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FDA clears Olerup SSP’s Taq-polymerase-free HLA typing kit for sale in the U.S.

Olerup SSP, a wholly owned subsidiary of LinkMed (STO:LMED), has had its Taq-polymerase-free HLA typing kit registered and cleared by the FDA. This means that Olerup SSP’s entire product range for HLA typing, with or without Taq polymerase, can now be marketed and sold to a greater number of healthcare centers in North America.

15 Sep 2009

CBI's October Summit to discuss import-export regulation chain safety and security issues

The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI), a division of Advanstar Communications, is pleased to host their October Summit taking place at the Marriott Tyson's Corner, on October 22-23, 2009. Thought leaders from the importing and exporting compliance space from leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies assemble to discuss timely issues surrounding import-export regulation chain safety and security in this industry.

15 Sep 2009

Disruption of the spectrin-actin network leads to lens cell in the eye to lose their shape: Study

A network of proteins underlying the plasma membrane keeps epithelial cells in shape and maintains their orderly hexagonal packing in the mouse lens, say Nowak et al. The study will appear in the September 21, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology (online September 14).

15 Sep 2009

Risk for patients contracting pneumonia increases threefold when treated with pantoprazole: Study

A popular stomach-acid reducer used to prevent stress ulcers in critically ill patients needing breathing machine support increases the risk of those patients contracting pneumonia threefold, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

15 Sep 2009

Mellow Hope completes clinical trial of H1N1 vaccine, receives approval from SFDA

At the beginning of September, Mellow Hope completed the clinical trial of Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine (Split Virion). The company received the clinical approval from the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) http://eng.sfda.gov.cn/eng. Production will be started shortly.

15 Sep 2009

Clinical studies reveal treatment with pirfenidone is safe and well-tolerated

InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN) today announced that the results of a comprehensive review of safety data from four clinical studies were presented at the 2009 European Respiratory Society Annual Congress in Vienna, Austria by Dr. Ulrich Costabel of the Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany.

14 Sep 2009

Genoptix to present an overview of its specialized diagnostic laboratory services business

Genoptix, Inc., a specialized laboratory services provider, today announced the Company's participation at the following upcoming investor conferences.

14 Sep 2009

POS website for one-stop paper shopping experience

POSPaper.com, the Internet’s premier source for point-of-sale supplies, paper products, and accessories, has expanded its website to include a “Restaurant Supplies” section as well as one-stop paper shopping for restaurants, retailers, banks, casinos, resorts, grocers, and more.

14 Sep 2009

IAEA's mission removing radioactive sources from Lebanon completed

An IAEA mission to get powerful radioactive sources out of Lebanon was completed 30 August 2009, after a plane carrying the high-activity cargo safely touched down in Russia, where the sources are now securely and safely stored.

14 Sep 2009

Special Projects Discovery Grant program launched for brain tumor diagnosis research

The American Brain Tumor Association has launched a new Special Projects Discovery Grant program to support fresh and creative research ideas for solving the challenges of brain tumor diagnosis and treatment.

14 Sep 2009

InfraReDx to display Lipiscan at TCT scientific meeting

InfraReDx today announced its preliminary schedule of events at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific meeting, scheduled from Monday, September 21st to Friday, September 25th, in San Francisco, CA. at the Moscone Center.

14 Sep 2009

Communicable and Chronic Disease and AIDS course on biological agents causing diseases

Indiana State University's exposure this week to the H1N1 virus has one of the school's environmental health sciences professors using the campus as her classroom.

14 Sep 2009

Public option, abortion funding unlikely in final health reform bill

News coverage of the Sunday talk shows centered around whether a "public option" will be included in health overhaul legislation.

14 Sep 2009

The 2009 Private Care Association Conference to discuss crucial issues affecting private care registries

During its 2009 Annual Conference in Washington, DC from September 29 through October 1, the Private Care Association (PCA) will address some of the most pressing issues facing private care registries in the country today. The most crucial issues to be discussed during the Conference include:

11 Sep 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reorganizes and updates its warning letters web page

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reorganized and updated the warning letters page in the Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations section of the FDA Web site.

11 Sep 2009

Phase 3 trial of ataluren commences

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTC) today announced the initiation of a Phase 3 trial of ataluren (formerly PTC124(R)), an investigational protein restoration therapy in patients with nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis (nmCF).

11 Sep 2009

ABTA launches new research program on brain tumor therapy

11 Sep 2009

Routine screening is useful for identifying pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Pregnant women who develop marked increased blood sugar levels during pregnancy can reduce the risk of certain birth complications if they receive treatment. This is a prerequisite for offering all pregnant women routine screening for gestational diabetes.

11 Sep 2009

SafeTrace Tx software deployed in Schuylkill Health of Pottsville

Global Med Technologies((R)), Inc. ("Global Med" or the "Company"), an international e-Health, medical information technology company, today announced that its Wyndgate Technologies division has licensed and deployed its SafeTrace Tx((R)) transfusion management software to Schuylkill Health of Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

11 Sep 2009

The first CardioGraft patch with MatrACELL technology implant performed

LifeNet Health, a leading allograft bio-implant company, announces the first implant of a CardioGraft(TM) allograft cardiac patch product with MatrACELL(TM)( )decellularization technology. The surgery was performed at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo by Gary K. Lofland, MD, FACS, Section Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo, The Joseph Boon Gregg/Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Professor of Surgery, UMKC.

10 Sep 2009

C section News and Research

FDA clears Olerup SSP’s Taq-polymerase-free HLA typing kit for sale in the U.S.

CBI's October Summit to discuss import-export regulation chain safety and security issues

Disruption of the spectrin-actin network leads to lens cell in the eye to lose their shape: Study

Risk for patients contracting pneumonia increases threefold when treated with pantoprazole: Study

Mellow Hope completes clinical trial of H1N1 vaccine, receives approval from SFDA

Clinical studies reveal treatment with pirfenidone is safe and well-tolerated

Genoptix to present an overview of its specialized diagnostic laboratory services business

POS website for one-stop paper shopping experience

IAEA's mission removing radioactive sources from Lebanon completed

Special Projects Discovery Grant program launched for brain tumor diagnosis research

InfraReDx to display Lipiscan at TCT scientific meeting

Communicable and Chronic Disease and AIDS course on biological agents causing diseases

Public option, abortion funding unlikely in final health reform bill

The 2009 Private Care Association Conference to discuss crucial issues affecting private care registries

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reorganizes and updates its warning letters web page

Phase 3 trial of ataluren commences

ABTA launches new research program on brain tumor therapy

Routine screening is useful for identifying pregnant women with gestational diabetes

SafeTrace Tx software deployed in Schuylkill Health of Pottsville

The first CardioGraft patch with MatrACELL technology implant performed

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