EMA draft policy update on access to EudraVigilance database seeks right to censor scientific work that uses the data - August 8, 2014
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), earlier this week, released a draft policy update on access to the data from the EudraVigilance database, which seems to imply they want the right to censor scientific work that uses the data. Managed by the EMA, EudraVigilance is the… Read More
Content from BioOne Complete to be enhanced and indexed across ReadCube’s platform - August 8, 2014
BioOne, a publisher of scientific research, will partner with ReadCube, a Boston-based publishing technology company, to enhance the content from its online aggregation BioOne Complete. Leveraging ReadCube's Discover service, titles from BioOne's society and institutional partner publishers will be fully enhanced and discoverable across ReadCube's platform.… Read More
EDP Sciences set to host and distribute its journals, previously managed by Cambridge University Press - August 8, 2014
EDP Sciences, a learned-society owned publisher, has announced that hosting and distribution of sixteen of its journals, previously managed by Cambridge University Press, will transition to EDP Sciences for direct management from 2015 onwards. EDP Sciences is located in Paris and London, with a growing… Read More
HighWire appoints Abhinav Mittal as Vice President of Engineering - August 8, 2014
HighWire Press, a technology service provider to influential scholarly publishers, has announced the appointment of Abhinav Mittal as Vice President of Engineering. Abhinav is an energetic, hands-on technical leader with a passion for encouraging collaboration and building teams that deliver outstanding products and services to customers.… Read More
Cerner to acquire Siemens Health Services - August 8, 2014
Cerner Corporation and Siemens AG have signed a definitive agreement for Cerner to acquire the assets of Siemens' health information technology business unit, Siemens Health Services, for $1.3 billion in cash. By combining investments in R&D, knowledgeable resources, and complementary client bases,… Read More
EndNote collaborates with Science Hack Day to bring global event to Madagascar - August 7, 2014
Thomson Reuters EndNote, the leading software for researchers, librarians and students to manage bibliographies, citations and references, has announced a collaboration with Science Hack Day – a global grassroots movement aimed at empowering scientific innovation - to bring the event to Africa. The continent's first-ever Science… Read More
