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Before most people ever get to experience the relief offered by prescription medicines, they first spend time with a physician who runs a battery of tests to identify the patient’s medical condition. Historically, these two processes—diagnosis and treatment—have evolved from different directions. One set of clinicians examined thousands of patients to correlate specific medical manifestations (symptoms) with specific medical conditions (diseases), while other

Business is business. It is a mantra that has guided much of my adult life. A life spent writing news about a diversity of industries —everything from home medical equipment and security, to custom home entertainment systems and gourmet food. Yet, soon after I jumped on board to help start Drug Discovery News, I wavered and considered abandoning that mantra. Because here was an industry that seemed just out of reach, one that dealt in the nearly intangible. I understand the market for a good chunky salsa or a

Well, one issue down, a second one ready for prime time, and several more in various stages of preparation. And already we’re seeing changes. But then, whenever you try to accomplish any venture in the drug discovery arena—be it a new pill, instrument, or magazine—you have to be ready to move as the market moves.

Welcome to the first monthly issue of Drug Discovery News, a trade publication like no other in the drug discovery field. Over the past four months, it has been a pleasure immersing myself in the industry, all while attempting not to drown in the deluge of information. From the floors of Lab Automation 2005 in San Jose, to Pitttcon in Orlando and back to my office in Portland, Maine, my conversations with you have yielded a new vocabulary which only yield blank looks from my family at the end of the day when I start waxing poetic about RNAi, GPCRs, HPLC or MALDI MS.

With a rapidly aging population that urgently requires sophisticated medical devices and newer drugs, robotics systems

In mid-February, Affinium Pharmaceuticals announced initial success of its Galapagos compound screening program in the identification of the first potential drug targeted against a novel bacterial pathway in almost 40 years.

SciTegic Inc. announced in March an independent software vendor (ISV) partner program that is will allow the ISV’s tools and applications to run seamlessly on SciTegic’s flagship Pipeline Pilot informatics system.

Since 1986, Qiagen has developed and marketed a range of products for academic and industrial markets, including life science research, genomics, gene-based drug discovery, nucleic acid-based molecular diagnostics, genetic vaccination, and gene therapy market.

The biological assay market got a little smaller in February with the announcement by Illumina that it had signed a definitive agreement to merge with and eventually take over CyVera Corp.

In February, X-ray crystallography specialist Syrrx announced that it had agreed to merge with Osaka-based Takeda Pharmaceutical to become a subsidiary of Takeda American Holding