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St. Jude Medical to commence enrollment in IRASE AF trial

St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced it has received an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin enrollment in the IRASE AF (IRrigated Ablation System Evaluation for AF) trial, a multicenter, randomized, single-blind study evaluating the safety and efficacy of the company’s Duo 12 port open irrigated catheter ablation system for treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF). AF is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heartbeat), affecting an estimated 3.3 million Americans and millions more worldwide.

4 Feb 2010

HealthSport's bi-layer edible film strip technology related patent application receives Mexican approval

HealthSport, Inc., the preeminent formulator and developer of edible, multi-layer film strips that deliver drug and dietary supplement actives through buccal and sublingual absorption as well as oral ingestion, announced today that the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property has approved HealthSport's patent application relating to its bi-layer edible film strip technology.

4 Feb 2010

UBC announces the opening of new global office in Tokyo, Japan

nited BioSource Corporation (UBC) today announced the opening of its newest global office in Tokyo, Japan. The UBC office will be led by Kumpei Kobayashi, PharmD, a biopharmaceutical industry veteran with over 20 years of product development experience throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

4 Feb 2010

Validation results of SmartChip Real-Time PCR System to be presented at CHI's conference

WaferGen Biosystems, Inc., a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced that WaferGen scientists will present validation results of the company's SmartChip™ Real-Time PCR System at Cambridge Healthcare Institute's 17th International Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference.

3 Feb 2010

IBM announces definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems

IBM today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a market leader in data integrity software for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations. Initiate's software helps healthcare clients work more intelligently and efficiently with timely access to patient and clinical data. It also enables governments to share information across multiple agencies to better serve citizens.

3 Feb 2010

Major study of perfusion imaging under way to assess value of alternative diagnostic methods

Cardiologists and heart imaging specialists at 15 medical centers in eight countries, and led by researchers at Johns Hopkins, have enrolled the first dozen patients in a year-long investigation to learn whether the subtle squeezing of blood flow through the inner layers of the heart is better than traditional SPECT nuclear imaging tests and other diagnostic radiology procedures for accurately tracking the earliest signs of coronary artery clogs.

3 Feb 2010

Shina Systems' 3Di medical imaging advanced (3D/4D) visualization software suite receives FDA clearance

Shina Systems announces U.S. Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its 3Di medical imaging advanced (3D/4D) visualization software that downloads over the Internet and provides a full suite of image processing and clinical analysis applications on any PC.

3 Feb 2010

Diversified Information Technologies acquires document management services firm in NC

Diversified Information Technologies, a leading provider of document and information lifecycle solutions, announced today that it has acquired Bowman Enterprises, Inc., a document management services firm headquartered in Benson, NC.

3 Feb 2010

Axway and Anakam to provide security and identity management offering for electronic health records

Axway, the Business Interaction Networks company, today announced a partnership with Anakam to provide a security and identity management offering for secure access and transmission of electronic health records (EHR) and personal health records (PHR).

3 Feb 2010

MedQuist and CBay to acquire Spheris

Spheris, a leading global provider of clinical documentation technology and services, today announced that it has entered into an agreement under which MedQuist Inc. and CBay Inc., portfolio companies of CBaySystems Holdings Ltd. and leading providers of medical transcription software and services, have agreed to purchase substantially all of Spheris' assets pursuant to a transaction that is to be implemented under Section 363 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

3 Feb 2010

FDA approves Labopharm's OLEPTRO antidepressant for MDD

Labopharm Inc. today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved OLEPTRO(TM) (trazodone hydrochloride) Extended Release Tablets, a novel once-daily formulation of the antidepressant trazodone, for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults. OLEPTRO(TM) utilizes CONTRAMID(R), Labopharm's clinically validated technology that controls the release of active substances within oral medications.

3 Feb 2010

Sonomax Hearing Healthcare to report on financing arrangement with Benvest New Look Income Fund

Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. announces that with reference to its previously-announced conference call scheduled for February 4th, 2010 at 11:00 AM EST, in addition to updating investors on the results of Sonomax's initiative to license its new Self-Fit(TM) headset technology at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and the company's outlook for 2010 and beyond, the company will also report on the $1.74 million non-dilutive financing arrangement that it has entered into with Benvest New Look Income Fund.

3 Feb 2010

Thermo Fisher Scientific announces record $2.84 billion revenue in fourth-quarter 2009

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, reported that revenues increased 7% to a record $2.84 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009, compared with $2.65 billion in the 2008 quarter. The revenue growth reflects the impact of currency translation, which increased revenues by 3%, and the effect of acquisitions, which also increased revenues by 3%.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 3 Feb 2010

Picis and ISOFT announce strategic alliance

Picis, the leading provider of information systems for the high-acuity areas of hospitals, and iSOFT, one of the world’s biggest healthcare information technology (HIT) companies, have entered into a strategic alliance whereby iSOFT will distribute, implement and provide international support for selected solutions from the Picis CareSuite® family of high-acuity solutions, focusing initially on ICU and anesthesia in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand.

3 Feb 2010

Innovative discharge program reduces congestive heart failure readmissions

An innovative discharge program developed by Saddleback Memorial Medical Center combining coordination of hospital and community resources, strong patient education and the IDEAL LIFE Bluetooth-enabled wireless remote health monitoring system has helped to reduce congestive heart failure (CHF) readmissions by 50 percent

3 Feb 2010

McKesson accelerates EHR adoption at independent physician practices with rebate offers

As part of its Achieve HIT stimulus program for physicians, McKesson today announced a limited-time offer to reduce the cost barriers associated with independent physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). Physicians may choose from two options on selected EHR/practice management solutions – 0% interest for 12 months with a 25% down payment, or a $1,000 cash rebate for the first provider with a $500 cash rebate for each additional provider in a practice.

3 Feb 2010

Dopamine plays a critical role in behavioral processes

People have typically viewed the benefits that accrue with social status primarily from the perspective of external rewards. A new paper in the February 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier suggests that there are internal rewards as well.

3 Feb 2010

Physicians' input can help in developing better patient care technologies, says Corathers Health Consulting

Corathers Health Consulting, dedicated to the advancement of medical and surgical technologies, knows that insight from practitioners is especially critical to new product design.

3 Feb 2010

Effective implementation of clinical information systems to maximize health care IT investment

Marking the launch of its newly redesigned Web site, Informatics Corporation of America (ICA; www.icainformatics.com), provider of electronic solutions to hospitals, integrated delivery networks (IDNs), and health information exchanges (HIEs), announces the availability of an informative white paper, “Health Care IT Investment Heightens Need For Effective Implementation: Introducing five key elements for successful roll-out of clinical information systems (CIS),” http://www.icainformatics.com/news-and-events/white-papers/.

3 Feb 2010

LExICon study evaluating laser assisted lead removal using Spectranetics laser sheath published

Spectranetics Corporation today announced publication of the four-year, retrospective LExICon (Lead Extraction in Contemporary Settings) study in the February 9th issue of the Journal of American College of Cardiology.

3 Feb 2010

Technology News and Research

St. Jude Medical to commence enrollment in IRASE AF trial

HealthSport's bi-layer edible film strip technology related patent application receives Mexican approval

UBC announces the opening of new global office in Tokyo, Japan

Validation results of SmartChip Real-Time PCR System to be presented at CHI's conference

IBM announces definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems

Major study of perfusion imaging under way to assess value of alternative diagnostic methods

Shina Systems' 3Di medical imaging advanced (3D/4D) visualization software suite receives FDA clearance

Diversified Information Technologies acquires document management services firm in NC

Axway and Anakam to provide security and identity management offering for electronic health records

MedQuist and CBay to acquire Spheris

FDA approves Labopharm's OLEPTRO antidepressant for MDD

Sonomax Hearing Healthcare to report on financing arrangement with Benvest New Look Income Fund

Thermo Fisher Scientific announces record $2.84 billion revenue in fourth-quarter 2009

Picis and ISOFT announce strategic alliance

Innovative discharge program reduces congestive heart failure readmissions

McKesson accelerates EHR adoption at independent physician practices with rebate offers

Dopamine plays a critical role in behavioral processes

Physicians' input can help in developing better patient care technologies, says Corathers Health Consulting

Effective implementation of clinical information systems to maximize health care IT investment

LExICon study evaluating laser assisted lead removal using Spectranetics laser sheath published

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