Tele-Communications reports continued challenges

WAUKESHA, Wis. - Electronic Tele-Communications, Inc. on Thursday reported continuing challenges to its business, but said in its second quarter report that it has been able to meet its cash flow needs. The company, which supplies voice application processing platforms to domestic and foreign ...

Corporate name change challenges

Every hour around the clock and every single day of the year, a major corporation is forced to change its name for several reasons, such as that the name becomes a liability or is no longer appropriate due to changes of businesses models or technology or trademark litigation. Nonetheless, corpora...

RFID's advantages and challenges

When you drive thru Illinois you now pay a premium for using cash or coins at the tool booths unless you buy an I-Pass device for your car. If you stop for gas at a Mobil gas station you might see some people waving a small plastic device on their key chain to pay for gas. These are two examples wh...

RFID medical devices - Opportunities and challenges

June's column on information technology opportunities noted that the FDA sees radio frequency identification (RFID) technology as critical for the long-term safety and integrity of the U.S. drug supply. RFID allows pharmaceutical packages to be tracked, traced and authenticated throughout the c...

Consumer, business technologies face same challenges

From Chris Shipley's opening remarks at the DEMO conference, February 6-8: Each DEMO event captures a moment in the wild ride that is this personal technology industry. Indeed, over this conference's 16 years, we've seen ups and downs and more recently ups again. We've seen moments that hav...

KV Pharmaceutical Announces Stockholder Action to Amend By-Laws is Invalid

...ay not ultimately prevail in litigation, including challenges to the Company's intellectual property rights by a... generic products due to brand company patents and challenges to other companies' introduction or potential intr...mount to be received by the Company subject to any challenges or otherwise and the timing of receipt of the refu...

American Oriental Bioengineering Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...integration. Our marketing capabilities, extensive distribution platform, diversified product offering and ongoing rural expansion offset anticipated challenges in SHL sales during the second quarter of 2009. We also made significant progress this quarter optimizing our distribution business, so that we solid...