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Quintiles, DCRI shine in CRO industry survey
Quintiles and the Duke Clinical Research Institute are very different providers of clinical trial services but pharma executives give both high marks. Learn what makes them stand out.
ISR 2013 CRO Benchmarking Report
Life sciences deals declined in 1Q, Morrison & Foerster analysis says
Salix rectal inflammation drug shows positive clinical trial results
Salix Pharmaceuticals' topical foam to treat rectal inflammation could be filed for approval with the Food and Drug Administration by the end of September.
GSK wins up to $200M in contract with US for biothreat research
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded GlaxoSmithKline a contract worth as much as $200 million for research into antibiotics to counter bioterror and other threats.
Inside NetApp's earnings: Restructuring work force a move to ensure long-term success
Analysis: Technology Business Research believes NetApp's decision to eliminate approximately 7 percent of its employee base, or 900 employees, indicates that the company is working with great urgency to correct its slipping operating margin.
Australian health institute embraces SAS Visual Analytics
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has implemented SAS Visual Analytics with the goal of making more informed decisions about health, welfare and community services.
SciQuest hires veteran executive to lead sales efforts
Jeffrey Martini is leaving the e-procurement services firm after eight years. He will be replaced by Douglas Keister.
Cheers! Durham's Mystery Brewing wins $50,000 in CNBC's Crowd Rules
Erik Myers built Mystery like a tech startup, raising $50,000 on Kickstarter and another $250,000 in private seed money. He blogs, he markets well, and he's everywhere - and in that, Mystery Brewing and companies like it deserve to be in the same sentence as Triangle Startup Factory graduates, NC IDEA winners, and, you know, all those other startups from Durham that landed on a CNBC reality show. WRALTechWire Insiders get the full story.
Brew this! Erik Myers goes for $50,000 on CNBC
A rising tide of new entrepreneurs gives big lift to Durham's future
In this latest installment of the "New Bull City" series, WRALTechWire's Jason Parker takes an inside look at a host of emerging startups that are adding additional sparks to Durham's technology surge over the past two decades.
The ELF cars add color, sustainable transport to Bull City
Exec: Despite layoffs, NetApp to continue hiring, growing in RTP
NetApp CEO Tom Georgens said that while the restructuring will cut some jobs, it will also free up resources to redeploy elsewhere. And he said the company won't stop hiring. Another exec also says NetApp remains committed to growing its campus in RTP.
NetApp's RTP campus
Google, Yahoo, other tech firms join Apple in avoiding taxes
Similar practices by an assortment of companies - from Google Inc., owner of the world's most popular Internet search engine, to Forest Laboratories Inc., the maker of antidepressant drug Lexapro - are drawing increased scrutiny from regulators in the U.S. and around the world, particularly as European nations face a backlash against austerity measures.
Sometimes it's good to be small ... and even better to be micro! - Micro entity status under the America Invents Act
TechLaw: On March 19, 2013, the United States Patent and Trademark Office implemented a provision of the America Invents Act establishing micro entity status and providing a 75% discount to qualifying applicants for many patent and patent application fees. Are you small enough to qualify?
NetApp to lay off 900 workers in global restructuring
NetApp will cut 900 workers globally as the company embarks on a "realignment of resources."
It's live! Microsoft rolls out new XBox One console
Microsoft, the top seller in U.S. consoles for more than two years, will face fresh competition from Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 4, scheduled for release near year-end, and Nintendo Co.'s Wii-U, introduced last November. It also must fend off a larger threat: companies including Apple, Facebook, Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. offering an array of entertainment services, software and products.
Photographers crowd for close-up of new Xbox
Apple's CEO tells Congress: We pay 'all the taxes we owe' by law
Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook defends his company's use of offshore tax shelters before U.S. senators who castigated the most-valuable technology company for avoiding $9 billion and more in payments.
A grim Tim Cook faces off with Senate
Industry competitors collaborate to grow Triangle cleantech cluster
In the marketplace, they compete fiercely for market share and profits. In the Research Triangle Region of North Carolina, they collaborate with equal ferocity to create the smart, clean technologies of the future. And they're paying $75,000 each for the privilege. They are the founding members of the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster.
Who will lead in cleantech?
Nanotech firm Liquidia extends PATH pneumonia vaccine partnership
Liquidia Technologies is applying its proprietary nanoparticle manufacturing process to the development of a broader and more affordable pneumonia vaccine.
Apple execs face likely Senate grilling in hearing about tax avoidance
Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will face off against U.S. senators leveling accusations the iPhone maker has created a web of offshore entities to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes.
