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	Technical / White Paper Benefits of integrating human tissue research in drug discovery The benefits of integrating human tissue research into drug discovery and development programs are in the confidence that they provide in the selection of the NCEs most likely to succeed in the clinic, and doing this in the most financially efficient way... Click Here Access Full Stories Treating cancer as infectious disease yields results For the first time, scientists have found a way to target viral antigens deep inside a cancer tumour, and the result is a new therapy that could treat or even prevent the disease... Read Cells caught in a 'tractor beam' US researchers have developed a 'tractor beam' that that can pick up, hold and move individual cells around a microchip surface - paving the way for more sensitive biological devices... Read GSK blocks new patent rules Just a day before they were due to come into force, GlaxoSmithKline has won a court case to block controversial changes to patent rules... Read Gene Logic drops genomics and name for drug repositioning After selling of its genomics business to Ocimum Biosolutions, Gene Logic is to change its name to Ore Pharmaceuticals as it looks to mine out new indications for drugs... Read Nikon halves imaging time with new integrated microscope Nikon has launched a new inverted microscope range that promises to more than half the time of an imaging experiment while enabling more simultaneous applications... Read
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	Related Industry News Future of satraplatin uncertain GPC Biotech has met another obstacle in its path towards satraplatin approval after the German company announced disappointing and unexpected results in its Phase III trial... Read Genentech Avastin decision 'hard to overlook' Despite Genentech's recent decision to push out the cut-off date to ban the sale of cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) to compounding pharmacies in the US to restrict off-label use, ophthalmologists still find the... Read UK updates clinical trial negotiation system to include CROs An update to the contract negotiation system for hospital-based clinical trials has come into play in the UK - in a further effort to take some of the pain out of the process and speed up trial start-up times... Read Parexel profits perky in Q1 Parexel has seen its profits remain perky during its first financial quarter of 2008... Read Weekly Comment Pfizer partners in shock after surprise Exubera exit We've all cringed at stories of people dumping their partners via text message but in the world of business, Pfizer seems to have taken things to a new level when its Exubera partners were allegedly left to find out the product was being scrapped through a press release. Read Previous Headlines Drugs moving into the clinic: 33 The latest in a series of periodic roundups of drugs that have moved from preclinical research into clinical testing via the announcement of a Phase I trial or an application for a trial to industry regulators... Read Chemical trigger of Parkinson's found A group of scientists believe they have cracked the riddle of how Parkinson's disease is triggered - a breakthrough that could lead to more effective therapies against the disease... Read Imaging the 'spectroscopic signature of life' Japanese researchers have used an advanced microspectroscopy technique to study the cell cycle of yeast without the need for fluorescent imaging agents that can potentially alter the cellular environment... Read Nycomed to acquire Bradley Nycomed is to acquire Bradley Pharmaceuticals for $346m (€240m) in a bid to make a niche for itself in the dermatology market... Read Covance posts healthy 3Q growth Covance is feeling positive after reporting healthy growth in both business units for the third quarter, with its early phase segment continuing to have the edge over its late stage unit... Read Technical / White Papers, Case studies, Web casts Benefits of integrating human tissue research in drug discovery - Technical / White Paper Manufacturing Variations in Polysorbate Batches - Technical / White Paper Product Information - brochures, Web centers DAICEL chiral chromatography products - Company Profile Rapid HPLC method development with ChromSword®Auto software - Product Presentation Separation of polar compounds - Application Notes Product Innovation Alerts - Free of Charge Indicate your research interests and receive alerts on relevant products and market innovations Analysis and instrumentation Assays and screening Cell culture & Equipment Chromatography Compounds and consumables Contract services (outsourcing) Drug discovery Genomics / Proteomics Informatics & IT Lab equipment & consumables Liquid handling and automation Liquid handling and sample preparation Production technologies Separation and purification

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