Pharmaxis Builds Senior Management Team
SYDNEY, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis (ASX: PXS; Nasdaq: PXSL ) today announced that it had appointed Dr Howard Fox to its senior management team in the position of Chief Medical Officer. Dr Fox will assume responsibility for regulatory affairs, pharmacovigil...ExonHit Builds A New Organisation
PARIS, January 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ExonHit Therapeutics, a drug and diagnostic discovery company, today announced that it has created two commercial business units: the Molecular Diagnostics and Genomic Services Unit and the Therapeutics Unit. The accomplishments of the last years a...Merge eFilm Builds Distribution Channel
MILWAUKEE, WI - - Merge Technologies Incorporated has signed agreements with four European companies to resell or distribute Merge eFilm's FUSION RIS/PACS and eFilm Workstation solutions. These full-service healthcare solution firms will increase the availability of Merge eFilm's products and ser...RedPrairie Builds RFID Lab - Enables Real-World Testing
WAUKESHA, WI. - RedPrairie Corporation , has built the supply chain industries first fully functional, electronic product code (EPC)-compliant radio frequency identification (RFID) laboratory designed to test RFID technology in a real-world environment. The RFID Lab is enabling RedPrairie custom...Meriter IT team builds project performance through internal relationships
MADISON, Wis. - Ownership and accountability is the way of life at Meriter Hospital , a not-for-profit, 448-bed community hospital in Madison that provides medical care to southern Wisconsin. Meriter includes a hospital, clinic, retirement living facility, laboratories and a home health care ser...Doyle builds bridges and hopes for deals in Japan
A biotechnology trade mission to Japan is building interest in possible Wisconsin deals, Governor Jim Doyle said while sharing his experiences abroad in a conference call Monday morning. In Japan as part of a fact-finding mission with several Wisconsin representatives, Doyle has been speaking ...SGIs Wisconsin branch builds fastest supercomputer yet in four months
Photo courtesy of Silicon Graphics Inc. Chippewa Valley, Wis. — Silicon Graphics Inc. built the world's fastest supercomputer in about 129 days, and it was the company's Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, plant that pulled the project together. SGI announced the completion of the $50 million p...Stem-cell study grows too big for one department; UW builds collaborative programs
Madison, Wis. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is introducing two new stem-cell programs to lay the groundwork for future research and keep the university in a leading position. Clive Svendsen, a professor of anatomy and neurology, said the university will create a regenerative medicine pr...Forum builds on the work of the Wisconsin Economic Summit
Madison, Wis. - The Wisconsin Economic Summit served its purpose by fading away. That's not to say the four summits that took place between 2000 and 2003 were unsuccessful; on the contrary, they highlighted economic trends that are shaping the state's growth. But once those general themes were...Mortgagebot builds online sales even as housing declines
Mequon, Wis. - Despite a slump in housing markets nationwide, the leading application service provider for the online mortgage-lending industry continues to build additions. In fact, the Mequon-based Mortgagebot - which specializes in online transactions for first mortgages, mortgage refinan...Saint-Gobain Introduces Next Generation Silicone Tubing
...de bulk spool packaging and pre-delivery gamma irradiation. Custom sizes, lengths, durometers and laylines are also offered. Sani-Tech(R) Ultra builds on Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics' long history in extrusion, custom molding and materials development for the biopharmaceutical industry. Tygon(R)...Beta Release of v3.0 of OpenClinica Clinical Trials Software
...e rapidly growing open source electronic data capture (EDC) and clinical data management (CDM) software . "This release of OpenClinica builds on the software's strengths and includes a series of new features requested by our users," said Paul Galvin, Development Manager at Akaza Researc...Nanobiotech Center Wins $2.5 Million, 4-Year Grant
...ew genes to certain cells, and sunlight-powered nano-scale coatings that kill microbes on hard surfaces and fabrics. The four-year award to COIN builds on a $100,000 planning grant given by the Biotechnology Center last year. That money was used to hire an executive director and develop a business pla...Scripps Research Institute Highlights Groundbreaking Work of aTyr Pharma Scientific Co-Founder
...ciate Professor Xiang-Lei Yang, a scientific co-founder of aTyr Pharma. Professor Yang's latest study (Chemistry & Biology, vol. 16, pp. 531-539) builds on her previous revolutionary research with an essential enzyme of protein synthesis, tyrosyl tRNA synthetase. Synthetases are fundamental components...Plexus Awarded Development Contract With QIAGEN
... market leader in DNA based screening for HPV; a virus that has an established link to cervical cancer. This contract for the final development phase builds on the existing collaboration which led to the first prototypes. "We are thrilled about our partnership with QIAGEN, as it pairs two world-class...AMT Starts Preregistration Trial for Glybera(TM)
...tion of pancreatitis attacks. The trial is being performed under a Clinical Trial Application approved by Health Canada. The new clinical trial builds on positive data obtained from two previous clinical trials in which a total of 22 LPLD patients were treated. These data indicate that a single treat...New Website Connects Physicians to Solve Challenging Cases and Share Experiences
...parked the discussion. "It's like having a virtual annual meeting at your fingertips 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." The Cardiovascular Forum builds on the success of The Endovascular Forum, where a global, multi-disciplinary physician base of members actively share, debate, and advance treatment a...Syrinx Wins Contract with Leading Pharmaceutical Company for SharePoint 2007 Services
...nterprise organizations in the financial services, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and AEC industries. A Microsoft Gold-Certified Partner, Syrinx designs, builds and maintains large-scale collaborative applications and Web sites for faster time to market, reduced organizational costs and business advantage. The...Cell Biosciences Launches Next-Generation Protein Characterization System
...e CB1000 system measures phosphorylation events and other protein post-translational modifications using capillary-based nanofluidic immunoassays, and builds upon the fundamental technology of its predecessor, the Firefly(TM) 3000 system. The advanced design of the CB1000 system provides significant improve...Collexis BiomedExperts Fast Approaching 150,000 Registered Users
...s the world's first pre-populated scientific social network for life science researchers, www.biomedexperts.com . Collexis' proprietary technology builds conceptual profiles of text, called Fingerprints, from documents, Websites, emails and other digitized content and matches them with a comprehensive l...Life sticks: UC San Diego bioengineer's sticky insights published in journal Science
...t secrete milk proteins. Breast acini form hollow spheres, according to Engler, because this form maximizes the surface to volume ratio. When pressure builds up, acini can hold more and more volume until they need to push the milk proteins down the duct. "This kind of structure is conserved in a variety...Dr. Roddy Carter Named President and Chief Executive Officer of WellGen, Inc.
...rand and then a Master of Science degree in Sports Medicine from Trinity College, Dublin . About Amphion: Amphion Innovations (LSE: AMP) builds shareholder value in high growth companies in the medical and technology sectors, by using a focused, hands-on company building approach, based ...Boston Scientific Launches New Coronary Imaging Catheter
...ross' outstanding image quality and excellent deliverability should help physicians better identify lesion characteristics." "This latest advance builds on the success of our existing Atlantis(R) SR Pro Catheter," said Hank Kucheman, Senior Vice President and Group President, Cardiovascular for Boston ...GRRL Tech Participant Offered Full Tuition Four-Year Scholarship to Roger Williams University
... and Workforce Development, we are driving technology growth, innovation and prosperity by uniting industry, government and education. Tech Collective builds and strengthens community by creating partnerships, offering thought-provoking forums and organizing state-wide participation in events like Forward T...Buckyballs could keep water systems flowing
...the Journal of Membrane Sciences . "As the bacteria build up on these surfaces, they attract other organic matter, creating a biofilm that slowly builds up over time," Chae continued, "The results of our experiments in the laboratory indicate that buckyballs may be able to prevent this clogging, known ...DuPont and International Rice Research Institute Partner to Boost Rice Yields
... partners will benefit from SKEP through sharing facilities and germplasm as well as through interaction among scientists. The research collaboration builds on the strengths of both partners. IRRI has a large and diverse germplasm pool for hybrid development. Pioneer will provide critical capabilities fo...NPSF Issues New Universal Patient Compact During Patient Safety Awareness Week
...Safety Awareness Week, March 8-14, 2009. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080307/AQF053LOGO ) The Universal Patient Compact builds on the principles contained in the Patient Bill of Rights to establish a mutual covenant between healthcare providers and their patients. While the Pa...VIA Pharmaceuticals Announces Grant of New Patent on Lead Compound VIA-2291
...ohen, Ph.D., chief executive officer of VIA Pharmaceuticals. "We are pleased with the issuance of this important patent as it further strengthens and builds on our existing intellectual property protection for our lead clinical compound." About VIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. VIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ...