Thomson Reuters report examines impact of personalised medicine on pharm R&D - December 17, 2012
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the publication of a new report titled "Spotlight on Personalized Medicine, a Pharma Matters". The report seeks to provide a comprehensive view of the potential effects of personalised medicine on drug research and development. Based… Read More
Publishers Weekly and O’Reilly Tools of Change collaborate to launch Author (R)evolution Day conference - December 17, 2012
O'Reilly Media's Tools of Change and Publishers Weekly recently launched a new conference called Author (R)evolution Day aimed at professional authors, content creators, agents and other independent author services providers. This daylong conference-within-a-conference will debut February 12, 2013, during O'Reilly's flagship TOC conference in New York… Read More
ARL publishes Organization of Scholarly Communication Services, SPEC Kit 332 - December 14, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Organization of Scholarly Communication Services, SPEC Kit 332, which explores how research institutions are currently organising staff to support scholarly communication services, and whether their organisational structures have changed since 2007, when member libraries were surveyed about their… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry acquires The Merck Index - December 14, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that The Merck Index will join the highly acclaimed publishing portfolio of the Society. In buying the rights to the iconic reference book, where generations of professionals look for comprehensive information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals, the RSC… Read More
IHS iSuppli report predicts significant fall in e-book readers market - December 13, 2012
After spectacular growth in the last few years, the e-book reader market is on an alarmingly precipitous decline, sent reeling by more nimble tablet devices that have gained the ardent patronage of consumers, according to an IHS iSuppli Consumer Electronics special report from information and analytics… Read More
The London Book Fair announces Korea as Market Focus for 2014 - December 12, 2012
The London Book Fair and The Korean Publishers Association have announced Korea as the Market Focus of The London Book Fair 2014. The launch event at Asia House was attended by The London Book Fair, The Korean Publishers Association and LBF Market Focus strategic partners, the… Read More
