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Abbott to acquire Visiogen for $400 million in cash

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today a definitive agreement to acquire Visiogen, Inc. for $400 million in cash, providing the company with a next-generation accommodating intraocular lens (IOL) technology to address presbyopia for cataract patients.

3 Sep 2009

Monsanto sings a non-exclusive research and commercial license agreement with Cellectis

Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) today announced a non-exclusive research and commercial license agreement with France-based Cellectis S.A. (Paris:ALCLS), a biotechnology company specialized in genome engineering, for broad use of its meganuclease technology in plants.

2 Sep 2009

GE Healthcare to develop wireless medical monitoring systems for patient care

In what would represent an important step forward in revolutionizing the way patients are monitored in the future, GE announced an initiative aimed to develop wireless medical monitoring systems, or body sensor networks (BSN), which would replace the traditional tangle of bedside cables used to capture a patient’s vital signs. GE’s vision for the systems would enable wireless monitoring from anywhere in the hospital—or even remotely from home.

2 Sep 2009

New gene therapy vector developed for transferring therapeutic DNA to a cell's nucleus

A research report featured on the cover of the September 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal describes how Australian scientists developed a new gene therapy vector that uses the same machinery that viruses use to transport their cargo into our cells. As a result of this achievement, therapeutic DNA can be transferred to a cell's nucleus far more efficiently than in the past, raising hopes for more effective treatment of genetic disorders and some types of cancers.

1 Sep 2009

ChromoCure releases development plan for CS300 Chromosomal Scanner

ChromoCure, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: KKUR) released today its development plan for its next generation of chromosomal scanners. The new system has been given the name "CS300" as the next iteration of its current CS200 Chromosomal Scanner design.

1 Sep 2009

Merlin.net Patient Care Network launched in Europe

St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced European launch of the next generation Merlin.net Patient Care Network (PCN), a secure, Internet-based remote care system for patients with implanted medical devices.

31 Aug 2009

Psychogenics and Astrazeneca sign agreement to identify new compounds for treating Central Nervous System disorders

PsychoGenics Inc. and AstraZeneca have entered into a drug discovery and development agreement to identify compounds that are likely to be useful for the treatment of certain Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders.

31 Aug 2009

HOYA Conbio to feature premium dental lasers at LVI Global's first branch in Brisbane

HOYA ConBio, a global leader in dental and aesthetic lasers, today announced an agreement with The Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI) Global, an internationally renowned provider of post-graduate dental education, to feature premium dental lasers at LVI Global's first branch in Brisbane, Australia. Effective November 1, this new partnership builds on HOYA ConBio's long-standing involvement at LVI Global's headquarters in Las Vegas.

31 Aug 2009

Abbott introduces XIENCE PRIME Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for global market

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced at the European Society of Cardiology Congress the widespread availability of its next-generation XIENCE PRIME(TM) Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

31 Aug 2009

WERF to assess the hidden cost of endometriosis to society and women with the disease

The World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF) has raised sufficient funds to commence the first ever prospective study to assess the hidden cost of endometriosis to society and to women with the disease.

28 Aug 2009

New fully upgradable, multi-purpose ProSound Alpha 6 ultrasound system launched by ALOKA

ALOKA CO., LTD., announced today its new ProSound Alpha 6, the next generation of compact color ultrasound systems. This new multi-purpose system, providing unprecedented performance in a variety of ultrasound applications, is fully upgradable and easy to use.

28 Aug 2009

AVI BioPharma's peptide-conjugated PMO chemistry to be discussed at two upcoming scientific meetings

AVI BioPharma, Inc., a developer of RNA-based drugs, today announced that Hong Moulton, Ph.D., Director of Discovery Research, will give oral presentations highlighting improved analogues of AVI's phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer (PMO) chemistry at two upcoming scientific meetings.

28 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

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

Microvi Biotech raises funds for product development

Microvi Biotech Inc., a leader in clean and waste-free water treatment technologies, today announced the completion of its first round of equity financing. The company plans to use the proceeds from the Series A financing to expand product development, grow the company’s team, enhance the company R&D pipeline, and pave the way for the launch and commercialization of new, one-of-a-kind water technologies. The specific terms of the financing were not disclosed.

27 Aug 2009

01 Data Center applies for government funds to render broadband access to healthcare facilities in unserved areas

It was announced by 01 Data Center that it has applied to the government broadband stimulus fund to provide broadband access to healthcare facilities in the unserved areas of the US. Unserved areas exist in all 50 states because they are not connected to the internet infrastructure since most networks consider them too remote or too disperse and challenging to dig ditches and lay wires.

26 Aug 2009

2009 European Patient Monitoring Technology Leadership of the Year Award given to Mennen Medical

Mennen Medical, a leading provider of patient monitors, cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology systems, announced today that the global growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan has awarded Mennen Medical the 2009 European Patient Monitoring Technology Leadership of the Year Award.

25 Aug 2009

Genome BC's research projects to determine efficient methods of liberating fermentable sugars from dead pine

In order to reduce the Province's greenhouse gas emissions, the BC Bioenergy Strategy is calling for greatly increased production of renewable biofuels such as ethanol, from biomass grown in BC. Two new research projects, largely funded by Genome BC, will help to answer these questions and unlock the valuable green energy found within BC's forests.

25 Aug 2009

Advanced Instruments' next-generation website facilitates easy retrieval of product and application information

Advanced Instruments has introduced a next-generation Web site that dramatically enhances the customer's online business experience when purchasing osmometers, cryoscopes, and microbiological laboratory instruments.

24 Aug 2009

Complete Genomics raises $45 million in private equity financing

Complete Genomics Inc., a third-generation human genome sequencing company, announced that it has raised $45 million in private equity financing and closed its Series D funding round with two new investors — Essex Woodlands Health Ventures and OrbiMed Advisors, LLC.

24 Aug 2009

Next Generation News and Research

Abbott to acquire Visiogen for $400 million in cash

Monsanto sings a non-exclusive research and commercial license agreement with Cellectis

GE Healthcare to develop wireless medical monitoring systems for patient care

New gene therapy vector developed for transferring therapeutic DNA to a cell's nucleus

ChromoCure releases development plan for CS300 Chromosomal Scanner

Merlin.net Patient Care Network launched in Europe

Psychogenics and Astrazeneca sign agreement to identify new compounds for treating Central Nervous System disorders

HOYA Conbio to feature premium dental lasers at LVI Global's first branch in Brisbane

Abbott introduces XIENCE PRIME Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for global market

WERF to assess the hidden cost of endometriosis to society and women with the disease

New fully upgradable, multi-purpose ProSound Alpha 6 ultrasound system launched by ALOKA

AVI BioPharma's peptide-conjugated PMO chemistry to be discussed at two upcoming scientific meetings

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

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

Microvi Biotech raises funds for product development

01 Data Center applies for government funds to render broadband access to healthcare facilities in unserved areas

2009 European Patient Monitoring Technology Leadership of the Year Award given to Mennen Medical

Genome BC's research projects to determine efficient methods of liberating fermentable sugars from dead pine

Advanced Instruments' next-generation website facilitates easy retrieval of product and application information

Complete Genomics raises $45 million in private equity financing

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