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DATATRAK receives consulting contract to provide clinical data management

DATATRAK International, Inc., a technology and services company focused on global eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry, today announced the award of a consulting contract with an existing global research-based biopharmaceutical client to provide clinical data management and trial design services.

5 Oct 2010

CLC bio publishes article for simulating de novo assemblies

In the inaugural edition of the Open Access Journal "Genes", scientists from CLC bio along with Michael M. Miyamoto from the University of Florida published an article with corresponding free software for simulating de novo assemblies.

5 Oct 2010

TMNG Global and Scientia Advisors partner to offer strategic consulting services for home health sector

TMNG Global a leading provider of professional services to the global communications, digital media, technology, and financial services industries, and Scientia Advisors, a global management consulting firm specializing in healthcare, life science, nutrition and biotechnology, today announced a partnership to offer strategic consulting services for the emerging home health sector.

5 Oct 2010

Preclinical data of Enzon's PEG-SN38 in pediatric neuroblastoma published in Clinical Cancer Research

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the publication of preclinical data demonstrating that PEG-SN38 (EZN-2208), the Company's novel PEGylated DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor, led to significantly greater tumor regression as compared to CPT-11 (irinotecan) in both in vitro and in vivo models of pediatric neuroblastoma.

5 Oct 2010

Intellect Neurosciences receives patent for Alzheimer's disease monoclonal antibody program

Intellect Neurosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company with internal preclinical and clinical-stage pipelines, as well as multiple licenses with major pharmaceutical companies covering products in late-stage clinical trials, announced that it has received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) related to its internal Alzheimer's disease (AD) monoclonal antibody program.

5 Oct 2010

GE Healthcare launches first human cellular assay product

Geron Corporation today announced that GE Healthcare has launched the first human cellular assay product for use in drug discovery and toxicity screening, developed under a license and alliance agreement between the two companies.

5 Oct 2010

EUCODIS Bioscience, evocatal enter alliance to market industrial enzyme products

Industrial biotech companies EUCODIS Bioscience and evocatal today announced the formation of an alliance to jointly market the companies' industrial enzyme products, including alcohol dehydrogenases, lipases, and other enzymes.

5 Oct 2010

Ceremed's implantable polymer material receives Best New Technology for Spine Care award

Ceremed's patented implantable polymer material known as AOC won Orthopedics This Week's annual award for Best New Technology for Spine Care in 2010 in the Biomaterials category.

5 Oct 2010

Researchers endeavor to create map of human brain's wiring using MEG technology

As a part of a $30 million dollar National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative to map the human brain, Saint Louis University neurosurgeon Richard Bucholz, M.D. will image the brains of healthy adults with MEG technology, providing key information about brain function.

5 Oct 2010

FMCNA offers annual flu vaccine to patients and clinical staff

Beginning in mid-October, Fresenius Medical Care North America will offer all of its patients and clinical staff an annual flu vaccine, which protects against both seasonal flu and H1N1 this year. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) cautions that it is likely that H1N1 will continue to spread along with seasonal viruses this flu season.

5 Oct 2010

Orthopedics This Week presents 2010 Spine Technology Awards to Axial Biotech

Axial Biotech, Inc., a company revolutionizing spine care through the development of molecular diagnostic technologies, was selected as a winner at the 2010 Spine Technology Awards.

5 Oct 2010

USPTO approves Microdroplet botulinum toxin treatment

The patent application for Microdroplet botulinum toxin, a treatment that improves facial features without detracting from facial expressiveness, has been allowed to inventor Dr. Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D. on September 2, 2010.

5 Oct 2010

Covidien to showcase innovative surgical products at 96th ACS Clinical Congress

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, will preview new devices and showcase some of the Company's most innovative products at the 96th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.

5 Oct 2010

Coastal Contacts receives BC Export Award

Coastal Contacts Inc., the world's largest online retailer of contact lenses and eyeglasses, was named by the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) and the Ministry of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development to receive a BC Export Award as one of the top 25 exporters in British Columbia in 2010.

5 Oct 2010

Telemedicine helps in early diagnosis and treatment of pediatric heart problems

A new study by researchers from Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo., found that rapid electronic review of children's heart images by specialists nearly 200 miles away allowed for earlier diagnosis and treatment of potentially serious pediatric heart problems. The study was presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco.

5 Oct 2010

Researchers complete first studies of mephedrone drug ban in Northern Ireland

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have completed one of the first studies of mephedrone use in Northern Ireland since the drug was outlawed earlier this year. They found that the ban did not deter those mephedrone users surveyed from taking the substance.

5 Oct 2010

UnitedHealth announces $2.25 million to support Y's healthy-living initiatives

UnitedHealth Group has announced a three-year, $2.25 million commitment to support the Y's healthy-living initiatives and efforts to prevent obesity and related chronic diseases.

5 Oct 2010

McGill University joins two leading Swiss research institutions to enhance neuroscience research

Building on its worldwide reputation as a leader in neuroscience research, McGill University today joined with two leading Swiss research institutions - the University of Zurich (UZH) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) - to enhance neuroscience research in a host of areas, in fields that include pain therapy, Alzheimer's disease, synapse modelling and repair, neuroimmunology and genetic mechanisms of brain diseases.

5 Oct 2010

GOPiCE real-time volumetric imaging incorporated in Medison's ultrasound units

ContextVision, the software imaging partner for the most recognized medical imaging manufacturers worldwide, today announced that Medison, a world-class manufacturer of advanced ultrasound technology, will incorporate ContextVision's volumetric image enhancement tool, GOPiCE® US, into its ultrasound units during the second half of 2010. GOPiCE, the first real-time volumetric filtering software for ultrasound, offers clinicians the ability to see areas never seen before, including anatomies comprised of deep tissue and behind bone.

5 Oct 2010

Researchers develop pioneering method to identify lytic enzymes for optimum bacteria killing characteristics

With the worrying rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs like MRSA, scientists from a wide range of disciplines are teaming up to identify alternative therapies to keep them at bay.

5 Oct 2010

Technology News and Research

DATATRAK receives consulting contract to provide clinical data management

CLC bio publishes article for simulating de novo assemblies

TMNG Global and Scientia Advisors partner to offer strategic consulting services for home health sector

Preclinical data of Enzon's PEG-SN38 in pediatric neuroblastoma published in Clinical Cancer Research

Intellect Neurosciences receives patent for Alzheimer's disease monoclonal antibody program

GE Healthcare launches first human cellular assay product

EUCODIS Bioscience, evocatal enter alliance to market industrial enzyme products

Ceremed's implantable polymer material receives Best New Technology for Spine Care award

Researchers endeavor to create map of human brain's wiring using MEG technology

FMCNA offers annual flu vaccine to patients and clinical staff

Orthopedics This Week presents 2010 Spine Technology Awards to Axial Biotech

USPTO approves Microdroplet botulinum toxin treatment

Covidien to showcase innovative surgical products at 96th ACS Clinical Congress

Coastal Contacts receives BC Export Award

Telemedicine helps in early diagnosis and treatment of pediatric heart problems

Researchers complete first studies of mephedrone drug ban in Northern Ireland

UnitedHealth announces $2.25 million to support Y's healthy-living initiatives

McGill University joins two leading Swiss research institutions to enhance neuroscience research

GOPiCE real-time volumetric imaging incorporated in Medison's ultrasound units

Researchers develop pioneering method to identify lytic enzymes for optimum bacteria killing characteristics

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