Archives for December 15, 2005

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Roche enters diabetes drugs discovery collaboration

By Wai Lang Chu

New insights into the dysregulation of beta cells and their impact on type 2 diabetes progression is now possible after Roche announced a partnership, which aims to identify novel pathways and new biomarkers for drug development.

La Jolla hails SSAO inhibitor potential

By  Wai Lang Chu

Latest data by La Jolla Pharmaceuticals indicate the potential of novel, orally active small molecule inhibitors of a central enzyme may provide clinical benefit for the treatment of stroke, ulcerative colitis, and other autoimmune diseases and...

Omnicare stays ahead of the clinical trials curve

By Kirsty Barnes

Omnicare will soon be offering staff that are "eClinical trained" as a strategic tool to woo clinical trial contracts and compete with services offered by rival contract research organizations (CROs) such as Quintiles.

Accentia launches first chronic sinusitis test

By  Wai Lang Chu

The first diagnostic test available for the confirmation of chronic sinusitis (CS) disease has been made available by Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, which will assist in the identification of a problem that affects an estimated 31 million patients in the US

MiraiBio releases software for Luminex platform

By  Wai Lang Chu

MiraiBio has released software for the statistical analysis of multiplexed data generated on its liquid array detection system, a platform that is designed for immunoassay, enzyme function, and receptor-ligand interaction applications, all common in...

IT outsourcing spending to grow in life sciences

By  Wai Lang Chu

According to a new report, it will become a necessity to outsource key activities related to securing and managing of data in the life sciences industry. This, coupled with the regulatory compliance, is driving the IT spending amongst the life science...