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DFG approves establishment of new CRCs; research topics range from modern prostheses to political reforms to marine bacteria

The DFG has approved the establishment of 17 new Collaborative Research Centres as of 1 January 2010. This decision was made recently by the relevant Grants Committee in Bonn.

1 Dec 2009

China Nepstar Chain Drugstore announces third-quarter financial results

China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. ("Nepstar" or "the Company"), the largest retail drugstore chain in China based on the number of directly operated stores, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

1 Dec 2009

Health Robotics to showcase its TPNstation at the ASHP

Health Robotics today announced its plans to unveil TPNstation's development plans and product specifications for a new and revolutionary concept: "Totally Automated Parenteral Nutrition", a new key component of its i.v. Room of the Future vision to be showcased at Las Vegas' ASHP (Booth # 114).

1 Dec 2009

NRR to be available exclusively on OvidSP online search and discovery platform to all Ovid customers

As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen its presence in China's healthcare information market, Ovid, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health and a global leader in electronic scientific, medical, and academic information research solutions, is pleased to announce an agreement with Neural Regeneration Research (NRR), an English-language monthly journal dedicated to presenting peer-reviewed, evidence-based scholarly research in stem cells and regeneration.

1 Dec 2009

Third-quarter fiscal 2009 results announced by Urodynamix Technologies

Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. today reported its financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended September 30, 2009. The Company reported a loss of $638,287 or $0.01 per share basic and diluted compared to a loss of $737,341or $0.01, basic and diluted, for the comparative quarter of the prior year. Revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 at $15,285, decreased 55% over the same quarter of the prior year.

1 Dec 2009

Thanx Media creates new website search tool for Scrubs & Beyond

A quick visit to Scrubs & Beyond's website and you will see that there have been some changes. Scrubs & Beyond went to Thanx Media for help in creating a new and improved website search engine.

1 Dec 2009

$2.6M NIH grant for survey of in situ protein-protein interaction networks

Our brain is composed of over one trillion cells called neurons. Each neuron contains millions of proteins. Exactly how individual proteins interact with one another and together form complex signaling networks within neurons has never been examined directly in live animals.

1 Dec 2009

MedQuist signs agreement with Nuance Communications

MedQuist Inc., a leading provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nuance) under which MedQuist will now license Nuance's SpeechMagic speech recognition engine and processing software for use in SpeechQ of General Medicine(TM), MedQuist's front-end speech recognition application for all medical disciplines.

1 Dec 2009

GE Healthcare to investigate the performance of MBIR

GE Healthcare, a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company, announced today a multi-center study to investigate the performance of Model Based Iterative Reconstruction (MBIR) as a method to maintain or improve diagnostic information available to clinicians while dramatically lowering radiation dose in routine CT imaging.

1 Dec 2009

Mindray Medical introduces new upgraded M5 ultrasound system at RSNA 2009

Mindray Medical International Limited (NYSE: MR), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, today announced the introduction of a significant new upgrade for the company's popular M5 ultrasound system at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America being held in Chicago, November 29 - December 4, 2009. The upgrade includes automatic presets for each new exam and the addition of another state-of-the-art transducer.

From Mindray 1 Dec 2009

Phase 1 study of preventive HIV vaccine testing a novel delivery mechanism completed

A Phase 1 study of a preventive HIV vaccine testing a novel delivery mechanism known as electroporation – the use of electrical pulses to increase the immune responses elicited by DNA vaccines – was recently completed in New York City.

1 Dec 2009

USPTO issues Notice of Allowance for Titan Pharmaceuticals' Probuphine patent application

Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for Titan’s United States patent application directed to the use of Probuphine for the treatment of opiate addiction.

1 Dec 2009

Phi Health launches high-performance MRI system at RSNA 2009

Phi Health, a healthcare technology company, announced at the RSNA 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, November 29, 2009 – December 4, 2009, that it is introducing Memex, a proprietary high-performance, yet low-cost 1.5T MRI system.

1 Dec 2009

Aegis Therapeutics signs License Agreement with Roche

Aegis Therapeutics LLC (Aegis) announced today that they have signed a License Agreement providing Roche access to Aegis' proprietary ProTek® stabilization technology. The ProTek® technology covers the use of specific excipients as stabilizers in certain manufacturing processes and formulations of protein-based therapeutics.

1 Dec 2009

GE Healthcare presents new Innova dose-efficient X-ray technology at RSNA 2009

At this year’s Radiology Society of America (RSNA) annual meeting, GE Healthcare, a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company presented the new Innova® dose-efficient X-ray technology powered by the innovative GE AutoEx control system, which automatically and continuously adapts to help keep image quality and patient dose at optimum levels.

1 Dec 2009

HireRight acquires National Diagnostics

HireRight, Inc., an Altegrity company and a leader in on-demand employment background and drug screening, announced today the close of its acquisition of National Diagnostics, Inc. (NDI), a full-service provider of drug testing and physical exam services that has served U.S. and global employers of all sizes for almost 20 years. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

1 Dec 2009

Biomagnetics Diagnostics announces Patent License Agreement with Los Alamos National Security

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp. (PINK SHEETS:BMGP), a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, today announced the Company has finalized a "Patent License Agreement with Los Alamos National Security."

30 Nov 2009

Global CRO PRA International achieves Rave Accredited Plus status in the ASPire to Win program

Medidata Solutions, a leading global provider of hosted clinical development solutions, today announced that PRA International, a global clinical research organization (CRO), has achieved Rave Accredited Plus status in the ASPire to Win® program for CROs and other service providers.

30 Nov 2009

Tripep completes phase I clinical study of its ChronVac-C hepatitis C virus DNA vaccine

Inovio Biomedical Corporation, a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced today that its partner Tripep AB of Sweden has completed its phase I clinical study of its ChronVac-C hepatitis C virus DNA vaccine delivered using Inovio’s electroporation technology.

30 Nov 2009

DALSA launches its XRI-1600 digital image processor at the RSNA 2009

DALSA, a global leader in digital imaging technology, today announced the introduction of its XRI-1600 digital image processor, which is ideal for X-ray imaging applications. At RSNA 2009, the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America held at McCormick Place in Chicago, DALSA will be demonstrating the XRI-1600 at Booth #7117 (North Building, Hall B) from November 29 - December 4, 2009.

30 Nov 2009

Technology News and Research

DFG approves establishment of new CRCs; research topics range from modern prostheses to political reforms to marine bacteria

China Nepstar Chain Drugstore announces third-quarter financial results

Health Robotics to showcase its TPNstation at the ASHP

NRR to be available exclusively on OvidSP online search and discovery platform to all Ovid customers

Third-quarter fiscal 2009 results announced by Urodynamix Technologies

Thanx Media creates new website search tool for Scrubs & Beyond

$2.6M NIH grant for survey of in situ protein-protein interaction networks

MedQuist signs agreement with Nuance Communications

GE Healthcare to investigate the performance of MBIR

Mindray Medical introduces new upgraded M5 ultrasound system at RSNA 2009

Phase 1 study of preventive HIV vaccine testing a novel delivery mechanism completed

USPTO issues Notice of Allowance for Titan Pharmaceuticals' Probuphine patent application

Phi Health launches high-performance MRI system at RSNA 2009

Aegis Therapeutics signs License Agreement with Roche

GE Healthcare presents new Innova dose-efficient X-ray technology at RSNA 2009

HireRight acquires National Diagnostics

Biomagnetics Diagnostics announces Patent License Agreement with Los Alamos National Security

Global CRO PRA International achieves Rave Accredited Plus status in the ASPire to Win program

Tripep completes phase I clinical study of its ChronVac-C hepatitis C virus DNA vaccine

DALSA launches its XRI-1600 digital image processor at the RSNA 2009

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