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Business leaders should continue to monitor H1N1 risk management to alleviate major impact on costs and revenues

The swine flu pandemic may be off the media’s radar screen, but business executives can ill afford to rest easy. Experts from the National Center for Critical Incident Analysis (NCCIA), who have studied how to respond to pandemics and bioterrorism attacks, warn that executives need to continue to monitor and manage unknown risk factors that might cause the flu to have a major impact upon costs and revenues.

8 Jan 2010

Chinese researchers become the world's fifth most prolific contributors to regenerative medicine

Chinese researchers have become the world's fifth most prolific contributors to peer-reviewed scientific literature on clock-reversing regenerative medicine even as a skeptical international research community condemns the practice of Chinese clinics administering unproven stem cell therapies to domestic and foreign patients.

8 Jan 2010

A.D.A.M. announces new online education product for K-12 market

A.D.A.M., Inc., a leading provider of consumer health information, benefits technology solutions and interactive education resources, today announced the availability of A.D.A.M. Inside Out, its newest online education product for the K-12 education market. A.D.A.M. Inside Out offers a unique opportunity for K-12 students to learn about the human body.

8 Jan 2010

LAB Research completes research and development program that involves pulmonary monitoring system

LAB Research Inc. ("LAB" or "LAB Research"),a Canadian-based global non-clinical contract research organization, today announced that it recently completed a research and development program that involves real time quantitative pulmonary monitoring of non-human primates using wireless telemetry technology.

8 Jan 2010

Use of technology that expands access to qualified radiologist leads to earlier diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer

Use of technology that expands access to the most qualified radiologist will lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, said MedSolutions, a leading provider of medical cost management services.

8 Jan 2010

MicroCHIPS raises $16.5 million to fund for diabetes and osteoporosis programs

MicroCHIPS, Inc., a developer of intelligent implant systems, has raised $16.5 million to fund its lead programs in diabetes and osteoporosis. Current investors Polaris Venture Partners, Novartis Venture Fund, Flybridge Capital Partners, Medtronic, Saints Capital, Intersouth Partners, Care Capital and CSK Venture Capital were joined by new investor InterWest Partners.

8 Jan 2010

Emerging Healthcare Solutions seeks business opportunities with new, patented T-Guide Platelet Function Analyzer

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. under their exclusive option agreement with Thrombovision, has begun due diligence to aggressively seek the establishment of business opportunities with the new patented T-Guide Platelet Function Analyzer.

8 Jan 2010

Urologists use robot-assisted surgery to cut off average surgery time for vasectomy reversal

University of Florida urologists have used robot-assisted surgery to cut about 20 minutes off average surgery time for conventional vasectomy reversal using a microscope.

8 Jan 2010

Center for Attention Deficit and Learning Disorders adds HEG to its list of treatment options

The Center for Attention Deficit and Learning Disorders announces today that it has added Hemoencephalography (HEG) to its list of treatment options for patients with ADD/ADHD, learning disabilities, mood disorders and other conditions.

8 Jan 2010

Medsphere Systems announces new partnerships to promote EHR systems in healthcare facilities

Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open source healthcare enterprise solutions, announced new partnerships with Network Infrastructure Technologies (NIT) Health, Inc., The Acacia Group LLC and M*D and suResources, Inc., to promote, implement and support the company's OpenVista electronic health record (EHR) solution among healthcare facilities throughout the country.

8 Jan 2010

NEB introduces Lemo21(DE3) Competent E. coli

New England Biolabs (NEB) has introduced Lemo21(DE3) Competent E. coli, a tunable T7 expression strain optimized for the expression of difficult constructs, including membrane proteins, toxic proteins and proteins prone to insoluble expression.

From New England Biolabs 8 Jan 2010

Proteostasis Therapeutics enters into exclusive license agreement with New York University

Proteostasis Therapeutics announced today that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with New York University for intellectual property related to discoveries from the laboratory of David Ron, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Julius Raynes Professor of Cell Biology at NYU Langone Medical Center’s Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine.

8 Jan 2010

Nation's best cardiac programs team up to offer improved heart care

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach is among Florida's most renowned heart hospitals. New York's Columbia University Medical Center is ranked among the nation's top cardiovascular programs. Together, they take the best heart care and make it better for South Florida

8 Jan 2010

UK-based Andromeda Capital invests 1.25 million in TheraSim

TheraSim, Inc., the leading simulation-training company dedicated to providing online tools and solutions to reduce performance errors in healthcare and clinical research, secured a $1.25 million round of investment from UK-based Andromeda Capital.

8 Jan 2010

Hi-Tech Pharmacal receives clearance from FDA to market Tropazone lotion

Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. announced today that it received clearance from the FDA to market Tropazone™ lotion, a prescription dermatological product which will be promoted by Hi-Tech’s branded marketing subsidiary, ECR Pharmaceuticals Co., Inc. The product is indicated for the treatment of various dermatological conditions including atopic dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, and radiation dermatitis.

8 Jan 2010

ICSI creates Professional Partnerships group to help medical groups transform their health care

The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI, www.icsi.org), a nonprofit health care improvement organization, has created a Professional Partnerships group to help medical groups, hospitals, health plans, policy makers and others transform their health care so it is more patient-centered, of higher quality and more affordable.

8 Jan 2010

Gore's next generation Conformable GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis enters clinical trial

W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) announced the first human implants of the next generation Conformable GORE TAG® Thoracic Endoprosthesis in the United States for the treatment of traumatic transection of the thoracic aorta.

8 Jan 2010

Lawson Software agrees to acquire Healthvision Solutions through the acquisition of Quovadx Holdings

Lawson Software today announced that it has agreed to acquire Healthvision Solutions, Inc. (“Healthvision”), through the acquisition of privately held Quovadx Holdings, Inc. (“Quovadx”), its parent holding company.

8 Jan 2010

Misonix signs new distribution agreement with Varlix Mexico

Misonix, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of tumors and worldwide for other acute health conditions, has entered into a new, three year distribution agreement with Varlix Mexico, S.A. de C.V., based in Mexico City, Mexico, for the distribution of the SonaStar(TM) Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator and the BoneScalpel(TM) Ultrasonic Bone Cutter. The agreement provides Varlix with the rights to sell exclusively in Mexico and includes minimum purchase requirements.

8 Jan 2010

Medtronic invests in GI Dynamics to advance treatment for metabolic disorders

GI Dynamics, a leader in non-surgical treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity, today announced that it has received a strategic investment from Medtronic, Inc., the global leader in medical device technology and therapies designed to treat chronic diseases.

8 Jan 2010

Technology News and Research

Business leaders should continue to monitor H1N1 risk management to alleviate major impact on costs and revenues

Chinese researchers become the world's fifth most prolific contributors to regenerative medicine

A.D.A.M. announces new online education product for K-12 market

LAB Research completes research and development program that involves pulmonary monitoring system

Use of technology that expands access to qualified radiologist leads to earlier diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer

MicroCHIPS raises $16.5 million to fund for diabetes and osteoporosis programs

Emerging Healthcare Solutions seeks business opportunities with new, patented T-Guide Platelet Function Analyzer

Urologists use robot-assisted surgery to cut off average surgery time for vasectomy reversal

Center for Attention Deficit and Learning Disorders adds HEG to its list of treatment options

Medsphere Systems announces new partnerships to promote EHR systems in healthcare facilities

NEB introduces Lemo21(DE3) Competent E. coli

Proteostasis Therapeutics enters into exclusive license agreement with New York University

Nation's best cardiac programs team up to offer improved heart care

UK-based Andromeda Capital invests 1.25 million in TheraSim

Hi-Tech Pharmacal receives clearance from FDA to market Tropazone lotion

ICSI creates Professional Partnerships group to help medical groups transform their health care

Gore's next generation Conformable GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis enters clinical trial

Lawson Software agrees to acquire Healthvision Solutions through the acquisition of Quovadx Holdings

Misonix signs new distribution agreement with Varlix Mexico

Medtronic invests in GI Dynamics to advance treatment for metabolic disorders

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