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FDA approves Roche's real-time PCR COBAS TaqMan HCV Test, v2.0

Roche announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the real-time PCR COBAS® TaqMan® HCV Test, v2.0. Clinical research organizations have depended on COBAS® TaqMan® technology to support hepatitis C pharmaceutical trials and development.

25 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

Emdeon Clinician receives Meaningful Use of EHR Technology certification

Emdeon Inc., a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management solutions, today announced that Emdeon Clinician™ has been certified to meet Stage 1 Certification Criteria for Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Technology by the Drummond Group Inc. Emdeon Clinician is a component of Emdeon Office Suite™, which allows healthcare providers to tap into Emdeon's vast network of payers, providers, labs and pharmacies for clinical, financial and administrative healthcare transactions.

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

GSA Annual Scientific Meeting to focus on up-to-date news on aging

America's premier authorities on aging will share the most up-to-date news on Social Security, health care reform, the impact of disasters on older people, evolution instruction in classrooms, and other current topics at The Gerontological Society of America's upcoming 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting.

25 Oct 2010

Intensive population management program reduces risk of death, health care costs

A new study from Kaiser Permanente Colorado is one of the first to show that an intensive population management program that matches heart disease patients to personal nurses and clinical pharmacy specialists not only reduces the risk of death but reduces health care costs as well.

25 Oct 2010

Immune Network enters letter of intent to acquire Immunitor oral vaccine technology

Immune Network Ltd. advises that a clinical trial of V5 Immunitor oral vaccine was published earlier this month demonstrating an unexpected powerful effect against tuberculosis, including multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and tuberculosis that is complicated by co-infection with HIV and hepatitis C (HCV).

25 Oct 2010

GSN initiates trial of microarray PGD on pregnancy and implantation rates in IVF

Gene Security Network (GSN) announced today that it has initiated enrollment for a prospective randomized trial in collaboration with Ferring Pharmaceuticals to evaluate the impact of GSN's advanced preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) with Parental Support™ on pregnancy and implantation rates in IVF.

25 Oct 2010

DATATRAK announces 2010 Q4 release of eClinical solution

DATATRAK International, Inc. a technology and services company focused on global eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry, today announced the 2010 Q4 release of its DATATRAK eClinical solution.

25 Oct 2010

Roper third quarter net earnings increase 49% to $84 million

Roper Industries, Inc. reported record results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2010.

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

Popular Mechanics recognizes three NSF-funded projects with innovation Breakthrough Awards

Popular Mechanics has recognized three NSF-funded projects with innovation Breakthrough Awards: an artificial retina returning sight to those who have lost it; a system that uses "controlled rocking" and energy-dissipating fuses to help buildings withstand earthquakes; and an inexpensive medical microscope built for cell-phones that allows doctors in rural villages to identify malaria-infected blood cells.

25 Oct 2010

Biomerix enters distribution agreement with Medline

Biomerix Corporation, a medical technology company developing and manufacturing innovative hernia repair products, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Medline Industries, Inc., the nation's largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of medical and surgical products in the United States.

25 Oct 2010

New gene therapy product reduces plasma cholesterol levels

Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (AMT) Holding N.V. a leader in the development of gene based therapies, today announced that its gene therapy product incorporating siRNA sequences into microRNA scaffolds to silence Apolipoprotein B100 (AAV-miApoB) was able to significantly lower plasma cholesterol levels in vivo over a period of 18 weeks. These preliminary results suggest that this approach could lead to a treatment for high cholesterol in humans

25 Oct 2010

Saint Francis HealthCare Partners and Phytel partner to achieve NCQA recognition

Saint Francis HealthCare Partners announced today that it has selected Phytel to help achieve NCQA recognition as a patient-centered medical home and will be rolling out Phytel's unique care coordination and population health management solution, Proactive Patient Outreach, in November.

25 Oct 2010

VTI expands into consumer electronics segment

VTI Technologies, a pioneer in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) for the past 20 years, is now taking a new direction and expanding into the consumer electronics segment. VTI is already the market leader in low-g sensors for the automotive industry, as well as in ultra-low power sensors for the medical implantable market.

25 Oct 2010

State officials adopt standards for insurers' expenses

The New York Times: "State insurance commissioners on Thursday unanimously endorsed tough new standards that would require many health insurance companies to spend more of each premium dollar for the benefit of consumers. The new federal health care law stipulates that at least 80 percent of premium revenue must be spent on medical care and 'activities that improve health care quality' for patients — not retained as profits or used to pay executive compensation and administrative expenses.

25 Oct 2010

Inovio announces publication of minimally-invasive intradermal device in journal Gene Therapy

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today that a peer-reviewed research article describing the development of a new intradermal, minimally-invasive DNA vaccine delivery device was published in the prestigious journal Gene Therapy.

25 Oct 2010

NIH awards $3.9M for Fanconi anemia research

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a three-year, $3.9 million grant to Children's Hospital Boston researchers and their colleagues to develop a therapy to treat Fanconi anemia, a fatal genetic blood disease.

25 Oct 2010

H70 study provides data on cognitive symptoms that predict dementia

Today´s 70-year-olds do far better in intelligence tests than their predecessors. It has also become more difficult to detect dementia in its early stages, though forgetfulness is still an early symptom, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, based on the H70 study.

25 Oct 2010

Technology News and Research

FDA approves Roche's real-time PCR COBAS TaqMan HCV Test, v2.0

ThermalTherapeutic Systems, Applied Medical enter strategic alliance

Emdeon Clinician receives Meaningful Use of EHR Technology certification

CryoLife commences European distribution of PerClot polysaccharide hemostatic agent

GSA Annual Scientific Meeting to focus on up-to-date news on aging

Intensive population management program reduces risk of death, health care costs

Immune Network enters letter of intent to acquire Immunitor oral vaccine technology

GSN initiates trial of microarray PGD on pregnancy and implantation rates in IVF

DATATRAK announces 2010 Q4 release of eClinical solution

Roper third quarter net earnings increase 49% to $84 million

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

Popular Mechanics recognizes three NSF-funded projects with innovation Breakthrough Awards

Biomerix enters distribution agreement with Medline

New gene therapy product reduces plasma cholesterol levels

Saint Francis HealthCare Partners and Phytel partner to achieve NCQA recognition

VTI expands into consumer electronics segment

State officials adopt standards for insurers' expenses

Inovio announces publication of minimally-invasive intradermal device in journal Gene Therapy

NIH awards $3.9M for Fanconi anemia research

H70 study provides data on cognitive symptoms that predict dementia

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