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Iconic Therapeutics completes $20 million Series B-1 equity financing

Iconic Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics for serious eye disorders, announced today that it has successfully completed a $20 million Series B-1 equity financing from new investors MPM Capital, Lundbeckfond Ventures, and H.I.G. BioVentures.

16 Apr 2014

Johnson & Johnson's sales increase 3.5% to $18.1 billion in first quarter 2014

Johnson & Johnson today announced sales of $18.1 billion for the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 3.5% as compared to the first quarter of 2013. Operational results increased 5.3% and the negative impact of currency was 1.8%. Domestic sales increased 2.2%. International sales increased 4.5%, reflecting operational growth of 7.9% and a negative currency impact of 3.4%.

15 Apr 2014

Students competing in Center for Medical Innovation’s Annual Bench-to-Bedside Competition win nearly $72,000

University of Utah students competing in the Center for Medical Innovation's Annual Bench-to-Bedside Competition were awarded nearly $72,000 in prize money on April 9 at the Utah State Capitol.

15 Apr 2014

McGill University Health Centre launches new program to improve patient safety and quality care

A new program aimed at improving patient safety and quality care has been launched at McGill University Health Centre hospitals. The program, which is being conducted in collaboration with Vendorlink.ca, is the first of its kind in a large academic Quebec hospital.

11 Apr 2014

FzioMed receives FDA notification to convene usage of Oxiplex Gel

FzioMed, Inc., a medical device manufacturer specializing in biomaterials, has received notification from FDA that the Medical Device Dispute Resolution Panel (MDDRP) will convene and make a decision on the approvability of Oxiplex Gel on June 10, 2014.

11 Apr 2014

Viewpoints: Medicare's 'doctor payment problem'; a 'wasted advantage'; 'puzzling' Rand numbers

The news that a small percentage of the country's physicians collected billions of dollars from Medicare in a single year may or may not be a testament to individual greed; some of the top recipients are under investigation for allegedly bilking the system, while others work long hours delivering costly care.

11 Apr 2014

Mayo Clinic collaborates with Enterprise Ireland to advance novel medical technologies

Mayo Clinic today announced a five-year collaboration with Enterprise Ireland, the Irish enterprise development agency, to advance novel medical technologies originating from Mayo Clinic.

11 Apr 2014

BioZorb 3D surgical marker improves ability to target radiation treatment for breast cancer

The BioZorb™ three-dimensional surgical marker improved the ability of radiation oncologists to target radiation treatment for breast cancer, according to a scientific presentation at the 2014 American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) Annual Meeting.

11 Apr 2014

Compressyn Band selected as finalist in Medical Design Excellence Awards for Implant and Tissue-Replacement Products Category

Dallen Medical, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Compressyn™ Band has been selected as a finalist in the Implant and Tissue-Replacement Products Category of the 17th Annual Medical Design Excellence Awards competition.

10 Apr 2014

Experts and entrepreneurs to gather at 2014 Biotech China on 14-16 May

With just one month until 2014 Biotech China, experts, entrepreneurs and decision-makers from the international biotechnology industry will gather at the heart of the Chinese biotechnology industry on May 14-16th, 09:00 AM-06:00 PM in Nanjing China.

10 Apr 2014

Millennium Medical Devices inks another network selling agreement

Millennium HealthCare Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Millennium Medical Devices LLC, has signed yet another network selling agreement. This agreement was signed with a US based healthcare organization for the use of Millennium's medical devices in 400 of the organization's locations. This agreement includes an average monthly minimum use of 350 units per device, per location.

9 Apr 2014

Medison Pharma inks agreement with Brainsway for exclusive marketing of Deep TMS system in Israel

Medison Pharma has concluded an agreement with the medical device company Brainsway for exclusive marketing and distribution of the Deep TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) system in Israel.

9 Apr 2014

Quantum Imaging secures £1.6 million investment to develop medical imaging device

Quantum Imaging Ltd, a University of Leeds spin out, has secured a £1.6 million investment to develop its medical imaging technology.

8 Apr 2014

Bristol-Myers Squibb submits NDAs to FDA for treatment of genotype 1b hepatitis C

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) announced today that they have submitted new drug applications (NDAs) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the investigational products daclatasvir (DCV), an NS5A replication complex inhibitor, and asunaprevir (ASV), a NS3 protease inhibitor.

8 Apr 2014

New injectable hydrogel repairs damaged cardiac tissue following heart attack

University of California, San Diego bioengineer Karen Christman's new injectable hydrogel, which is designed to repair damaged cardiac tissue following a heart attack, has been licensed to San Diego-based startup Ventrix, Inc, which is planning the first human clinical trials of the technology. Christman is a co-founder of Ventrix.

8 Apr 2014

Research roundup: Mental health parity; nurses' workload; can restaurants reduce portion size?

Historically, health insurance covered mental health care differently than other medical care. Recent laws have begun bringing them into balance. ... Congress passed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) in 2008. ... the MHPAEA applied to large group health plans, both fully and self-insured, and included a cost exemption.

7 Apr 2014

GI Dynamics establishes reimbursement coverage for EndoBarrier Therapy for treatment of type 2 diabetes, obesity

GI Dynamics, Inc. today announced that Clalit Health Services, Israel's largest and one of the world's largest health maintenance organization, has established a reimbursement coverage policy for EndoBarrier Therapy, an endoscopically-delivered device therapy approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity.

7 Apr 2014

Fluke Biomedical unveils new electrical safety analyzer

Fluke Biomedical unveiled the latest addition to its Electrical Safety portfolio, the ESA609 Electrical Safety Analyzer, pairing portability and ruggedness with industry leading quality assurance.

7 Apr 2014

Continuous glucose monitoring in children: an interview with Terrance Gregg, CEO of Dexcom

Scientific research into CGM-like sensors goes back more than 40 years. I was working with the first company to begin commercial development, MiniMed, back in 1992 when the science was really beginning to percolate. In 1999 the FDA approved the first CGM device for use in the United States.

6 Apr 2014

Gilead reports topline results from sofosbuvir Phase 3 trial in Japan for treatment of HCV infection

Gilead Sciences, Inc. today announced topline results from a Phase 3 clinical trial (Study GS-US-334-0118) in Japan evaluating the once-daily nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir in combination with ribavirin (RBV) for the treatment of genotype 2 chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.

3 Apr 2014

Medical Devices News and Research

Iconic Therapeutics completes $20 million Series B-1 equity financing

Johnson & Johnson's sales increase 3.5% to $18.1 billion in first quarter 2014

Students competing in Center for Medical Innovation’s Annual Bench-to-Bedside Competition win nearly $72,000

McGill University Health Centre launches new program to improve patient safety and quality care

FzioMed receives FDA notification to convene usage of Oxiplex Gel

Viewpoints: Medicare's 'doctor payment problem'; a 'wasted advantage'; 'puzzling' Rand numbers

Mayo Clinic collaborates with Enterprise Ireland to advance novel medical technologies

BioZorb 3D surgical marker improves ability to target radiation treatment for breast cancer

Compressyn Band selected as finalist in Medical Design Excellence Awards for Implant and Tissue-Replacement Products Category

Experts and entrepreneurs to gather at 2014 Biotech China on 14-16 May

Millennium Medical Devices inks another network selling agreement

Medison Pharma inks agreement with Brainsway for exclusive marketing of Deep TMS system in Israel

Quantum Imaging secures £1.6 million investment to develop medical imaging device

Bristol-Myers Squibb submits NDAs to FDA for treatment of genotype 1b hepatitis C

New injectable hydrogel repairs damaged cardiac tissue following heart attack

Research roundup: Mental health parity; nurses' workload; can restaurants reduce portion size?

GI Dynamics establishes reimbursement coverage for EndoBarrier Therapy for treatment of type 2 diabetes, obesity

Fluke Biomedical unveils new electrical safety analyzer

Continuous glucose monitoring in children: an interview with Terrance Gregg, CEO of Dexcom

Gilead reports topline results from sofosbuvir Phase 3 trial in Japan for treatment of HCV infection

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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