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GE Healthcare to provide healthcare information technology to Community Health Centers

GE Healthcare, a leading provider of information technology systems across the globe, is announcing an agreement to provide state-of-the-art healthcare information technology to one of the nation’s most impoverished areas.

9 Oct 2009

NHGRI support research to accelerate development of innovative sequencing technologies

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that scientists in their Biosciences Lab have been awarded a second round of funding from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue research that could reduce the cost and time of sequencing of an entire human genome to less than $1,000, in under a day.

9 Oct 2009

Transgenomic adds DFCI's Cold-PCR mutation detection technology to its portfolio

Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TBIO). The company announced today that it has licensed a high-sensitivity mutation detection technology called Cold-PCR from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Boston, MA.

9 Oct 2009

CIGNA and Prohealth Physicians to implement an enhanced care coordination program

CIGNA and ProHealth Physicians, Inc., have expanded their longstanding relationship by implementing an enhanced care coordination program that includes pay-for-performance provisions and many of the features of a patient-centered medical home program. This is the first program of its kind in Connecticut.

9 Oct 2009

New collection of baby shoes with Sensory Response Technology

The Stride Rite Children’s Group, the leading provider of premier children’s footwear, recently announced the launch of a new collection of baby shoes with patent-pending Sensory Response Technology™ (SRT™). Representatives from Stride Rite will be at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference & Exhibition in Washington, D.C. Oct. 17-20, to discuss the many benefits of the SRT Collection.

8 Oct 2009

Medical City and Allocade to deploy their On-Cue software solution at Medical City Dallas Hospital

Medical City and Allocade, Inc., a developer of innovative healthcare software solutions, today announced the first deployment of the On-Cue™ system in Texas. On-Cue is a revolutionary software solution that utilizes artificial intelligence to automate patient flow throughout the hospital and improve operational efficiencies by creating a dynamic patient itinerary.

8 Oct 2009

Helicos Biosciences awarded a $2.9M NIH grant

Helicos BioSciences Corporation announced today that it is the recipient of an award from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

8 Oct 2009

Advanced Health Media acquires marketing services provider Ephikacy

Advanced Health Media, LLC (AHM) has acquired Ephikacy, LLC, the Chicago-based provider of marketing services and related technology for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.

8 Oct 2009

American Shared Hospital Services updates on Todd Cancer Institute's proton therapy center development

AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES, a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, today shared a recent announcement regarding progress in the development of a proton therapy center at Todd Cancer Institute at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.

8 Oct 2009

Urodynamix Technologies commences uroNIRS 2000 pilot program

Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. today announces that it has commenced a pilot sales and marketing program with Cardinal Health for its uroNIRS 2000, an innovative technology for the non-invasive diagnosis of bladder conditions. The 90-day pilot program will be used to by Urodynamix and Cardinal Health to evaluate the viability of adding the uroNIRS 2000 to Cardinal Health's catalogue of offerings to the urology market.

8 Oct 2009

Emisphere Technologies announces commercial launch of oral Eligen B12

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. today announced that the Company is introducing and launching its first commercially available product, oral Eligen® B12 (100 mcg). Oral Eligen® B12 (100 mcg) has been specifically developed to help improve Vitamin B12 absorption and bioavailability with a patented formulation.

8 Oct 2009

European hospitals replace halogen lights with longer lasting LED surgical lights

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, European uptake of light-emitting diode (LED) surgical lights will represent 100% of surgical light sales by 2014, as hospitals replace halogen lights with significantly longer lasting LED lights.

8 Oct 2009

Epitope spreading can get triggered by live, attenuated Listeria vaccine

Advaxis, Inc. (OTCBB: ADXS), the live, attenuated Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) vaccine company, in collaboration with its scientific founder and Scientific Advisory Board Chair Dr. Yvonne Paterson, have shown that epitope spreading occurs in response to a form of the Company’s proprietary technology that targets tumor blood vessels (anti angiogenic antigen).

8 Oct 2009

BioDelivery Sciences' partner Meda to launch ONSOLIS for managing breakthrough pain

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. announced that its commercial partner Meda will launch the FDA-approved ONSOLIS (fentanyl buccal soluble film) next week for the management of breakthrough pain (BTP) in patients with cancer, eighteen years of age and older, who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain.

8 Oct 2009

Pacific Biosciences is the Overall Winner of the OnDC 100 Top Private Company Awards

AlwaysOn today announced the winners of its OnDC 100 Top Private Company Awards and named Pacific Biosciences the Overall Winner. Inclusion in the OnDC 100 signifies technology developments in healthcare, education, broadband infrastructure, green technology, enterprise and cybersecurity that contribute to the renewed and continued prosperity of our country.

8 Oct 2009

Xcelience's Xcelodose 120S precision powder micro-dosing system accelerates drug development

Xcelience, a leader in early development services, recognizes that providing access to a third, dedicated Xcelodose® 120S precision powder micro-dosing system in the experimental area enables clients to accelerate drug development with preliminary compound evaluation, earlier go/ no-go decisions and flexible options for experimental studies.

8 Oct 2009

Adnavance Technologies to present its DNA direct detection technology at the AdvaMed 2009

Adnavance Technologies Inc., a developer of direct detection molecular diagnostic tests for medical applications, announced today that Randy White, Ph.D. chief executive officer, will present initial data supporting direct detection of DNA targets in human clinical samples during company presentations.

8 Oct 2009

Valensa initiates licensing patent for the use of the astaxanthin as a dietary supplement

Valensa International (Orlando, FL USA) announced today that it has initiated a broad out licensing effort for University of Illinois patent (US 5,527,533 and its foreign equivalents) for the use of the astaxanthin in eye healthcare dietary supplement applications.

8 Oct 2009

Study indicates key credentials of practitioners need to be verified regularly

An observational study conducted by Medversant Technologies, LLC, (www.medversant.com), the nation’s exclusive provider of AutoVerifi™ technology (U.S. Patent 7,529,682) that continuously monitors Web-based credentials verification solutions for hospitals, health plans, state Medicaid programs, and other healthcare settings, determined that of 29,845 healthcare practitioners with professed current medical licensure, 1.9 percent were practicing without a license and 18.7 percent were flagged with one or more “adverse findings” – including malpractice, expired license, and credentials falsification.

8 Oct 2009

Journalists meet to discuss different aspects of biotechnology and its impact on society

More than 90 journalists from all over the world meet in Heidelberg, today, for the 4th Alumni Conference of the International Journalists’ Programmes (IJP). In keynote-speeches, panel discussions and excursions participants will discover different aspects of biotechnology and its impact on society.

8 Oct 2009

Technology News and Research

GE Healthcare to provide healthcare information technology to Community Health Centers

NHGRI support research to accelerate development of innovative sequencing technologies

Transgenomic adds DFCI's Cold-PCR mutation detection technology to its portfolio

CIGNA and Prohealth Physicians to implement an enhanced care coordination program

New collection of baby shoes with Sensory Response Technology

Medical City and Allocade to deploy their On-Cue software solution at Medical City Dallas Hospital

Helicos Biosciences awarded a $2.9M NIH grant

Advanced Health Media acquires marketing services provider Ephikacy

American Shared Hospital Services updates on Todd Cancer Institute's proton therapy center development

Urodynamix Technologies commences uroNIRS 2000 pilot program

Emisphere Technologies announces commercial launch of oral Eligen B12

European hospitals replace halogen lights with longer lasting LED surgical lights

Epitope spreading can get triggered by live, attenuated Listeria vaccine

BioDelivery Sciences' partner Meda to launch ONSOLIS for managing breakthrough pain

Pacific Biosciences is the Overall Winner of the OnDC 100 Top Private Company Awards

Xcelience's Xcelodose 120S precision powder micro-dosing system accelerates drug development

Adnavance Technologies to present its DNA direct detection technology at the AdvaMed 2009

Valensa initiates licensing patent for the use of the astaxanthin as a dietary supplement

Study indicates key credentials of practitioners need to be verified regularly

Journalists meet to discuss different aspects of biotechnology and its impact on society

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