INDUSTRY NEWS National Marrow Donor Program® to Speed Transplants with IBM Analytics Software IBM announced that the National Marrow Donor Program® has adopted IBM’s WebSphere Lombardi Business Process Management software to help automate its donor and patient management process. [IBM Press Release] A New Collaboration with Tokyo Women´s Medical University Karolinska Institutet and the Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women´s Medical University have agreed to collaborate on education and biomedical research. [Karolinska Institutet Press Release] Pfizer Launches Global Centers for Therapeutic Innovation, a Network of Research Partnerships, with University of California, San Francisco Pfizer Inc. announced the establishment of the Global Centers for Therapeutic Innovation, an entrepreneurial network of partnerships with leading academic medical centers to transform research and development by accessing leading translational researchers. [Pfizer Inc. Press Release] NeoStem Announces Closing of Concurrent Offerings for $19 Million in Gross Proceeds NeoStem, Inc. announced the closing of concurrent offerings. [NeoStem, Inc. Press Release] China Cord Blood Corporation Reports Second Quarter and First Half Fiscal 2011 Financial Results China Cord Blood Corporation announced unaudited financial results for the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2011 ended September 30, 2010. [China Cord Blood Corporation Press Release] Canadian Blood Services Seeking $48 Million for Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Canadian Blood Services is in negotiations with provincial and territorial governments over funding to create a national bank for umbilical cord blood, and is hopeful the cash will be secured soon so the life-saving registry can be established. [The National Post] Roche Announces Implementation Plans for Its Operational Excellence Program Following a comprehensive portfolio review, Roche will discontinue certain activities in research and early development. These include RNA interference research in Kulmbach, Germany, and in Nutley, New Jersey, and Madison, Wisconsin, in the U.S. [Roche Press Release]
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EVENTS (Listed by Date) 52nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition December 4-7, 2010 Orlando, United States Pharmacology in Stem Cells Research and Regenerative Medicine December 17, 2010 London, United Kingdom The 3rd Guangzhou International Conference on Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine December 17-19, 2010 Guangzhou, China 5th Annual Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine World Congress January 24-25, 2011 San Diego, United States IQPC’s 4th Biobanking Conference January 24-26, 2011 Philadelphia, United States Stem Cell Research Forum of India 2nd Annual Meeting February 8-11, 2011 Bangalore, India BMT Tandem Meetings (ASBMT/CIBMTR) February 17-21, 2011 Honolulu, Hawaii 1st Annual Clinical Meeting of the Cell Society February 18-19, 2011 La Jolla, United States Stem Cells 2011 – Innovation and Commercialisation February 23-24, 2011 London, United Kingdom Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference: Stem Cells – Revolutionizing Regenerative Medicine and Personalized Therapy 2011 February 23-25, 2011 San Francisco, United States 6th Annual Stem Cell Summit March 1, 2011 New York, United States American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Stem Cells, Development, and Cancer March 3-6, 2011 Vancouver, Canada 15th Annual Hilton Head Workshop – Regenerative Medicine, Innovations for Clinical Applications March 16-19, 2011 Hilton Head Island, United States StemCONN 11 March 22, 2011 Farmington, United States Keystone Symposia: Hematopoiesis March 27-April 1, 2011 Big Sky, United States United Kingdom National Stem Cell Network 2011 Annual Scientific Conference March 30-April 1, 2011 York, United Kingdom American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 102nd Annual Meeting 2011 April 2-6, 2011 Orlando, United States NEW Inaugural Theranostics for Personalised Medicine May 18-19, 2011 London, United Kingdom NEW 13th Annual C21 BioVentures May 24-26, 2011 Napa, United States Visit our events page to stay up to date with the latest events in the cell, gene and immunotherapy community. JOB OPPORTUNITIES Lab Technologist — Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (STEMCELL Technologies) Lab Technologist — Tissue Culture (STEMCELL Technologies) Product Manager — Pluripotent Stem Cells (STEMCELL Technologies) Recruit Top Talent Reach more than 11,000 potential candidates by posting your organization’s career opportunities with Cord Blood News at no cost. Visit here to post your career opportunities. Have we missed an important article or publication in Cord Blood News? Click here to submit!
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