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Debiopharm Group, Biocartis sign investment agreement

Debiopharm Group, a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group of companies with a focus on the development of innovative prescription drugs that target unmet medical needs, and which has embarked in the field of companion diagnostics with a view to progressing in the area of personalized medicine, today announced the signature of an investment agreement with Biocartis.

8 Apr 2010

L.A. Care Health Plan receives $15.6M federal grant to establish HITEC-LA

L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation’s largest public health plan, announced today that the organization has received a $15.6 million federal grant to establish the Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center, called HITEC-LA, that will help doctors in L.A. County adopt and use Electronic Health Records in a meaningful way.

8 Apr 2010

Clinical testing service for safer dosing of warfarin

Machaon Diagnostics, California's only independent laboratory for testing bleeding and clotting disorders has launched a clinical testing service for patients that have been prescribed warfarin. Warfarin, also known as Coumadin, Jantoven or warfarin sodium, is a potent 'blood thinner' or anticoagulant.

8 Apr 2010

UTHealth receives $15M stimulus grant to conduct research on advanced information technology

An elderly woman suspected of having a stroke arrives confused at the emergency room. The physician uses the basic information she is able to provide to access the critical medical history that will help him treat her. In simplest terms, that's the promise of health information technology.

8 Apr 2010

Aushon BioSystems introduces new multiplex biomarker Human Vascular Injury Panels

Aushon BioSystems, Inc., a leading provider of advanced microarray instrumentation and laboratory services for biomarker discovery, development and analysis, announces the availability of new Human multiplex biomarker panels for the quantification of seven biomarkers related to drug-induced vascular injury.

8 Apr 2010

Pair of proteins excreted in urine could lead to earlier diagnosis of kidney cancer: Researchers

Studying patients with kidney cancer, a team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a pair of proteins excreted in the urine that could lead to earlier and more accurate diagnosis of the disease.

8 Apr 2010

Intelligent Hospital Systems validates usage of ICU Medical's ChemoCLAVE Bag Spike with RIVA

IV Automation is becoming an increasingly comprehensive technology after medical device company Intelligent Hospital Systems validated ICU Medical Inc.'s ChemoCLAVE Bag Spike for use with RIVA (Robotic IV Automation System) - a self-contained unit for filling IV syringes and bags.

8 Apr 2010

Researchers: VA electronic health records system worth the cost

A new study in the journal Health Affairs finds that while the system, "collectively called Vista, for Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture" was expensive, it has paid off, The Wall Street Journal reports.

8 Apr 2010

Innovative algorithms lead to new arena of breast ultrasound technology

The groundbreaking algorithms developed at TechniScan, Inc. have led to a new arena of whole breast ultrasound technology, as presented at a national medical ultrasound conference in San Diego in March.

8 Apr 2010

Oraya Therapeutics' IRay stereotactic radiotherapy system granted European CE Mark approval

Oraya Therapeutics, Inc. announces today that a leading European notified body has granted approval to designate the CE mark to Oraya's IRayTM stereotactic radiotherapy system. Under development since 2007, the IRay is designed specifically to treat diseases of the eye, and the technology enables precise delivery of low energy X-rays for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

8 Apr 2010

ASPIRE 2010 focuses on A.R.T. issues

Infertility, defined as the failure to conceive after 12 months or more of regular, unprotected intercourse, may affect as many as 15 percent of couples around the world including Asia. Like other countries, China's infertility rate is on the rise increasing from 3 percent to 15 percent in the past 20 years. It is estimated that at least 40 million Chinese couples have difficulty in having children or are actually infertile.

7 Apr 2010

Updates from Phase I/IIa clinical trial of DIABECELL treatment in insulin-dependent diabetics

Living Cell Technologies Limited, a global company pioneering the development of a cell implant to treat diabetes, today provided a penultimate update regarding the three-year follow up of its Phase I/IIa clinical trial in Russia of its DIABECELL® treatment in insulin-dependent diabetics.

7 Apr 2010

IMGG's revenues decrease 28% for year ended December 31, 2009: StockPreacher.com

StockPreacher.com announces an investment report featuring Imaging3 Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

7 Apr 2010

Study demonstrates potential ability of Chronix serum DNA assays in diagnosis of breast cancer

Chronix Biomedical today announced publication of a study that supports the utility of its serum DNA blood tests to predict clinical status and monitor disease activity and response to treatment in multiple sclerosis (MS). Chronix Biomedical uses proprietary technology to identify disease-specific genetic fingerprints based on the circulating DNA that is released into the bloodstream by damaged and dying cells.

7 Apr 2010

Investment report featuring Antares Pharma from BeaconEquity.com

BeaconEquity.com announces an investment report featuring medical instruments company Antares Pharma Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

7 Apr 2010

StockPreacher.com: GenVec's revenues for 2009 decline by 8%

StockPreacher.com announces an investment report featuring GenVec Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

7 Apr 2010

Illumina launches VeraCode ADME Core Panel

Illumina, Inc. today announced the launch of its VeraCode ADME Core Panel designed to help researchers study genetic predispositions for differential drug response and adverse events. The VeraCode ADME Core Panel offers the most complete representation of the key biomarkers associated with drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) as standardized by pharmaceutical industry experts in the PharmADME Core List.

From Illumina, Inc. 7 Apr 2010

Health security will increase with new reform law

This afternoon, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will deliver a speech entitled, "Health Reform and You: How the New Law Will Increase Your Health Security" at the National Press Club. Secretary Sebelius' remarks as prepared for delivery are below.

7 Apr 2010

Health Robotics introduces Virtual High-Availability Architecture for CytoCare and i.v.STATION robots

As part of its I.V. Room of the Future initiative to cooperate with other industry leaders, Health Robotics today announced the immediate availability of its revolutionary Virtual High-Availability Architecture (up to 99.99%), including state-of-the-art, virtualization compliant, cluster and fail-over, disaster recovery, and back-up solutions for its CytoCare and i.v.STATION robots [with future expansion to TPNstation when available], and its i.v.SOFT Workflow Engine for manual compounding.

7 Apr 2010

Future of health care in practice at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

The future of health care is here. And it's in practice at Cincinnati Children's.

7 Apr 2010

Technology News and Research

Debiopharm Group, Biocartis sign investment agreement

L.A. Care Health Plan receives $15.6M federal grant to establish HITEC-LA

Clinical testing service for safer dosing of warfarin

UTHealth receives $15M stimulus grant to conduct research on advanced information technology

Aushon BioSystems introduces new multiplex biomarker Human Vascular Injury Panels

Pair of proteins excreted in urine could lead to earlier diagnosis of kidney cancer: Researchers

Intelligent Hospital Systems validates usage of ICU Medical's ChemoCLAVE Bag Spike with RIVA

Researchers: VA electronic health records system worth the cost

Innovative algorithms lead to new arena of breast ultrasound technology

Oraya Therapeutics' IRay stereotactic radiotherapy system granted European CE Mark approval

ASPIRE 2010 focuses on A.R.T. issues

Updates from Phase I/IIa clinical trial of DIABECELL treatment in insulin-dependent diabetics

IMGG's revenues decrease 28% for year ended December 31, 2009: StockPreacher.com

Study demonstrates potential ability of Chronix serum DNA assays in diagnosis of breast cancer

Investment report featuring Antares Pharma from BeaconEquity.com

StockPreacher.com: GenVec's revenues for 2009 decline by 8%

Illumina launches VeraCode ADME Core Panel

Health security will increase with new reform law

Health Robotics introduces Virtual High-Availability Architecture for CytoCare and i.v.STATION robots

Future of health care in practice at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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