October 26, 2004 - Strong Clinical Trial Management Systems Market Offers Opportunities for Vendors, Clinical Sponsors, and CROs Alike, Says Life Science Insights

The U.S. clinical trial management systems (CTMS) market is poised for steady growth through 2008, achieving a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 13 percent, a new research study from Life Science Insights reveals.

October 26, 2004 - Inc. 500 Names Barcoding Inc. One of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies; Company Ranks #419 on the 2004 Inc. 500 with Five Year Average Annual Sales Growth of 89.9%

Inc. Magazine, the premier publication for small and medium-sized businesses, today released its 23rd annual Inc. 500 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. Baltimore-based Barcoding Inc., ranks #419 on the list with a five-year average annual sales growth of 89.9%.

October 26, 2004 - National Instruments LabVIEW, PXI Refine Scale-Model Testing at Caterpillar

LabVIEW Real-Time and PXI Streamline Design Evaluation at a Fraction of the Cost of Full-Scale Prototyping

October 26, 2004 - New Biomarker Research Facility with Massachusetts General Hospital Opened

Researchers will use mass spectrometry to discover protein markers of cardiac disease

October 26, 2004 - Next Stage of Informatics Web Seminar Series Announced by Thermo Electron

Thermo Electron Corporation continues its successful series of informatics strategy Web Seminars covering issues that confront today's life and analytical science organizations. Thermo's topics and speakers offer value to Laboratory, IT and Business Managers who are focused on reducing costs and gaining efficiencies in their organizations. These interactive sessions utilize the latest web conferencing technology and include the opportunity for Q&A with the presenters. There is no fee for the seminars, which take place through coming months.

October 26, 2004 - Presolicitation Notice – BSE Sample Collection Services

General Information

Document Type: Presolicitation Notice
Solicitation Number: 006-M-APHIS-05
Posted Date: Oct 19, 2004
Original Response Date: Nov 03, 2004
Current Response Date: Nov 03, 2004
Original Archive Date: Nov 18, 2004
Current Archive Date: Nov 18, 2004
Classification Code: H — Quality control, testing & inspection services
Naics Code: 562910 — Remediation Services

Contracting Office Address

Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, MN, 55403

Brief Description

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS), in cooperation with the Food Safety Inspection Service, (FSIS), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has implemented a national Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance program.    

October 26, 2004 - Sources Sought for Scientific & Technical Support Services

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),

October 26, 2004 - Invitation to Bid – Full Service Petroleum Analysis

State of California - Department of Transportation

October 26, 2004 - Beckman Coulter Offers Stem Cell Monitoring System to Clinical Labs on Flow Cytometry System

Beckman Coulter, Inc. announced today its stemCXP system, a new software module for stem cell monitoring that will be available on the company's FC 500 CXP flow cytometry system.

October 25, 2004 - Nonlinear Dynamics Appoints Elchrom Scientific as TotalLab Distributor

Nonlinear Dynamics, a leading provider of bioinformatics solutions, today announced it has entered into a distribution partnership with Elchrom Scientific (Cham, Switzerland) for its TotalLab software package.

October 25, 2004 - Applied Biosystems and MDS Inc. Complete Transaction

Joint Venture Expands to Include MALDI TOF Business - Applied Biosystems Group, an Applera Corporation business, and MDS Inc. today announced the completion of the transaction to expand the scope of their joint venture in life science mass spectrometry.

October 25, 2004 - Applied Biosystems Introduces New Line of Genetic Analyzers at the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting

Researchers Now Have More Options for Conducting a Range of Genetic Analysis Applications; Applied Biosystems Announces ASHG-Related Events

October 25, 2004 - Biolog Awarded NIH STTR Grant with Johns Hopkins University to Develop Phenotype MicroArray Technology to Study Yeast Genome

Biolog, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a STTR grant from the National Institutes of Health to collaborate with scientists at the new High Throughput Biology Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. It is the third grant from NIH awarded to Biolog this month related to its new Phenotype MicroArray(TM) (PM) technology.

October 25, 2004 - Data Translation, Inc. Announces LabVIEW 7.1 Support for Its Award-Winning DSP Data Acquisition Hardware

Data Translation announces DT-LV Link/RT-Streaming (DT-LS) software that provides LabVIEW 7.1 support for its award-winning DT9840 series of DSP data acquisition hardware. DT-LV Link/RT-Streaming (DT-LS) allows LabVIEW 7.1 users to access the power of our high-performance DSP hardware through a set of Virtual Instruments (VIs).

October 25, 2004 - ESP Software Selected by Sacramento Municipal Utility District for Environmental Data Management

ESP (Environmental Software Providers) announced today that Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), the fifth largest public utility in the United States, has selected its opsEnvironmental software for comprehensive environmental information management.

October 24, 2004 - Bruker Daltonics Announces Next-Generation MALDI-TOF/TOF System

New ultraflex(TM) II Introduced at HUPO in Beijing as Most Advanced MALDI-TOF/TOF for Cutting-Edge Proteomics Applications

October 23, 2004 - California Institute of Technology Chooses SciQuest’s Suite of E-Procurement Solutions to Improve Purchasing Process and Achieve Complete Spend Visibility

HigherMarkets E-Procurement Solution to Complement the Institution's Existing Investment in Oracle Financials

October 22, 2004 - StayinFront and AstraZeneca Extend Relationship

AstraZeneca Philippines Selects StayinFront for Mobile CRM Solution

October 22, 2004 - ACLA Advancing Health IT Dialogue; Joins eHI Leadership Council, Prepares to Address HIT Summit

The American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) announced today that its president, Alan Mertz, has been elected to the eHealth Initiative Leadership Council, the governing body for the eHealth Initiative, and will lead a session at the upcoming Health Information Technology Summit.

October 21, 2004 - Biolog Awarded NIH STTR Grant With Washington University To Develop Phenotype Microarrayâ„¢ Technology For Fastidious Pathogens

Biolog, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a STTR grant from the National Institutes of Health to collaborate with Washington University , St. Louis , Missouri . This grant will be to develop Biolog’s innovative Phenotype MicroArray™ (PM) technology for use with fastidious pathogens.