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Vignet releases Connected Health Services platform infrastructure for mHealth devices and services

Vignet Inc., today announced its Connected Health Services platform infrastructure for mobile health (mHealth) devices and services. The new “person-centered” platform allows users to capture, aggregate, analyze and share data with their mobile devices, leveraging any wired or wireless interface, such as Bluetooth, ZigBee, Bluetooth LE and USB.

7 Jan 2010

SMART Modular Technologies releases XceedIOPS SATA

SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. ("SMART" or the "Company"), a leading independent manufacturer of memory modules and solid-state storage products, including solid-state drives (SSDs), today announced the XceedIOPS SATA, its next-generation enterprise-class SSD.

6 Jan 2010

Agilent Technologies, Covaris sign co-marketing agreement to streamline next-generation sequencing experiments

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) and Covaris Inc. today announced a co-marketing agreement in which Covaris S2 DNA shearing technology will be marketed with the Agilent SureSelect Target Enrichment System to streamline next-generation sequencing experiments.

6 Jan 2010

Innexus Biotechnology designs new psoriasis product

InNexus Biotechnology Inc. (TSX.V: IXS) (www.ixsbio.com), a drug development company commercializing the next generation of antibodies based on its groundbreaking Dynamic Cross Linking (DXL™) technology, today announced the development of a new psoriasis product based on its proprietary dermal permeating Transmab™ technology.

6 Jan 2010

UC San Diego bioengineering professor receives 2009 Presidential Science Prize

For Shu Chien - a pioneer in the growing field of bioengineering - understanding and learning the marvels of how the human body works has been the foundation of his decades-long quest to advance science and technology worldwide. The UC San Diego bioengineering professor's significant scientific endeavors have paved the way for recognition of his renowned work at the university's Jacobs School of Engineering and abroad.

6 Jan 2010

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals and Fluidigm announce new initiative to analyze tumor cell heterogeneity

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Fluidigm Corporation today announced a new initiative to apply Fluidigm's unique microfluidic tools to the analysis of tumor cell heterogeneity, including cancer stem cells.

6 Jan 2010

Scientists develop mucus-penetrating biodegradable nanoparticles to deliver drugs over time

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created biodegradable nanosized particles that can easily slip through the body's sticky and viscous mucus secretions to deliver a sustained-release medication cargo.

5 Jan 2010

Ford and MIT explore automotive technology solutions to reduce driver stress

As Americans fight through the most stressful time of the year, Ford Motor Company and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are embarking on a plan to study driver workload and identify new opportunities to use in-vehicle technologies to improve driver safety by lowering stress.

31 Dec 2009

VIVUS submits a NDA to the FDA for obesity drug Qnexa

VIVUS, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative, next-generation medical therapies to address unmet needs in obesity, diabetes and sexual health, announced today that a New Drug Application (NDA) has been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval of Qnexa, its investigational drug for the treatment of obesity, including weight loss and maintenance of weight loss, in patients who are obese or overweight with co-morbidities such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia or central adiposity.

30 Dec 2009

NeurAxon closes the sale of $8.75 million of unsecured subordinated convertible debentures

NeurAxon, Inc., a development-stage pharmaceutical company that is designing and developing next-generation pain therapeutics targeting neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), today announced that it has closed the sale of approximately $8.75 million of unsecured subordinated 2.0% convertible debentures that are convertible under specified circumstances into existing class B preferred shares.

29 Dec 2009

Senate health care bill will increase patient access and help create high-wage, high-value jobs

“These provisions mean increased access for the patients of today and renewed hope for the patients of tomorrow. In addition, they will help create high-wage, high-value jobs in our nation’s burgeoning biotech sector and help maintain U.S. global leadership in innovation.”

28 Dec 2009

Bristol-Myers Squibb updates its 2009 guidance for GAAP and non-GAAP earnings

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today updated its 2009 guidance for GAAP and non-GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations.

24 Dec 2009

Planet Green to be acquired by IMAGIN Molecular

IMAGIN Molecular Corporation (OTCBB: IMGM) has agreed in a letter of intent to issue 49% of the post capitalization of IMGM in exchange for 84,000,000 Positron Corporation common shares plus 100% of the equity of the Planet Green Bottle, all IMGM shares to be distributed to shareholders or affiliates of Planet Green.

24 Dec 2009

Scientists use DNA sequence to characterize genome rearrangement in breast cancer samples

The first detailed search of breast cancer genomes to uncover genomic rearrangements is published today. The team characterised the ways in which the human genome is broken and put back together in 24 cases of breast cancer.

23 Dec 2009

Guardian Technologies International meets and presents SM TBDx to Indian healthcare officials

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a serious global pandemic health threat with more than 9 million new cases diagnosed annually. TB is a leading cause of mortality in India, killing nearly 1,000 people each day.

23 Dec 2009

Halifax Health Systems receives 2009 InfoWorld 100 Award

Meru Networks, Inc., a pioneer in 802.11n enterprise networking, announced today that its customer Halifax Health Systems, a facilitator of specialized healthcare services in East Central Florida, received an InfoWorld 100 Award for deploying one of the 100 best information technology (IT) projects of 2009. Halifax’s wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure employs Meru Networks high-performance 802.11n technology as the foundation for wireless connectivity in their new 500,000 square foot state-of-the-art medical facility in Daytona Beach, Florida.

22 Dec 2009

PDL BioPharma enters into non-exclusive license agreement with Eli Lilly

PDL BioPharma, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with Eli Lilly and Company under PDL's Queen et al patents with respect to teplizumab, a humanized anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, as well as other potential next generation anti-CD3 molecules.

22 Dec 2009

John Theurer Cancer Center presents over 20 research updates and trial results at the 2009 ASH meeting

Doctors and researchers from the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center recently presented research updates and clinical trial results of more than 20 innovative studies at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting from December 5-8, 2009.

18 Dec 2009

Flamel Technologies initiates IFN-alpha-2b XL Phase 2a clinical trial for HCV

Flamel Technologies today announced the initiation of a Phase 2a clinical trial of Flamel’s Interferon alpha-2b XL (IFN-alpha-2b XL), which is based on Flamel’s Medusa® platform for controlled release of biologics. IFN-alpha-2b XL is being developed as a controlled release of unmodified interferon alpha-2b for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV).

18 Dec 2009

Joe Chimera, the 25th person to receive MEP Certification from PHII

The Population Health Impact Institute (PHII) is pleased to announce that Joe Chimera, Ph.D., is the 25th person to receive the Methods Evaluation Process (MEP) Certification.

18 Dec 2009

Next Generation News and Research

Vignet releases Connected Health Services platform infrastructure for mHealth devices and services

SMART Modular Technologies releases XceedIOPS SATA

Agilent Technologies, Covaris sign co-marketing agreement to streamline next-generation sequencing experiments

Innexus Biotechnology designs new psoriasis product

UC San Diego bioengineering professor receives 2009 Presidential Science Prize

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals and Fluidigm announce new initiative to analyze tumor cell heterogeneity

Scientists develop mucus-penetrating biodegradable nanoparticles to deliver drugs over time

Ford and MIT explore automotive technology solutions to reduce driver stress

VIVUS submits a NDA to the FDA for obesity drug Qnexa

NeurAxon closes the sale of $8.75 million of unsecured subordinated convertible debentures

Senate health care bill will increase patient access and help create high-wage, high-value jobs

Bristol-Myers Squibb updates its 2009 guidance for GAAP and non-GAAP earnings

Planet Green to be acquired by IMAGIN Molecular

Scientists use DNA sequence to characterize genome rearrangement in breast cancer samples

Guardian Technologies International meets and presents SM TBDx to Indian healthcare officials

Halifax Health Systems receives 2009 InfoWorld 100 Award

PDL BioPharma enters into non-exclusive license agreement with Eli Lilly

John Theurer Cancer Center presents over 20 research updates and trial results at the 2009 ASH meeting

Flamel Technologies initiates IFN-alpha-2b XL Phase 2a clinical trial for HCV

Joe Chimera, the 25th person to receive MEP Certification from PHII

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