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USPTO issues patent to Synergy's SP-333 for treatment of IBD

Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a developer of new drugs to treat gastrointestinal disorders and diseases, announced today that on February 1, 2011 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 7,879,802, covering Synergy's novel drug candidate SP-333 to treat inflammatory bowel disease.

23 Feb 2011

Researchers to explore genomes of childhood cancers

In a project supported by Genome BC, a Vancouver pediatric pathologist at the BC Cancer Agency/University of British Columbia is leading the team that will explore the genomes of four of the most challenging childhood cancers known.

23 Feb 2011

Macrogen announces formation of Axeq Technologies in the US, Europe and Asia

Macrogen, Inc announces the formation of Axeq Technologies, a US-based division with operations and offices in the US, Europe and Asia. "Axeq" is a premium brand representing a whole new experience and industry-leading standards in DNA sequencing service.

22 Feb 2011

Pieris: New interim PRS-050 Phase I data against cancer to be presented at Tri-Conference in California

Pieris AG announced today the upcoming presentation of new preclinical and interim Phase I clinical trial data for its PRS-050 Anticalin(r) program, currently under evaluation for the treatment of cancer.

22 Feb 2011

CIBER completes key IT projects for leading healthcare organizations

CIBER, today announced it has recently completed key IT projects for leading healthcare organizations to develop and implement solutions that have helped the clients reduce costs, improve speed to market and engage consumers.

22 Feb 2011

VitalHealth announces latest version of EHR solution for small practices

VitalHealth Software, a leading provider of web-based software solutions for health management, today announced the beta testing availability of VitalHealth EHR for Practices version 1.8, the latest version of its electronic health record solution for small practices.

21 Feb 2011

UMass Memorial Health Care selects MedCPU's Meaningful Use Advisor clinical decision support tool

MedCPU Inc., provider of real-time clinical decision support solutions, has been chosen by UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Massachusetts to deliver its Meaningful Use AdvisorTM tool to assure compliance of UMass' physicians and hospitals with the Meaningful Use requirements and qualification for the attendant economic incentives.

21 Feb 2011

Zipit Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution debuts at HIMSS conference

From the 2011 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Orlando, Fla., Verizon Wireless and Zipit Wireless, a pioneer in next generation connected platform solutions, today introduced the Zipit® Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution™, a two-way paging system available exclusively from Verizon Wireless.

21 Feb 2011

NextGen Healthcare unveils new innovations to enhance providers' performance at HIMSS conference

At the 2011 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today unveiled several new innovations to help providers advance collaborative care and clinical integration across the continuum.

21 Feb 2011

Swedish neuroscientist demonstrates how brain produces sense of ownership of the body

Leave your body and shake hands with yourself, gain an extra limb or change into a robot for a while. Swedish neuroscientist Henrik Ehrsson has demonstrated that the brain's image of the body is negotiable. Applications stretch from touch-sensitive prostheses to robotics and virtual worlds.

21 Feb 2011

Opeds: Leavitt on HHS secretary's power; entitlements and fed budget; health threat of Wisc. 'showdown'

If I may, as a former HHS secretary, offer a suggestion to the current secretary, it would be this: Use these expanded discretionary powers to grant states and the private sector more flexibility and more autonomy.

19 Feb 2011

Texas Children's scientist receives CAREER Award for congenital heart research

Texas Children's Hospital in Houston announces that a researcher in its Pediatric Cardiac Bioengineering Laboratory has earned a National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award for his work in studying the causes of congenital heart disease, heart defects, and the development of tissue engineering therapies using stem cells derived from human amniotic fluid.

19 Feb 2011

FDA approves GORE VIABAHN device to treat peripheral artery disease

W. L. Gore & Associates today announced it has received FDA approval for the GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin Bioactive Surface on a lower profile delivery system.

17 Feb 2011

Spectranetics fourth quarter revenues decrease 1% to $29.3 million

Spectranetics Corporation today reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2010.

17 Feb 2011

3M, Nuance partner to deliver ICD-10-ready clinical documentation, coding solutions

Nuance Communications, Inc. and 3M Health Information Systems, two leaders in healthcare IT, today announced a broad, strategic partnership in which the companies are working together to deliver a suite of next generation, ICD-10-ready clinical documentation and coding solutions.

16 Feb 2011

IMGM Labs purchases Fluidigm Access Array system to use in re-sequencing applications

IMGM Laboratories GmbH has purchased a Fluidigm Access Array System to use in its development and validation of targeted re-sequencing applications services.

16 Feb 2011

Research: Plants may assist in detecting environmental contaminants, explosives

Someday, that potted palm in your living room might go from green to white, alerting you to a variety of nasty contaminants in the air, perhaps even explosives.

16 Feb 2011

Nfocus Neuromedical's Luna AES receives CE Mark approval to treat brain aneurysms

Nfocus Neuromedical, Inc., an innovative medical device company with a focus on the next generation treatment for brain aneurysms, announced today that its Luna Aneurysm Embolization System received CE Mark for the treatment of patients with brain aneurysms.

15 Feb 2011

Eurofins MWG Operon's LPE libraries offer most efficient way to sequence and scaffold genomes

Eurofins MWG Operon, an expert in next generation sequencing routinely uses up to 5 different non-cloned genomic DNA libraries for sequencing with Roche GS FLX or Illumina HiSeq 2000 technology.

15 Feb 2011

bioMD makes offer for Allied Medical

bioMD Limited (ASX: BOD), a company with assets in regenerative tissue engineering technologies today announced that it has made an offer to buy all of the shares in Allied Medical Limited (Allied), a public unlisted company that specialises in the sales, distribution and commercialisation of medical technologies.

14 Feb 2011

Next Generation News and Research

USPTO issues patent to Synergy's SP-333 for treatment of IBD

Researchers to explore genomes of childhood cancers

Macrogen announces formation of Axeq Technologies in the US, Europe and Asia

Pieris: New interim PRS-050 Phase I data against cancer to be presented at Tri-Conference in California

CIBER completes key IT projects for leading healthcare organizations

VitalHealth announces latest version of EHR solution for small practices

UMass Memorial Health Care selects MedCPU's Meaningful Use Advisor clinical decision support tool

Zipit Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution debuts at HIMSS conference

NextGen Healthcare unveils new innovations to enhance providers' performance at HIMSS conference

Swedish neuroscientist demonstrates how brain produces sense of ownership of the body

Opeds: Leavitt on HHS secretary's power; entitlements and fed budget; health threat of Wisc. 'showdown'

Texas Children's scientist receives CAREER Award for congenital heart research

FDA approves GORE VIABAHN device to treat peripheral artery disease

Spectranetics fourth quarter revenues decrease 1% to $29.3 million

3M, Nuance partner to deliver ICD-10-ready clinical documentation, coding solutions

IMGM Labs purchases Fluidigm Access Array system to use in re-sequencing applications

Research: Plants may assist in detecting environmental contaminants, explosives

Nfocus Neuromedical's Luna AES receives CE Mark approval to treat brain aneurysms

Eurofins MWG Operon's LPE libraries offer most efficient way to sequence and scaffold genomes

bioMD makes offer for Allied Medical

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