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Health Canada issues Screening Acceptance Letter in connection with NexMed's NDS for Vitaros

NexMed, Inc., a specialty CRO with a pipeline of product candidates based on the NexACT technology, today announced that Health Canada has confirmed acceptance of the Company's CMC response for review. The Screening Acceptance Letter from Health Canada was issued in connection with its New Drug Submission for Vitaros, the Company's topical treatment for erectile dysfunction.

24 Jun 2010

Biosense Webster's CARTOXPRESS Module, LASSO NAV Circular Mapping Catheter receive FDA clearance

Biosense Webster, Inc., a worldwide leader in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing the CARTOXPRESS™ Software Module and the LASSO® NAV Circular Mapping Catheter for use with the CARTO® XP Mapping System.

24 Jun 2010

CPRIT grants $3.7M to Rice University researchers to fund cancer diagnostics program

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has granted $3.7 million to Rice University researchers to fund an innovative cancer diagnostics program.

24 Jun 2010

BioDigital, NYU Langone partner to create Right Upper Lobe Resection Cognitive Task Trainer

SensAble Technologies, a leader in haptic devices and 3D modeling solutions, announced that its customer, BioDigital, working in partnership with surgeons at NYU Langone Medical Center, has created the first medical simulation application for teaching residents the high-technology procedure for lung resection of the right upper lobe, most commonly performed to treat resectable lung cancers.

23 Jun 2010

University of Colorado honors Taligen as Bioscience Company of the Year

Taligen Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing therapies that regulate the complement system to treat inflammatory and immune diseases, today announced that it has been selected as the Bioscience Company of the Year by the University of Colorado with its 7th Annual Technology Transfer Awards in recognition of its leadership position in developing a pipeline of novel protein therapeutics that modulate the complement system to treat a wide range of inflammatory diseases.

23 Jun 2010

IsoRay, Hologic complete exclusive worldwide distribution agreement for GliaSite radiation therapy system

IsoRay, Inc. announced today that it has completed a license agreement with Hologic, Inc. for exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the GliaSite® radiation therapy system, the world's only FDA-cleared balloon catheter device used in the treatment of brain cancer. The system's balloon catheter is a landmark technology that allows physicians to treat more patients than ever before with brachytherapy or internal radiation and provides important benefits over other radiation treatment options.

From Hologic, Inc. 23 Jun 2010

California Providence hospitals select Allscripts for new homecare automation systems

Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center of Burbank, Calif., and Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center of Torrance, Calif., announced they have selected Allscripts for their new homecare automation systems.

23 Jun 2010

Grant introduces new range of digital, analogue ultrasonic benchtop baths

Grant Instruments, a world-renowned supplier of scientific, life sciences and data acquisition products, has unveiled an advanced range of high quality, robust, fully-featured digital and analogue ultrasonic benchtop baths. The baths are designed to meet the growing need for reliable ultrasonic cleaning in laboratories and across pharmaceutical, medical, healthcare and industrial applications.

23 Jun 2010

Shift in balance between good and bad bacteria in gut could be a harbinger of colon cancer: Study

The human body contains more bacteria than it does cells. These bacterial communities can have a positive effect on our health, by training our immune systems and helping to metabolize the foods we eat. But they can also set us up to develop digestive disorders, skin diseases, and obesity.

23 Jun 2010

Santaris Pharma, miRagen collaborate to develop microRNA-targeted medicines for cardiovascular disease

Santaris Pharma A/S, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of RNA-targeted therapies and miRagen Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative microRNA-based therapeutics for cardiovascular and muscle disease, announced today that they have formed a strategic alliance to develop microRNA-targeted medicines for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

23 Jun 2010

MDI raises $1.4M as part of follow-on to its $3.3M Series C financing round

Molecular Detection Inc., a company developing Detect-Ready assays designed to increase the speed and accuracy of infectious disease diagnosis, today announced the first close of a new financing. The financing was led by MentorTech Ventures II, LP and included Robin Hood Ventures, Elm Spring Holdings and the Mid-Atlantic Angel Group Fund I and II, LP, all existing investors. The company raised $1.4 million as part of a follow-on to its $3.3 million Series C round announced in late 2009.

23 Jun 2010

BioWa signs two licensing agreements with GSK

BioWa, Inc. announced today that it has entered into two agreements with GlaxoSmithKline. BioWa and GSK have amended their existing 2007 arrangement in order to provide GSK with extended access to BioWa's POTELLIGENT Technology platform for the research, development and commercialization of their antibody therapeutics with enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. The second license agreement provides GSK with access to BioWa's COMPLEGENT Technology for enhancing the complement-dependent cytotoxicity of select GSK therapeutic antibodies.

23 Jun 2010

imec researchers demonstrate biosensors that detect extremely low concentrations of disease markers

Researchers at the nanotechnology research centre imec have demonstrated biosensors based on novel nanostructure geometries that increase the sensitivity and allow to detect extremely low concentrations of specific disease markers. This paves the way to early diagnostics of for example cancer by detecting low densities of cancer markers in human blood samples.

23 Jun 2010

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council awards £1.2 million to Bilayer Platform project

Scientists at the University of Southampton and Birkbeck College, University of London are developing a platform consisting of an array of artificial cell membranes that will enable more efficient testing of potential new drugs.

23 Jun 2010

Toshiba announces availability of Aegis breast imaging workstation with MR products

Improving the ability to efficiently process MR images used for breast cancer analysis, the AegisTM breast imaging workstation is now available with Toshiba America Medical Systems' MR products. The Aegis workstation was developed with the distinct needs of radiologists and technologists in mind, offering flexibility and workflow efficiency.

23 Jun 2010

Update on Regulus and sanofi-aventis collaboration

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that, as a result of the newly formed alliance Regulus has established with sanofi-aventis, each company will receive a payment of $1.8 million from Regulus. This represents 7.5% of the $25 million upfront payment from sanofi-aventis to Regulus.

23 Jun 2010

US lags in health system performance

Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared to six other industrialized countries-Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom-on measures of health system performance in five areas: quality, efficiency, access to care, equity and the ability to lead long, healthy, productive lives, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.

23 Jun 2010

Four new EVP grants awarded for interdisciplinary research to tackle environmental challenges

The Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University has awarded four new Environmental Venture Projects grants for interdisciplinary research aimed at finding practical solutions promoting global sustainability.

23 Jun 2010

UnitedHealthcare, Centura Health announce official launch of Connected Care in Colorado

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, and Centura Health, Colorado's largest health care provider, announced the official launch of Connected Care, giving patients in four rural Colorado communities expanded access to physicians and specialists using advanced telehealth technology.

23 Jun 2010

Recent objections would eliminate use of routine breast cancer screening mammograms: Authors

The firestorm that followed the November 2009 release of guidelines that would have reduced use of screening mammograms in women aged 40 to 49 highlights challenges for implementing the findings of comparative effectiveness research, according to a new analysis. Meeting such challenges - which may become more common due to increased funding for CER - requires better communication to the public and stakeholders about evidence and its connection to health care quality and efficiency.

23 Jun 2010

Technology News and Research

Health Canada issues Screening Acceptance Letter in connection with NexMed's NDS for Vitaros

Biosense Webster's CARTOXPRESS Module, LASSO NAV Circular Mapping Catheter receive FDA clearance

CPRIT grants $3.7M to Rice University researchers to fund cancer diagnostics program

BioDigital, NYU Langone partner to create Right Upper Lobe Resection Cognitive Task Trainer

University of Colorado honors Taligen as Bioscience Company of the Year

IsoRay, Hologic complete exclusive worldwide distribution agreement for GliaSite radiation therapy system

California Providence hospitals select Allscripts for new homecare automation systems

Grant introduces new range of digital, analogue ultrasonic benchtop baths

Shift in balance between good and bad bacteria in gut could be a harbinger of colon cancer: Study

Santaris Pharma, miRagen collaborate to develop microRNA-targeted medicines for cardiovascular disease

MDI raises $1.4M as part of follow-on to its $3.3M Series C financing round

BioWa signs two licensing agreements with GSK

imec researchers demonstrate biosensors that detect extremely low concentrations of disease markers

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council awards £1.2 million to Bilayer Platform project

Toshiba announces availability of Aegis breast imaging workstation with MR products

Update on Regulus and sanofi-aventis collaboration

US lags in health system performance

Four new EVP grants awarded for interdisciplinary research to tackle environmental challenges

UnitedHealthcare, Centura Health announce official launch of Connected Care in Colorado

Recent objections would eliminate use of routine breast cancer screening mammograms: Authors

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