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Medical Web Technologies receives US patent for One Medical Passport solution

Medical Web Technologies, LLC today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company patent No. 7,865,373 entitled, "Method and Apparatus for Sharing Healthcare Data."

9 Feb 2011

FDA proposes new Innovation Pathway program for pioneering medical devices

Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed the Innovation Pathway, a priority review program for new, breakthrough medical devices and announced the first submission: a brain-controlled, upper-extremity prosthetic that will serve as a pilot for the program. The FDA also announced plans to seek further public comment before the Pathway can be used more broadly.

9 Feb 2011

Novel technique could speed up the development of peptide-based drugs against cancer

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have devised two new ways of "stapling" peptide helices to prevent these medically important molecules from losing their shape and degrading in the presence of enzymes.

9 Feb 2011

Momenta receives US patent for methods of developing glatiramer acetate drug

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in the characterization and engineering of complex drugs, announced today that on February 8, 2011 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 7,884,187, entitled "Analysis of Amino Acid Copolymer Compositions."

9 Feb 2011

NivaSonix receives USPTO notice of allowance for 'External Ultrasound Lipoplasty' patent

NivaSonix, LLC announced today the allowance by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) of its core patent "External Ultrasound Lipoplasty". Nine additional U.S. and international patents are pending with additional patent filings in progress. The patent describes a technology that allows a new generation of non-invasive ultrasound therapy for both fat and wrinkle reduction targeted for patients worldwide.

9 Feb 2011

Vical announces issuance of US patent for HSV-2 vaccine

Vical Incorporated announced today the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 7,879,339, assigned to Vical and the University of Washington, covering DNA vaccines for herpes simplex virus type 2.

9 Feb 2011

Nine thousand patients to take part in Nowegian study on opening of narrowed coronary arteries

Nine thousand patients will take part in a clinical trial to determine the best method of opening narrowed coronary arteries. The results of the study may lead to substantial cost savings - and save lives.

9 Feb 2011

DE-MRI holds promise for predicting risks of strokes

Researchers at the University of Utah's Comprehensive Arrhythmia and Research Management Center have found that delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging holds promise for predicting the risks of strokes, the third leading cause of death in the U.S.

9 Feb 2011

USPTO issues patent for Metabolon's UHPLC/MSn-based analytical platform

Metabolon, the leader in metabolomics, biomarker discovery and analysis, announced today the grant of US Patent No. 7,884,318 entitled "Systems, Methods, and Computer-Readable Medium for Determining Composition of Chemical Constituents in a Complex Mixture".

8 Feb 2011

ICF receives new $10 million contract through HPTi to support U.S. Department of VA

ICF International, a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, has been awarded a new $10 million contract through High Performance Technologies, to support the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The contract has a term of one base year and four option years.

8 Feb 2011

FDA approves Medtronic's new Revo MRI pacemaker

Medtronic, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its Revo MRI SureScan pacing system, the first and only pacemaker in the U.S. specifically designed for use in an Magnetic Resonance Imaging environment and approved as MR-Conditional. Shipments of Revo MRI will begin immediately.

8 Feb 2011

Motorcycle helmets reduce spine injuries after collisions

Motorcycle helmets, long known to dramatically reduce the number of brain injuries and deaths from crashes, appear to also be associated with a lower risk of cervical spine injury, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests.

8 Feb 2011

Total flu cover with one shot

In a medical breakthrough, English scientists have developed a so-called “universal” vaccine to influenza - one that protects against all strains of the potentially deadly illness. This would do away with the need for a new vaccine each flu season they say. Seasonal flu affects up to 20 percent of the population and kills an average of 24,600 people each year. This vaccine would act against swine flu as well assure researchers.

8 Feb 2011

Researchers develop reality-based video game therapies to help stroke patients

The Journal of the American Medical Society featured the research of NJIT Associate Professor Sergei Adamovich, a biomedical engineer. Adamovich and his research partners, physical therapists Alma Merians, PhD, PT, and Eugene Tunik, PhD, PT, at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, have developed innovative robotic and virtual reality-based video game therapies to help stroke patients regain use of hands and arms.

8 Feb 2011

RemedyMD announces new ComprehensiveBMT to solve key HSCT research challenges

RemedyMD has identified the need within the HSCT community to build software that can aggregate, link, harmonize, and analyze data from patients and donors and then report data as necessary to the CIBMTR.

8 Feb 2011

Smartphone juggernaut will impact revenues, design strategies, and IP management, say UBM TechInsights

UBM TechInsights today warned the consumer medical device industry that the smartphone juggernaut will impact revenues, design strategies, and intellectual property management for medical devices in the same way it has for many consumer products including cameras, GPS devices and personal media players.

8 Feb 2011

New facilities for developing imaging tests in PESA CNIC-Santander study inaugurated

Felipe P-triz, Secretary of State for Research and Emilio Bot-n, president of Banco Santander have inaugurated today in Banco Santander Finantial City (located in Boadilla del Monte) the new facilities for developing the first imaging tests included in PESA (Progression of Early Subclinical Atherosclerosis) CNIC-Santander study.

8 Feb 2011

Abbott's Ibis, PLEX-ID technologies identify causative organism of plague in Afghanistan

Today, at the American Society for Microbiology Conference on Biodefense and Emerging Diseases, scientists from Abbott Molecular presented data showing the unique power of the company's Ibis technology to identify and further characterize unknown disease-causing pathogens to help aid in the bioforensic analysis of pandemic outbreaks.

8 Feb 2011

Ansaris receives milestone payment for identification of kinase-related compound for cancer, autoimmune diseases

Ansaris announced today that it has received a milestone payment for the successful identification of a kinase-related compound under its drug discovery collaboration with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Ono will initiate the preclinical study of the identified compound. This collaboration between Ansaris and Ono was established to focus on the discovery of kinase-related compounds for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

8 Feb 2011

Elan 2010 total revenue increases 5% to $1,169.7 million

Elan Corporation, plc today reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2010 financial results and provided financial guidance for 2011.

8 Feb 2011

Technology News and Research

Medical Web Technologies receives US patent for One Medical Passport solution

FDA proposes new Innovation Pathway program for pioneering medical devices

Novel technique could speed up the development of peptide-based drugs against cancer

Momenta receives US patent for methods of developing glatiramer acetate drug

NivaSonix receives USPTO notice of allowance for 'External Ultrasound Lipoplasty' patent

Vical announces issuance of US patent for HSV-2 vaccine

Nine thousand patients to take part in Nowegian study on opening of narrowed coronary arteries

DE-MRI holds promise for predicting risks of strokes

USPTO issues patent for Metabolon's UHPLC/MSn-based analytical platform

ICF receives new $10 million contract through HPTi to support U.S. Department of VA

FDA approves Medtronic's new Revo MRI pacemaker

Motorcycle helmets reduce spine injuries after collisions

Total flu cover with one shot

Researchers develop reality-based video game therapies to help stroke patients

RemedyMD announces new ComprehensiveBMT to solve key HSCT research challenges

Smartphone juggernaut will impact revenues, design strategies, and IP management, say UBM TechInsights

New facilities for developing imaging tests in PESA CNIC-Santander study inaugurated

Abbott's Ibis, PLEX-ID technologies identify causative organism of plague in Afghanistan

Ansaris receives milestone payment for identification of kinase-related compound for cancer, autoimmune diseases

Elan 2010 total revenue increases 5% to $1,169.7 million

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