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DURECT signs agreement with King Pharmaceuticals to supply two excipients for REMOXY

DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) today reported that it has signed an exclusive long term excipient supply agreement with respect to REMOXY(R) with King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: KG). This agreement stipulates the terms and conditions under which DURECT will supply to King, based on DURECT's manufacturing cost plus a specified percentage mark-up, two key excipients used in the manufacture of REMOXY.

27 Aug 2009

Resonant Medical's multi-anatomy Clarity System to be exhibited at ESTRO, Netherlands

Resonant Medical, an innovator in soft tissue planning, image-guidance and adaptive radiotherapy products, today announced that the Company will be exhibiting the next generation of its multi-anatomy Clarity System at the 10th Biennial Meeting of The European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncologists (ESTRO), being held in Maastricht, Netherlands.

27 Aug 2009

E-18 files for an international patent for its revolutionary self-sheathing medical safety syringe technology

E-18 Corp. (OTCBB:ETEN) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary SquareOne Medical, Inc., doing business as Protectus Medical Devices ("Protectus Medical Devices"), completed an international patent filing for its revolutionary self-sheathing medical safety syringe technology, opening substantial opportunities abroad.

27 Aug 2009

Sunquest Information Systems to co-develop laboratory information system with MGH, Partners HealthCare System

Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a market leader in laboratory and diagnostic information systems, the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), an innovator in medical care, research and teaching, and Partners HealthCare System, an integrated health care delivery system with a tradition of IT excellence, today announced a collaborative agreement to jointly develop the next generation anatomic and clinical pathology based laboratory information system.

27 Aug 2009

Contract research organization signs agreement to utilize NewCardio's QTinno(TM) software suite

NewCardio, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: NWCI) a cardiac diagnostic and services company, today announced that a top-three contract research organization has signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) to use NewCardio's QTinno(TM) software suite as its technology in fully automated Thorough QT (TQT) and Phase 1 studies delivered by its centralized ECG core lab.

27 Aug 2009

Medgenics' EPODURE tissue Biopumps platform technology effective in maintaining hemoglobin levels

Medgenics is pleased to announce that one of the patients, who was treated with the Company’s EPODURE tissue Biopumps almost 11 months ago, continues to be effectively treated for anemia without a single erythropoietin (EPO) injection. This patient (#2) was dependent on frequent injections of the therapeutic protein (EPO) for the 18 months prior to receiving a single administration of 3 tiny EPODURE tissue Biopumps in the Company’s phase I/II anemia trial in Israel.

27 Aug 2009

URAC accredits Medversant in the 2009 CVO Standards category

Medversant Technologies (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, has been accredited by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) in the 2009 Credentials Verification Organization (CVO) Standards category.

27 Aug 2009

Arrayit supplies instruments for identifying allergens

Arrayit Corporation, a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announces the sale of instruments used to identify allergens in affected individuals.

27 Aug 2009

MN Community Measurement publishes cost and quality information together to help consumers make informed decisions about their health care

In a significant step toward bringing cost and quality information together to help consumers make informed decisions about their health care, MN Community Measurement has published new information about how much medical groups are paid to provide more than 100 common health care services. MN Community Measurement, a nonprofit organization, already provides objective information on the quality of health care through its Web site, www.mnhealthscores.org.

27 Aug 2009

Waters exhibits the SYNAPT G2 system at the 18th International Mass Spectrometry Conference in Europe

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today exhibited for the first time in Europe the Waters((R)) SYNAPT(TM) G2 a system offering scientists greater power, versatility and speed at the 18(th) International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC). Rounding out its display of mass spectrometry (MS) and UltraPerformance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC((R)))/MS systems at IMSC will be Waters Xevo(TM) family of tandem quadrupole and time-of-flight mass spectrometers noted for their ease-of-use and versatility.

27 Aug 2009

oBand uses the da Vinci Surgical System to perform the world's first robotic surgery in an outpatient surgical center

oBand Surgery Centers, the nation's leading bariatric network of outpatient surgical facilities owned and operated by nationally recognized Lap Band surgeons, has set a new 'first' in the use of robotics for outpatient surgery. oBand Director of Robotic Surgery S. Adam Ramin, M.D., an assistant professor at City of Hope National Medical Center, today announced they have performed the world's first, outpatient robotic surgery using the famed da Vinci® Surgical System. Dr. Ramin performed the innovative surgery in July in Los Angeles using Robotics to remove a patient's pelvic cyst.

27 Aug 2009

Haber’s Electromolecular Propulsion technology offers high molecular separation speeds

Haber, Inc. (“Haber”), (OTC: HABE), a Delaware corporation headquartered in Arlington, Mass., with proprietary technologies in the separations sciences and environmentally friendly processing of gold bearing ores, announced today that it has formed a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in Delaware called “EMP Diagnostics Inc.” (“EDI”). The business of the new company will focus on the application of Haber’s Electromolecular Propulsion technology (EMP). EMP is a separation technology that achieves unrivaled molecular separation speeds and has other unique capabilities not attainable with electrophoresis or liquid chromatography.

27 Aug 2009

Aetna health insurance application forms can now be accessed from Gohealthinsurance.com

Michigan is one of the states hit hardest by the current recession, proven by its estimated 15 percent unemployment rate -- the highest in the country. There are also 1.3 million residents in Michigan without health insurance coverage, a number likely to grow as a result of high unemployment.

27 Aug 2009

GeckoSystems' CPT codes increase the cost/benefit ratios of personal robots

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) announced today that the new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes recently approved, for physicians only, will further enhance the cost/benefit ratios of personal companion robots for family care. These new CPT codes will increase physician productivity and revenue by billing for activities that have previously been considered unpaid administrative time for non-physical consultations such as telephonic or on-line consumer care using home monitoring medical devices.

27 Aug 2009

New version of ClinixMD software features enhanced electronic medical record keeping capabilities

Healthcare software developer Clinix Medical Information Services, LLC, (www.clinixmis.com) announced the release of ClinixMD Version 7.5, an important upgrade to the company's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. The new release will enhance medical record keeping capabilities, as well as increase efficiency and ease of use for physician practices and billing companies.

27 Aug 2009

Spacelabs Healthcare launches Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor in international markets

Spacelabs Healthcare today announced the launch of the Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor (USCOM) in several new geographies, including Latin America, Africa, Europe, Australia and Middle East. USCOM’s unique and totally non-invasive method of cardiac monitoring provides an accurate, safe and efficient way of measuring how well the heart is functioning.

27 Aug 2009

California Bioscience Business Roundtable event hosted at the Quadrus Conference Center

Today a group of national and California-based partners hosted the California Bioscience Business Roundtable (BBR) event at the Quadrus Conference Center in Menlo Park. The event also featured Sam Youngman, the White Correspondent for The Hill newspaper, who provided a reporter's front row perspective on the unfolding health reform debate in Washington, D.C.

27 Aug 2009

Stemedica unveils two of its latest scientific discoveries at the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit

Stemedica Cell Technologies , Inc., ("Stemedica"), a world leader in stem cell research and manufacturing (a licensed manufacturer of clinical grade biological products as licensed by the State of California Food and Drug Branch) continues to advance the stem cell industry with the presentation of two of its latest scientific discoveries at the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit.

27 Aug 2009

BMSN and ENTB collaborate with Therinjectto to develop a new immuno-therapeutic cancer vaccine

Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, Inc. and Its majority owned subsidiary Entest BioMedical Inc. announced today they have finalized a definitive agreement with Therinject LLC for the development of a new immuno-therapeutic cancer vaccine. Therinject LLC is engaged in the development of cancer treatments utilizing immunology based approaches.

27 Aug 2009

Fluidigm manufactures more than 250 million microscopic NanoFlex valves at its Singapore biochip factory

Fluidigm today announced that its Singapore biochip factory has manufactured and shipped more than 250 million microscopic NanoFlex™ valves. The 250 million valves built into Fluidigm’s integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) would be equivalent to the number of valves required for all the conventional plumbing – both residential and commercial – in a metropolitan region the size of the San Francisco Bay Area.

27 Aug 2009

Technology News and Research

DURECT signs agreement with King Pharmaceuticals to supply two excipients for REMOXY

Resonant Medical's multi-anatomy Clarity System to be exhibited at ESTRO, Netherlands

E-18 files for an international patent for its revolutionary self-sheathing medical safety syringe technology

Sunquest Information Systems to co-develop laboratory information system with MGH, Partners HealthCare System

Contract research organization signs agreement to utilize NewCardio's QTinno(TM) software suite

Medgenics' EPODURE tissue Biopumps platform technology effective in maintaining hemoglobin levels

URAC accredits Medversant in the 2009 CVO Standards category

Arrayit supplies instruments for identifying allergens

MN Community Measurement publishes cost and quality information together to help consumers make informed decisions about their health care

Waters exhibits the SYNAPT G2 system at the 18th International Mass Spectrometry Conference in Europe

oBand uses the da Vinci Surgical System to perform the world's first robotic surgery in an outpatient surgical center

Haber’s Electromolecular Propulsion technology offers high molecular separation speeds

Aetna health insurance application forms can now be accessed from Gohealthinsurance.com

GeckoSystems' CPT codes increase the cost/benefit ratios of personal robots

New version of ClinixMD software features enhanced electronic medical record keeping capabilities

Spacelabs Healthcare launches Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor in international markets

California Bioscience Business Roundtable event hosted at the Quadrus Conference Center

Stemedica unveils two of its latest scientific discoveries at the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit

BMSN and ENTB collaborate with Therinjectto to develop a new immuno-therapeutic cancer vaccine

Fluidigm manufactures more than 250 million microscopic NanoFlex valves at its Singapore biochip factory

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