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FDA approves Arteriocyte’s ACD-A for use with Magellan system

Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. announced today approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture and distribute the Arteriocyte Medical Systems brand of Anticoagulant Citrate Dextrose Solution, USP (ACD-A) for use with its Magellan Platelet Separation System.

5 Jun 2012

First Edition: June 4, 2012

Today's headlines include the latest news on implementation of the health law, on the pending Capitol Hill effort to repeal the medical device tax and reports from the states.

4 Jun 2012

First Edition: June 1, 2012

Today's headlines include reports about the latest health policy developments on Capitol Hill and news on the health insurance marketplace.

1 Jun 2012

First Edition: May 31, 2012

Today's headlines include reports about various health-related measures currently on the move in Congress.

31 May 2012

External LED light source for Endolume announced by Lighthouse Imaging

Lighthouse Imaging Corporation now offers the L700, an external LED light source, as a companion product to its Endolume endoscope system light tester. This inexpensive light source, when used in conjunction with Endolume, provides the necessary illumination to enable biomedical technicians, clinical engineers, and endoscope service technicians to quantitatively test the illumination characteristics of the endoscopic system.

31 May 2012

U.S. House poised for a series of health-related votes

Included on the list is a bill to repeal the health law's medical device tax and another to repeal the OTC ban. The device-tax issue has already emerged as a hot topic in many congressional races.

31 May 2012

Capsule’s DataCaptor solution helps Sentara to improve patient care

Capsule Tech, Inc., the leading provider of medical device connectivity, today announced that its DataCaptor solution has helped Sentara Healthcare connect more than 1,800 medical devices from more than 1,000 patient beds.

31 May 2012

Kona Medical raises $30 million in Series C financing

Kona Medical, Inc. today announced it has raised $30 million in Series C financing to advance its novel hypertension therapy.

31 May 2012

Clorox Healthcare to be showcased at APIC 2012 conference

Clorox Professional Products Company, a division of The Clorox Company, will showcase Clorox Healthcare, its new strengthened comprehensive product offerings and educational initiatives to meet healthcare professionals' diverse needs, at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) 2012 Conference in San Antonio, Texas, June 4-6.

31 May 2012

U.S. FDA clears INJEX Pharma’s needle free injection system

The FDA had registered INJEX Pharma GmbH, Berlin, and INJEX Pharma US, Miami, and given approval for the import and sale of INJEX 30 in the US market. The condition was the registration by the FDA for INJEX Pharma GmbH as manufacturer and exporter.

31 May 2012

Insurers make patients pay hundreds more for cancer, arthritis drugs

Thousands of patients taking costly drugs for ailments such as cancer and rheumatoid arthritis are being asked to shoulder a greater share of the expense. In other news, consumers are demanding access to their medical device data. Others are harnessing the internet to jumpstart medical research and share important experiences, including serious illnesses, with family and friends.

30 May 2012

Breathe Technologies earns Medical Design Excellence Award for NIOV System

Breathe Technologies, Inc. today announced that their Non-Invasive Open Ventilation (NIOV) System has been awarded a prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA).

30 May 2012

House GOP plans new votes repealing parts of health law ahead of Supreme Court ruling

The two bills would repeal a tax on medical devices and ease restrictions on health savings accounts, both parts of the Democrats' health care reform law.

30 May 2012

PRS launches Global Regulatory Intelligence Database

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Services, Inc., a global provider of regulatory and pharmacovigilance support to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, is pleased to announce the launch of GRID - Global Regulatory Intelligence Database.

30 May 2012

House plans vote on amended FDA user fee reauthorization bill, hears from docs on Medicare payment fix

The GOP-led House will vote on an amended version of the FDA reauthorization bill, and medical officials are urging action on Medicare payments.

30 May 2012

Health law opinions: 'Improvised explosive' device tax; Iowa legislators force role for brokers on insurance exchanges

"Taxmageddon" isn't only about the half-trillion-dollar blow to the economy that arrives in 2013 on the end of the Bush-Obama tax rates. Several of the Affordable Care Act's worst tax increases kick in too, such as the new excise tax on medical devices. The 2.3 percent levy applies to the sale of everything from cardiac defibrillators to artificial joints to MRI scanners. The device tax is supposed to raise $28.5 billion from 2013 to 2022, and it is especially harmful because it applies to gross sales, not profits.

30 May 2012

Safety of breast implants

Following the recent scandal, described in May 2012 by the BBC as the “PIP breast implant scandal”, (1) many women may have been put off having breast implants. But how safe exactly is breast enlargement? And how do the different methods compare?

29 May 2012

AMS, Expanding Orthopedics partner to distribute XPED system in Italy

Expanding Orthopedics Inc. announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Advanced Medical Systems for the distribution of its unique XPED Expanding Pedicle Screw System in Italy.

29 May 2012

Health Robotics announces HAT as new marketing and service channel in Saudi Arabia

Health Robotics today announced a new marketing and service channel for its world-leading i.v.STATION ONCO, i.v.SOFT, and i.v.STATION products with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-based market leader Hospital Automation Technology (HAT). Health Robotics continues to spearhead the global healthcare industry and persisting on its worldwide quest to provide safe and cost-effective Intravenous Admixture Compounding Automation all over the world.

28 May 2012

ABL receives CE-IVD approval for DeepChek and ViroScore Suite clinical genotyping solutions

Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL) announced today that DeepChek and ViroScore Suite clinical genotyping solutions are now CE-IVD (In Vitro Diagnostics) approved for commercial use in Europe and other countries that recognise CE certification.

28 May 2012