Company Announcements Thermo Fisher Scientific announced in July a partnership with the CDC’s Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory and the development of the MicrobeBridge software platform to seamlessly connect Sanger sequencing to the MicrobeNet database. Thermo also plans to develop compatible software for its NGS and MS platforms. In June, Contextual Genomics and Canada’s Personalized Medicine […]
The European Commission has released information about Horizon 2020’s first 100 calls for proposals, which closed on December 1, 2014. For these calls, 31,115 full, eligible proposals were submitted. Applications from those proposals numbered 123,334 and together requested €80.3 billion ($88.5 billion). Of the proposals, 4,315 were retained for funding, and 3,236 grant agreements were […]
With this month’s approval by the European Council of Ministers and Greece’s parliament of the most recent plan to bail out the country, prospects for Greece’s research budgets are improving. Since the Greek financial crisis began, researchers were dependent on international funds, such as Horizon 2020, to support their projects. Now, some money from the […]
This month, India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved an INR 1,750 crore ($272 million) proposal to strengthen and upgrade the central and state drug regulatory systems over a three-year period. The central structures, which include the Central Drug Standards Organization (CDSCO), will receive INR 900 crore, and the state governments, after signing a memorandum […]
Spending on specialty drugs grew 26.5% last year to account for 33% of all US spending on prescription drugs, compared to 23% in 2010. Specialty drugs are often defined as “prescription products requiring extra handling or administration that are used to treat complex diseases including hepatitis C, multiple sclerosis and cancer.” The rise in expenditures […]
The nonprofit Center for Medical Technology Policy’s Green Park Collective, a multistakeholder forum, has released a draft of its initial guidelines for insurance coverage of NGS-based oncology testing. The guidelines recommend coverage of NGS panels of 5–50 genes that include a subset of genes that “are considered to be standard of care and medically necessary […]
This month, the US EPA proposed new requirements for its New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for methane and volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions for new and modified oil and gas sources. The proposal extends previous methane and VOC emissions requirements to hydraulically fractured oil wells and natural gas transmissions, including pneumatic pumps, and well sites […]
The devaluation of China’s yuan sparked an extensive sell-off in the global equity markets in August. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ contracted 9% or more on three consecutive trading days beginning August 20. Despite strong surges on August 26, the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ fell 6.6%, 6.3% and 6.9% for the month, respectively. The […]
Rochester, NY 8/24/15—Transcat, a publicly held provider of accredited calibration and compliance services, has acquired Anmar Metrology for an undisclosed amount. Anmar provides custom calibration and repair solutions to multiple industries, including life science. “The acquisition of Anmar is consistent with our strategy to strengthen our geographic coverage and enhance our current service platform in […]
Lansing, MI 8/27/15—Neogen has purchased UK-based Lab M, a developer, manufacturer and supplier of microbiological culture media and diagnostics systems for the food, water, industrial and clinical markets, for an undisclosed amount. “Lab M’s prepared media is a new product line for us, and its patents and licenses will greatly enhance our efforts to develop […]
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