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  • Booz Allen, Kaggle Name Winners of 2017 'Data Science Bowl' Contest - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen, Kaggle Name Winners of 2017 ‘Data Science Bowl’ Contest

    Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle have unveiled the winners of a global crowdsourcing competition that sought data science methods to develop lung cancer detection formulas and technologies. The third annual Data Science Bowl drew nearly 10,000 participants who submitted  algorithms designed to help clinicians detect lung cancer, Booz Allen said Tuesday. The National Cancer Institute provided access to a publicly-available data set of […] More

  • Kaggle-Booz Allen 'Data Science Bowl' to Include AI Integration Challenge for Lung Cancer Screening Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kaggle-Booz Allen ‘Data Science Bowl’ to Include AI Integration Challenge for Lung Cancer Screening Tech

    Kaggle and Booz Allen Hamilton will convene medical communities and data scientists for a challenge to use artificial intelligence in efforts to further develop lung cancer screening technology. The companies said Thursday the 90-day Data Science Bowl competition will look to boost current technologies for the early detection of lung cancer and potentially reduce lung cancer […] More

  • Southern Research Wins Spot on NCI Cancer Drug Dev't IDIQ; Art Tipton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Southern Research Wins Spot on NCI Cancer Drug Dev’t IDIQ; Art Tipton Comments

    Birmingham, Alabama-based nonprofit institution Southern Research has won a position on a potential five-year contract to help the National Cancer Institute study the pharmacokinetic attributes of antitumor agents. Southern Research said Monday it will compete for task orders with four other contractors that won spots on NCI’s indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. “Southern Research has worked closely with […] More

  • Aptinyx Receives NIH Grants for Neurologic Disorders Treatment R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aptinyx Receives NIH Grants for Neurologic Disorders Treatment R&D

    Aptinyx has received three grants worth potentially $2.85 million from the National Institutes of Health to research and develop new therapeutic compounds for neuropathic pain and age-related cognitive decline. The NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke awarded Aptinyx a one-year, $1.25 million grant to fund the development of compounds for neuropathic pain treatment, the biopharmaceutical company said Thursday. […] More

  • Harris Lands 5-Year NCI Clinical Data Mgmt Extension; Carl D’Alessandro Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Lands 5-Year NCI Clinical Data Mgmt Extension; Carl D’Alessandro Comments

    Harris has received a potential five-year, $43 million contract to continue to help the National Cancer Institute‘s cancer research center manage data under NCI’s intramural clinical trials program. The company said Monday it will perform clinical data management, quality assurance and control, clinical audit, research databases and systems update and clinical trials safety and compliance monitoring services for the institute. […] More

  • CSRA Unveils New HPC Service Model to Bolster Info Processing Speeds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Unveils New HPC Service Model to Bolster Info Processing Speeds

    CSRA will integrate information technology systems with high-performance computing services to help government agencies process information at a faster pace in a push to support decision-making speeds in areas such as climate change, scientific research and space exploration. The company said Wednesday the new HPC service model will work to support HPC customer requirements within a common […] More

  • ATCC Lands NCI Contract to Build Cancer Models Distribution Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ATCC Lands NCI Contract to Build Cancer Models Distribution Infrastructure

    ATCC has been awarded a contract by the National Cancer Institute to develop a technology infrastructure to support the production, intake and distribution of cancer cell lines for the international research community. The company said Wednesday it will build the infrastructure for the Human Cancer Models Initiative that aims to generate as many as 1,000 new cancer cell models. HCMI is a […] More

  • Leidos Subcontracts ATCC for NCI Biospecimen Repository Operations Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Subcontracts ATCC for NCI Biospecimen Repository Operations Support

    ATCC has received a potential seven-year, $32 million subcontract from a Leidos subsidiary to manage a National Cancer Institute biospecimen repository in Frederick, Maryland. ATCC said Tuesday its team will store and distribute biospecimens to basic and clinical investigators who support cancer and infectious disease research efforts as well as manage operational costs and logistics at NCI’s Frederick Central Repository. The […] More

  • PapGene Aims to Commercialize Bladder Cancer Surveillance Test With NIH Contract Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PapGene Aims to Commercialize Bladder Cancer Surveillance Test With NIH Contract Funds

    Baltimore, Maryland-based biotechnology company PapGene has secured a potential $2.2 million contract from a National Institutes of Health center to study and commercialize a recurrent bladder cancer surveillance test. PapGene said Tuesday it will receive $299,824 funds from NIH’s National Cancer Institute under the first phase of the Fast-Track Small Business Innovation Research contract to demonstrate the accuracy and clinical validity of […] More

  • ICF Names HHS' Audie Atienza a Senior Fellow for Biomedical Informatics Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Names HHS’ Audie Atienza a Senior Fellow for Biomedical Informatics Team

    ICF International has appointed Audie Atienza as a senior fellow for its biomedical informatics team, where he will contribute to the company’s clinical research efforts focused on healthcare data analytics. ICF said Monday Atienza brings at least 15 years of behavioral science and health IT program leadership experience from the Department of Health and Human Services‘ National […] More

  • SRI Int'l to Support Anti-Cancer Vaccine Studies for NIH Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI Int’l to Support Anti-Cancer Vaccine Studies for NIH Center

    SRI International will carry out pre-clinical studies on compounds and vaccines to determine if they can act as preventive agents against cancer under a $19.8 million contract with a National Institutes of Health center. The company said Thursday its biosciences division will work to examine the effectiveness of experimental vaccines and test biomarkers in an effort to parallel how the body responds […] More

  • SRI Awarded National Cancer Institute Drug Support Contract; Toufan Parman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI Awarded National Cancer Institute Drug Support Contract; Toufan Parman Comments

    SRI International will provide preclinical treatment development support for the National Cancer Institute’s Prevent Cancer Drug Development Program under a potential $9 million contract. NCI’s Prevent initiative aims to advance the development of biomarkers and drug candidates designed to prevent cancer and transition them from preclinical phase to clinical trials, SRI said Monday. Toufan Parman, […] More