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CSC, Cordys announce strategic alliance

CSC, a global leader in technology-enabled solutions and services, and Cordys, a leading provider of software for business process innovation, today announced a strategic alliance.

7 Oct 2009

Commercial shipments of ImageStreamX imaging flow cytometers begin

Amnis Corporation, a manufacturer of advanced cell imaging systems, today announced the first commercial shipments of the new ImageStreamX imaging flow cytometers. The new instrument - the second generation of Amnis' patented ImageStream® technology - combines the speed, sensitivity, and phenotyping abilities of flow cytometry with the detailed imagery, rich feature set, and functional insights of microscopy.

7 Oct 2009

$4.8 million grant from CDC to establish Indiana Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics

Researchers from Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute, with its world-renowned medical informatics research group and regional health information exchange, have been awarded a $4.8 million grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create the Indiana Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics, one of only four such centers in the nation.

7 Oct 2009

AOAC Research Institute certifies Idaho's E.coli O157:H7 test

Idaho Technology, Inc. (ITI) has been granted Performance Tested Methods Status by the AOAC Research Institute (Certificate No. 100901) for its E.coli O157:H7 test used with the R.A.P.I.D.® LT Food Security System (FSS). The assay uses real-time PCR technology to identify the presence of E.coli O157:H7 in raw ground beef and uncooked spinach food samples.

7 Oct 2009

ABT Molecular Imaging secures $9 million through its Series A financing

ABT Molecular Imaging, a medical imaging company developing a production platform to generate unit doses of molecular imaging drugs, announced today it has secured a $9 million round of financing.

7 Oct 2009

EnWave files a patent application for nutraREV equipment in Canada

EnWave Corporation has received positive comments from the Patent Examiner with regard to the Company's Patent Co-Operation Treaty ("PCT") patent application for nutraREVTM equipment concept and use, leading the Company to believe that a favorable International Preliminary Report on Patentability ("IPRP") is forthcoming.

7 Oct 2009

PSI-879 nominated as second development candidate for treating HCV infection

Pharmasset, Inc. announced today the nomination of PSI-352879 (PSI-879) as a second development candidate from two series of purine analogs for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.

7 Oct 2009

African leaders gather to discuss ways to bolster continent's drug, diagnostic development

Business Day examines efforts currently underway in Africa to bolster the continent's ability to develop new drugs and diagnostics.

7 Oct 2009

Researchers make breakthrough in finding a vaccine against horse disease strangle

A research group at the Department of Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala, Sweden has - in collaboration with J-I Flock's research group at the Karolinska Institutet medical university in Stockholm, the pharmacological company Intervacc AB, Stockholm and the Animal Health Trust in the UK - after many years of research made a breakthrough in finding a vaccine against the horse disease strangle.

7 Oct 2009

Prexion launches its new and improved website

PreXion, Inc. (www.PreXion.com), a leader in dental and industrial CT systems, is proud to announce the launch of its new and improved website.

7 Oct 2009

Visionet Systems acquires eDocSynergy

Visionet Systems - a provider of technology solutions, strategic consulting services, and knowledge process outsourcing - has acquired eDocSynergy, LLC, a privately-held provider of healthcare technology.

6 Oct 2009

CryoValve SG aortic human heart valve receives Humanitarian Use Device designation

CryoLife, Inc., an implantable biological medical device and cardiovascular tissue processing company, today announced that it has received a Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its CryoValve® SG aortic human heart valve.

6 Oct 2009

FDA provides 510(k) clearance for Boston Scientific's WallFlex Biliary RX covered stents

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its WallFlex(®) Biliary RX fully and partially covered stents for the palliative treatment of malignant bile duct strictures. The WallFlex Biliary RX uncovered stent was cleared by the FDA in 2006.

6 Oct 2009

US Army grants BioDelivery Sciences $1.3M for investigating Bioral Amphotericin B

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. has received a $1.3 million grant from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research for Bioral Amphotericin B, an oral formulation of the fungicidal treatment amphotericin B in BDSI’s patented Bioral drug delivery technology, to further study the formulation in the treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.

6 Oct 2009

Latest version of IncentOne's Healthy Choice Award solution released

IncentOne (http://www.incentone.com), the leading provider of incentive solutions to the healthcare industry, has released the newest version of its Healthy Choice Award.

6 Oct 2009

Sigma-Aldrich to distribute ThalesNano's CatCart catalyst products globally

Sigma-Aldrich announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with ThalesNano, the world leader in bench top flow chemistry instruments, the terms of which will see Sigma-Aldrich distribute ThalesNano's complete line of approximately 400 CatCart® catalyst products for flow chemistry solutions on a global basis.

6 Oct 2009

AMICAS announces launch of its Radiology Information System Version 5.5 at the 2009 RBMA

AMICAS, Inc., a leader in image and information management solutions, will launch AMICAS RIS(TM) Version 5.5 at RBMA's 2009 Fall Educational Conference in Chandler, AZ, from October 11 to 13. AMICAS will be in booth #203.

6 Oct 2009

Healthcare workforce management staffing solution provider updates website

Stay Staffed Technologies announced today their newly updated website includes new client resources such as case studies, product reviews, and healthcare IT resource links and more. The suite of workforce management software heightens the efficiency and staff productivity of hospitals while reducing operational expenses associated with costly third-party vendors, health care staffing overtime, and burdensome manual systems.

6 Oct 2009

Alere to showcase its Apollo integrated health management system at the Health 2.0 conference

Alere(®) LLC, a national patient-centered health management services company, has been selected to demonstrate its innovative integrated health management system, referred to as Apollo, at Health 2.0, a highly respected industry venue created to showcase web-based and mobile technologies transforming the healthcare system.

6 Oct 2009

MEF 21 certification for D-Link Xstack DES-3200 switch series

D-Link, the end-to-end computer networking solutions provider for consumer and business, today announced that its xStack® DES-3200 Series was one of the first product lines to receive MEF 21 certification from Iometrix test laboratory, the MEF authorized certification test lab.

6 Oct 2009

Technology News and Research

CSC, Cordys announce strategic alliance

Commercial shipments of ImageStreamX imaging flow cytometers begin

$4.8 million grant from CDC to establish Indiana Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics

AOAC Research Institute certifies Idaho's E.coli O157:H7 test

ABT Molecular Imaging secures $9 million through its Series A financing

EnWave files a patent application for nutraREV equipment in Canada

PSI-879 nominated as second development candidate for treating HCV infection

African leaders gather to discuss ways to bolster continent's drug, diagnostic development

Researchers make breakthrough in finding a vaccine against horse disease strangle

Prexion launches its new and improved website

Visionet Systems acquires eDocSynergy

CryoValve SG aortic human heart valve receives Humanitarian Use Device designation

FDA provides 510(k) clearance for Boston Scientific's WallFlex Biliary RX covered stents

US Army grants BioDelivery Sciences $1.3M for investigating Bioral Amphotericin B

Latest version of IncentOne's Healthy Choice Award solution released

Sigma-Aldrich to distribute ThalesNano's CatCart catalyst products globally

AMICAS announces launch of its Radiology Information System Version 5.5 at the 2009 RBMA

Healthcare workforce management staffing solution provider updates website

Alere to showcase its Apollo integrated health management system at the Health 2.0 conference

MEF 21 certification for D-Link Xstack DES-3200 switch series

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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