Microsoft launches AI programme for global healthcare

World |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Jan, 2020

Microsoft Corp. has announced AI for Health, a new $40 million, five-year programme and part of the AI for Good initiative, that will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) technology t...Read more

Accenture, Google Cloud team up to assist life science companies

World |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Jan, 2020

Accenture and Google Cloud have announced that Google Cloud will be the cloud technology provider for Accenture’s INTIENT™ life sciences industry platform. The new, multi-year ...Read more

CDD receives rare disease classification from WHO

World |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Jan, 2020

The rare genetic disease CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD) has been designated with a new disease code in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the medical classification list f...Read more

Thermo Fisher Launches Next-Gen, Compressor-Free Plate Sealer

World |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Jan, 2020

Thermo Fisher Scientific announces the launch of a next-generation, compressor-free plate sealer, designed to alleviate the maintenance burden on operators while offering unparalleled proce...Read more

PerkinElmer unveils Advanced Drug Discovery and Disease Research Solutions

World |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Jan, 2020

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world,  introduced new workstations and a high content screening system at SLAS2020 International Confer...Read more

Researchers link low-dose aspirin with preterm birth risk reduction

World |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Jan, 2020

Daily low-dose aspirin, from as early as the sixth week of pregnancy through the 36th week, may lower the risk for preterm birth among first-time mothers, suggests a study funded by the Nat...Read more

CO-Diagnostics prepares Coronavirus test

World |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Jan, 2020

Shares of Co-Diagnostics,  a US based biotech company with a patented platform for the development of molecular diagnostic tests, leaped 175+% in premarket trading after announcing&nbs...Read more

Pfizer Vaccines launches global centers of excellence network

World |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Jan, 2020

Pfizer Inc. has announced the launch of its Vaccines Division’s Centers of Excellence Network, a global program of collaborations with academic institutions to conduct real-world epid...Read more

FDA reclassifies medical image analysers

World |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Jan, 2020

The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has issued a final order to reclassify medical image analyzers applied to mammography breast cancer, ultrasound breast lesions, radiograph lung n...Read more

Sheffield scientists create 3D printed parts to kill bacteria

World |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Jan, 2020

Researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK have, for the first time, manufactured 3D printed parts that show resistance to common bacteria.  This could stop the spread of i...Read more

WHO highlights gaps in addressing drug resistance threat

World |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Jan, 2020

Declining private investment and lack of innovation in the development of new antibiotics are undermining efforts to combat drug-resistant infections, says the World Health Organization (WH...Read more

Labcorp, Covance to coordinate cell, gene therapy development solutions

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Jan, 2020

LabCorp®, a leading global life sciences company that is deeply integrated into guiding patient care, on 13 Jan 2020 introduced its focused and coordinated suite of cell and gene therap...Read more

Healthy.io unveils digital wound management solution

World |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Jan, 2020

Israel headquartered Healthy.io, the category creator of smartphone urinalysis and the global leader in turning smartphone cameras into clinical-grade medical devices, has announced th...Read more

BioMed X Starts Schizophrenia Research Program with Boehringer Ingelheim

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Jan, 2020

BioMed X on 13 Jan 2020 announced the start of a new joint research group in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim at the BioMed X Innovation Center in Heidelberg. The aim of th...Read more

Asia-Pacific has record year for clinical trials according to Novotech CRO

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Jan, 2020

Novotech CRO the largest biotech CRO in the Asia-Pacific said the region has had a record year for the number of studies, experienced world-class sites and investigators, and patient enrolm...Read more

WuXi AT expands service capabilities

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Jan, 2020

US based WuXi Advanced Therapies (AT), a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) offering end-to-end contract services for the advance therapies industry, ...Read more

Lilly to acquire Dermira for $1.1B

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jan, 2020

Eli Lilly and Company and Dermira, Inc. have announced a definitive agreement for Lilly to acquire Dermira for $18.75 per share, or approximately $1.1 billion,...Read more

Merck’s Keytruda wins FDA approval for invasive bladder cancer treatment

World |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Jan, 2020

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as monothera...Read more