Thermo Fisher Scientific Receives Microsoft Award

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Massachusetts) has received a Microsoft Corporation 2008 Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Innovation Award in the Discovery and Product Innovation category. The award is given to best-in-class companies that have made innovative use of Microsoft-based software for business processes and practices in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. The award was announced at the Drug Information Association's 44th annual conference and was presented to Thermo Fisher Scientific and AstraZeneca (London, UK), a pharmaceuticals manufacturer.