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Kindred's consolidated revenues increase 2% to $1.30 billion in Q1 2014

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. today announced its operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014.

7 May 2014

BIOTRONIK's Entovis pacemaker system gets FDA approval

BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of cardiovascular medical devices, announced today that the Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for its Entovis pacemaker system with ProMRI technology.

7 May 2014

FDA-cleared BD MAX Enteric Bacterial Panel now available to detect bacterial pathogens

BD Diagnostics, a segment of leading global medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today the availability of the FDA-cleared BD MAX Enteric Bacterial Panel for use on the BD MAX System.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 7 May 2014

USPTO issues three new patents to Discovery Laboratories

Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSCO), a specialty biotechnology company dedicated to advancing a new standard of respiratory critical care, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a new patent and Notices of Allowance for patents covering critical aspects of its KL4 surfactant and drug delivery technology platform.

7 May 2014

Covidien opens new facility in Turkey to expand training and research capabilities

Further expanding its training and research capabilities in emerging markets, Covidien plc (NYSE: COV), has officially opened its Covidien Center of Innovation Turkey (CCI Turkey).

7 May 2014

Cureatr launches new product to maximize efficiency of clinical communication

Cureatr Inc., the nation's fastest growing mobile care coordination solutions company, today announced the launch of new product features designed to maximize the speed and efficiency of clinical communication.

7 May 2014

LifeMap Solutions focuses on creating innovative mobile health products

LifeMap Solutions, Inc., a medical technology startup focused on creating innovative mobile health (mHealth) products and services powered by big data, today announced an initial $5 million seed round led by parent company LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc., with additional participation via in-kind support from its development partner, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

7 May 2014

OhioHealth selects DataMotion to provide Direct Secure Messaging services

After a thorough evaluation of technology vendors, OhioHealth, a nationally recognized, not-for-profit healthcare system serving a 40-county area, has selected DataMotion, an innovative health information service provider (HISP), as its provider of Direct Secure Messaging services for its community of 28,000 physicians and associates.

7 May 2014

NexID offers liveness detection software for fingerprint-sensors on mobile devices

NexID Biometrics LLC, the first company to offer liveness detection software for fingerprint-sensors on mobile devices, today launched its Mobile Live Finger Detection (LFD) application for the Android operating system.

7 May 2014

Perfusion system at room temperature preserves and improves metabolic function of donor livers

A system developed by investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Engineering in Medicine (CEM) and the MGH Transplant Center has the potential to increase both the supply and the quality of donor organs for liver transplantation.

7 May 2014

Biovision's program to focus on economic, business challenges faced by life sciences industry

Biovision, the annual forum devoted to future-oriented research in life sciences, today announces its program to bring a new level of awareness to the economic and business challenges faced by the life sciences industry.

7 May 2014

First Edition: May 7, 2014

Today's headlines include a story noting that insurers say about 80 percent of new enrollees have paid their first premiums for new insurance coverage under the health law.

7 May 2014

TGen/George Mason create strategic research alliance to benefit patients with cancer, life-threatening illnesses

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and George Mason University today announced the creation of a strategic research alliance to benefit patients with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

7 May 2014

New molecular "clamps" offer powerful new tool for identifying individuals with increased risk of cancer

An international research team has built molecular "clamps" out of DNA that offer a powerful new tool for identifying individuals with an increased risk of cancer.

7 May 2014

Rice University researchers find new possibilities for benign, 'tunable' virus

Rice University scientists have designed a tunable virus that works like a safe deposit box. It takes two keys to open it and release its therapeutic cargo.

7 May 2014

New expert guidance encourages healthcare institutions to implement prevention efforts infectious diarrhea

With rates of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) now rivaling drug-resistant Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as the most common bacteria to cause healthcare-associated infections, new expert guidance encourages healthcare institutions to implement and prioritize prevention efforts for this infectious diarrhea.

7 May 2014

Scientists identify key molecular switches that control age-related memory impairment

Even among the healthiest individuals, memory and cognitive abilities decline with age. This aspect of normal aging can affect an individual's quality of life and capability to live independently but the rate of decline is variable across individuals.

7 May 2014

Technology News and Research

Kindred's consolidated revenues increase 2% to $1.30 billion in Q1 2014

BIOTRONIK's Entovis pacemaker system gets FDA approval

FDA-cleared BD MAX Enteric Bacterial Panel now available to detect bacterial pathogens

USPTO issues three new patents to Discovery Laboratories

Covidien opens new facility in Turkey to expand training and research capabilities

Cureatr launches new product to maximize efficiency of clinical communication

LifeMap Solutions focuses on creating innovative mobile health products

OhioHealth selects DataMotion to provide Direct Secure Messaging services

NexID offers liveness detection software for fingerprint-sensors on mobile devices

Perfusion system at room temperature preserves and improves metabolic function of donor livers

Biovision's program to focus on economic, business challenges faced by life sciences industry

First Edition: May 7, 2014

TGen/George Mason create strategic research alliance to benefit patients with cancer, life-threatening illnesses

New molecular "clamps" offer powerful new tool for identifying individuals with increased risk of cancer

Rice University researchers find new possibilities for benign, 'tunable' virus

New expert guidance encourages healthcare institutions to implement prevention efforts infectious diarrhea

Scientists identify key molecular switches that control age-related memory impairment

Grupo Casa Saba agrees to sell pharmacy retail business to Alliance Boots

ConvaTec posts strong financial results for FY 2013

Isis Pharmaceuticals reports pro forma net operating loss of $22.6 million for Q1 2014

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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