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Technical
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QSAR features in proposed U.S.- EU nanotechnology cooperation

The U.S. - EU "Framework for Advancing Transatlantic Economic Integration Between the United States of America and the European Union" for 2007 features QSAR methods for nanomaterials..

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PubChem is richer by 1100 small molecules

Sigma-Aldrich has added 1,100+ bioactive small molecules to the National Institutes of Health’s PubChem database.

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Gilead Sciences is first to purchase Strand Life Sciences' Sarchitect

Strand Life Sciences announced that Gilead Sciences, Inc. has signed on as the first customer of Sarchitect - its SAR modelling and deployment platform. Sarchitect addresses the challenge of taking the model building prowess of computational chemists through to decision support in medicinal chemistry.

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University Researchers Create Novel System That Allows Drug to Deliver Itself

Scientists at the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics and Roswell Park Cancer Institute recently published research results about their innovative delivery system being the drug itself.

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ABI/MDS Sciex, Pfizer, and Sound Analytics to Develop New ADME Software

Applied Biosystems, MDS Sciex, Pfizer, and Sound Analytics will develop software to work with high-throughput automation technology to improve compound analysis.

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ADME Strategies in the Future

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the Decision Resources, Inc. report: Repositioning ADME Studies: A Strategy to Reduce Drug Attrition to their offering.


Business
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$120,000 PETA award for International QSAR Foundation

On September 25th PETA donated $120,000 to the Duluth-based International QSAR Foundation to Reduce Animal Testing to save the lives of millions of animals routinely killed in laboratory experiments.

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New BLog for Chemistry projects

The Organization for Scientific Investigation and Research (OSIR) has launched a new WordPress BLog for people who wish to post chemical projects.

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MedChem India 2007 Conference

Inaugural MedChem India 2007 conference was held in Hyderabad on April 12-14.

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Senior Executives to purchase Discovery Research division of Tripos for $1.1 million

A group of Tripos senior executives will buy Tripos’s Discovery Research subsidiary for £548,000 ($1.1 million), according to a binding letter of intent (LoI) the company filed with the US Securities and Exchange commission on April 12, 2007.

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Agilent acquires Stratagene

Agilent Technologies has acquired Stratagene

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TCS to handle all data management for GSK

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has inked a deal worth £10 mn with TCS to outsource all of its data management functions to India.

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Tripos Closes $26M Sale of Informatics Arm, Still Seeks Research Buyer

Tripos declared it has closed the sale of its Discovery Informatics unit to Vector Capital for $26.2 million, and is still seeking a buyer for its Discovery Research business.

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Economic survey of India's Pharma Industry 2006-07

Findings of the economic survey of India 2006-07 about India's pharma industry.

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Avista Capital Partners to buy Acquire BioReliance Corporation

Avista Capital Partners announced a definitive agreement to acquire BioReliance Corporation.

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Accelrys launches Enterprise Cheminformatics Consortium

Accelrys, Inc. announced the addition of Pfizer to the Accelrys Enterprise Cheminformatics Consortium.


Legal/Personnel
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Tripos Informatics Division has New CEO

Tripos Discovery Informatics has announced appointment of Jim Hopkins as CEO.

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Affymetrix Appoints Robert Wayman to Board of Directors

Affymetrix Inc. announced today that Robert P. Wayman, former executive vice president and chief financial officer at Hewlett-Packard, has been elected to the company's board of directors.

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Allowance of First US Patent Covering Human microRNAs

The USPTO allows claims in a patent application that cover microRNAs and therapeutic molecules.

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Neurogen appoints three vice presidents

Neurogen Corporation, a small molecule drug discovery and development company, announces appointment of three executives to positions as vice president:

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