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 jobsMergin' derma for $421M
CollaGenex agrees to cross-Atlantic takeover by GaldermaGoing 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 servicesFound in translation
InforSense launches packaged translational research solution, with Erasmus Medical Center among first to put it to the testGeneGo 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 deliveryHitting targets one cell at a time
Stem Cell Sciences, Myelin to develop cell sourcesScientists 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 optionsA fine molecular pairing
Qiagen and Center for Molecular Medicine form research collaboration‘Jekyll and Hyde’ gene?
STAT3 can both encourage or stifle cancer growth
