BioMed to help Computer Aid raise funds to provide PCs to African university - February 26, 2009
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced a partnership with Computer Aid International to support research in Africa. BioMed will support Kenyatta University in Nairobi to help local scientists conduct vital research directly relevant to local problems in one of the poorest parts of… Read More
Karger opts for EMpact to promote online collection of clinical titles in various regions - February 26, 2009
Publisher Karger, Switzerland, has announced a partnership with EMpact Sales, the publisher representation group of EBSCO Information Services, US. Under the deal, EMpact will offer the new Karger Hospital Collection to customers in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Mexico, Central and South… Read More
ConnectivHealth sells health news division to Intellaerus - February 26, 2009
VerusMed, a medical information business unit of ConnectivHealth, Inc., US, has been sold to Intellerus, LLC, a private investment firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. As part of the sale, about 12 employees have left the company to work… Read More
Larry Donahue named COO and Corporate Counsel at Deep Web Technologies - February 26, 2009
Federated search services provider Deep Web Technologies (http://www.deepwebtech.com), US, has announced that Larry Donahue recently joined its executive staff as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Corporate Counsel. Donahue brings over 15 years of direct leadership experience, combining a broad range of strategic planning, financial and legal… Read More
Dear Subscribers - February 26, 2009
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Journal paper examines intellectual freedom in medical research - February 25, 2009
The journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics has published a paper which deals with the issue of intellectual freedom in medical research. Authored by journal editor Giovanni A. Fava, the paper is available in the current issue of the journal. The paper notes that the drug industry has… Read More
