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Xencor licenses its XmAb and Xtend technology platforms to Centocor Research & Development

Xencor, Inc., a company using Fc engineering for the discovery and development of next-generation and biosuperior antibodies, announced today that it has licensed its XmAb® and Xtend™ technology platforms to Centocor Research & Development, Inc. for the optimization of Centocor’s antibody drug candidates.

30 Nov 2009

Bavarian Nordic to file a NDS for IMVAMUNE with Health Canada

Bavarian Nordic A/S announced today that the company expects to file a New Drug Submission (NDS) for its third-generation smallpox vaccine, IMVAMUNE(R) with the Canadian Authorities, Health Canada in 2010. If successful, this would be the first marketing approval of IMVAMUNE(R).

30 Nov 2009

DALSA to showcase its Helios10 MD panel at the RSNA 2009

DALSA Corporation, through its Rad-icon Imaging division, today announced general availability of the Helios10 MD panel, the first product in the company's new Helios camera family. With an active area of 20 x 25 cm, the Helios10 MD is the first CMOS X-Ray panel from DALSA of this size and form factor, a medical-grade cassette package with an integrated handle.

30 Nov 2009

Acsys Interactive's recommendations to the FDA on social media in the healthcare industry

At the invitation of the Food and Drug Administration, Stan Valencis, President of Acsys Interactive, recently presented a series of recommendations to help shape the government's policy towards the promotion of prescription drugs, biologics and medical devices using the Internet and social media tools. As a leader in providing digital marketing and interactive strategies to healthcare systems, hospitals, device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies, Acsys Interactive was selected by the FDA to provide its uniquely qualified perspective and experience.

30 Nov 2009

ALS research collaboration receives philanthropic funding

Three prominent philanthropic organizations – The Angel Fund, The ALS Therapy Alliance and Project ALS -- dedicated to finding a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have financed a new collaboration between one of the world’s leading ALS researchers and RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company pursuing the development and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics based on RNA interference (RNAi).

30 Nov 2009

Neurotechnology releases upgraded multi-biometric and AFIS systems

Neurotechnology, a provider of high-precision biometric identification technologies, has released two new upgrades in the company's core product line: VeriLook 4.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) for facial recognition and MegaMatcher 3.1 SDK for large-scale multi-biometric and automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS). Expanded capabilities in VeriLook 4.0 provide enhanced facial recognition reliability across a wider range of facial positions.

30 Nov 2009

Medipattern, Sentinelle Medical sign technology access and distribution agreement

The Medipattern Corporation (TSX VENTURE:MKI), a pioneer in the development of medical software solutions that help improve imaging workflow and productivity and Sentinelle Medical Inc., a leading manufacturer of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coils and advanced visualization software, have announced that they are entering a technology access and distribution agreement.

30 Nov 2009

Sentinelle Medical, Siemens Healthcare to jointly develop solutions for Interventional Prostate MRI

Sentinelle Medical Inc., a leading manufacturer of breast MRI coils and software, and Siemens Healthcare today announced at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, that they are collaborating on the development of a suite of innovative solutions for Interventional Prostate MRI.

30 Nov 2009

Minerva Biotechnologies grants Clarient exclusive commercializing rights to its MUC1 diagnostic test

Clarient, Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that privately held, Waltham, MA-based Minerva Biotechnologies has granted it the exclusive right to develop and commercialize a test that identifies the MUC1* protein, a biomarker researchers believe may be implicated in the spread of many cancers, including breast cancer.

30 Nov 2009

Sentinelle Medical, Ultrasonix Medical announce distribution partnership for new SonixTOUCH ultrasound imaging system

Sentinelle Medical Inc., a leading manufacturer of MRI coils and advanced visualization software, and Ultrasonix Medical Corporation, a leading provider of innovative ultrasound imaging systems have announced a distribution agreement for the new SonixTOUCH Ultrasound with Aegis(TM) Navigation. The system will be shown as a work-in-progress on both Sentinelle and Ultrasonix's booths at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, Nov. 30 - Dec. 5, 2009.

30 Nov 2009

Toshiba introduces new CT system for pediatric imaging

With smaller vessels, lower bone density and less body fat, pediatric patients have different imaging needs than adults. Pediatric patients frequently have difficulty holding their breath or staying still during a scan, creating the need for CT technology tailored for their needs.

30 Nov 2009

$Stem cell technology for rapid healing of complicated bone fractures$

Stem cell technology for rapid healing of complicated bone fractures

A novel technology involving use of stem cells, developed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers, has been applied to provide better and rapid healing for patients suffering from complicated bone fractures.

30 Nov 2009

"Skin" to aid hearing

An apparatus that converts sound to vibrations makes it possible for individuals who are deaf and blind or severely hearing impaired to perceive and recognize sounds with their skin. The method, which can also be adapted for infants, has been developed by engineering researcher Parivash Ranjbar, who is submitting his findings in a new dissertation at örebro University in Sweden.

30 Nov 2009

Novel initiative to improve NMR structure determination

In structural biology, the only technique available to predict the three dimensional structure of large complex molecules in solution, such as proteins and DNA, is NMR spectroscopy. To catalyze improvements in the techniques behind these predictions, the "eNMR" project has launched a new initiative. In September's Nature Methods the project issued an invitation to the entire biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance community to participate in a large scale test of modern computing algorithms.

30 Nov 2009

ApaTech named Europe's fastest growing company in Deloitte 2009 Technology Fast 500

ApaTech, the rapidly growing orthobiologics company, was named Europe's fastest growing Biotech/Pharmaceutical/Medical Technology/Equipment company in the Deloitte 2009 Technology Fast 500 for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

30 Nov 2009

WuXi PharmaTech recognized as 50 fastest-growing companies for the fifth consecutive year

WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical-device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, announced that it had been selected to the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China 2009 list for the fifth consecutive year.

30 Nov 2009

Exiqon announces the recognition of ICCB-L

Exiqon A/S announced today that the Harvard Medical School ICCB-Longwood Screening Facility (ICCB-L) has been recognized as a MicroRNA Screening Center of Excellence.

30 Nov 2009

Simbionix USA offers PROcedure Rehearsal Studio workshop at upcoming ICCA Meeting

Simbionix USA Corporation, the world's leading developer of medical simulation systems, in collaboration with GORE Medical Products will be offering a PROcedure Rehearsal Studio(TM) workshop for the first time at the upcoming ICCA Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany.

30 Nov 2009

Royal Philips Electronics demonstrates its portfolio of dose radiation managing products

Royal Philips Electronics today announced its response to an industry need by showing its portfolio of products designed to manage dose radiation at this year's 95th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago.

From Philips Healthcare 30 Nov 2009

Siemens Healthcare to showcase latest medical imaging technologies at RSNA 2009

At the 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), "Images, my way" will resonate throughout the Siemens Healthcare booth (#825) from November 29 to December 3 at McCormick Place (Booth #825, East Building/Lakeside Center, Hall D) in Chicago.

30 Nov 2009

Technology News and Research

Xencor licenses its XmAb and Xtend technology platforms to Centocor Research & Development

Bavarian Nordic to file a NDS for IMVAMUNE with Health Canada

DALSA to showcase its Helios10 MD panel at the RSNA 2009

Acsys Interactive's recommendations to the FDA on social media in the healthcare industry

ALS research collaboration receives philanthropic funding

Neurotechnology releases upgraded multi-biometric and AFIS systems

Medipattern, Sentinelle Medical sign technology access and distribution agreement

Sentinelle Medical, Siemens Healthcare to jointly develop solutions for Interventional Prostate MRI

Minerva Biotechnologies grants Clarient exclusive commercializing rights to its MUC1 diagnostic test

Sentinelle Medical, Ultrasonix Medical announce distribution partnership for new SonixTOUCH ultrasound imaging system

Toshiba introduces new CT system for pediatric imaging

Stem cell technology for rapid healing of complicated bone fractures

"Skin" to aid hearing

Novel initiative to improve NMR structure determination

ApaTech named Europe's fastest growing company in Deloitte 2009 Technology Fast 500

WuXi PharmaTech recognized as 50 fastest-growing companies for the fifth consecutive year

Exiqon announces the recognition of ICCB-L

Simbionix USA offers PROcedure Rehearsal Studio workshop at upcoming ICCA Meeting

Royal Philips Electronics demonstrates its portfolio of dose radiation managing products

Siemens Healthcare to showcase latest medical imaging technologies at RSNA 2009

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