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DARPA awards fourth milestone payment of $3.56M to Medicago

Medicago USA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Medicago Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced it has received the fourth milestone payment of US$3.56 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

13 Feb 2012

Proven Process, OnCore enter medical product design alliance

OnCore Manufacturing Services, LLC, a leading provider of electronic manufacturing services (EMS), today announced its intention to enter into a medical product design alliance with Proven Process Medical Devices, Inc.

10 Feb 2012

Communities with small, locally-owned businesses have healthier populations

Counties and parishes with a greater concentration of small, locally-owned businesses have healthier populations - with lower rates of mortality, obesity and diabetes - than do those that rely on large companies with "absentee" owners, according to a national study by sociologists at LSU and Baylor University.

8 Feb 2012

Elan fourth quarter total revenue increases 18% to $271.0 million

Elan Corporation, plc today reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2011 financial results.

8 Feb 2012

Support from supervisors can help employees recover from somatic symptoms

A worker experiencing the stress of intense workdays might develop somatic symptoms, such as stomach ache or headache, which will eventually lead to taking leave of absence.

6 Feb 2012

Emergent Financial Group raises $11.8M for Tenex Health

Emergent Financial Group, Inc. today announced the completion of a $11.8 million private placement transaction for Tenex Health Inc., a California-based medical technology company developing the FAST Procedure (Focused Aspiration of Scar Tissue) for the treatment of tendon injuries.

6 Feb 2012

ConforMIS adds 22 patents to patient-specific implants and instrumentation systems portfolio

ConforMIS, Inc. today announced it has completed its most productive period to date in the development of its intellectual property with the addition of 22 issued patents to its portfolio since January 2011.

6 Feb 2012

Objet 3D Printer helps develop digital workflow for fabrication of dental implant models

Objet Ltd., the innovation leader in 3D printing for rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing today announced that Oratio B.V., a leading dental industry company in the Netherlands, has developed a complete in-house digital workflow for fabrication of models for dental implants with the help of an Objet 3D Printer.

6 Feb 2012

Vita Needle celebrates dual certifications of Quality Management Systems

Vita Needle Company recently celebrated dual certifications of its Quality Management Systems to the latest general ISO 9001:2008 and medical device manufacturing standards ISO 13485:2003. In addition, the fifth generation family business celebrated its 80th anniversary as well as the 18th record sales year in the last twenty years.

4 Feb 2012

Blood cell therapy works for nasopharyngeal cancer: Study

Scientists from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research have made a breakthrough in the treatment of throat cancer. The researchers have developed a therapy that uses a patient's blood to grow special white blood cells that recognize and fight infected cancer cells. The results of this study have been published in the journal Cancer Research.

2 Feb 2012

Counterfeit Drugs - New technology to combat counterfeit

A brand new and patented technology has recently been launched that protects patients from buying and using counterfeit medicines. Pharmaceutical companies can now effectively and very economically protect their products and supply chain with this technology, thus avoiding damages and incalculable liabilities resulting from falsified products.

1 Feb 2012

The health care sector and jobs creation

News reports reflect significant activity within the health industry – some highlighting job creation, some reflecting employment reductions.

1 Feb 2012

NanoViricides files FluCide pre-IND briefing document with the FDA

NanoViricides, Inc. announced today that it has submitted a pre-IND briefing document to the US FDA. This submission provides the required information for the Company's highly effective anti-influenza drug candidate, FluCide, in support of a pre-IND Meeting.

1 Feb 2012

Biogen Idec 2011 total revenues increase 7% to $5.0 billion

Biogen Idec Inc., a global biotechnology leader in the discovery, development, manufacturing and commercialization of innovative therapies, today announced its full year and fourth quarter 2011 results.

1 Feb 2012

Sigma-Aldrich acquires BioReliance

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a leading Life Science and High Technology company, announced it has completed its acquisition of BioReliance Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of global biopharmaceutical testing services, from Avista Capital Partners for $350 million in cash, subject to normal post-closing adjustments.

31 Jan 2012

Major effort to tackle neglected tropical diseases

Thirteen drug companies, the governments of the United States, Britain and the United Arab Emirates, the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Lions Club and other smaller charitable organizations on Monday announced a joint effort to tackle 10 neglected tropical diseases in a coordinated fashion.

31 Jan 2012

Murata completes acquisition of VTI

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. announced it has completed the acquisition of VTI Technologies Oy by Murata Electronics Europe B.V., a full subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. on January 30th.

31 Jan 2012

Leatt sues Atlas for infringement on two neck brace patents

Leatt Corporation, a global developer, marketer and the distributor of the Leatt-Brace, a neck brace system designed to help prevent potentially devastating injuries to the cervical spine (neck) for helmeted sports, announced today that the Company has sued Atlas Brace Technologies US, LLC for infringement on two of the Company's neck brace patents.

31 Jan 2012

Indoco, DSM sign agreement for commercial cooperation for eight APIs

Royal DSM N.V., today announced the signing of an agreement with Indoco Remedies Limited, Mumbai, India, for commercial cooperation for eight Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). The alliance came into effect in January 2012.

31 Jan 2012

ConforMIS raises $89M in Series E round of funding

Surpassing all previous fundraising rounds, privately-held medical device company ConforMIS, Inc. announced today that it has raised $89 million in a Series E round of funding, with additional funds beyond this amount committed upon meeting certain milestones.

30 Jan 2012