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People with varicose veins should seek professional consultation

March is DVT Awareness Month and Vein Clinics of America encourages people with varicose veins, particularly those that have become painful and inflamed, to visit a vein specialist.

11 Mar 2010

QLT announces results from Phase II clinical trials and device study for PPDS

QLT Inc. today announced results from Phase II clinical trials and a device study for the punctal plug delivery system (PPDS). These studies are part of a development program that is being conducted by QLT's wholly-owned subsidiary, QLT Plug Delivery, Inc. QLT also announced its plans to expand the program to evaluate a second drug for a new target indication.

11 Mar 2010

New study shows e-prescriptions reduce medication errors

Is it time for all community-based doctors to turn to e-prescribing to cut down on the number of medication errors? According to Rainu Kaushal and colleagues from the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, electronic prescriptions can dramatically reduce prescribing errors - up to seven-fold.

11 Mar 2010

PBI and TDI announce strategic licensing and collaborative research and development agreement

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. and Target Discovery, Inc.,, today announced a strategic product licensing, manufacturing, co-marketing, and collaborative research and development agreement. Under the terms of the Agreement, PBI has been licensed by TDI to manufacture and sell a highly innovative line of chemicals used in the preparation of tissues for scientific analysis.

11 Mar 2010

OrthoScan introduces new Mini C-Arm equipped with flat detector

OrthoScan, Inc., a privately held medical device company based in Scottsdale, Arizona, launched a new version of its Mini C-Arm product with flat detector this week at the Annual Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting in New Orleans.

11 Mar 2010

OMNIlife science, SERF-Dedienne Sante of France enter into exclusive U.S. distribution agreement

OMNIlife science, Inc., is very pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Societe d'Etudes Recherches Fabrication (SERF)-Dedienne Sante of France for its NOVAE® Dual Mobility Acetabular Cup System. OMNI intends to begin distribution of this product in the USA as soon as U.S. FDA approval of the product is achieved.

11 Mar 2010

Medical Alarm Concepts Holding's MediPendant device with DECT technology receives FCC approval

Medical Alarm Concepts Holding, Inc., manufacturer of the MediPendant™, the only fully-monitored medical alarm system that allows you to speak and listen directly through the pendant, announces that MediPendant™ has become the first medical alarm device with Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication (DECT) technology to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission.

11 Mar 2010

Kinetic Concepts wins patent infringement case

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced that a United States District Court jury has found that a negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) product marketed and sold by Smith & Nephew plc (NYSE: SNN) infringes two patents owned by Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which are exclusively licensed to KCI.

11 Mar 2010

HyperBranch Medical Technology's surgical sealants to be marketed under new name – Adherus Surgical Sealants

HyperBranch Medical Technology, Inc. announced today that it will begin to market their surgical sealants under a new product identity – Adherus Surgical Sealants.

11 Mar 2010

Heartbeat Digital's revenue for fiscal year 2009 increases by 25%

Heartbeat Digital, a New York-based interactive agency, reported 25% revenue growth in the 2009 fiscal year.

10 Mar 2010

Positive results from Limerick BioPharma's LIM-0705 Phase 1a trial

Limerick BioPharma, Inc., a developer of innovative therapies that help cells pump unwanted or toxic substances away from vulnerable tissues, has announced positive results of a Phase 1a trial for its lead compound, LIM-0705, which has completed its first in man study.

10 Mar 2010

Aastrom Biosciences treats final patient in IMPACT-DCM Phase 2 surgical clinical trial

Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., a leading developer of autologous cellular therapies for the treatment of severe cardiovascular diseases, today reported the final patient treatment in the company's ongoing U.S. Phase 2 surgical clinical trial designated IMPACT-DCM.

10 Mar 2010

Biomoda, Obio collaborate to expand Biomoda’s lung cancer screening program for veterans into Ohio

Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. (www.biomoda.com) and Obio, Inc., a corporation formed to pursue public and private funding for cancer research in Ohio, are working together to expand Biomoda’s lung cancer screening program for veterans into Ohio.

10 Mar 2010

Discovery Laboratories reports net loss of $6.1M for fourth-quarter 2009

Discovery Laboratories, Inc. today announces financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009 and provides a business update.

10 Mar 2010

Argon Medical Devices, Rex Medical announce licensing agreement for Cleaner Rotational Thrombectomy System

Argon Medical Devices, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive licensing agreement with privately held Rex Medical, LP for exclusive rights to market and distribute the Cleaner™ Rotational Thrombectomy System in the United States, European Union and Canada. Cleaner is a medical device designed for the mechanical declotting of occluded native vessel dialysis fistulae and synthetic dialysis access grafts.

10 Mar 2010

Integra LifeSciences releases FDA cleared Total Wrist Fusion System

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation announced today the release of the Integra™ Total Wrist Fusion System, a solution for wrist arthrodesis that is designed to provide fixation of the wrist while decreasing soft tissue irritation. The system provides an optimal balance of compression and stability by combining the Surfix® locking technology and dynamic compression.

10 Mar 2010

FDA clears Oculus Innovative Sciences' Microcyn Skin and Wound HydroGel

Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc., a commercial medical technology company that develops, manufactures and markets a family of products based upon the Microcyn® Technology platform, today announced that it has received new 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for new dermatology indications for Microcyn® Skin and Wound HydroGel.

10 Mar 2010

Stason Pharmaceuticals to market Unilife's Unitract 1mL safety syringe in Japan, China and Taiwan

Unilife Corporation today announced that it has signed an exclusive five-year agreement with Stason Pharmaceuticals Inc, a U.S.-based pharmaceutical company, to market the Unitract™ 1mL safety syringe in Japan, China and Taiwan. Stason's Taiwan-based strategic alliance affiliate, Standard Chem. and Pharm. Co., LTD, will act as the primary distributor of the product within these designated territories.

10 Mar 2010

Accelr8 Technology to present results of culture-free, quantitative pathogen identification study at 110th ASM

Accelr8 Technology Corporation today announced that it has received acceptance to present results for a study on 2-hour, culture-free, quantitative pathogen identification. The study was co-authored with principal investigators at the Denver Health Medical Center and the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

10 Mar 2010

Smith & Nephew introduces BIORAPTOR Knotless Suture Anchor

Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division today announced the launch of the BIORAPTOR™ Knotless Suture Anchor, a device used to repair a torn labrum in the hip and shoulder. The anchor is among products featured at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting, which began today in New Orleans.

10 Mar 2010

Technology News and Research

People with varicose veins should seek professional consultation

QLT announces results from Phase II clinical trials and device study for PPDS

New study shows e-prescriptions reduce medication errors

PBI and TDI announce strategic licensing and collaborative research and development agreement

OrthoScan introduces new Mini C-Arm equipped with flat detector

OMNIlife science, SERF-Dedienne Sante of France enter into exclusive U.S. distribution agreement

Medical Alarm Concepts Holding's MediPendant device with DECT technology receives FCC approval

Kinetic Concepts wins patent infringement case

HyperBranch Medical Technology's surgical sealants to be marketed under new name – Adherus Surgical Sealants

Heartbeat Digital's revenue for fiscal year 2009 increases by 25%

Positive results from Limerick BioPharma's LIM-0705 Phase 1a trial

Aastrom Biosciences treats final patient in IMPACT-DCM Phase 2 surgical clinical trial

Biomoda, Obio collaborate to expand Biomoda’s lung cancer screening program for veterans into Ohio

Discovery Laboratories reports net loss of $6.1M for fourth-quarter 2009

Argon Medical Devices, Rex Medical announce licensing agreement for Cleaner Rotational Thrombectomy System

Integra LifeSciences releases FDA cleared Total Wrist Fusion System

FDA clears Oculus Innovative Sciences' Microcyn Skin and Wound HydroGel

Stason Pharmaceuticals to market Unilife's Unitract 1mL safety syringe in Japan, China and Taiwan

Accelr8 Technology to present results of culture-free, quantitative pathogen identification study at 110th ASM

Smith & Nephew introduces BIORAPTOR Knotless Suture Anchor

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