With globalization of trials comes the difficulties of sample logistics. Enter the central laboratory model. In the early 1990s, the concept of the central laboratory was developed and implemented by laboratories delivering services to major pharmaceutical companies. The goal was to consolidate the test results and data originating in different clinical sites, which was previously analyzed in local labs.
Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States. He was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, Virginia and died on July 4, 1826, at his home, Monticello, at the age of 83. After being president, Jefferson retired to Monticello.
The actor, best known for playing George Jefferson, died of lung cancer July 24, but his burial was delayed by a fight over his estate. Friends and family remembered actor Sherman Hemsley at his funeral Wednesday in West Texas by showing video clips of him as George Jefferson, the TV role that was his best known. About 150 people attended the service at Cielo Vista Church in El Paso. Hemsley, 74, died of lung cancer on July 24, but a fight over his estate delayed his burial.