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New business development director for ClinPhone
ClinPhone has appointed Dr Ralf Oxenfarth as business development director, to achieve agreed sales targets, and secure new business and manage the accounts of existing clients.
Aureus appoints new CEO
Aureus Pharma has announced changes to its executive and supervisory boards. Jason Theodosiou, previously chief operating office at Aureus, has replaced André Michel as CEO.
Lumiere to distribute Cernos MassWorks
Lumiere Technology is to distribute Cerno Biosciences MassWorks mass spectrometry data software in China. Lumiere is already a well-established distributor of advanced laboratory analysis equipment.
High performance computers design futuristic military vehicles
Interactive Supercomputings software will help the US Army and vehicle designers to evaluate the performance of next-generation military vehicles using supercomputers to dramatically accelerate simulation of the vehicles operations.
ACD/Labs provides free academic licences
Rice University is the most recent recipient of a site license for ACD/Labs ACD/ChemSketch, giving staff and students access to an advanced chemical tool for drawing and naming structures.
Large Mexican contract for Thermo Fisher Scientific
Pemex Gas and Basic Petrochemical (PGBP), a subsidiary of the largest company in Mexico, has standardised its laboratory automation by deploying Thermo Scientifics CDS LIMS software.
Thermo Fisher Scientific appoints Brazilian distributor
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced a new partnership with Interfusão to market, distribute and deploy Thermo Scientific-branded LIMS and chromatography data systems to Brazil's growing metals, minerals and mining industries
Agreement allows greater-accuracy automotive simulations
LMS International and IPG Automotive have signed a partnership agreement to integrate IPG-Driver, IPGs virtual driver model, into the LMS Virtual.Lab Motion software for vehicle simulation.
NIST maths technique opens clearer window on universe
A fast and efficient image enhancement technique developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has proven itself to be effective in both microscopic and telescopic applications.
NCAS employs CD-adapco products in 5-day air forecasting
CD-adapco and NCAS have agreed partnership terms that will lead to an urban scale weather modelling code. The prediction methodology is hoped to enable five-day forecasting of urban air quality.
InforSense and Ingenuity Systems join forces
InforSense, a provider of enterprise real-time analytics, has partnered with Ingenuity Systems, a supplier of biology software. The partnership will provide integration capabilities between InforSense KDE and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis.
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