(Raleigh, N.C.) Nagoya University (NU) and its North Carolina technology transfer office, Technology Partnership of Nagoya University (NU Tech), announced that Takashi Takahashi, M.D., Ph.D., will speak at the Diagnostics and Molecular Therapeutics Roundtable at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center on October 4, 2012, where he will present his latest lung cancer research findings and how they may help in the development of new cancer drugs and drug screening methods.  More specifically, Dr. Takahashi will discuss the development of lung adenocarcinoma, his discovery of genes involved in the growth of certain cancer cells, and how suppressing the expression of such genes may inhibit the proliferation of various cancers.  These findings offer opportunities for the development and screening of various new cancer drugs.  Dr. Takahashi is Director of the Center for Neurological Diseases and Cancer, and is a Professor in the Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis at the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.  His presentation will be one five presentations to be made at the Diagnostics and Molecular Therapeutics Roundtable, an event being organized by NU Tech in cooperation with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Wake Forest University (WFU).  (more…)

(NC Research Campus, Kannapolis, N.C.) The David H. Murdock Research Institute (DHMRI) is pleased to announce the arrival of its most recent member, Anita McCauley, PhD. She will oversee the light microscopy facilities, offering consultative, collaborative scientific client support on a part-time basis. She will also lead workshops to further enhance knowledge of the microscopy capabilities available at DHMRI. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) By synchronizing 98 tiny cameras in a single device, electrical engineers from Duke University and the University of Arizona have developed a prototype camera that can create images with unprecedented detail. The camera’s resolution is five times better than 20/20 human vision over a 120 degree horizontal field. The new camera has the potential to capture up to 50 gigapixels of data, which is 50,000 megapixels. By comparison, most consumer cameras are capable of taking photographs with sizes ranging from 8 to 40 megapixels. Pixels are individual “dots” of data – the higher the number of pixels, the better resolution of the image. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) From miniature elephants to monster mice, and even Hobbit-sized humans, size changes in island animals are well-known to science. Biologists have long believed that large animals evolving on islands tend to get smaller, while small animals tend to get bigger, a generalization they call “the island rule.” A new study by researchers at Duke University and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham puts that old idea to the test in island and mainland rodents. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) A new survey of pharmaceutical and biotechnology executives finds that business development efforts require input and participation from more functional groups than most other strategic activities. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) The RTI International Board of Governors has selected RTI’s Executive Vice President of Social, Statistical and Environmental Sciences Wayne Holden to succeed Victoria Haynes as president and chief executive officer of RTI. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Industry Standard Research (ISR) today announced the release of a new report titled “The State of Clinical Imaging” in which 36 pharmaceutical sponsor decision-makers provide their usage, insights, and forecasts regarding the clinical imaging market by rating 98 service provider encounters. (more…)

(Kannapolis, N.C.) From the consumer point of view, deciphering health benefits amidst a sea of brands, colors, styles, types, flavors, health claims and price points is difficult.  At least that’s what a consumer panel conducted at Sensory Spectrum’s North Carolina Discovery Center concluded when evaluating yogurt as a healthy snack. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Industry Standard Research (ISR) today announced the release of a new report titled “The State of the ECG Market in Clinical Trials” in which 79 pharmaceutical sponsor decision-makers provide their insights and forecasts regarding the ECG market by rating 286 service provider encounters. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) In the next several weeks, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies will have to start compiling data on their physician expenditures to meet the requirements spelled out in the Physician Payments Sunshine Provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. However, the U.S. government has yet to provide drug and device manufacturers with detailed guidelines on how to submit the information or how the data will be made public. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Drug companies allocated 13 percent of their average total market access budgets to patient-reported outcomes teams this year, according to new benchmarking data from Cutting Edge Information. 57 percent of profiled companies will increase their PRO team budgets in 2012 and no profiled company will be decreasing its PRO budget next year. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) PharPoint Research, Inc., a leading drug development service provider offering biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies expertise in project management, clinical monitoring, data management and biostatistics services, announces that PharPoint Research was recognized by Triangle Business Journal as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in the Triangle area. The Fast 50 winners were selected and ranked based on a formula that counts revenue growth and profitability in the preceding three years (2008-2010). Art Holmes, the company’s President and CEO, commented, “This award is a testament to our company’s commitment to superb quality and client satisfaction. By focusing on these two areas, in the past 12 months we have been able to grow the company’s size by over 45% to offer even more services to better serve our clients.” (more…)