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Genesis Health System implements AeroScout's hospital-wide asset tracking and management system

AeroScout, the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility for the healthcare industry, today announced that Genesis Health System has implemented AeroScout’s Wi-Fi RTLS (real time location system) for hospital-wide asset tracking and management at Genesis Medical Center in Davenport, Iowa. Genesis uses the AeroScout solution to improve staff efficiency, optimize maintenance of medical equipment and reduce operational and capital expenses associated with renting additional devices and purchasing equipment.

21 Oct 2009

Positive results from Argos Therapeutics' personalized immunotherapy candidate AGS-004 Phase 2a trial

Argos Therapeutics today announced two presentations at the AIDS Vaccine 2009 conference, detailing positive viral load, immune response and safety data from an ongoing Phase 2a trial of AGS-004, its personalized immunotherapy candidate. AGS-004 is a product of the Company’s Arcelis™ technology, and is a personalized, RNA-loaded, dendritic cell-based immunotherapy that is perfectly matched to each patient’s unique HIV viral burden.

21 Oct 2009

Veeva Systems upgrades its CRM application

It’s the typical start to a day at a life sciences company. The sales representative grabs a coffee, sits down at his desk, checks his voicemail, and logs in to the system. Only this morning, the system is different and offers new functionality. Users have a new window into the status of a drug’s formulary position, a new account wizard has been added to PDAs and tablets, and rolling 4-week time frame displays are now available.

21 Oct 2009

MEDNET partners with Axius Healthcare Group to distribute MedSafe

What's the cost of saving a teenage life? When it comes to preventing accidental death resulting from prescription medication abuse, there's no price tag. Parents with good intentions, however, may be unaware that the lock-boxes they've installed are not protecting their teens from the ticking timebomb of prescription drugs.

21 Oct 2009

Novavax, Xcellerex enter into collaboration to accelerate the development of Novavax's 2009 H1N1 vaccine

Novavax, Inc. and Xcellerex, Inc. have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of Novavax's vaccine manufacturing process to commercial scale and begin immediate production of Novavax's novel 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine for potential commercial sale.

21 Oct 2009

Applied Biosystems announces the commercial availability of SOLiD 3 Plus System

Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation today announced the commercial availability of the SOLiD™ 3 Plus System, an enhanced next-generation genomic analysis platform designed to allow researchers to move one step closer to performing mainstream sequencing of personal genomes for clinical research and personalized medicine.

21 Oct 2009

Update from SemBioSys Genetics regarding Botaneco Specialty Ingredients

SemBioSys Genetics Inc. today announced that Advitech Inc. ("Advitech") has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Botaneco Specialty Ingredients Inc. ("Botaneco") held by SemBioSys and Avrio Ventures Limited Partnership ("Avrio").

21 Oct 2009

Gamida Cell and Cellerixon collaborate to develop new line of cell therapeutics

Gamida Cell Ltd. and Cellerix, S.A. announced today that the companies are collaborating on a feasibility study to evaluate the added value of combining the proprietary technologies of each.

21 Oct 2009

DUSA Pharmaceuticals finds place in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 list for second consecutive year

DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(R)( )(Nasdaq: DUSA), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology, announced today that it has been named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 list. For the second consecutive year, Deloitte recognized DUSA as one of the Top 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America in terms of percentage revenue growth over a five year period.

21 Oct 2009

Delcath Systems completes its pivotal Phase III Metastatic Melanoma Trial enrollment

Delcath Systems, Inc., a medical technology company testing its proprietary treatment method for primary and metastatic cancers to the liver, announced today that its pivotal Phase III Metastatic Melanoma Trial has met its goal of 92 patients and is fully enrolled.

21 Oct 2009

BioWa, NKT Therapeutics sign licensing agreement

BioWa, Inc. (BioWa) and NKT Therapeutics, Inc. (NKTT), announced today that they have entered into an agreement which provides NKTT with access to BioWa's patented POTELLIGENT(®) Technology platform for the development of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) enhanced antibodies.

21 Oct 2009

Case Western Reserve University Biomedical Engineering Department to celebrate its 40th anniversary

The Case Western Reserve University Biomedical Engineering Department has set trends for academia and launched medical inventions benefiting newborns and the aged, the critically ill and traumatically injured. The department will reflect and look to the future as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Thursday, Oct. 22.

21 Oct 2009

MUSC launches Social Media Newsroom for real-time information on medical news and research

As the editorial landscape continues to evolve with the emergence of social media, many people struggle to find trusted resources that offer accurate, real time information related to healthcare news and research.

21 Oct 2009

MIRP surgery carries higher risk of impotence and incontinence than traditional surgery

A new study debating the effectiveness of minimally invasive prostate surgery is not telling the whole story, warns Dr. David B. Samadi, Chief of the Division of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Urology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.

21 Oct 2009

Herrick Foundation's $3M grant for cancer research

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute announced today it received a $3 million grant from the Herrick Foundation. The initial gift of $1 million launches The Herrick Foundation Cancer Research Challenge, a special initiative to increase research funding at the Karmanos Cancer Institute over the next four years. The additional commitment of $2 million will be given in match funding.

21 Oct 2009

SMART Modular Technologies to provide solid-state drives for MSU program

SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. ("SMART" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SMOD), a leading independent manufacturer of memory modules, solid state drives, embedded computing subsystems, and TFT-LCD display products, today announced that it has been selected by Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) to provide solid-state drives (SSDs) for use in its Mass Storage Unit (MSU) program.

21 Oct 2009

Summit to highlight multi-system interoperability and transparency for safer US food supply chain

Colorado-based Traceability Institute announced today the dates of the first executive summit designed to initiate consensus to achieve multi-system interoperability with the goal of accomplishing a more sustainable and safer US food supply chain.

21 Oct 2009

Roche NimbleGen and High Throughput Genomics enter into a supply agreement

Roche NimbleGen and High Throughput Genomics, Inc. (HTG), provider of the quantitative Nuclease Protection Assay (qNPA), have entered into a supply agreement. Under the agreement, Roche NimbleGen will provide HTG with high density, multiplex DNA microarray slides for advanced gene expression analysis.

21 Oct 2009

New dual-port ophthalmic green laser photocoagulator introduced by IRIDEX

IRIDEX Corporation today announced the introduction of the IQ 532(TM) dual-port ophthalmic green laser photocoagulator which will be featured at the 2009 American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in San Francisco.

21 Oct 2009

Monsanto enters into a collaboration with Huazhong Agricultural University

Monsanto Company and Huazhong Agricultural University have entered into a collaboration to further the development of novel traits such as higher yield, drought resistance and nitrogen use efficiency. Monsanto will evaluate and advance certain technologies developed by Professor Qifa Zhang's research team at Huazhong Agricultural University in China.

21 Oct 2009

Technology News and Research

Genesis Health System implements AeroScout's hospital-wide asset tracking and management system

Positive results from Argos Therapeutics' personalized immunotherapy candidate AGS-004 Phase 2a trial

Veeva Systems upgrades its CRM application

MEDNET partners with Axius Healthcare Group to distribute MedSafe

Novavax, Xcellerex enter into collaboration to accelerate the development of Novavax's 2009 H1N1 vaccine

Applied Biosystems announces the commercial availability of SOLiD 3 Plus System

Update from SemBioSys Genetics regarding Botaneco Specialty Ingredients

Gamida Cell and Cellerixon collaborate to develop new line of cell therapeutics

DUSA Pharmaceuticals finds place in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 list for second consecutive year

Delcath Systems completes its pivotal Phase III Metastatic Melanoma Trial enrollment

BioWa, NKT Therapeutics sign licensing agreement

Case Western Reserve University Biomedical Engineering Department to celebrate its 40th anniversary

MUSC launches Social Media Newsroom for real-time information on medical news and research

MIRP surgery carries higher risk of impotence and incontinence than traditional surgery

Herrick Foundation's $3M grant for cancer research

SMART Modular Technologies to provide solid-state drives for MSU program

Summit to highlight multi-system interoperability and transparency for safer US food supply chain

Roche NimbleGen and High Throughput Genomics enter into a supply agreement

New dual-port ophthalmic green laser photocoagulator introduced by IRIDEX

Monsanto enters into a collaboration with Huazhong Agricultural University

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