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BIO-IT
WORLD 2003 PRESENTS AWARD TO SOLUTIA PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES
Solutia’s Pharmaceutical Services Division (Solutia PSD) was named
the winner of the Bio-IT World 2003 Best Practices Award,
for its fully integrated API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient)
project management system that monitors all project resources: human,
capital and material. Bio-IT World’s Best Practices Awards
program is the first to recognize research and development teams
within life sciences organizations for innovative uses of life science
equipment and information. In addition to Solutia PSD, two other
grand-prize winners included Baylor College of Medicine and Millennium
Pharmaceuticals.
“This award recognizes Solutia PSD’s outstanding commitment to leveraging
information-based technologies to establish best practices, and
help speed the drug discovery pipeline,” said Dr. Kevin Davies,
editor in chief, Bio-IT World magazine. “This year’s winners
are setting the pace in the bio-IT industry for the efficient, cost-effective
develop- ment and delivery of potentially life saving therapeutics
and diagnostics. We applaud your efforts.”
A peer-review panel of 10 judges reviewed more than 50 submissions
from organizations ranging from large pharmaceutical and biotechnology
companies, to academic institutions, detailing best practices in
one of three categories: Discovery and Development, Clinical Trials,
and Drug Manufacturing. The judges applied several criteria to make
their decisions, such as innovation, process and industry impact.
Recognition was given to work that has been done within the last
two years.
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT HONORS CENTER FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
David Sampson, assistant secretary for Economic Development,
presents the U.S. Commerce Department’s 2003 Technology-led
Excellence in Economic Development Award to Missouri’s
Center for Emerging Technologies (CET). Accepting
the honor at the Washington D.C. ceremony are Marcia
Mellitz, (center) CET president and CEO, and
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The Center for Emerging Technologies (CET) has earned the U.S. Commerce
Department’s 2003 Technology-led Excellence in Economic Development
Award.
The Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA)
presents this award, which is one of several categories of economic
development approaches to earn awards each year. Nominations for
EDA’s Excellence Awards are made in specific categories and a selection
panel appointed by the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development
evaluates all nominees. EDA also serves as a venture capital resource
in distressed communities, partnering with local government and
nonprofit organization to address challenging conditions such as
persistent unemployment and poverty.
“The winners of EDA’s Excellence Awards represent the best and brightest
economic development methods and practices in use today,” said David
Sampson, assistant secretary for Economic Development. “Their commitment
to sound, research-based, market-driven economic development is
helping America’s communities grow their economies and create jobs.”
Established in 1996, CET is a not-for- profit organization, which
serves as a catalyst for positioning the St. Louis region as a global
center for life science and other advanced technology companies.
CET operates a business incubator for start-up companies and provides
entrepreneur training for tenant companies. Initially sponsored
by the University of Missouri– St. Louis and the Missouri Department
of Economic Development, CET continues to target technically innovative
enterprises in fields such as biomedicine.
TWO PUBLICATIONS RANK ST. LOUIS CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL AMONG NATION’S BEST
St. Louis Children’s Hospital continues to be recognized as one
of “America’s Best Hospitals.” The July 28th issue of U.S. News
& World Report ranks Children’s Hospital in the Top 25 among
6,003 hospitals nationwide. More than 450 randomly selected pediatric
physicians are surveyed over a three-year period to obtain the ranking
for U.S. News & World Report. This new ranking marks the
second major honor for Children’s this year. In Child magazine
St. Louis Children’s Hospital ranked #6 on its list of “Top Pediatric
Hospitals in the Nation” earlier this year.
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Children’s Hospital patient Tyler O’Guinn with his
mother, Julie O’Guinn. |
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