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Majority of qualified patients fail to receive lifesaving treatment for sudden cardiac arrest: Study

A new study of patients who died of sudden cardiac arrest, a usually fatal condition that causes the heart to stop beating, shows the majority who qualified to receive potentially lifesaving treatment did not receive it.

25 Sep 2013

Pancreatic Cancer Imaging Agent Earns Mabvax $1.75M SBIR Award

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24 Sep 2013

NCI Funds Development Of Chrysalis’ Brain Tissue Damage Treatment

The National Cancer Institute awarded Chrysalis BioTherapeutics a $1.5 million contract to continue development of Chrysalin® to mitigate radiotherapy-induced damage to normal brain tissue. The project is a collaboration between Chrysalis, Baylor College of Medicine, and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).

24 Sep 2013

First Direct Measurement Of Spinal Cord Myelin In MS

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24 Sep 2013

Astrazeneca Licenses 3 X-Chem Drug Discovery Programs

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24 Sep 2013

Abbvie, Galapagos Ink Up To $405M CF Collaboration

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24 Sep 2013

New And Improved Method For Analyzing Single-Cell Gene Expression

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24 Sep 2013

JPM, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces capital raise for first-of-its-kind investment product

A new investment fund structured by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will, for the first time, allow individual and institutional investors the opportunity to finance late-stage global health technologies that have the potential to save millions of lives in low-income countries.

24 Sep 2013

Karo Bio, 4D Science Team Up On Treatments For Fibrotic Diseases

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23 Sep 2013

Abbvie, Ablynx Ink Up To $840M RA, SLE Collaboration

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23 Sep 2013

Plenary sessions at AdvaMed 2013 conference to explore new Medicare payment initiatives

The second day of AdvaMed 2013: The MedTech Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., will feature plenary sessions honoring two of the industry's congressional champions and exploring the impact of new Medicare payment initiatives on patient access to medical innovations.

23 Sep 2013

Advamed 2013 conference to focus on global opportunities and challenges in medical technology industry

AdvaMed 2013: The MedTech Conference begins today at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. with a major emphasis on the opportunities and challenges facing the medical technology industry in an increasingly global marketplace.

23 Sep 2013

Researchers develop new, improved technique for single-cell gene expression analysis

A team of researchers affiliated with Ludwig Cancer Research and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report in the current issue of Nature Methods a dramatically improved technique for analyzing the genes expressed within a single cell -- a capability of relevance to everything from basic research to future cancer diagn

23 Sep 2013

Avon Foundation for Women launches competition to bring emerging breast cancer technologies to market

A world-wide competition to bring emerging breast cancer technologies to market is being launched by the Avon Foundation for Women, in partnership with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the NIH, and the Center for Advancing Innovation.

21 Sep 2013

SeraCare Life Sciences announces expansion of R&D facilities in Milford, Massachusetts

SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer of life sciences tools, bulk plasma, and quality controls for diagnostic companies and clinical laboratories, announced an expansion of its research and manufacturing facilities at its Milford, Massachusetts headquarters.

21 Sep 2013

BASF Eyes Strategic Protein Growth, Buys Verenium For $62M

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20 Sep 2013

Vera and Paul Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program to be established in Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute

In an effort to lengthen the life span and improve the quality of life for those born with heart defects, longtime Cedars-Sinai supporters Vera and Paul Guerin have donated $10 million to establish the Vera and Paul Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program in the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute.

20 Sep 2013

Diagnostics News and Research

Majority of qualified patients fail to receive lifesaving treatment for sudden cardiac arrest: Study

Pancreatic Cancer Imaging Agent Earns Mabvax $1.75M SBIR Award

NCI Funds Development Of Chrysalis’ Brain Tissue Damage Treatment

First Direct Measurement Of Spinal Cord Myelin In MS

Astrazeneca Licenses 3 X-Chem Drug Discovery Programs

Abbvie, Galapagos Ink Up To $405M CF Collaboration

New And Improved Method For Analyzing Single-Cell Gene Expression

JPM, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces capital raise for first-of-its-kind investment product

Karo Bio, 4D Science Team Up On Treatments For Fibrotic Diseases

Abbvie, Ablynx Ink Up To $840M RA, SLE Collaboration

Plenary sessions at AdvaMed 2013 conference to explore new Medicare payment initiatives

Advamed 2013 conference to focus on global opportunities and challenges in medical technology industry

Researchers develop new, improved technique for single-cell gene expression analysis

Avon Foundation for Women launches competition to bring emerging breast cancer technologies to market

SeraCare Life Sciences announces expansion of R&D facilities in Milford, Massachusetts

BASF Eyes Strategic Protein Growth, Buys Verenium For $62M

Vera and Paul Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program to be established in Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute

Google Eyes Wider Healthcare Footprint With Tech-Focused Calico

Agilent Marries Life-Sci And Diagnostics, On Eve Of Measurement Spinout

Orbeshield Earns Soligenix Up To $26.3M From BARDA

Event guide: 16th Clinical Biomarkers & CDx Summit Europe eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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