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Oslo University Hospital, Induct announce long term strategic partnership Agreement

Oslo University Hospital and Induct Software AS, "The Open Innovation Company," today announced a long term strategic partnership Agreement under which the parties will work together to help Oslo University Hospital achieve its goal of becoming the world leader in healthcare innovation.

7 Jun 2010

Parents pressure schools to comply with IDEA or face legal action regarding students with ASD

School districts across the U.S. struggle with the combination of two harsh realities: an increasing intensity of budget cuts for 2010-11, and complying with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act which guarantees "free appropriate" education to all disabled students including the growing number of students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.

7 Jun 2010

Watermark Medical completes $15M equity investment from CA Technologies

Watermark Medical, Inc., a privately-held medical products and services company currently servicing the sleep-disordered breathing market, today announced the completion of a $15 million equity investment from CA Technologies. This equity investment in Watermark Medical represents CA Technologies' entry into the emerging Software-as-a-Service -based healthcare cloud market.

7 Jun 2010

XCell-Center GmbH announces approval of clinical trial in patients with chronic spinal cord injury

XCell-Center GmbH, Europe's leading provider of adult autologous stem cell therapy, announced approval of the first placebo controlled double blind clinical trial in patients with chronic spinal cord injury.

7 Jun 2010

Immunome selected as winner of annual New York Venture Summit Top Innovator award

Immunome, a discovery-stage antibody platform company focused on life-threatening infectious diseases, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a winner of the annual New York Venture Summit Top Innovator award by youngStartup Ventures. The companies awarded this honor have been identified as those that play a leading role in innovation for the Technology, Life Sciences and Clean-tech sectors.

7 Jun 2010

Elekta Neuromag TRIUX system unveiled at Organization of Human Brain Mapping's Annual Meeting

At the Organization of Human Brain Mapping's 16th Annual Meeting (Barcelona, Spain, June 6-10), Elekta unveiled its next generation magnetoencephalography system, Elekta Neuromag TRIUX. A platform that addresses key requirements critical for monitoring normal and abnormal brain activity, Elekta Neuromag TRIUX was designed to operate in virtually any clinical environment – an advance welcomed by the growing number of Elekta Neuromag clinical and research facilities worldwide.

From Elekta 7 Jun 2010

Angiochem presents positive Phase 1/2 clinical data of ANG1005 for brain cancer at ASCO 2010

Angiochem, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing drugs that are uniquely capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB) through LRP-1 targeting, announced today that complete phase 1/2 clinical data in two clinical studies of its lead oncology program, ANG1005, for the treatment of brain cancers, including glioblastoma (GBM) and brain metastases, were presented at the 2010 American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, June 4-8, in Chicago, IL.

7 Jun 2010

BGS develops new bio filters for testing E. coli, salmonella, listeria and pseudomonas in food samples

BioSpec Global Solutions Inc., and partner -ICBS Ltd., announced today that it has begun development of three new bio filter for the testing of E. coli, salmonella, listeria and pseudomonas in food samples. Development of the Antibody/antigen multiple discrete filters and optical system for the simultaneous analysis of E.coli, salmonella, listeria and pseudomonas in food samples.

7 Jun 2010

SEMHIE wins $3M contract for Social Security Administration's electronic medical records initiative

The Southeast Michigan Health Information Exchange announced today that it has won a $2,988,000 contract for an electronic medical records initiative from the Social Security Administration. This award comes to SEMHIE in partnership with its fiduciary, Southeastern Michigan Health Association and its project partners CNSI, The Object Management Group™, Computer Sciences Corporation and Oracle/Sun Microsystems.

7 Jun 2010

CryoLife purchases patent involving formulation, use of recombinant human serum albumin and gluteraldehyde

CryoLife, Inc., an implantable biological medical device and cardiovascular tissue processing company whose products include BioGlue Surgical Adhesive, announced today that it has completed the purchase of U.S. patent # 6,329,337. The patent involves the formulation and use of recombinant human serum albumin and gluteraldehyde, and now becomes part of CryoLife's protein hydrogel patent portfolio, which includes BioGlue.

7 Jun 2010

Elsevier, InfoDesk partner to co-develop federated drug pipeline intelligence solution

Elsevier, a world-leading healthcare and scientific publisher, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Tarrytown, New York based InfoDesk to co-develop a federated drug pipeline intelligence solution for pharmaceutical and life science companies. The combination of Elsevier's business intelligence expertise and InfoDesk's technological know-how paves the way for the development of a powerful search and delivery tool that will increase productivity and improve the quality of results, securely inside or outside of a customer's firewall.

7 Jun 2010

Guardian Home Care Holdings, Cardiocom provide home telehealth technology to patients with chronic illnesses

Guardian Home Care Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of home care and hospice services, announced it has entered into a business relationship with Cardiocom to provide advanced home telehealth technology to patients with chronic illnesses. Cardiocom is a developer, manufacturer and clinical service provider of award-winning telehealth solutions.

7 Jun 2010

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust implements Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9

CSC announced today that Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9 went live on June 1, 2010 at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, with the implementation completed on June 3, 2010.

7 Jun 2010

CompuMed, CSHC partner to promote CardioGram and CardioGramKids ECG for school health centers

CompuMed, Inc., a telemedicine and medical informatics company, has partnered with the nonprofit California School Health Centers Association to promote CompuMed's CardioGram and CardioGramKids electrocardiogram telemedicine technologies for use in school health centers throughout California.

7 Jun 2010

MKMG implements CoActiv Medical's EXAM-VAULT QUAD-REDUNDANT ARCHIVING solution

Mount Kisco Medical Group (MKMG), the largest multi-specialty medical group in New York state, has selected CoActiv Medical's EXAM-VAULT® QUAD-REDUNDANT ARCHIVING® solution for the storage of its multi-modality imaging exams.

7 Jun 2010

SunTech Medical named Rookie Vendor of the Year

SunTech Medical was named 'Rookie Vendor of the Year' at Medline Industries, Inc.'s annual meeting for their HealthCare sales division in Montgomery, Texas. SunTech supplies Medline with the 247 Diagnostic Station, a blood pressure device that can also serve as a vital signs monitor, which Medline distributes to nursing homes and hospitals across the United States.

7 Jun 2010

Viking Systems to demonstrate 3DHD visualization system at The European Congress of Laparoscopy and Robotics

Viking Systems, Inc. announced today that its prototype Next Generation 3DHD Visualization System including Sony's 3DHD display will be demonstrated at The European Congress of Laparoscopy and Robotics allowing attendees an opportunity to participate in an interactive demonstration of the system. This event will be held in Rome, Italy from June 10 through June 12, 2010.

7 Jun 2010

Leonardo Biosystems receives $2.5M grant to accelerate commercialization of new technologies

Arrowhead Research Corporation announced today that its portfolio company, Leonardo Biosystems, has received a $2.5 million grant from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, a state fund established to accelerate commercialization of new technologies. Leonardo Biosystems, co-founded by prominent nanoscientist Dr. Mauro Ferrari, professor at the University of Texas, and Arrowhead's, CEO Dr. Christopher Anzalone, is engineering a multi-stage drug delivery platform to improve the effectiveness of drug therapy, particularly for cancer.

7 Jun 2010

Chronix's serum DNA assays have potential to detect early stage breast cancer, prostate cancer

Chronix Biomedical today reported new data further demonstrating that its serum DNA blood tests have the potential to accurately detect early stage breast cancer and prostate cancer. Chronix's proprietary technology identifies disease-specific genetic fingerprints based on circulating DNA fragments that are released into the bloodstream by damaged and dying (apoptotic) cells.

7 Jun 2010

Biomoda granted Mexican patent for proprietary porphyrin-based compound

Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. has been granted a Mexican patent for its proprietary porphyrin-based compound that binds to cancer cells and causes them to fluoresce red under ultraviolet light.

7 Jun 2010

Technology News and Research

Oslo University Hospital, Induct announce long term strategic partnership Agreement

Parents pressure schools to comply with IDEA or face legal action regarding students with ASD

Watermark Medical completes $15M equity investment from CA Technologies

XCell-Center GmbH announces approval of clinical trial in patients with chronic spinal cord injury

Immunome selected as winner of annual New York Venture Summit Top Innovator award

Elekta Neuromag TRIUX system unveiled at Organization of Human Brain Mapping's Annual Meeting

Angiochem presents positive Phase 1/2 clinical data of ANG1005 for brain cancer at ASCO 2010

BGS develops new bio filters for testing E. coli, salmonella, listeria and pseudomonas in food samples

SEMHIE wins $3M contract for Social Security Administration's electronic medical records initiative

CryoLife purchases patent involving formulation, use of recombinant human serum albumin and gluteraldehyde

Elsevier, InfoDesk partner to co-develop federated drug pipeline intelligence solution

Guardian Home Care Holdings, Cardiocom provide home telehealth technology to patients with chronic illnesses

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust implements Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9

CompuMed, CSHC partner to promote CardioGram and CardioGramKids ECG for school health centers

MKMG implements CoActiv Medical's EXAM-VAULT QUAD-REDUNDANT ARCHIVING solution

SunTech Medical named Rookie Vendor of the Year

Viking Systems to demonstrate 3DHD visualization system at The European Congress of Laparoscopy and Robotics

Leonardo Biosystems receives $2.5M grant to accelerate commercialization of new technologies

Chronix's serum DNA assays have potential to detect early stage breast cancer, prostate cancer

Biomoda granted Mexican patent for proprietary porphyrin-based compound

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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