Dear Subscribers - September 9, 2008
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ScienceDirect, QUOSA partnership to increase researcher productivity - September 8, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its online STM platform, ScienceDirect, has partnered with QUOSA to introduce the Document Download Manager, a new feature that enables researchers to download multiple full-text articles simultaneously. QUOSA is a specialist software company focused on… Read More
National Cancer Institute joins global community of scientists now using Thomson Reuters’ Biomarkercenter - September 8, 2008
Thomson Reuters, a US-based provider of information for businesses and professionals, has announced that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has joined the community of scientists worldwide using BIOMARKERcenter, a unique comprehensive resource for biomarker intelligence. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National… Read More
LIFE Biosystems to license bioinformatics entity recognition software from SCAI - September 8, 2008
LIFE Biosystems GmbH, Germany, has announced that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Department of Bioinformatics at the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI). As part of the deal, LIFE has licensed the ProMiner entity recognition software, which will become an… Read More
Medicexchange.com launches radiology book store in collaboration with Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - September 8, 2008
Medicexchange plc, a subsidiary of MGT Capital Investments Inc, has launched a comprehensive radiology book store in collaboration with Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health. The book store, targeted to the needs of radiologists and medical imaging professionals worldwide, will allow visitors from… Read More
Informa board rejects reduced acquisition offer from PE consortium - September 8, 2008
Specialist information provider Informa plc, UK, has announced that it has rejected an acquisition bid from a consortium of private equity (PE) firms comprising Providence Equity, the Carlyle Group and Blackstone Group. The consortium made a cash offer of 450 pence per share, which the Informa… Read More
