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FDA Eases Path to Genetic Disease Screening

24.02.2015 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will no longer require preliminary review before companies can sell genetic carrier screening tests to the public. The health watchdog's...

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Google and AbbVie Partner on R&D for Age-related Illnesses

12.09.2014 - Calico, an investment firm founded by Google to fund projects aimed at delaying the human aging process, is partnering with US drugmaker AbbVie to develop therapies for age-related...

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U.S.-EU Free Trade Talks Start Despite Spying Concerns

08.07.2013 - The United States and the European Union began talks on Monday on a landmark bilateral free trade agreement, despite European concerns about U.S. spying that had threatened to...

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Scrum in the Regulated Environment

25.09.2012 - Sprint to the Finish - Agile methods such as Scrum are beginning to dominate in software development over the classical "waterfall" approaches, to which computer validation has...

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Whistleblower Rule Clears Divided U.S. SEC

26.05.2011 - Corporate whistleblowers could score multi-million-dollar payouts for reporting financial wrongdoing under a new program approved by U.S. securities regulators on Wednesday. A...

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Google Backs Biomass Fuel Firm CoolPlanetBiofuels

18.03.2011 - The venture capital arm of Google has invested in a start-up that is developing technology to produce fuel from inedible biomass such as grass and wood chips. The process, deployed...

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No Closed Doors

20.07.2010 - Worst Case Prep - Web 2.0 has its own set of rules. Facebook, Twitter and Co. have changed the way that humans communicate. Business and media are no longer able to make sovereign...