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Health insurers launch TV campaign opposing Medicare Advantage cuts

The ads, including a 30-second TV spot that will run in a dozen states and Washington, D.C., are designed to increase pressure on Congress and the Obama administration to stop proposed 2.3 percent cuts to these private plans. In addition, some analysts predict earnings drops for some insurers if the cuts go forward.

8 Mar 2013

Viewpoints: Doctors, nurses not reaping same health care 'bonanzas' as other providers; House GOP spending plan doesn't solve budget problems

When I followed the money trail in Time magazine's story "A Bitter Pill" behind the drugs, medical devices or CT scan equipment that the patients or their insurance companies were billed for, the profit margins for the hospitals that supplied them, as high as they were, were eclipsed by the margins of the manufacturers that sold them to the hospitals.

6 Mar 2013

Biocompatibility testing added to Ceram’s analysis services

Ceram, the international materials testing and development company, has added biocompatibility testing to the range of services that it offers to the healthcare industries.

6 Mar 2013

Targeting ARF6 may be effectively prevent melanoma metastasis to lungs

Researchers have identified a critical protein role in the metastasis of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.

6 Mar 2013

Inventors from 3 leading universities receive $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Nikolai Begg grew up in a box of LEGO- bricks and hasn't stopped tinkering since. Today he is an accomplished inventor with a portfolio of novel medical devices. Begg is the recipient of the prestigious $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his inventions that are making surgical procedures less invasive.

6 Mar 2013

IMRIS fourth quarter total revenues increase 37% to $20.1 million

IMRIS Inc. today reported its results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2012. All figures are reported in US dollars.

5 Mar 2013

Much anticipation surrounds push to bring more transparency to medicine

After years of anticipation, all of the nation's drug and medical device makers must soon begin publicly reporting payments they make to U.S. physicians, according to final regulations announced this afternoon by the federal government.

5 Mar 2013

FDA approves Tenaxis Medical’s ArterX Surgical Sealant

Tenaxis Medical, Inc., a medical device company focused on the development of functionally designed surgical sealants has received FDA approval to bring its innovative ArterX Surgical Sealant to the market.

4 Mar 2013

BioClinica, CPI and Medtentia partner for eClinical and Imaging Core Lab solutions

BioClinica, Inc., a global provider of clinical trial management solutions, today announced an agreement for BioClinica Express EDC, data management, and imaging core lab services with Finnish company Medtentia International, in partnership with the contract research organization (CRO) clinicalprojects international (CPI).

From Clario 4 Mar 2013

Study examines how bacteria clog medical devices

A new study has exam-ined how bac-te-ria clog med-ical devices, and the result isn't pretty. The microbes join to cre-ate slimy rib-bons that tan-gle and trap other pass-ing bac-te-ria, cre-at-ing a full block-age in a star-tlingly short period of time.

3 Mar 2013

Health law implementation likely to proceed - despite sequester's cuts to other health programs

Meanwhile, news outlets report on how the health law is "reshaping" the health care marketplace and how the measure's medical device tax continues to be a point of contention.

2 Mar 2013

Health law, Medicare benefit design draw congressional attention

House GOP doctors released a "health care state of the union" video that included health law criticisms, but no talk of repeal. Meanwhile, issues like Medicare copays and quality were discussed during a Ways and Means hearing earlier this week.

1 Mar 2013

Medical Adhesives for Reusable or Disposable Medical Devices

An interview with Robert Michaels, discussing the major challenges faced by engineers designing medical devices and the development of new medical adhesives.

From Master Bond Inc. 28 Feb 2013

Vision CRC develops retinal camera for detection of blinding eye disease and general health disorders

The most advanced technology for use in real-time detection and assessment of common blinding eye disease and general health disorders will soon be available to the world with stimulus funding provided for development by the Australian Government's CRC Program.

27 Feb 2013

Abell Foundation to award $50,000 to 3 Johns Hopkins researchers for medical inventions

Johns Hopkins' John Wong, Ph.D., has won a BioMaryland LIFE Award, and Ronald Berger, M.D., Ph.D., and Hien Nguyen, M.D., were awarded funds from the Abell Foundation, the researchers learned last week. Each of the winners will receive $50,000 to help develop their discoveries for clinical use.

27 Feb 2013

Breakthrough study aims at developing first comprehensive model of fetal heart

Technology developed at The University of Nottingham has been used in a breakthrough study aimed at developing the first comprehensive model of a fully functioning fetal heart.

26 Feb 2013

New handheld ultrasound device available from Signostics

Physicians now have access to an even faster and more accurate handheld ultrasound device, with Signostics today unveiling its new “Signos RT” model.

26 Feb 2013

New UM technology could provide five-minute diagnostic test and vaccine for Staph infections

New technology from the University of Maryland (UM) could potentially provide a five-minute diagnostic test and a vaccine for tough-to-treat Staphylococcus aureus infections, including the antibiotic-resistant MRSA, often called a "super bug," says inventor Mark Shirtliff, PhD, an associate professor at the UM School of Dentistry in Baltimore.

26 Feb 2013

NYAM initiative to create improved supports for New York's older adults during disasters

The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) has received $185,000 from The New York Community Trust and $100,000 from Altman Foundation to launch an initiative to create improved supports for New York's community-dwelling older adults before, during, and after disasters and other mass, long-term events, like power outages and heat waves.

26 Feb 2013

Mindray fourth quarter net revenues increase 19.7% to $316.1 million

Mindray Medical International Limited, a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, announced today its selected unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012.

From Mindray 25 Feb 2013

Medical Devices News and Research

Health insurers launch TV campaign opposing Medicare Advantage cuts

Viewpoints: Doctors, nurses not reaping same health care 'bonanzas' as other providers; House GOP spending plan doesn't solve budget problems

Biocompatibility testing added to Ceram’s analysis services

Targeting ARF6 may be effectively prevent melanoma metastasis to lungs

Inventors from 3 leading universities receive $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

IMRIS fourth quarter total revenues increase 37% to $20.1 million

Much anticipation surrounds push to bring more transparency to medicine

FDA approves Tenaxis Medical’s ArterX Surgical Sealant

BioClinica, CPI and Medtentia partner for eClinical and Imaging Core Lab solutions

Study examines how bacteria clog medical devices

Health law implementation likely to proceed - despite sequester's cuts to other health programs

Health law, Medicare benefit design draw congressional attention

Medical Adhesives for Reusable or Disposable Medical Devices

Vision CRC develops retinal camera for detection of blinding eye disease and general health disorders

Abell Foundation to award $50,000 to 3 Johns Hopkins researchers for medical inventions

Breakthrough study aims at developing first comprehensive model of fetal heart

New handheld ultrasound device available from Signostics

New UM technology could provide five-minute diagnostic test and vaccine for Staph infections

NYAM initiative to create improved supports for New York's older adults during disasters

Mindray fourth quarter net revenues increase 19.7% to $316.1 million

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