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WuXi PharmaTech, JANSSEN division announce collaboration for preclinical services

WuXi PharmaTech, a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced it has reached an agreement with Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (JANSSEN), to collaborate in the area of preclinical services.

2 Mar 2010

Hill-Rom extends smart room technology for improved clinical workflow

Today, Hill-Rom announced the extension of its smart room technology to provide a choice of solutions that connect the smart bed and other medical devices to the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) on both a wired and a wireless platform.

2 Mar 2010

NovoStent receives CE Mark for SAMBA Stent and Delivery System for treatment of PAD

NovoStent® Corporation, a privately held medical device company, today announced that it has received CE Mark for its SAMBATM Stent and Delivery System for the treatment of peripheral artery disease. The SAMBA Stent was designed to treat the highly varied presentation of atherosclerotic disease in the superficial femoral (SFA) and popliteal arteries by providing a unique combination of strength, flexibility and vessel coverage.

2 Mar 2010

Drugmakers' business practices draw scrutiny

Three top California Medicaid officials in charge of pharmacy issues failed to disclose trips paid for by drug-industry funded business groups, California Watch/San Francisco Chronicle reports. Officials who are directly involved in setting drug policy and negotiating payments took about 12 trips paid for by these nonprofit business groups. The nonprofits hold conferences such as the those attended by the Medicaid officials and raise their money through fees from drug representatives who attend conferences, too.

1 Mar 2010

Uroplasty's Urgent PC Neuromodulation System SUmiT Trial demonstrates effectiveness of PTNS

Uroplasty, Inc., a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products to treat voiding dysfunctions, today highlighted results of the SUmiT Trial of its Urgent® PC Neuromodulation System that will be published in the April 2010 print edition of THE JOURNAL OF UROLOGY® and is now available on line.

1 Mar 2010

Aurora BayCare to host statewide meeting to promote development of medical technology businesses

Aurora BayCare will host a statewide meeting Friday, March 5, to promote the development of medical technology businesses in northeastern Wisconsin. The "Medical Device Collaboration Gathering" will take place at Aurora BayCare Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center, 1160 Kepler Drive in Green Bay.

1 Mar 2010

Continua Health Alliance, ETSI, IHE-Europe announce receipt of funding from EC for Smart Personal Health project

Continua Health Alliance, an international organization of leading health care and technology companies, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), responsible for standardization of ICT within Europe, and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Europe (IHE-Europe) today announced receipt of funding from the European Commission (EC) for a 12-month project called Smart Personal Health.

1 Mar 2010

ADMET tester Absorption Systems joins Society of Toxicology as Affiliate

Absorption Systems, a leader in testing drugs for ADMET (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion and Toxicity), has joined the Society of Toxicology, the premier global professional association of toxicologists, as an SOT Affiliate. The firm, a contract research organization, has more than a decade of experience assisting pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in determining which compounds in development should be advanced into clinical testing.

27 Feb 2010

NuVasive: Aetna changes spinal surgery policy to include coverage for XLIF procedure

NuVasive, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced today that Aetna changed its spinal surgery policy to include coverage for the eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion, or XLIF procedure, published on February 26, 2010, a reversal from its previous policy that labeled XLIF as experimental and investigational.

27 Feb 2010

United Healthcare changes lumbar spinal fusion policy to include coverage for XLIF procedure

NuVasive, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced today that United Healthcare changed its lumbar spinal fusion policy to include coverage for the eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion, or XLIF procedure, published on February 26, 2010, a reversal from its previous policy that labeled XLIF as unproven.

27 Feb 2010

Researchers develop noninvasive infrared scanning system to diagnose melanomas

Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a noninvasive infrared scanning system to help doctors determine whether pigmented skin growths are benign moles or melanoma, a lethal form of cancer.

27 Feb 2010

"Smart Hip": Non-evasive method to regenerate bone tissue

To monitor the real-time performance of bone implants is the challenge of "Smart Hip", an innovative medical device that aims to reduce the number of surgical interventions in the hip area and regenerate bone tissue by using non-evasive methods. The concept's validation - unique in the world and developed by a PHD from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto -, has already been successfully tested on animals.

27 Feb 2010

Surgeons perform nation's first incision-free myotomy procedure to treat achalasia

Surgeons at UC San Diego Medical Center have performed the nation's first incision-free myotomy, a procedure to treat achalasia, a distressing disorder which causes difficulty swallowing, regurgitation and chest pain. The innovative surgery, performed through the mouth, is the most recent in a series of groundbreaking clinical trial surgeries being evaluated by the UCSD Center for the Future of Surgery.

26 Feb 2010

Guidant conceals defibrillator safety problems from FDA, is charged with criminal violations

Medical device manufacturer Guidant LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Scientific Corporation, was charged today with criminal violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act related to safety problems with some of its implantable defibrillators. Guidant LLC formerly did business as Guidant Corporation. The Justice Department filed the criminal information today in connection with an agreement with Guidant to resolve the charges. A formal guilty plea agreement is expected to be filed with the court at a later date.

26 Feb 2010

Manhattan Scientifics completes agreement to acquire all commercial rights to Senior Scientific

Manhattan Scientifics Inc., a nanomedicine technology transfer and commercialization pioneer, today announced completion of its agreement to acquire all commercial rights to the body of work of nuclear physicist Edward R. Flynn, PhD and his company, Senior Scientific LLC.

26 Feb 2010

Lawsuit alleges Medtronic illegally marketed stent device for unapproved use

A complaint filed in federal court last week "alleges Medtronic Inc. illegally marketed a relatively obscure medical device called a biliary stent in ways not approved by federal regulators," The (Minneapolis-St. Paul) Star Tribune reports.

25 Feb 2010

CFIA approves export of Neovasc's processed pericardial tissue products to Europe

Neovasc Inc., today announced that it has received Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) approval to export its processed pericardial tissue products to Europe as an "intermediate product" under the requirements of Annex I of EC Regulation # 2007/2006. This approval allows European customers to import Neovasc's porcine and bovine pericardial tissue materials for use in the manufacture of their own medical devices.

25 Feb 2010

Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum in Winston-Salem

A spray-on skin product and an injectable cell therapy for heart attack patients are among 17 regenerative medicine technologies that will be showcased during the Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum, set for April 6-8 in Winston-Salem.

25 Feb 2010

New book details how Greenway Medical Technologies' PrimeResearch integrates with PrimeSuite

Paper Kills 2.0: How Health IT Can Help Save Your Life and Your Money, is due out today by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Health Transformation.

25 Feb 2010

BCBSF to be IPG's designated implantable device management vendor for extensive provider network

Implantable Provider Group is pleased to announce a significant agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. to be its designated implantable device management vendor for its extensive provider network. IPG will handle device coordination, billing, replacement, tracking, and other services for BCBSF’s statewide ambulatory surgery center (ASC) network.

25 Feb 2010

Medical Devices News and Research

WuXi PharmaTech, JANSSEN division announce collaboration for preclinical services

Hill-Rom extends smart room technology for improved clinical workflow

NovoStent receives CE Mark for SAMBA Stent and Delivery System for treatment of PAD

Drugmakers' business practices draw scrutiny

Uroplasty's Urgent PC Neuromodulation System SUmiT Trial demonstrates effectiveness of PTNS

Aurora BayCare to host statewide meeting to promote development of medical technology businesses

Continua Health Alliance, ETSI, IHE-Europe announce receipt of funding from EC for Smart Personal Health project

ADMET tester Absorption Systems joins Society of Toxicology as Affiliate

NuVasive: Aetna changes spinal surgery policy to include coverage for XLIF procedure

United Healthcare changes lumbar spinal fusion policy to include coverage for XLIF procedure

Researchers develop noninvasive infrared scanning system to diagnose melanomas

"Smart Hip": Non-evasive method to regenerate bone tissue

Surgeons perform nation's first incision-free myotomy procedure to treat achalasia

Guidant conceals defibrillator safety problems from FDA, is charged with criminal violations

Manhattan Scientifics completes agreement to acquire all commercial rights to Senior Scientific

Lawsuit alleges Medtronic illegally marketed stent device for unapproved use

CFIA approves export of Neovasc's processed pericardial tissue products to Europe

Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum in Winston-Salem

New book details how Greenway Medical Technologies' PrimeResearch integrates with PrimeSuite

BCBSF to be IPG's designated implantable device management vendor for extensive provider network

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