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Consortium to identify early biological indicators (biomarkers) that can be used to predict the development of cancer, as an unintended and adverse response to a new drug. The use of these biomarkers that detect early carcinogenicity will hopefully accelerate drug development and increase patient safety. The project focuses on non-genotoxic carcinogenesis (NGC) specifically looking at the role of epigenetic effects that could be caused as unintended consequences of new drugs. Using a combination of molecular analysis technologies, the consortium combines expertise in the field of biomarkers, human and rodent cancer models, imaging, molecular profiling and bioinformatics. Participants will focus on liver tumors, the organ most affected by non-genotoxic carcinogenesis, during the preclinical safety evaluations of candidate-medicines. Their findings aim to facilitate tumor identification in other organs as well, in hopes of providing insights in the mechanisms of tumor growth. The main objectives of the consortium are to: * Identify early biomarkers for predicting which compounds have a potential for later cancer development * Improve the scientific basis for assessing carcinogenic potential of non-genotoxic (NGC) drugs * Identify the molecular response to NGC exposure that underpins development of early exposure biomarkers * Improve drug safety and the efficiency of drug development by advancing the development of alternative research methods

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• Consortia-pedia, a FasterCures Project
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

Initiative to improve health by speeding up the development of, and patient access to, innovative medicines, particularly in areas where there is an unmet medical or social need. It does this by initiating and managing consortia composed of the key players involved in healthcare research, including universities, the pharmaceutical and other industries, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), patient organizations, and medicines regulators. IMI is a public-private partnership between the European Union and the European pharmaceutical industry, represented by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), with a timeframe separated into two phases (2008-2013, 2014-2024) that are each defined by unique research agendas. The first phase (2008 2013) had four pillars that defined the focus of its research agenda: * Predicting safety: evaluating the safety of a compound during the pre-clinical phase of the development process and the later phases in clinical development. * Predicting efficacy: improving the ability to predict how a drug will interact in humans and how it may produce a change in function. * Knowledge management: utilization of information and data for predicting safety and efficacy. * Education and training: closing existing training gaps in the drug development process. Some of the consortia managed under IMI focused on specific health issues while others focused on broader challenges in drug development. Additionally, IMI launched a number of education and training projects during its first phases. The goal of the second phase (IMI2, 2014-2024) is to develop next generation vaccines and drugs. The focus is on delivering the right prevention and treatment for the right patient at the right time. There is a strong focus on the development of new medicines with an emphasis on tools and methods that accelerate patient access to new medicines. IMI2's agenda can be defined by four axes of research: * target validation and biomarker research (efficacy and safety) * adoption of innovative clinical trial paradigms * innovative medicines * patient-tailored adherence programs As part of its distinct goals, IMI2 aims to deliver: * 30% better success rate in clinical trials of priority medicines identified by the WHO; clinical proof of concept in immunological, respiratory, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases in five years; * new and approved diagnostic markers for four of these diseases and at least two new medicines which could either be new antibiotics or new therapies for Alzheimer's disease.

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• Consortia-pedia, a FasterCures Project
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

A consortium that focuses their efforts on discovering and developing new pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines (both preventive and therapeutic) and diagnostics against the infectious diseases that are prevalent in developing countries. The initial targets are those disorders designated by WHO as neglected tropical diseases prevalent in developing nations. The consortium aims to facilitate international partnerships that enable Japanese technology, innovations, and insights to play a more direct role in improving global health. Another goal of GHIT is to develop a new drug-discovery screening platform to assist the screening of compound libraries housed within Japanese companies and academic institutions. The vision is to have Japanese research organizations donate compounds, with the Fund reimbursing screening costs and leveraging screening programs of existing product-development partners.

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• Consortia-pedia, a FasterCures Project
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

The College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions equips students with the education, training and support they need to meet the present and future demands professionals encounter as pharmacists, physician assistants, clinical laboratory scientists, toxicologists and radiologic technologists. The College is committed to helping students: * Focus on the responsibilities of public health and service * Appreciate the ever-changing character of the health professions * Enjoy a broad, general education * Pursue graduate study in specialized fields of interest Facilities Laboratory facilities in the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions include state-of-the-art equipment used in pharmacology/toxicology, medicinal chemistry, industrial pharmacy and drug information. Our facilities include: GC-mass spectrophotometers; transmission and scanning electron microscopes; Mrs.; capillary GCs; preparative and analytical HPLCs; liquid scintillation and gamma counters; luminometers; dissolution apparatus; membrane potentiometers; atomic absorption spectrophotometers; polygraphs; high-speed and ultracentrifuges. In addition, we have sophisticated tissue-cultures laboratories, molecular pharmacology and molecular biology laboratories, as well as an AAALAC accredited animal facility. In addition to the main University computer, a fully equipped microcomputer laboratory is located adjacent to the main science complex.

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• SciCrunch
• 15 years ago - by Anonymous

Ontology of Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities Terminology (MedDRA)

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• SciCrunch
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

Data acquisition software that runs in conjunction with neuromatic. configured to work with Igor Pro on PC or Mac, instrutech or national instrument acquisition devices. Funded by The Medical Research Council (UK) Compatibility with WaveMetrics Igor Pro 5 and 6. Compatibility with Mac or PC. NIDAQ interfacing multifunction DAQ boards from National Instruments. Requires Igor NIDAQ Tools MX. ITC interfacing - data acquisition systems from InstruTech / Heka. Requires Igor ITC XOPs. Episodic acquisition (stim and sample). Continuous acquisition (currently for ITC users only). Online analysis, with ability to create your own analysis functions. Notes and Log Files which can be displayed within a table or notebook. Automatic saving of data and log folders to your hard drive. Flexible stimulus pulse generator with ability to use your own pulse waveforms. Instant accessibility to all of NeuroMatics and Igor Pros pre-existing data analysis functions.

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• SciCrunch
• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

An American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, which is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. (Wikipedia) It is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands.

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• SciCrunch
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

An Antibody supplier

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• SciCrunch
• 14 years ago - by Anonymous

A three-year consortium that brings together insurers and health care providers to share information from approximately 9 million patients, with a goal that insights from the data will bring down healthcare costs and improve outcomes. It aims to be one of the largest health information exchanges in the country, with the goal of better connecting the vast, often disparate healthcare landscape across California. The database that will house patient data will be overseen by Orion Health, an independent eHealth software company. The information will only be used for clinical purposes. Academic research institutions can apply to use the Cal INDEX de-identified data for research to benefit the public good, such as population health initiatives. Cal INDEX has five main goals: * Improve the quality of care by providing clinicians with a unified statewide source of integrated patient information * Provide patients with a seamless transition between health plans or across various healthcare professionals and hospitals * Improve efficiency and reduce the cost of healthcare * Encourage healthcare technology innovation * Improve public health by providing de-identified data for medical research. Cal INDEX plans to launch at the end of 2014 with approximately 9 million health information records from combined members of Dignity Health and Blue Shield of California and Anthem Blue Cross. Cal INDEX is open to any health data contributor. Cal INDEX will establish a bi-directional data interface with providers to exchange data with EMRs and other hospital and office-based systems.

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• Consortia-pedia, a FasterCures Project
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

Consortium bringing together academic and industry researchers to advance the understanding of disease causing factors and disease progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), with a focus on accelerating the development of new drugs. The efforts under this consortium aim to develop: (1) animal models; (2) human biobanks, databases and technologies; (3) research network to address critical biologic and clinical questions; (4) community to network patients and companies. The focus will be the development of new diagnostic methods to discover the early forms of RA as well as tools to separate the different forms of RA, where different molecular mechanisms are involved and where different therapies may be required. The ultimate goal for therapeutic development is to identify the disease-causing molecular events early in the disease and then influence immunity and inflammation so that functional deterioration is halted, immunity is re-regulated and the disease is cured. Samples from biobanks will be analysed in vitro and models will be aligned with different variants of human arthritis. In addition, new models will be established using similar molecular pathways as the relevant human arthritis subsets, leading to the understanding of the etiology and early pathology of the disease for a program aimed at early and curative treatment of RA and RA-like diseases. A major focus of these efforts will be to understand and subsequently alter the adaptive immune reactions in patients from a disease-inducing mode into either a protective mode against the disease or become asymptomatic.

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• Consortia-pedia, a FasterCures Project
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

Project focused on developing cutting edge tools to speed up and improve the testing and monitoring of vaccine safety, both before and after release to the market. The three specific objectives of the project are: * the characterization of early inflammation induced by vaccines currently on the market and the identification and validation of biomarkers of early inflammation and allergic responses; * the identification and validation of early biomarkers of autoimmunity and their use to help identifying population at risk of developing autoimmunity; * the analysis of the incidence and epidemiology of autoimmune disease in the general population and the link to genetic background or previous events in the life of patients, including severe effects, such as anaphylactic shock.

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• Consortia-pedia, a FasterCures Project
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

An Antibody supplier

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• SciCrunch
• 14 years ago - by Anonymous

Portal and database of DNA sequence, functional and epigenomic information, and clinical data from studies on type 2 diabetes and analytic tools to analyze these data. .Provides data and tools to promote understanding and treatment of type 2 diabetes and its complications. Used for identifying genetic biomarkers correlated to Type 2 diabetes and development of novel drugs for this disease.

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• Consortia-pedia, a FasterCures Project
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

The Alzheimer's disease arm of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) that will identify biomarkers that can predict clinical outcomes, conduct a large scale analysis of human AD patient brain tissue samples to validate biological targets, and to increase the understanding of molecular pathways involved in the disease to identify new potential therapeutic targets. The initiative will deposit all data in a repository that will be accessible for use by the biomedical community. The five year endeavor, beginning in 2014, will result in several sets of project outcomes. For the biomarkers project, tau imaging and EEG data will be released in year two, as baseline data becomes available. Completed data from the randomized, blinded trials will be added after the end of the five year studies. This will include both imaging data and data from blood and spinal fluid biomarker studies. For the network analysis project, each project will general several network models of late onset AD (LOAD) and identify key drivers of disease pathogensis by the end of year three. Years four and five will be dedicated to validating the novel targets and refining the network models of LOAD, including screening novel compounds or drugs already in use for other conditions that may have the ability to modulate the likely targets.

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• Consortia-pedia, a FasterCures Project
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

A consortium that aims to accelerate the development of immunization technologies for the next generation of human vaccines. The goals are to characterize the mode of action and conduct comparative effectiveness studies of: adjuvants, vectors, formulations, delivery devices, routes of immunization, homologous and heterologous primeboost schedules, on vaccine efficacy. As part of these clinical trials, the consortium will also investigate the impact of host factors such as age, gender, genetics and pathologies. The consortium hopes to use insights gained from their projects to advance the development of next-generation vaccines, using tools such as standardized animal models to select promising immunization technologies. The intended outcome of this partnership is to improve the vaccine development process by advancing: basic research, new technology development, and clinical trial methods. Scientific objectives: # Development of adjuvants, vectors, formulations, and delivery devices # Selection of candidates, routes of immunization, and prime-boost combinations in animal models # Assessment of the impact of host factors in response to vaccination # Development of concepts and tools from human immunization # Development of concepts and tools to address regulatory and ethical issues posed by novel immunization technologies # Creation of an internationally recognized training program for translational immunology and vaccinology. Data is shared across the research partners within and between the different workstreams. Additionally, the consortium has plans to create a clinical database that combines phenotypic and clinical information to study the immune response to influenza vaccination at a population level, in an effort to advance studies into the effects of genetic background, gender, and disease on vaccine response.

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• Consortia-pedia, a FasterCures Project
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

A consortium that seeks to provide an integrated approach to anti-drug immunization by evaluating immunogenicity in hemophilia A, multiple sclerosis, and inflammatory diseases, and exploring new tools for protein drug immunogenicity. The data collected will be pooled in a single immunogenicity databank and will be standardized and used to develop models of anti-drug antibodies. By examining the correlation between patient and clinical factors and the incidence of immunogenicity, it hopes to reduce the regulatory and resource burdens of immunogenicity testing. The objectives of the consortium are: # Access to large cohorts of patients treated with marketed biopharmaceutical products # Complementary expertise for anti-drug antibodies (ADA) assays; standardization and characterization of ADA # Novel integrated approaches to characterize anti-drug lymphocyte responses # Development and validation of innovative prediction tools # Collection and integration of immunogenicity-related data and clinical relevance of ADA ABIRISK is grouped into five working projects, which communicate with one another and provide each other with results and data for analysis. The five working projects are: ADA assay development and validation and cohort management; cellular characterization and mechanisms of the AD immune response; evaluation and development of technologies for predicting immunogenicity; establishment of database, data analyses and integration; and project management and communication.

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• Consortia-pedia, a FasterCures Project
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

A nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics - from science to business to global issues - in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.

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• SciCrunch
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

A private non-profit independent organization that supports and manages research at the Municipal Institute for Medical Research (IMIM) in Barcelona. Its main roles include managing and monitoring research projects and grant requests, promoting quality research, ensuring the observance of ethical principles of professional practice, disseminating the results of research activities, and encouraging specialized teaching and continuous training by and for professionals in the field of Health Sciences. The Foundation is responsible for managing the Institute's resources, and plays an especially relevant role in managing European projects, services abroad and grants for research projects and cooperative research networks from the Carlos III Health Institute. The expertise of the Project Office team covers: project management; financial management; legal assessment; exploitation and intellectual property rights management; knowledge management; validation and assessment; business planning; and training, dissemination and communication strategies design and implementation.

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• SciCrunch
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

A dropbox like model cloud-based, commercial data management and collaboration system designed specifically for research scientists. It helps manage and annotate data, track provenance and share this with colleagues.

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• SciCrunch
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

A not-for-profit research and development laboratory focused on the design, development, and deployment of advanced technological solutions for the nation's most challenging and important problems in security, space exploration, healthcare, and energy. Their expertise includes the areas of guidance, navigation, and control systems; fault-tolerant computing; advanced algorithms and software solutions; modeling and simulation; and MEMS and multichip module technology. With a strong commitment to delivering working solutions to their sponsors, they apply their expertise to a variety of domains, including autonomous air, land, sea, and space systems; information integration; distributed sensors and networks; precision-guided munitions; and biomedical engineering; chemical/biological defense; and energy system modeling and management. When appropriate for the needs of their sponsors, they will work with commercial partners to transition their technology to commercial production.

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• SciCrunch
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous