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| IN THIS ISSUE |
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Molecular Modelers Take On CAMD Challenge |
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The Growing Data Deluge: Three Things IT Should Do
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Study Ties Genetic Variations to Schizophrenia |
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TransMed: Focus on IT to Improve Innovation |
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June 2008 Bio-IT World Issue Preview
Bio-IT World 2008 Conference & Expo: Complete coverage of this year's event, featuring keynote presentations from Josh Boger (Vertex), John Reynders (Johnson & Johnson), Linda Avey (23andMe), and much more.
Adaptive Clinical Trials: Industry insiders share their experiences to date with adaptive clinical trials, including the new and growing area of adaptively designed "seamless" Phase II/III combinations incorporating dose selection and sample size re-estimation.
Biopharma Economic Development: Global competition is heating up for the best research and manufacturing resources. Bio-IT World's annual report on biotech programs looks at Singapore, the UK, and the latest trends from across the U.S.
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| THIS WEEK IN BIO-IT |
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Molecular Modelers Take On Challenge with Eyes Wide Open
By Vicki Glaser
OpenEye Software wrapped up its ninth annual CUP (Customers, Users, Programmers) meeting last week by announcing the results of SAMPL-1 (Statistical Assessment of the Modeling of Proteins and Ligands), a prospective, blind challenge designed to evaluate protein and ligand modeling tools and methods and the predictive power of computer-assisted molecular design (CAMD).
There were no official winners or losers in SAMPL-1, and no rankings posted. In fact, participants could choose to remain anonymous or not reveal their results. "We need ongoing, independent, blind tournaments" such as SAMPL, which expose competitors to unseen data, said Paul Labute, President and CEO of Chemical Computing Group (CCG). Read more.
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Dealing with the Data Deluge: Three Things IT Should Do
By Salvatore Salamone
It's no secret that life sciences organizations must deal with ever-growing volumes of data. New lab equipment, lab automation, and computer simulations are increasingly generating more and larger data files, all of which must be stored, backed up, and managed.
Unfortunately, the data management challenge will likely only get worse. The life sciences, like many other fields, are undergoing an unprecedented data explosion, according to new research released this month by IDC. Read more.
Read more stories from the latest issue of Inside IT.
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Provisio Moves into the Business of Protocol Feasibility Assessment
By Deborah Borfitz
Patient recruitment and site selection expert Provisio Inc. has a new service to help trial-sponsoring companies better assess protocol feasibility -- line by line and patient by patient. The company's mammoth iTrials Data Universe contains information from more than 500,000 physicians with unique diagnoses/treatment histories on roughly 60 million patients. Read more.
Read more stories from the latest issue of eCliniqua.
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Last Week's Most-Read Bio-IT World Story
Commentary: Is Informed Consent as Ethical as It Could Be?
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Bio-IT Briefs - April 1, 2008
Novartis and FDA complete two-year CRADA to define and test a process for qualifying preclinical safety biomarkers
Genetic clues to diabetes revealed in major collaboration
Sigma-Aldrich partners with Sunset Molecular Discovery to expand "Your Favorite Gene" search tool
RemedyMD and GulfStream Bioinformatics partner to offer translational research solutions for 75 new disease models
Integromics´ Real-Time StatMiner chosen by Genzyme for use in qPCR analysis. . . more
Bio-IT Briefs - March 26, 2008
Bio-Imaging acquires Phoenix Data Systems
Interactive Supercomputing launches parallel computing blog
U. of Basel scientist, Balzan Prize winner, deciphers genetic program of the eye
Collexis enhances services for BioMedExperts online scientific social network
Ingenuity Systems delivers key milestones in FDA collaboration to facilitate genomic data review...more
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| ELSEWHERE IN THE PRESS |
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Seeking Alternatives to Animal-Derived Drugs
Concern about the possibility of animal viruses has led to a renewed search for synthetic replacements for certain crucial medicines that are still derived from animal parts. New York Times.
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Study Ties Genetic Variations to Schizophrenia
A new study has found that rare and previously undetectable genetic variations may significantly increase the risk that a person will develop schizophrenia. New York Times
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FDA Deadlines May Impact Drug Safety
Harvard researchers have found that drugs approved right on deadline are more likely to cause safety problems later than those cleared with more time to spare. Washington Post.
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Doubt Cast on Two Drugs Used to Lower Cholesterol
Two widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs may not work and should be used only as a last resort, a panel of cardiologists said on Sunday. IHT/Reuters.
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FDA's Woodcock Denies Agency Is Risk-Averse on Drugs
The newly appointed head of medicine approvals at the FDA has insisted that science rather than politics or pricing is behind the growing difficulties facing new pharmaceuticals attempting to reach the market. Financial Times (free content).
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U.K. to Force Drugmakers to Share Clinical Trial Data
Britain plans to force pharmaceutical companies to share more information with regulators about clinical trials. Associated Press.
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BIO-IT WORLD MARCH 2008
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Compute Power Delivers Across Fields
By Allison Proffitt
VenturiOne, Applied Cytometry's newest flow cytometry software, features many advances for analyzing flow cytometry data. But it promises to do a great deal more than that.
The U.K.-based company specializes in software to streamline the analysis of flow cytometry data. VenturiOne employs a Microsoft Vista look and feel to make data analysis quick and intuitive. As flow cytometry technologies have advanced, VenturiOne has met those advances. From offering analysis of three color tags a decade ago, the company can now parse out 15 to 18 different colors. Read more.
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TransMed: Focus on IT to Improve Innovation
By Vijay Pillai
To improve the probability of success in biomarker discovery, accurately classifying the patient population for a given disease or disease subtype is essential. Translational medicine - which attempts to more directly connect basic research to patient care - represents a fundamental shift in the pharmaceutical industry's approach to drug development. Historically, drug discovery and development had little connection to clinical medicine outside of leveraging the clinical setting for trials in the final stages of the drug development process. Together, translational medicine and adaptive trials will create more of a dynamic environment of constant study, experimentation, and adaptation. Read more.
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LIFE SCIENCE JOBS
Mayo Clinic Job #19191 - Unit Head IT
Location: Rochester, MN. Oversee software development and support for research and operational activities for Health Sciences Research and Nursing Research departments. Recruit, manage, and mentor IT personnel; provide budget administration, client/vendor management, strategic planning and project coordination, planning, and estimating. Qualifications: BS degree in computer science or similar field (masters in computer science, management or health/clinical informatics desirable), and 6+ years professional IT. Apply online at: www.mayoclinic.org/jobs-rst.
Mayo Clinic Job #19178- Unit Head IT
Location: Rochester, MN. Responsible for project coordination, planning and estimating, as well as budget administration, client/vendor management and strategic planning; plus coordinating technical resources that support research projects, journal publications, grant/contract preparation and scholarly activities. Qualifications: BS degree in computer science or a related field plus 6+ years IT experience. Apply online at: www.mayoclinic.org/jobs-rst.
Titian Software - US Support Engineer
Become a key member of our Support staff by providing best in class services to our customers. Investigate, diagnose, resolve, and be responsible for resolution of customer support issues and liaise with our UK Software Development team to suggest, request and perform code and product changes based on field experience. For more information and to apply: http://www.titian.co.uk/Careers/Vacancies.asp
Lilly Singapore Center for Drug Discovery (LSCDD) - Associate Director of Informatics,
Lead and mentor a strong team for the Bioinformatics group at the Integrative Computational Sciences (ICS) department at LSCDD towards the development of novel algorithms, data analysis methods and software tools for drug discovery. Work closely with the Software Engineering group at ICS, and collaborate with the Discovery IT organization in Europe and USA. For additional information, or to apply visit: LSCDD
Lilly Singapore Center for Drug Discovery (LSCDD)- Senior Bioinformatics Scientist,Contribute to the development of novel algorithms, data analysis methods and software tools for drug discovery as part of the Integrative Computational Sciences (ICS) department at LSCDD. Work closely with informatics and software engineering peers at ICS, and collaborate with the Discovery IT organization in Europe and USA. The successful candidate will offer hands-on insight and expertise in tailored therapeutic informatics and statistical analyses at the post-genomic era. For additional information, or to apply visit: LSCDD
Lilly Singapore Center for Drug Discovery(LSCDD) -Senior Software Engineer,
Join a strong team of software engineers in our Integrative Computational Sciences (ICS) at LSCDD. Collaborate with, and help develop integrated applications to process and visualize data from cutting-edge technologies used by scientists at Lilly Research Labs (LRL) and the Drug Discovery Research (DDR) teams. The Software Engineering team provides computational tools and tailored software solutions that enable the global effort of Tailored Therapeutics; The Right Drug, at The Right Dose for The Right Patient at The Right Time'. For additional information, or to apply visit: LSCDD
Agilent Technologies-Asia Pacific - Job Requisition: 2021927
Job Title : Application Engineer and Implementation Specialist for Lab Informatics Platform
Location(s) : Bangalore, India. Project management: small to large scale implementations, including integration/ validation of Agilents software platform. Manage assigned customer account relationship, customer satisfaction and education of future Agilent plans. On time and on budget implementation, focus Pharma, Petro and Chemical markets. Qualifications: BS/MS Degree in Computer Engineering, or other related discipline or equivalent. Apply
Agilent Technologies-Asia Pacific - Job Requisition:2021658, Job Title : Product Specialist Laboratory Informatics Location(s) : Bangalore, India. Proactively understand customer needs and identify solutions to actively create business opportunities. Manage a complex, enterprise solution sale with long sales cycle. Develop approaches to achieve quota strategies. Lead coordinated projects across organizations. Solve complex broad range of problems. Qualifications: BS/MS Degree in Sciences, Engineering, Computer or equivalent plus 5 to 8 years work experience. Apply
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FEATURED EVENTS
EMC World 2008, May 19-22, 2008, Las Vegas,NV
IIR - 12th Annual EDC & Beyond, April 14-16, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
InforSense Translational Research Symposium, May 2,2008, Boston, MA
The First International Workshop on Label-free biosensing April 8-9, 2008, Enschede, The Netherlands
BioInformatics Asia 2008, April 14-17, Singapore
The Post-Approval Summit May 14-15, 2008, The Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
The 1st Symposium on Protein Tomography -- May 1, 2008, Boston, MA
Med-e-Tel, The International Educational and Networking Forum for eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT, 16-18 April in Luxembourg.
TEPR 2008 -- May 17-21, 2008 Ft. Lauderdale,FL
Best Practices Awards Program -- April 29, 2008, Boston, MA
MIT Professional Institute - 2008 Short Courses Cambridge,MA
GOT Summit: Getting Optimized Tools for Diagnostics - May 19-21, 2008, Boston,MA
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SGI's Meeting Todays Computational Needs for Science
The quest to better understand disease mechanisms and find new treatments is driven by new laboratory technologies and ever-more sophisticated modeling and simulation efforts. As such, life sciences R&D investigations increasingly are relying on more powerful computing resources. The challenge is how to accommodate the broad mix of applications.
Addressing this issue, this paper produced by the Bio-IT World Custom Publishing Group discusses a new SGI Hybrid Computing Environment approach. It optimally uses shared memory systems, multi-processor clusters, and FPGAs to accelerate computational workflows. Download This Free Paper
SGI's Supercharging Proteomics Discovery
The deeper study of proteins and their interactions can reveal scientific information once considered nearly untouchable to scientists and researchers. Today, unprecedented advancements in computing power are enabling the creation of mounds of proteomic based data along with the accompanying bottlenecks data can create. Rather than just simplify the experiment to fit the computational resources an alternative is now available with the SGI Proteomics Appliance. This complimentary white paper, produced by the Bio-IT World Custom Publishing Group, looks at ways to use the Proteomic Appliance to handle the most intensive proteomics computing tasks facing science today. Download This Free Paper
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NuGenesis SDMS: Improving Data Accessibility and Intellectual Property Managment
Global pharmaceutical company improves the accessibility and intellectual property management
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