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New collaborative fundraising effort focuses on AYA cancer

Leaders from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals this evening announced a new collaborative fundraising effort focused on Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) cancer.

2 Jul 2014

MedImmune initiates MEDI8897 phase I clinical studies for treatment of RSV infections

AIMM Therapeutics, a leading human therapeutic antibody company, today announced that its partner MedImmune, LLC, the global biologics unit of AstraZeneca, has initiated phase I clinical studies with MEDI8897, a best-in-class antibody for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in young, at risk children.

2 Jul 2014

Eurofins Genomics, AmpTec sign co-marketing agreement for IVT-RNAs

Eurofins Genomics, international market leader in genomic services, and AmpTec, internationally recognized provider of RNA technology products, have agreed on non-exclusively co-marketing AmpTec's IVT-RNAs globally.

2 Jul 2014

Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety: Risk, Regulation and Management

Nanotechnology offers solutions to pressing global issues, but they also have the potential to lead to unexpected risks and unintended consequences.

2 Jul 2014

UCLA receives $7.2 million grant to develop ways to diagnose rare genetic disorders

The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is one of six institutions nationwide chosen by the National Institutes of Health to join their effort in tackling the most difficult-to-solve medical cases and develop ways to diagnose rare genetic disorders.

1 Jul 2014

ARKON receives Medical Design Excellence Awards at 17th Annual MDEA Ceremony

Spacelabs Healthcare's Anesthesia Delivery System, ARKON™, received the Medical Design Excellence Awards Silver Winner in Critical-Care and Emergency Medicine Products at the 17th Annual MDEA Ceremony earlier this month.

1 Jul 2014

Report shows how negative health effects of noise can be reduced

Traffic noise is the second biggest environmental problem in the EU, according to WHO. After air pollution, noise is affecting health the most.

1 Jul 2014

New smartphone-based system detects changes in patients' behavioral patterns

Mental illness accounts for 90 percent of all reported suicides and places the largest burden of any disease on social and economic infrastructures worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

1 Jul 2014

Kinetic Concepts' CelluTome Epidermal Harvesting System now commercially available in Europe

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today launched its CelluTome Epidermal Harvesting System in Europe. The CelluTome System provides an automated, precise and reproducible process of harvesting autologous epidermal tissue for grafting that has been shown to aid closure of acute and chronic wounds.

1 Jul 2014

Rotation Medical secures $27.2 million in oversubscribed Series B financing

Rotation Medical, a medical device company focused on developing new technologies to treat rotator cuff disease, today announced that it has secured $27.2 million in an oversubscribed Series B financing.

1 Jul 2014

Telerx acquires C3i to expand business services outside the United States

Telerx, a leader in U.S. customer care services, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of C3i, a leading provider of technology support services for the life sciences industry. This acquisition will provide Telerx with the global infrastructure to expand its business services outside the United States while maintaining its current domestic operations. The acquisition was completed on June 30, 2014.

1 Jul 2014

Wyatt Technology highlights protein-protein interactions study investigated by dynamic light scattering

Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation, is pleased to highlight a study recently authored by Martin Skov Neergaard from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, “Protein-Protein Interactions Investigated by DLS: Determination at High and Low Protein Concentration.”

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 1 Jul 2014

Cerus enters into $30M growth capital credit facility with Oxford Finance

Cerus Corporation announced today that it has entered into a $30 million growth capital credit facility with Oxford Finance LLC.

1 Jul 2014

Obama to name former P&G chief to head VA

The president is expected today to nominate Bob McDonald, a West Point graduate and former CEO of Procter & Gamble.

1 Jul 2014

Use of NMR in diagnostic research: an interview with Elaine Holmes, Imperial College

The Phenome Center developed out of the Olympic drug testing facility, and we've adapted it so that we use NMR spectrometry, which we have three spectrometers, and mass spectrometry, to take blood and urine from hundreds and thousands of people and profile them to get a biochemical fingerprint of every person.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 1 Jul 2014

Medical boards draft plan to allow greater use of telemedicine

Amid predictions of a growing doctor shortage, state medical boards have drafted a model law that would make it easier for physicians licensed in one state to treat patients in others, whether in person, by videoconference or online. Meanwhile, former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius acknowledges she made mistakes in the health law's rollout by spending "too little time clearly on the technology side."

1 Jul 2014

Rule issued for small business health insurance tax credit

The regulation sets eligibility requirements for businesses seeking tax credits to help them buy coverage for their workers. Meanwhile, a Republican House member complains about not getting information about how the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) is working.

1 Jul 2014

Inaccurate doctor lists hurt access for low-income Californians

Meanwhile, confusion over limited providers also has led to unforeseen bills for enrollees in private plans in California, reports The Los Angeles Times. Other stories look at the growing number of insurers who want to participate in the online marketplaces and how 19 states have passed laws restricting the workers who help consumers sign up, despite a new federal rule eliminating many such restrictions.

1 Jul 2014

A*STAR scientists pioneered a molecular connection between obesity and diabetes

Scientists from the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, a research institute under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, have discovered that obese individuals lack a protein that is essential for regulating blood glucose levels, causing them to face higher risks of developing diabetes.

1 Jul 2014

BioLight enrolls first patient in FDA Phase 1/2a clinical trial with Eye-D for treatment of glaucoma

BioLight Israeli Life Sciences Investments Ltd., a firm that invests in, manages and commercializes biomedical innovations grouped into clusters around defined medical conditions, announces that the first patient has been enrolled in the U.S. into a FDA Phase 1/2a clinical trial with Eye-D, the company's controlled-release latanoprost insert for the treatment of glaucoma.

1 Jul 2014