The News Review:

- Silicon Pastures invests in Madison software firm
- North American CRs continue emerging market moves
- Jack Medelson MD Pioneer in Substance Abuse Research Dies at…
- Ralf Rosskamp MD Joins Biodel’s Scientific Advisory Board.

Silicon Pastures invests in Madison software firm
Bizjournals.com – Aug 22, 2007
The amount of the investment was not disclosed. PercipEnz is a computer software company that develops and markets specialized enterprise-class clinical research and biospecimen management systems the investment firms said in a press release. The PercipEnz flagship product the ncore software platform is intended to help research institutions increase their operational efficiency. The firms said more than 20 research organizations have adopted ncore to manage their portfolio of clinical trials. "The company has achieved significant market traction" said Teresa Esser managing director of Silicon Pastures. "We were excited to see just how well their customers are responding to the ncore product.

North American CRs continue emerging market moves
utSourcing-Pharma.com – Aug 22, 2007
outsourcing-pharma. ethica Clinical Research has formed a joint venture with India’s Matrix Group and become the first CR to delve into this budding region. The newborn company will manage contract research services in India on behalf of domestic North American and European clients "that seek to benefit from the highly cost-effective Indian research environment as well as from a hugely enhanced ability to recruit research participants for clinical trials". The initial activities of ethicamatrix will involve clinical study monitoring data management and investigator training said ethica. ethicamatrix will be based in Hyderabad the same region as the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) a government facility that is earmarked for a $50m (?37m) upgrade investment. According to ethica several leading teaching hospitals are already seeking partnerships with ethicamatrix including Shree Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.

Jack Medelson MD Pioneer in Substance Abuse Research Dies at…
Free with registration – AScribe Medicine News Service – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 22, 2007
22 (AScribe Newswire) — Jack H. Mendelson MD director of McLean Hospital’s Clinical Research Program on Substance Abuse co-director of its Alcohol a.

Ralf Rosskamp MD Joins Biodel’s Scientific Advisory Board.
Free with registration – PR Newswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 22, 2007
Rosskamp was previously the Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Kos Pharmaceuticals where he managed all research and development activities until Kos was acquired by Abbott Laboratories. Rosskamp’s accomplishments at Kos include building an integrated research and development organization globally expanding Kos’s clinical research organization and assisting in the approval of four supplemental new drug applications. “We are extremely honored to have Dr. Rosskamp join our SAB” said Dr. Solomon Steiner CE and Chairman of Biodel.