AstraZeneca ties with the Nobel Prize Foundation comes under scrutiny - December 30, 2008
Swedish anti-corruption agents are reportedly investigating pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca's financial ties with the Nobel Prize Foundation. According to reports from Pharmalot and Discover Magazine, the drug maker financially sponsored two of the Nobel Foundation subsidiaries and maintains strong financial ties to decision makers who actually award the Nobel Prize. Prosecutors… Read More
American Chemical Society’s office of public affairs wins three national awards - December 23, 2008
The world's largest scientific society American Chemical Society (ACS), US, has announced that its office of public affairs has won three prestigious national awards in a competition sponsored by Association TRENDS, a national newspaper for associations. ACS won a gold medal in the podcast category for… Read More
ProVation software named number one in Clinical Procedure Documentation category of KLAS’ Year-end Report - December 19, 2008
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that ProVation MD software, from its ProVation Medical brand of products, has been designated number one in the Clinical Procedure Documentation category of the 2008 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services… Read More
EContent top 100 List of ‘Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry’ announced - December 19, 2008
ProQuest, OCLC, EBSCO, and other vendors serving the library market have been recognised by EContent magazine in its Annual EContent 100 List of 'Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry.' The companies were judged by content and its management and other criteria and divided into categories such as… Read More
TechInsights announces record online revenues - December 18, 2008
Business and technical information provider TechInsights, a division of United Business Media, UK, has announced record online traffic and revenues, representing year-over-year revenue growth of 15 percent and page view growth of 9.4 percent. Also, recent independent Hitwise statistics revealed that TechInsights had more than double… Read More
Emerald awarded environmental certification ISO 14001:2004 - December 17, 2008
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it has become one of the first publishing businesses in the region to successfully gain an internationally recognised environmental certification. The company is now ISO 14001:2004 certified after implementing a new Environmental Management… Read More
EBSCO on EContent 100 List for 8th consecutive year - December 15, 2008
Journal subscription services provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), US, has announced that the company has been recognised, for the eighth consecutive year, by EContent magazine in its Annual EContent 100 List of 'Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry.' EBSCO has appeared in the… Read More
Derwent World Patents Index registers its millionth patent in 2008 - December 8, 2008
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters has announced that the Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) database registered its millionth patent in 2008. This figure is set to rise to 1.24 million by year end, an increase of 37 percent over 2007. This is the first time… Read More
HighWire Press reaches milestone of 5 million articles online - December 5, 2008
Online technology provider in scholarly publishing HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, has reached a significant milestone with the posting of the five millionth article on its e-Publishing platform. HighWire provides technology and customised online services to 140 publishing partners ranging from independent… Read More
CAS registers 40 millionth substance - December 4, 2008
Chemical database provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has announced that CAS Registry now includes 40 million organic and inorganic substances. The CAS Registry is one the most comprehensive collections of chemical substances and the CAS Registry Number is the recognised global standard for chemical substance identification.… Read More
