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Arrayit announces collaboration with European Space Agency for mission-critical contribution

Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB: ARYC), a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announces a collaboration with the European Space Agency.

15 Oct 2009

NHGRI grants BioNanomatrix $833,490 for commercial development of its NanoAnalyzer system

BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of breakthrough single-molecule genomic analysis technology, today announced receipt of two new supplemental grants totaling $833,490 from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). The funding is intended to support further commercial development of BioNanomatrix's nanoscale whole genome imaging and analysis platform.

15 Oct 2009

Prometheus Laboratories introduces three new cancer diagnostic products

Prometheus Laboratories Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, today announced the nationwide commercial launch of three new cancer diagnostic products: ProOnc TumorSource Dx, ProOnc Squamous Dx and ProOnc Mesothelioma Dx. Each of these tests is based on recently developed, highly sensitive microRNA technology.

15 Oct 2009

Baxter International announces financial results for third quarter 2009; updates full-year financial outlook

Baxter International Inc. today reported solid financial results for the third quarter of 2009, and provided its fourth quarter and updated full-year 2009 financial outlook.

From Baxter International Inc. 15 Oct 2009

New virtual reality training programme test perceptual skills of rugby players

Team members from Ulster Rugby have been working with researchers in the School of Psychology at Queen's on a range of virtual training scenarios that test expert players' perceptual skills.

15 Oct 2009

Sangretech Biomedical signs amended license agreement with Bostwick Laboratories

Sangretech Biomedical LLC, a developer of dendritic cell therapies for cancer and infectious diseases, today announced it has executed an amended and restated license agreement with Bostwick Laboratories, Inc. providing Bostwick Scientific, the research division of Bostwick Laboratories, with exclusive rights to Sangretech’s dendritic cell technology in certain territories.

15 Oct 2009

Three poster presentations to be presented by the clinical pharmacy team of First DataBank

First DataBank, a leading provider of drug databases that help drive patient safety, today announced that members of the company’s clinical pharmacy team, knowledgeable in the application of drug information systems for safe medication prescribing and clinical decision support in pediatrics, will present three poster presentations at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, October 17-20, 2009 in Washington, D.C.

15 Oct 2009

GeckoSystems to discuss CareBot's graceful movement enabled by GeckoMotorController

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference November 4-5, 2009 attendees will be able to observe and discuss the CareBot's™ graceful movement enabled by the GeckoMotorController™.

15 Oct 2009

Pharma IQ reports on the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals conference

Pharma IQ, a division of IQPC, held the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals, September 21-24, 2009 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. This industry-leading global forum gathered more than 350 pharmaceutical, regulatory and logistic experts to address the greatest challenges supply chain professionals face today.

From IQPC Ltd 15 Oct 2009

Small biotechnology companies fail to attact new capital, BIO conveyes support for Investment Act of 2009

Small biotechnology companies developing new medical therapies and advanced biofuels need help attracting new capital, as investors have become especially risk averse. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today conveyed support for the Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009, which would create a funding program at the Small Business Administration to stimulate growth in early-stage technology-based companies.

15 Oct 2009

Medifacts International bags $2.7 million contract with a top ten pharmaceutical company

MEDIFACTS INTERNATIONAL, INC., one of the largest global providers of noninvasive cardiac diagnostic services, today announced the award of a $2.7 million contract with a top ten pharmaceutical company to provide comprehensive cardiac safety and efficacy services for a large late stage clinical trial.

15 Oct 2009

BSA LifeStructures opens a new office in St. Louis

Architectural/engineering firm BSA LifeStructures, Inc. has opened a new office located at CityPlace in the St. Louis suburb of Creve Coeur.

15 Oct 2009

NAHC completes BlackBerry Report

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) today announced the completion of The BlackBerry® Report: The National State of the Home Care Industry Study.

15 Oct 2009

Scientists are trying to decipher the chemistry of human odor

Each of the 6.7 billion people on Earth has a signature body odor - the chemical counterpart to fingerprints - and scientists are tracking down those odiferous arches, loops, and whorls in the "human odorprint" for purposes ranging from disease diagnosis to crime prevention. That's the topic of an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine.

15 Oct 2009

DNA Link to provide NimbleGen Sequence Capture service in Korea

Roche NimbleGen, a Roche Company, has announced the first Certified Service Provider (CSP), DNA Link, Inc., who will provide service in Korea for NimbleGen Titanium Optimized Sequence Capture coupled with services from 454 Life Sciences, Roche´s center of excellence for sequencing.

15 Oct 2009

Research to investigate and improve patient adherence to prescription drug therapies

CVS Caremark is sponsoring research to investigate patient adherence to prescription drug therapies and identify ways to increase adherence. Working with researchers from Harvard and Brigham and Women's Hospital, the company expects knowledge gained from the research will help health professionals better understand patient behavior and lead to developing programs that health care providers and pharmacies can use to improve medication adherence and ultimately help improve patient care and medical outcomes by avoiding costly hospital treatment.

15 Oct 2009

Phase Forward and Merck project wins the Society for Clinical Data Management Data Driven Innovation Award

Phase Forward, a leading provider of data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety, today announced that a joint project with customer Merck & Co. has won the 2009 Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) Data Driven Innovation Award competition. This annual honor recognizes the year’s best advancement in clinical data management technology or service.

15 Oct 2009

Pervasive Integration provides cost-effective data integration solution to healthcare companies

Pervasive Software Inc., a global value leader in embeddable data management and agile data integration software, is providing the flexible, cost-effective data integration required for challenging, increasingly regulated healthcare IT environments.

15 Oct 2009

Somanetics obtains exclusive sublicense to new cerebral autoregulation technology

Somanetics Corporation today announced that it has signed an Exclusive Sublicense Agreement with Raba Equity Partners II, LLC ("Raba coreFoundry"). Under terms of the agreement, Somanetics has obtained exclusive rights, subject to specified rights of the U.S. Government and rights retained by The Johns Hopkins University, to new cerebral autoregulation technology developed at The Johns Hopkins University.

15 Oct 2009

Innovative technologies and devices feature at AdvaMed 2009

The exhibit hall at AdvaMed 2009 on the third floor of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center is brimming with displays of cutting edge medical technology, organizations committed to the advancement of research and development in the MedTech industry, and innovative devices designed to improve the health and health care of people all over the world.

15 Oct 2009

Technology News and Research

Arrayit announces collaboration with European Space Agency for mission-critical contribution

NHGRI grants BioNanomatrix $833,490 for commercial development of its NanoAnalyzer system

Prometheus Laboratories introduces three new cancer diagnostic products

Baxter International announces financial results for third quarter 2009; updates full-year financial outlook

New virtual reality training programme test perceptual skills of rugby players

Sangretech Biomedical signs amended license agreement with Bostwick Laboratories

Three poster presentations to be presented by the clinical pharmacy team of First DataBank

GeckoSystems to discuss CareBot's graceful movement enabled by GeckoMotorController

Pharma IQ reports on the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals conference

Small biotechnology companies fail to attact new capital, BIO conveyes support for Investment Act of 2009

Medifacts International bags $2.7 million contract with a top ten pharmaceutical company

BSA LifeStructures opens a new office in St. Louis

NAHC completes BlackBerry Report

Scientists are trying to decipher the chemistry of human odor

DNA Link to provide NimbleGen Sequence Capture service in Korea

Research to investigate and improve patient adherence to prescription drug therapies

Phase Forward and Merck project wins the Society for Clinical Data Management Data Driven Innovation Award

Pervasive Integration provides cost-effective data integration solution to healthcare companies

Somanetics obtains exclusive sublicense to new cerebral autoregulation technology

Innovative technologies and devices feature at AdvaMed 2009

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