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  • NIH Taps Charles River Analytics to Build Software System for Cancer Treatment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Taps Charles River Analytics to Build Software System for Cancer Treatment

    Charles River Analytics has received a nine-month, $225,000 contract from the National Institutes for Health to develop a software system that will work to monitor cognitive changes related to cancer and treatment of the disease. The company said Tuesday the Cognitive Assessment and Monitoring Platform For Integrative Research is designed to integrate cognitive measures to evaluate changes in the patient’s cognitive […] More

  • UK NHS to Provide Google’s DeepMind Access to Patient Data Under Data Sharing Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK NHS to Provide Google’s DeepMind Access to Patient Data Under Data Sharing Agreement

    Google’s DeepMind subsidiary and the U.K. National Health Service have signed an agreement that would allow DeepMind to gain access to healthcare information of approximately 1.6 million patients of three Royal Free NHS Trust-run hospitals in London, New Scientist reported Friday. Hal Hodson writes the data sharing agreement between NHS and Google’s artificial intelligence firm […] More

  • Navy Awards Virus Testing Contract to Center for Disease Detection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Awards Virus Testing Contract to Center for Disease Detection

    The U.S. Navy has awarded the Center for Disease Detection a potential $49 million contract for blood testing services that work to detect HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. The contract covers testing of active-duty and reserve Navy and U.S. Marine Corps military personnel as part of the Navy Bloodborne Infection Management Center requirements, the Defense Department […] More

  • SRI Int'l receives $49M NIAID contract to study HIV and AIDS therapy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI Int’l receives $49M NIAID contract to study HIV and AIDS therapy

    SRI International has announced that it has been awarded a $49 million, seven-year contract with NIH-subsidiary the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to conduct preclinical development of HIV infection and AIDS therapies. The contract will support investigation into drug development and treatment of HIV and AIDS, as well as providing preventive techniques of sexually […] More