Medifacts International announces the successful sale of its CRO division effective March 12, 2007. It is now operating as an independent provider of non-invasive cardiac safety and efficacy services (ABPM, Holter monitoring, ECG). Michael Woehler, Medifacts’ President and CEO said: “Medifacts looks forward to continuing to deliver the high-quality customer service and technology that our clients have become accustomed to and continuing the substantial growth we are experiencing in our Core Lab.”

Bio-Optronics announces it will be unveiling Clinical Conductor, a new clinical trial management system (CTMS). Clinical Conductor is a web-based system for investigative research sites. The solution manages a research site’s entire operations, including studies, staff scheduling, visit scheduling, treatment tracking, sponsor reimbursement, finances, workload planning, recruitment, marketing, internal communications, site calendars, and more.

Anaclim and Maaguzi announced recently that they have entered into a collaborative agreement that will combine Anaclim’s clinical expertise, full service Contract Research Organization (CRO) services and focus on the inclusion of minority patients in clinical research with the leading edge technology of Maaguzi in the collection of health outcome information from patients. Maaguzi provides data collection and consulting services through the use of OutcomeLogix, an internet based electronic Patient Reported Outcome (ePRO) tool.

OTN, a physician services company and distributors of products and services to the community physician market, announces that its Lynx Technology system includes a function that can help oncologists document patients’ hemoglobin levels and adjust dosing of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). By maintaining optimal hemoglobin levels, physicians can help cancer patients who are receiving chemotherapy avoid blood transfusions.

AstraZeneca is building its own centralized Oracle-Based Image Repository.
The repository is built on Oracle Database 10g. Oracle further supports the DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) cooperative standard for distributing and viewing any kind of image, regardless of the origin.

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) in India will encourage R&D in the field of bioinformatics and launch its own Supercomputer for Bioinformatics. The center will solely run bioinformatics applications. “The machine would have a computing capacity of 1.5 terraflops and would be integrated with the genome grid that is currently in progress,” says Rajendra Joshi, coordinator with bioinformatics group of CDAC.

Aureus Pharma, a provider of knowledge management solutions, announces that Bayer CropScience has licensed AurSCOPE Knowledge databases and software applications. Aureus’ AurSCOPE knowledge databases contain comprehensive quantitative biological activity data related to all various protein targets including G-Protein Coupled receptors, ion channels and kinases.

Syngene has announced Dymension, its revolutionary software for the analysis of 2D protein gels, which has been installed at Oklahoma State University (OSU) to analyze arthropod protein profiles. According to the company, the Dymension software installed at OSU is currently faster than any 2D protein gel analysis software on the market and can analyze a typical 2D gel image in seconds rather than minutes. It has a spot-finding algorithm, which can provide spot detection, resulting in minimal post editing, thus saving hours using other software.

Verticals onDemand, a provider of industry-specific onDemand CRM solutions delivered on the Salesforce Platform, and TerrAlign, a Sales Resource Optimization (SRO), announced that the companies have partnered to provide life sciences companies with a complete solution for the creation, optimization, implementation, and maintenance of territory alignments.

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