Innovation-driven pharmaceutical drug company embarks on PLM initiative to improve and manage product quality

Trestle Holdings Inc., a supplier of digital imaging and telemedicine applications, today announced that West Parry Sound Health Centre (WPSHC), a network of healthcare facilities covering 70,000 people throughout Parry Sound, Muskoka and surrounding communities in Ontario, has deployed its first Trestle internet microscopy solution.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Women's Health: Diagnostic Tests to their offering. This report covers women's health oriented diagnostic test procedures and their markets. The discussion includes in vitro laboratory testing, as well as those segments that are highly active in terms of innovation and growth like imaging.

Nearly 200 life science executives gathered Monday night at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel for the Life Science Industry Awards, which were presented by Ira Flatow, host and Executive Producer of National Public Radio's Science Friday.

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Applied Biosystems Group, an Applera Corporation business, announced that Dennis Gilbert, Ph.D., has been elected Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research of Applied Biosystems and a Vice President of Applera Corporation. In his role as Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Gilbert is responsible for leading the Group’s scientific and technical programs and coordinating cross-divisional research and development efforts.

Simulations Plus, Inc., the leading provider of ADMET absorption simulation and neural net structure-to-property prediction software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, announced that it received a large multi-site order for software licenses from a major pharmaceutical company. Financial details were not disclosed.

MiraiBio, Inc. previewed MasterPlexTM CT control and data collection software for the Luminex®100 multiplex assay detection system at the American Society of Cell Biology Conference. MiraiBio is an authorized software partner of Luminex Corporation. MasterPlex CT software will be commercially available on Dec 29th of this year.

Automated test engineers now can use the National Instruments PXI platform to create high-density data-logging and channel-scanning applications. The new NI high-density PXI switch module can multiplex more than 3,000 channels to a single digital multimeter in one 3U PXI chassis, making it ideal for data-logging applications in automotive, aerospace and consumer electronics test.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Cancer Diagnostic Testing World Markets to their offering. This report describes the specific segment of the in vitro diagnostics market called tumor marker testing.

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Merck & Co., Inc. and Ingenuity announced the license and deployment of the Ingenuity Pathways Analysis application for use by Merck scientists worldwide.

National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS), a leading provider of quality and conformance testing and managed services, announced that it has been awarded an additional two-year preferred vendor agreement with Hartford, CT-based United Technologies Corporation (UTC) covering testing requirements in the environmental and structural areas. The agreement runs through July 2006.

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Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading provider of Bioinformatics solutions and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), announced today that Ocimum Biosolutions and Genome Explorations Inc are co-hosting a free technical seminar on “Advances in Gene Expression studies”, an interactive and educative meet for scientists, researchers, and corporate's involved in Life Sciences Research.

Animal Lab News, a Vicon Publishing, Inc. publication, announces the 2nd annual TurnKey Conference to be held April 7-8, 2005 in San Diego, CA. The TurnKey Conference is all about building or renovating a laboratory animal facility and promises to provide attendees with the tools they need to make informed decisions and the strategies to help their institutions grow successfully.

Chiron Corporation and Laboratory Corporation of America(R) Holdings (LabCorp(R)) announced today that they have signed a licensing agreement for Chiron's hepatitis C virus (HCV) intellectual property for nucleic acid testing (NAT).

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