March 2008 Volume 4, Issue 3
Volume 4, Issue 3 | March 2008
March 2008
In this Issue
Global News

Wyeth sharpens axe
Job cuts could total 10 percent of workforce, or 5,000 jobs
Mergin' derma for $421M
CollaGenex agrees to cross-Atlantic takeover by Galderma
Going global
New study of breast cancer therapies could be a model for global clinical trialsInformatics

Clinically correct behavior
Surveillance Data Inc. acquires trialytics to deliver improved data-driven clinical trial development services
Found in translation
InforSense launches packaged translational research solution, with Erasmus Medical Center among first to put it to the test
GeneGo tapped for tox project
The Netherlands Toxicogenomics Centre lands $100M to develop better tox dataResearch & Development

Invisibly small stands tall
Scientists at UCLA, Northwestern use nanomaterials to localize, control drug delivery
Hitting targets one cell at a time
Stem Cell Sciences, Myelin to develop cell sources
Scientists ganging up on hepatitis C
Presidio, Numerate take the wraps off research collaboration to identify therapeuticsAutomation & Instrumentation

Across the board
InNexus files patent applications that set the stage for its DXL platform to move into diagnosticsGenomics & Proteomics

UNC going into overdrive
Discovery of “overdrive” GPCRs that function within cells may broaden drug design options
A fine molecular pairing
Qiagen and Center for Molecular Medicine form research collaboration
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ gene?
STAT3 can both encourage or stifle cancer growth