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Genpact announces acquisition of JAWOOD

Genpact Limited, a global leader in business process management and technology services, today announces that it has acquired JAWOOD, a leading provider of business services to the healthcare payer industry.

6 Feb 2013

IsoRay announces presentation video on metastatic brain cancers by Cornell Weill

IsoRay Inc., a medical technology company and innovator in seed brachytherapy and medical radioisotope applications, today announced the presentation video by Cornell Weill demonstrating their techniques in the successful treatment of metastatic brain cancers using IsoRay's patented Cesium-131 (Cs-131) sutured seeds.

6 Feb 2013

Technology helps doctor unlock clues about illness's environmental causes

Epidemiologist David Van Sickle spent years studying asthma, but like many researchers of the chronic disease, he was frustrated by the obstacles to determining precise triggers of an individual attack. That frustration gave him an idea for a rescue inhaler topped with a GPS sensor.

6 Feb 2013

Researchers detect social attention deficits in infants at increased risk of autism

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine are able to detect deficits in social attention in infants as young as six months of age who later develop Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

6 Feb 2013

ZOLL's Intravascular Temperature Management solution receives Shonin approval in Japan

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to enter the Japanese market with its Intravascular Temperature Management (IVTM) technology—the first intravascular temperature management system to receive Shonin approval in Japan.

6 Feb 2013

Kips Bay Medical initiates eMESH I clinical feasibility trial in atherosclerotic disease

Manny Villafaña, Chairman and CEO of Kips Bay Medical Inc. announced that on February 5, 2013, the first U.S. patient was implanted with the eSVS Mesh at the Northeast Georgia Heart Center in Gainesville, Georgia.

6 Feb 2013

Wiley, The Cochrane Collaboration renew and redefine publishing partnership

The Cochrane Collaboration, the international not-for-profit organization that produces systematic reviews of healthcare evidence and the largest database of randomized controlled trials; and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global provider of content and workflow solutions in the areas of scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly research, professional development, and education, today announced that they have renewed and redefined their partnership to publish The Cochrane Library from February 2013.

6 Feb 2013

Stanmore receives FDA clearance for Sculptor Robotic Guidance Arm

Stanmore Implants, specialists in the design and manufacture of patient specific and modular orthopaedic implants, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Sculptor Robotic Guidance Arm for precision implant placement in unicompartmental knee surgery, also known as partial knee resurfacing.

5 Feb 2013

BD first quarter revenues increase 3.7% to $1.90 billion

BD, a leading global medical technology company, today reported quarterly revenues of $1.90 billion for the first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012, representing an increase of 3.7 percent from the prior-year period, or 5.2 percent on a foreign currency-neutral basis.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 5 Feb 2013

Orphan, St George's sign licensing agreement to develop new therapies for metabolic disorders

St George's, University of London has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with rare-disease research-and-development firm Orphan Technologies Ltd to develop new therapies for deadly metabolic disorders.

5 Feb 2013

NeuroSigma receives third NIH grant to develop subcutaneous trigeminal nerve stimulation for DRE

NeuroSigma, Inc., a California-based medical device company, today announced it received a Notice of Award, for a Fast Track Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

5 Feb 2013

Maimonides, Navidea to evaluate Lymphoseek use in lymphatic mapping for colorectal cancer

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on precision diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, today announced it has entered into an agreement to collaborate with Maimonides Medical Center to investigate the utility of Lymphoseek (technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept) Injection in lymphatic mapping procedures for colorectal cancer.

5 Feb 2013

Accumulation of passenger mutations can slow or even halt tumor growth

A typical cancer cell has thousands of mutations scattered throughout its genome and hundreds of mutated genes. However, only a handful of those genes, known as drivers, are responsible for cancerous traits such as uncontrolled growth. Cancer biologists have largely ignored the other mutations, believing they had little or no impact on cancer progression.

5 Feb 2013

USPTO issues patent to KAHR-101 for treatment of cancers, arthritis and MS

Hadasit Bio-Holdings Ltd., a publicly traded portfolio of biotech companies, based on intellectual property developed and owned by Hadassah University Hospital, Israel's foremost medical research center, today announced that its portfolio company, KAHR Medical Ltd., was granted a U.S. patent approval (U.S. Patent No. 8329657).

5 Feb 2013

AAPOS committee revises guidelines for automated preschool vision screening

The Vision Screening Committee of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the professional organization for pediatric eye care, has revised its guidelines for automated preschool vision screening based on new evidence. The new guidelines are published in the February issue of the Journal of AAPOS.

5 Feb 2013

St. Jude Medical initiates Portico Transfemoral European Trial in severe aortic stenosis

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced the first patient implant of its 25 mm Portico Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve using the Transfemoral Delivery System in its ongoing European trial.

5 Feb 2013

FDA clears Ethicon Endo-Surgery’s ENSEAL G2 Articulating Tissue Sealer

To address surgeons' need for strong sealing in tight spaces where access is limited, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Ethicon) today announces the 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the ENSEAL G2 Articulating Tissue Sealer.

5 Feb 2013

Technion, Alpha Szenszor partner to commercialize lung cancer diagnostics

Alpha Szenszor Inc., a leading provider of carbon nanotube based sensors and the Technion -Israel Institute of Technology have announced a joint venture for the commercialization of advanced lung cancer diagnostics based on Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) detection from human breath.

5 Feb 2013

Survey: 62% of newly graduated nurses will have trouble finding jobs in the next year

62% of newly graduated nurses will have trouble finding jobs in the next year, according to a survey conducted by Nursing Degree.org, a leading nursing education and career portal. The study surveyed Registered Nurses who had graduated in the last two years. Most of the students surveyed indicated that they had trouble finding a full time job in their field, or were not working in the field of nursing at all, despite their qualifications.

4 Feb 2013

New method for detecting cancer by measuring elasticity of tumours

As the first countries in the world, Norway and France will be testing a completely new method for detecting cancer. This is done by measuring the elasticity of tumours. The method is called elastography. You may as well learn this new word right away; in a few years, elastography may be as common as X-rays.

4 Feb 2013

Technology News and Research

Genpact announces acquisition of JAWOOD

IsoRay announces presentation video on metastatic brain cancers by Cornell Weill

Technology helps doctor unlock clues about illness's environmental causes

Researchers detect social attention deficits in infants at increased risk of autism

ZOLL's Intravascular Temperature Management solution receives Shonin approval in Japan

Kips Bay Medical initiates eMESH I clinical feasibility trial in atherosclerotic disease

Wiley, The Cochrane Collaboration renew and redefine publishing partnership

Stanmore receives FDA clearance for Sculptor Robotic Guidance Arm

BD first quarter revenues increase 3.7% to $1.90 billion

Orphan, St George's sign licensing agreement to develop new therapies for metabolic disorders

NeuroSigma receives third NIH grant to develop subcutaneous trigeminal nerve stimulation for DRE

Maimonides, Navidea to evaluate Lymphoseek use in lymphatic mapping for colorectal cancer

Accumulation of passenger mutations can slow or even halt tumor growth

USPTO issues patent to KAHR-101 for treatment of cancers, arthritis and MS

AAPOS committee revises guidelines for automated preschool vision screening

St. Jude Medical initiates Portico Transfemoral European Trial in severe aortic stenosis

FDA clears Ethicon Endo-Surgery’s ENSEAL G2 Articulating Tissue Sealer

Technion, Alpha Szenszor partner to commercialize lung cancer diagnostics

Survey: 62% of newly graduated nurses will have trouble finding jobs in the next year

New method for detecting cancer by measuring elasticity of tumours

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

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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