INDUSTRY NEWS Roche Announces Operational Excellence Initiative Roche announced the launch of a Group-wide Operational Excellence initiative. In view of mounting pressures to curb healthcare costs – especially in the United States and Europe – together with recent developments in late-stage projects in the Roche pipeline, this initiative aims to adapt cost structures and accelerate productivity improvements Group-wide. [Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. Press Release]
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POLICY NEWS NIH Orders Immediate Shutdown of Intramural Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Responding to a court order, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ordered intramural researchers studying human embryonic stem cells to shut down their experiments. [National Institutes of Health, United States] Obama Administration Appeals Stem Cell Injunction The Obama administration asked a federal judge to lift an injunction halting human embryonic stem cell research, saying it would irreparably harm research and cost more than 1,300 jobs. [The White House, United States] Appeals Court Stays Stem Cell Injunction A federal appeals court stayed, or suspended, a preliminary injunction issued 2 weeks ago that brought federal funding for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research to a standstill. [Court of Appeals, United States] Medical School Leaders Express Support for Stem Cell Research in New AAMC Ad [Association of American Medical Colleges, United States] Notice of Meeting: Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (FR Doc. 2010-21532) [Department of Health and Human Services, United States] Findings of Research Misconduct (NOT-OD-10-132) [Department of Health and Human Services, United States] Protein Structure Initiative:Biology-Materials Repository (PSI:Biology-MR) (U01) (RFA-GM-11-008) [National Institute of General Medical Sciences, United States] Developing and Improving Institutional Animal Resources (G20) (RFA-RR-10-011) [National Center for Research Resources, United States] Status of Applications and Awards Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells, and Submissions of Stem Cell Lines for Eligibility Consideration (NOT-OD-10-126) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Clarification on the Roles of NIH Scientific Review Groups (SRG) and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC) in Review of Vertebrate Animal Research (NOT-OD-10-128) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Clarification of Eligible Institutions for PA-10-050: Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, FDA and ACF for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44]) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting (FR Doc. 2010-21816) [National Institutes of Health, United States]
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EVENTS (Listed by Date) Stem Cells USA & Regenerative Medicine Congress 2010 September 13-15, 2010 Philadelphia, United States 15th Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) September 15-17, 2010 Bordeaux, France Cellular Therapy of Cancer Symposium – ATTACK Project Meeting September 24-27, 2010 Montpellier, France International Society for Cellular Therapy 2nd Annual Symposium on Stem Cell Translation: Best Practices & Regulatory Considerations September 27-28, 2010 San Francisco, United States Expert Perspectives: Integrating New Data into Best Practices for Breast Cancer October 1, 2010 National Harbor, United States 2010 Breast Cancer Symposium October 1-3, 2010 Washington, DC, United States 2nd International Inflammatory Breast Cancer Conference October 6-7, 2010 Marseille, France 35th European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress October 8-12, 2010 Milan, Italy New York Stem Cell Foundation Fifth Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Meeting October 12-13, 2010 New York, United States International Symposium on Breast Cancer Prevention: Nutrition, Communications, Public Policy October 18-19, 2010 West Lafayette, United States 16th World Congress of the International Society of Senology October 20-22, 2010 Valencia, Spain The 2010 American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) Annual Research Conference on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity & Cancer October 21-22, 2010 Washington, DC, United States MENA Oncology Conference October 22-23, 2010 Cairo, Egypt UAE Cancer Congress 2010 October 28-30, 2010 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 6th National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Conference November 7-10, 2010 Liverpool, United Kingdom 22nd EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on “Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics” November 16-19, 2010 Berlin, Germany 33rd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium December 8-12, 2010 San Antonio, United States Visit our events page to stay up to date with the latest events in the cell, gene and immunotherapy community.
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