News Articles http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/ 11/30/2008 2:50:00 AM ChemDiv, Inc. and Orion Pharma recently announced that Orion has chosen ChemDiv as a discovery partner in small molecule therapeutics for Orion's priority targets. http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Orion-Pharma-Selects-Chemdiv-As-A-Partner-In-0002?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 11/30/2008 2:50:00 AM Abbott recentlty announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/FDA-Approves-Abbotts-XIENCE-V-Drug-Eluting-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 7/4/2008 4:33:00 AM Joseph B. Bolen, Ph.D., CSO of Millennium Pharmaceuticals, will chair the Focus on Cancer track IBC Life Sciences Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics Conference and Exhibition taking place August 4-7 at the World Trade Center Boston & Seaport Hotel in Boston, MA http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Joseph-B-Bolen-PhD-From-Millennium-To-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/30/2008 2:37:00 AM Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. , the world leader in serving science, recently announced that it will launch the Thermo Scientific TSQ Vantage at ASMS 2008 http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Thermo-Fisher-Scientifics-New-TSQ-Vantage-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/28/2008 1:57:00 AM Porvair Sciences Ltd. has announced a new range of 1536-well microplates designed for drug research laboratories seeking to miniaturise both compound storage and management as well as cellular and biological assays http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/New-Microplates-For-Ultra-High-Throughput-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/25/2008 2:04:00 AM AstraZeneca announced recently that it will provide free medication to St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy in Cincinnati, under one of the company's prescription savings programs http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/St-Vincent-de-Paul-Charitable-Pharmacy-Enroll-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/24/2008 2:24:00 AM The success of a novel process interface developed by Malvern Instruments to provide Arciblansa (Alcora, Spain) with on-line particle size analysis has demonstrated the effectiveness of laser diffraction technology as an analytical tool for even the most demanding of wet process applications http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Novel-Process-Interface-And-New-Application-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/19/2008 3:33:00 AM Genevac has announced the introduction of the VirTis Genesis Freeze Drying System offering unmatched versatility for pilot, research or small scale applications http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Freeze-Dryers-For-Pilot-Research-Small-Scale-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/13/2008 8:29:00 AM Pharmacopeia an innovator in the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, announced recently that it has identified a new lead compound for advancement in its alliance with GlaxoSmithKline , through its collaboration with the Center of Excellence for External Drug Discovery (CEEDD) http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Pharmacopeia-And-GlaxoSmithKline-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/4/2008 2:09:00 AM Velocity11,an Agilent Technologies company, has released a new technical note that describes a combination of their Bravo liquid handler, BenchCel plate handling system and the CellTiter-Glo kit from Promega for automating the analysis of cell viability http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Automating-The-Analysis-Of-Cell-Viability-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/4/2008 1:22:00 AM Tripos International, leading provider of drug discovery informatics products and services, today announced the release of Benchware 3D Explorer Version 2.5 http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/The-New-Tripos-International-Announces-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/3/2008 2:27:00 AM Simulations Plus, Inc. , a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, announced that it has released Version 4.5 of its ClassPharmer software for analysis of chemical libraries and design of new molecular structures http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Simulations-Plus-Releases-Software-Update-For-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/2/2008 3:30:00 AM Applied Biosystems , an Applera Corporation business, recently announced that it has signed a non-exclusive reseller agreement with BioTrove, Inc. to offer an end-to-end mass spectrometry-based drug discovery workflow intended to help pharmaceutical companies make drug discovery more efficient http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Applied-Biosystems-And-BioTrove-Team-Up-To-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/2/2008 3:22:00 AM MDS Pharma Services, a leading provider of innovative drug discovery and development solutions, now offers its bioanalysis clients the benefits of electrochemiluminescent assay (ECLA) testing, with the recent installation and validation of two state-of-the-art instruments at its laboratory in Montreal http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/MDS-Pharma-Services-Adopts-Innovative-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/2/2008 3:13:00 AM Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, recently announced that it will launch the Thermo Scientific Exactive, a new benchtop LC-MS system designed for compound screening and identification applications, at ASMS 2008 http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Thermo-Fisher-Scientific-Introduces-Exactive-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/29/2008 4:19:00 AM Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its siRNA drug candidate, DGFi, in kidney transplantation http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Quark-Pharmaceuticals-Receives-FDA-Approval-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/25/2008 4:41:00 AM Systat Software, Inc., a leading developer and supplier of award-winning scientific software products and services, released SigmaPlot 11, the most advanced scientific graphing and data analysis software available http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Systat-Software-Releases-Sigmaplot-11-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/20/2008 7:00:00 AM Micro Pneumatic Logic (MPL) is proud to announce a new cost effective miniature pressure switch targeting the OEM medical market. http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/MPL-Announces-New-Miniature-Pressure-Switch-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/20/2008 2:19:00 AM Scientists from University of Helsinki, Institute of Molecular Medicine in Finland and OriGene Technologies joined effort in creating the most comprehensive kinome collection of nearly all predicted human protein kinases, including the functional kinases and their kinase-deficient counterparts http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/OriGenes-Functional-Kinome-Collection-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 5/6/2008 10:36:00 AM ChemDiv, Inc., a global CRO for drug discovery & development, and Syndexa Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class drugs for the treatment of metabolic diseases, have announced recently the signing of a collaborative discovery research agreement http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/article.mvc/Syndexa-Pharmaceuticals-Corporation-And-Chem-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 4/28/2008 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