Companies and People News for July 2010

Companies and People News Archive

Cable appoints new Chief Executive for MRC Cable appoints new Chief Executive for MRC

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable today announced the appointment of Sir John Savill as Chief Executive and Deputy Chair of the Medical Research Council.

Collaboration to establish Tokyo Biomarker Research Center Collaboration to establish Tokyo Biomarker Research Center

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced a landmark collaboration that aims to introduce mass-spectrometry-based workflows and technologies into Japan to advance personalized medicine and healthcare.

Philips and Dako collaborate in digital pathology Philips and Dako collaborate in digital pathology

Royal Philips Electronics and Dako, a Danish company specializing in tissue-based cancer diagnostics, have signed an agreement to integrate a selection of Dako's image analysis applications into Philips' future digital pathology solutions.

‘Skills swap’ for patient benefit ‘Skills swap’ for patient benefit

Cancer Research Technology and Medical Research Council Technology plan to ‘swap’ medical discoveries to accelerate the translation of early scientific research into patient benefit.

New solution for compounds against human kinome New solution for compounds against human kinome

Promega Corporation has partnered with SignalChem Pharmaceuticals to launch a complete kinase solution for the profiling of lead compounds against kinases representative of all major families of the kinome.

The BIG retreat The BIG retreat

Some of pharmaceutical’s big boys, for example Pfizer, have faced well-documented challenges over the last 12 months. The industry is only too aware of this and understands that now is the time to look at new processes and a change in the way they have traditionally done business.