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  • SolveBio to Continue Variant Explorer System Development Through NIH Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SolveBio to Continue Variant Explorer System Development Through NIH Grant

    The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded SolveBio a phase one Small Business Innovation Research Grant to continue development work on a genetic variation analysis and visualization system. SolveBio said Tuesday it built Variant Explorer as a cloud-based data integration and visualization system designed to help medical professionals such as clinical geneticists, molecular pathologists and scientists conduct clinical interpretation of […] More

  • Battelle, Halyard Health to Work on Conformal Cover for Severly Injured Limbs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle, Halyard Health to Work on Conformal Cover for Severly Injured Limbs

    The Office of Naval Research has awarded Battelle and Halyard Health with a $14.4 million four-year contract to create a conformal cover to help lessen damage and tissue loss on traumatic injuries. Battelle’s Protective Oxygenating Wrap for Enhanced Recovery is a portable device designed to suppress microbe proliferation and deliver oxygen to maintain tissue health and improve recovery time of the […] More

  • Vanaja Ragavan: Aviana Receives NASA Grant for Biosensor Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vanaja Ragavan: Aviana Receives NASA Grant for Biosensor Tech Development

    Aviana Molecular Technologies has been selected to build sensors for installation in NASA‘s extra-terrestrial mission vehicles as well as repurpose the devices as biosensors. NASA awarded a grant to the startup diagnostic company in conjunction with the University of Central Florida for the sensor development project as part of the agency’s Small Business Technology Transfer initiative, Aviana said Monday. The […] More

  • VA Taps Philips for Ambient Assisted Living Tech Research Grant; Hans-Aloys Wischmann Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Taps Philips for Ambient Assisted Living Tech Research Grant; Hans-Aloys Wischmann Comments

    Royal Philips has secured grant funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs to explore location-aware assisted technologies for the VA as part of an effort to aid veterans with mild cognitive impairments. The company said Thursday it will research an ambient assisted living technology that equips traditional homes with sensors, actuators, interfaces and artificial intelligence to help address veterans’ […] More

  • Pacific Disaster Center Uses Esri Platform to Track Spread of Zika Virus - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pacific Disaster Center Uses Esri Platform to Track Spread of Zika Virus

    Esri and the Pacific Disaster Center collaborate to monitor the spread of Zika virus across the globe with a company-built mapping tool. PDC shares the mapped information about the characteristics of the virus and the breeding grounds of Zika-carrying mosquitoes with health services and aid responders, Esri said Wednesday. “Esri GIS technology specifically allows us to characterize the Zika […] More

  • PSI Helps DoD Implement Military Blood Donor Mgmt System; Terry Lin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PSI Helps DoD Implement Military Blood Donor Mgmt System; Terry Lin Comments

    Planned Systems International Inc. has completed a global deployment of the company’s blood donor management system for the Defense Department‘s Armed Services Blood Program. The system employs a centralized database built to manage and monitor blood donor registration, screening and blood products for U.S. military and civilian personnel, PSI said May 12. PSI CEO Terry Lin said the […] More

  • Philips to Roll Out 2nd Community Life Center in Kenya With UNFPA; JJ van Dongen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Philips to Roll Out 2nd Community Life Center in Kenya With UNFPA; JJ van Dongen Comments

    Royal Philips has partnered with the United Nations Population Fund to launch a second center in Kenya that will work to mitigate newborn and maternal mortality incidents through community development programs and primary healthcare services. Philips said Thursday the community life center in Mandera County, Kenya, will turn a health facility into a community center that […] More

  • CIADM Lands HHS Anthrax Vaccine Development Support Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CIADM Lands HHS Anthrax Vaccine Development Support Task Order

    The Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing has received an 18-month, $10.49 million task order from the Department of Health and Human Services to help the agency develop a second-generation anthrax vaccine. CIADM is located at Texas A&M University in College Station will support development of Altimmune‘s NasoShield anthrax vaccine candidate that is meant to be […] More

  • Ad Hoc Team to Build, Secure Consolidated VA Services Website - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ad Hoc Team to Build, Secure Consolidated VA Services Website

    Silver Spring, Maryland-based software engineering company Ad Hoc LLC will collaborate with three other technology companies to help the Department of Veterans Affairs design, build and maintain an online portal of various agency services under a $12.9 million contract. The contract also covers website application development, content creation, identity authentication and testing services, the department said in a FedBizOpps […] 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

  • HumanTouch to Support CDC, FDA Through New Atlanta Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HumanTouch to Support CDC, FDA Through New Atlanta Office

    HumanTouch has established an office in Atlanta, Georgia to provide help desk and information technology support services to the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The company said Monday it will support health IT operations of both the FDA and CDC from the company office as part of two federal contracts the company holds positions […] More

  • Army Seeks Industry Info on Telemedicine IT Platforms, Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Industry Info on Telemedicine IT Platforms, Services

    The U.S. Army has released a request for information on potential industry sources of information technology platforms and services in support of the service branch’s telehealth program for patients at home and other remote locations. The Army Medical Command said in a FedBizOpps notice published Monday the RFI is in response to a Feb. 3 memorandum issued by […] More