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Aastrom Biosciences and ATEK Medical enter new strategic partnership

Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., a leading developer of expanded autologous cellular therapies for the treatment of severe cardiovascular diseases, and ATEK Medical, a leading medical device manufacturer, today announced the formation of a new strategic partnership in which ATEK Medical will supply key components and technology for use in Aastrom's proprietary cell manufacturing process.

26 Oct 2010

Caldera Medical relocates to new, larger facility

Caldera Medical today announced its relocation to a new facility in Agoura Hills, CA. The former corporate headquarters of DTS offers Caldera approximately eight times more square footage in anticipation of continued growth as well as capability expansion.

26 Oct 2010

Synergetics announces record sales leads generated from ophthalmic products

Synergetics USA, Inc. a medical device company that designs, manufactures, and markets innovative devices for ophthalmic and neurosurgical applications, today announced record sales leads generated from the presentation of recently released ophthalmic products at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). The AAO meeting was held in Chicago's McCormick Place on October 16-19, 2010.

26 Oct 2010

PAREXEL's white paper provides data on biopharmaceutical, medical device product development

PAREXEL Consulting, a business unit of PAREXEL International and a leading global life sciences consultancy serving the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries, today released a new white paper entitled Drug Innovation, Approval, Market Access, and the New Normal Emerging FDA Review Outcome Trends for New Drugs.

From Parexel 26 Oct 2010

DKSH’s distribution centers achieve GMP/GDP certification

On the occasion of DKSH's Annual Logistics and Quality Seminar in Taipei, Business Unit Healthcare organized a Certification Award Ceremony to acknowledge the great success of the certification program. It was presided by Charles Toomey, Executive Vice President Business Unit Healthcare, and Dr. Eize de Boer from SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance).

26 Oct 2010

CorMatrix's ECM technology reduces postoperative atrial fibrillation in CABG patients

CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc., a medical device company dedicated to developing and delivering unique extracellular matrix (ECM) biomaterial devices that harness the body's innate ability to repair damaged cardiovascular tissue, announced today that a retrospective study demonstrated that reconstructing the pericardium using ECM Technology in patients undergoing primary isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) contributed to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in the rate of new onset postoperative atrial fibrillation.

26 Oct 2010

Maven Semantic updates Lymphocyte Cell Biology research database

Maven Semantic announces updates to their Lymphocyte Cell Biology research database. The new database is now available to marketing, business development, competitor intelligence, KOL, medical affairs and related departments in the life sciences sector.

26 Oct 2010

ThermalTherapeutic Systems, Applied Medical enter strategic alliance

ThermalTherapeutic Systems, Inc., the developer of a highly portable platform technology designed to standardize hyperthermic perfusion treatments, today announced a strategic alliance with Applied Medical Products and Solutions of Boston, MA.

25 Oct 2010

CryoLife commences European distribution of PerClot polysaccharide hemostatic agent

CryoLife, Inc., an implantable biological medical device and cardiovascular tissue processing company, announced today that it has begun European distribution of PerClot®, a novel polysaccharide hemostatic agent used to control bleeding during surgical procedures or following traumatic injuries.

25 Oct 2010

CECOFLES to present results of fertility treatment cycles at ASRM Annual Meeting

INVO Bioscience, Inc. a medical device company focused on treatment options for patients diagnosed with infertility, today announced that Dr. Elkin Lucena of the Columbian Fertility and Sterility Center (CECOFLES LTDA) will present the results of the first 95 fertility treatment cycles undertaken at the Center utilizing INVO Bioscience's INVOcell technology at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine on October 26, 2010 in Denver, Colorado.

25 Oct 2010

Sorin announces full and final settlement of Department of Justice's Ela Medical investigation

Sorin Group, a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today that it has concluded a full and final settlement of the United States Department of Justice investigation into sales and marketing practices of its subsidiary Ela Medical, Inc. and of former independent sales representatives. Tentative settlement had been previously announced by the Group on March 12th, 2010.

25 Oct 2010

Diabetes and peripheral artery disease are costly; PAD may spur growth in medical device industry

Diabetes cases in the U.S. are expected to double or triple by 2050, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

25 Oct 2010

St. Jude Medical authorizes additional share repurchase program

St. Jude Medical, Inc. a global medical device company, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an additional share repurchase program of up to $300 million of its outstanding common stock.

25 Oct 2010

Wright Medical launches PRO-STIM Injectable Inductive Graft

Wright Medical Group, Inc. a global orthopaedic medical device company, is pleased to announce the full commercial launch of PRO-STIM Injectable Inductive Graft.

22 Oct 2010

Electronic Medicaid data goes missing; New report says med-tech companies 'under siege'

"A computer flash drive containing the names, addresses, and personal health information of 280,000 people," primarily Medicaid recipients, "is missing - one of the largest recent security breaches of personal health data in the nation." The "security failure" involved nearly two-thirds of subscribers to the Philadelphia-based companies Keystone Mercy Health Plan and AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan, and as of Tuesday, "there had been no reports of anyone trying to use the information stored on the drive."

22 Oct 2010

Lodestone Clinical Trials Supply Management solution achieves 'Powered By SAP Netweaver' certification

Lodestone Management Consultants today announced the new software release 1.0 of its Clinical Trials Supply Management (CTSM) Add-On Suite®. The solution has achieved SAP certification as powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform, providing more transparency and a reduction of overages in the complex and time-consuming clinical development process of which the clinical supply chain is a key component.

21 Oct 2010