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TSO3's STERIZONE Sterilization System exhibited under 3M brand at AORN Annual Congress

TSO3 Inc., an innovator in sterilization technology for medical devices in healthcare settings using ozone, announced today that its new generation STERIZONE(R) Sterilization System, is being exhibited in the 3M(TM)booth under the 3M(TM) brand Optreoz(TM)125-Z Sterilizer at the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses 57th Annual Congress held from March 13 to 18 in Denver, Colorado.

17 Mar 2010

HCRS selected to provide IT support services for three states

HealthCare Resolution Services, Inc. (HCRS), a leading provider of program integrity support, health information technology (IT) services and professional medical and technical staffing, announced today that it has been accepted as a subcontractor for three contract vehicles serving the states of Maryland, Texas, and Florida.

17 Mar 2010

Patent applications continue to alter medical landscape to improve patient care

Over the past 40 years, more than 2,400 patents and patent applications-pioneering modern medicine with the devices and drugs that advance minimally invasive treatments-have been filed by members of the Society of Interventional Radiology.

17 Mar 2010

Half of all NeeS dossiers rejected for poor formatting and inability to meet basic validation standards

The French health authority has revealed that it is rejecting half of all NeeS (non-eCTD electronic submissions) dossiers because they have been poorly formatted and do not meet basic validation standards. This is costing pharmaceutical companies time and money, as they re-work the submission format, and incur delays in getting their submissions reviewed and approved. Two-thirds of all electronic submissions to AFSSAPS currently are in the NeeS format.

17 Mar 2010

NCCN Guidelines translated into Japanese

The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology have been further recognized as the global standard in oncology with the announcement that select NCCN Guidelines™ are being translated into Japanese. The Translational Research Informatics Center Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, under the supervision of the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum, has translated the NCCN Guidelines for Colon Cancer and Rectal Cancer, which are now available online.

17 Mar 2010

TomTec's multi-modality cardiovascular image analysis technology to be delivered as part of Kardia Complete

Kardia Health Systems and TomTec Imaging Systems today announced a new partnership to deliver TomTec's multi-modality cardiovascular image analysis technology as a part of Kardia Complete™, Kardia's forthcoming Web-based service to simplify workflow and save time in cardiology practices.

17 Mar 2010

Novel procedure opens door to new and future treatment for pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer-known as the most fatal cancer with no known effective treatment-requires a radical new therapy. A promising approach may come in the form of tiny gold nanoparticles-loaded with a therapeutic agent to kill cancer-in a novel procedure called "nanoembolization," said researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla.

17 Mar 2010

Bench to Bassinet Program aims to move lab results into clinical practice

To help speed the translation of scientific discoveries into usable treatments in congenital heart disease, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health launched the Bench to Bassinet Program.

17 Mar 2010

Avedro to acquire Corneal Collagen Crosslinking Phase III study rights from Peschke Meditrade

Avedro, Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Swiss-based Peschke Meditrade GmbH to acquire the rights to its Phase III studies of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking for the treatment of progressive keratoconus and post LASIK ectasia. The two randomized, controlled, multi-site clinical trials are designed to assess the safety and efficacy of riboflavin/ultraviolet-A light for halting the progression of these degenerative disorders and the accompanying decline in patient’s visual acuity.

17 Mar 2010

Boston University's Technology Development Office completes exclusive license of Project RED to Engineered Care

Boston University's Technology Development Office, on behalf of Boston Medical Center, Northeastern University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has completed the exclusive license of Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) to Engineered Care, Inc.

17 Mar 2010

2010 iF Product Design Gold Award for Flex Focus mobile ultrasound scanner

Analogic Corporation, a leading provider of medical imaging and aviation security technology, announced today that the Flex Focus™ mobile ultrasound scanner, designed and manufactured by its BK Medical subsidiary, received an iF Product Design Gold Award for 2010.

17 Mar 2010

MedSolutions launches oncology management program for cancer patients

MedSolutions (www.medsolutions.com), a leading provider of medical cost management services, today announced the launch of its oncology management program, which uses evidence-based guidelines to ensure appropriate use of diagnostic imaging, radiation therapy and drugs for cancer patients.

17 Mar 2010

Emdeon signs definitive agreement to acquire HTMS

Emdeon Inc., a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management solutions, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Healthcare Technology Management Services, a management consulting company focused primarily on the healthcare payer market.

17 Mar 2010

Celerus Diagnostics to present Wave RPD totally automated HC staining system at annual USCAP meeting

Celerus Diagnostics will introduce a totally automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining system, the much-anticipated Wave RPD, at the United States and Canadian Association of Pathologists (USCAP) annual meeting being held in Washington DC, March 22–24. The new system is the first of its kind, capable of delivering totally automated IHC results in one hour.

17 Mar 2010

Cryotherapy offers potential treatment options for breast cancer patients

Interventional radiologists have opened the door to an encouraging potential future treatment for the nearly 200,000 women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States each year: image-guided, multiprobe cryotherapy.

17 Mar 2010

USPTO issues Notice of Allowance for Quick-Med Technologies' NIMBUS technology

Quick-Med Technologies, Inc., a leader in developing innovative antimicrobial technologies for the healthcare and consumer markets, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for intellectual property that significantly adds to the current patent coverage for the Company's NIMBUS technology.

17 Mar 2010

Ascent's hospital partners save millions using medical device remanufacturing programs

Ascent, the market leader in the remanufacturing of medical devices in the U.S., announced today that its hospital partners realized hundreds of millions of dollars in cost savings through the use of medical device remanufacturing programs in 2009. On a per-hospital basis, some hospitals saved more than $600,000 per year.

17 Mar 2010

BioVigil's second generation hand hygiene monitoring system released

BioVigil LLC has released the second generation of the BioVigil hand hygiene monitoring system. The innovative system enables hospitals to more effectively combat Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) by dramatically increasing hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers.

16 Mar 2010

Quinnova Pharmaceuticals introduces NEOSALUS CREAM for chronic inflammatory skin conditions

Quinnova Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops and markets novel topical delivery platform-based prescription drugs, announced the launch of its NEOSALUSTM CREAM. NEOSALUS CREAM, the latest addition to Quinnova’s NEOSALUS brand, is a prescription product with anti-inflammatory properties that can be used without age or long-term use restrictions for the treatment of a variety of chronic inflammatory skin conditions like atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, and hand eczema.

16 Mar 2010

External beam radiotherapy device without shielded bunker infrastructure for breast cancer irradiation

Orbital Therapy has completed the build of their proof-of-concept prototype for breast cancer irradiation, and demonstrated the feasibility to develop and operate an external beam radiotherapy device without the use of a heavily shielded bunker infrastructure.

16 Mar 2010

Technology News and Research

TSO3's STERIZONE Sterilization System exhibited under 3M brand at AORN Annual Congress

HCRS selected to provide IT support services for three states

Patent applications continue to alter medical landscape to improve patient care

Half of all NeeS dossiers rejected for poor formatting and inability to meet basic validation standards

NCCN Guidelines translated into Japanese

TomTec's multi-modality cardiovascular image analysis technology to be delivered as part of Kardia Complete

Novel procedure opens door to new and future treatment for pancreatic cancer

Bench to Bassinet Program aims to move lab results into clinical practice

Avedro to acquire Corneal Collagen Crosslinking Phase III study rights from Peschke Meditrade

Boston University's Technology Development Office completes exclusive license of Project RED to Engineered Care

2010 iF Product Design Gold Award for Flex Focus mobile ultrasound scanner

MedSolutions launches oncology management program for cancer patients

Emdeon signs definitive agreement to acquire HTMS

Celerus Diagnostics to present Wave RPD totally automated HC staining system at annual USCAP meeting

Cryotherapy offers potential treatment options for breast cancer patients

USPTO issues Notice of Allowance for Quick-Med Technologies' NIMBUS technology

Ascent's hospital partners save millions using medical device remanufacturing programs

BioVigil's second generation hand hygiene monitoring system released

Quinnova Pharmaceuticals introduces NEOSALUS CREAM for chronic inflammatory skin conditions

External beam radiotherapy device without shielded bunker infrastructure for breast cancer irradiation

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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