Job Opportunity – Senior Project Manager Critical Path to TB Drug Regimens (CPTR)

The Critical Path to TB Drug Regimens (CPTR) is a large multi-disciplinary scientific consortium led by the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) focused on accelerating the development of new TB drug regimens and diagnostics. The CPTR Senior Project Manager works in close partnership with the CPTR Executive Director, as well as the CPTR core team, to provide operational and project management excellence for CPTR and affiliates’ virtual working groups to advance drug development tools and therapies to treat tuberculosis. Additionally, this Sr. Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring that the CPTR team meets the requirements of the grants, which fund this work.Continue reading

Job Opportunity – Data Manager at C-Path

The Data Manager position is responsible for contributing to the management of data used for C-Path research purposes and supporting the development of clinical/preclinical data standards.  This position supports all C-Path consortia that utilize clinical and preclinical data in their projects.  Position will utilize vendor and internally developed tools to identify and solve data process flow, data review and data quality problems, and to create data sub-sets required by research plans.  Position will also assist with the design and implementation of logical and physical databases. Continue reading

Job Opportunity – Critical Path to TB Drug Regimens Bioinformatician

The Critical Path Institute, a non-profit organization headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, invites applications from Master’s level (PhD preferred) scientists with expertise in genetic data analysis and processing to work collaboratively as a guest researcher with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis (TB) Elimination, Laboratory Branch in Atlanta.Continue reading

Job Opportunity – Assistant/Associate Director at C-Path

The Assistant/Associate Director is responsible for assisting the Executive Director in the overall management of the PRO Consortium to include advancing and documenting the science of clinical outcome assessment (COA) endpoint development and testing for use in clinical trials designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of new medical products.  In addition, the Assistant/Associate Director is responsible for directing the scientific and operational activities of the Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome (ePRO) Consortium.  Continue reading

Job Opportunity – Senior Project Mantager at C-Path

Critical Path Institute is a large multi-disciplinary scientific non-profit organization focused on accelerating the development of new therapies. CAMD is dedicated to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.  The Senior Project Manager works in close partnership with the CAMD Executive Director to provide operational and project management excellence for C-Path and affiliates’ virtual working groups to advance drug development tools and therapies to treat brain diseases. Additionally, the Sr. Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring that the Parkinson’s team meets the requirements of the grants which fund this work.Continue reading

Insys Therapeutics Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Its Liposomal Encapsulated Paclitaxel for the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: INSY), a specialty pharmaceutical company that is developing and commercializing innovative drugs and novel drug delivery systems, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to its Liposomal Encapsulated Paclitaxel (LEP) candidate for the treatment of ovarian cancer.Continue reading