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Phase Forward advances its clinical trial and drug safety data management capabilities

For many large pharmaceutical and medical device firms, the task of capturing and managing volumes of clinical trial and drug safety data is often outsourced to experts like Phase Forward.

16 Sep 2009

BioClinica obtains Tourtellotte Solutions

BioClinica, Inc., a global provider of clinical trial services, today announced that it has acquired privately-held Tourtellotte Solutions, Inc. (Tourtellotte), a leader in software and services for the bio-pharmaceutical industry.

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Next Generation Advanced Image Processing for Toshiba Infinix-i product line

Improving the ability to provide premium patient care during interventional procedures, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. is expanding the availability of Next Generation Advanced Image Processing (AIP) to more systems in the Toshiba InfinixTM-i product line.

16 Sep 2009

Global medical device manufacturer procures Sono-Tek's MediCoat stent coating systems worth $400,000

Sono-Tek Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SOTK) announced today the sale of a series of its MediCoat DES 2000 stent coating systems to a leading global medical device manufacturer. The sale is Sono-Tek's largest ever sales transaction to the medical device industry, valued at approximately $400,000.

16 Sep 2009

Software for screening adulterated raw milk

FOSS has extended the availability of software functionality that helps to spot adulterated raw milk. The software allows MilkoScan(TM) analysers based on Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) technology to be programmed to give a warning of possible abnormalities in raw milk samples. MilkoScan instruments are already used around the world to check milk for payment and quality assurance purposes.

16 Sep 2009

New mobile phone software helps remote analysis of data and map findings

New mobile phone software will help epidemiologists and ecologists working in the field to analyse their data remotely and map findings across the world, without having to return to the lab, according to research published in PLoS One today. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London, say the software will also enable members of the public to act as 'citizen scientists' and help collect data for community projects.

16 Sep 2009

RXi Pharmaceuticals to present in vivo data of rxRNA compounds

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company pursuing the development and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics based on RNA interference (RNAi), today announced that it will be presenting new in vivo data on its self-delivering rxRNA compounds at a number of upcoming scientific conferences, detailed below.

16 Sep 2009

Toll-like receptors that activate immune cells being developed as alternative cure to cancer

A Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist, called imiquimod, which activates dendritic cells, is in clinical use as a topical application for basal cell carcinoma. In addition, a number of TLR agonists have been evaluated in clinical trials as an adjuvant for cancer vaccines.

16 Sep 2009

Standardization of recycling policies can extend the life of electronic products

Processes and policies governing the reuse and recycling of electronic products need to be standardized worldwide to stem and reverse the growing problem of illegal and harmful e-waste processing practices in developing countries, according to experts behind the world's first international e-waste academy

16 Sep 2009

Researchers examine new method for controlling soybean aphids

Two Iowa State University researchers are examining a new method of controlling soybean aphids without the use of chemical pesticides.

16 Sep 2009

MMR and Dutchess Equity Fund sign investment agreement

MMR Information Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF) (the "Company"), which, through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc., provides consumer-controlled Personal Health Records (www.mymedicalrecords.com) and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions (www.myesafedepositbox.com), announced today that it has entered into an Investment Agreement (the "Agreement") for an $8,000,000 equity line of credit with Dutchess Equity Fund, LP ("Dutchess").

16 Sep 2009

NIBIB awards University of Miami a $735,000 grant to develop a bioreactor system for tissue engineering

A new grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will provide funding for University of Miami (UM) College of Engineering researchers to develop a novel bioreactor system that will control mechano-electrochemical environment for tissue growth and also provide on-line monitoring for the properties of engineered tissues.

16 Sep 2009

BioMedReports.Com issues special investigative report on CEL-SCI

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors, has issued a special investigative report on CEL-SCI Corporation.

16 Sep 2009

Newborn screening website to support quality health care for children

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) today launched the Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide (http://newbornscreeningcodes.nlm.nih.gov), an important step toward efficient electronic exchange of standard newborn screening data.

16 Sep 2009

Laser technology lowers manufacturing cost of artificial joints and arterial stents

Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than is now possible.

16 Sep 2009

IASIS Healthcare's Sentillion SSO impementation drastically reduces help desk calls

Sentillion today announced that IASIS Healthcare, a leading owner and operator of acute care hospitals, has implemented its enterprise single sign-on (SSO) solution to provide caregivers with improved access to the health system’s electronic health record (EHR) system. Seven of IASIS’ 15 acute care facilities are currently live with SSO.

16 Sep 2009

Cardiac MRI exams gain prominence in the medical imaging market

Developments in imaging technology and software continue to help cardiac MRI exams gain prominence in the medical imaging market by meeting the demand for faster scan times and the ability to view areas of the body that were previously deemed impossible to image, according to "Medical Imaging Markets: MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and Ultrasound" by healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information.

16 Sep 2009

FDA clears Hansen Medical's Sensei X Robotic Catheter System

Furthering the medical robotic frontier in electrophysiology (EP), Hansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: HNSN) today announced it has received U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its next generation Sensei® X Robotic Catheter System and it introduced the Artisan Extend™ Control Catheter. The company also introduced the Lynx™ Robotic Ablation Catheter, a small, flexible irrigated ablation catheter for customers in Europe.

16 Sep 2009

Ganeden Biotech unveils the first quick dissolving, thin strip probiotic product

Ganeden Biotech Inc., makers of the patented probiotic strain GanedenBC30(R), today announced the launch of the first quick dissolving, thin strip probiotic product. The new thin strip product is the latest in a number of innovative probiotic-enhanced products introduced by Ganeden Biotech over the past year.

16 Sep 2009

Insurers fail to keep up with speech technology, deny funding for devices that multi-task

Insurance companies push speech-impaired patients, like one New York woman with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, to buy expensive computers featuring text-to-speech software by refusing to pay for alternative devices, the New York Times reports. Furthermore, they insist on blocking all other capabilities of the proprietary machines they do cover.

16 Sep 2009

Technology News and Research

Phase Forward advances its clinical trial and drug safety data management capabilities

BioClinica obtains Tourtellotte Solutions

Next Generation Advanced Image Processing for Toshiba Infinix-i product line

Global medical device manufacturer procures Sono-Tek's MediCoat stent coating systems worth $400,000

Software for screening adulterated raw milk

New mobile phone software helps remote analysis of data and map findings

RXi Pharmaceuticals to present in vivo data of rxRNA compounds

Toll-like receptors that activate immune cells being developed as alternative cure to cancer

Standardization of recycling policies can extend the life of electronic products

Researchers examine new method for controlling soybean aphids

MMR and Dutchess Equity Fund sign investment agreement

NIBIB awards University of Miami a $735,000 grant to develop a bioreactor system for tissue engineering

BioMedReports.Com issues special investigative report on CEL-SCI

Newborn screening website to support quality health care for children

Laser technology lowers manufacturing cost of artificial joints and arterial stents

IASIS Healthcare's Sentillion SSO impementation drastically reduces help desk calls

Cardiac MRI exams gain prominence in the medical imaging market

FDA clears Hansen Medical's Sensei X Robotic Catheter System

Ganeden Biotech unveils the first quick dissolving, thin strip probiotic product

Insurers fail to keep up with speech technology, deny funding for devices that multi-task

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