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New Process Analytical Technology for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing industries

Process Analytical Technology (PAT) is quickly becoming an integral component in the pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing industries. Utilizing a low latency network of powerful chemometric instruments, multivariate data analysis software, process control tools, and a central SQL database, PAT provides pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies an edge over their competitors.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 7 May 2013

Researchers develop new tool to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in surgical procedures

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new tool to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in "minimally invasive" surgical procedures while also limiting the patient's exposure to radiation from the X-rays.

17 Apr 2013

New survey shows health-care industry's supply chain lags behind retail industry supply chain

A new survey by researchers at the University of Arkansas indicates that the health-care industry's supply chain lags behind the retail industry supply chain and could benefit significantly from adopting several of retail's best practices.

15 Apr 2013

Scientists develop a new way to generate induced pluripotent stem cell lines from human fibroblasts

A team of New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute scientists led by David Kahler, PhD, NYSCF Director of Laboratory Automation, have developed a new way to generate induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines from human fibroblasts, acquired from both healthy and diseased donors.

4 Apr 2013

New device to improve patients' hearing

Around 17 million people in Germany suffer from impaired hearing. For many of them, their hearing is so damaged that a standard hearing aid is no longer enough.

3 Apr 2013

Inventors from 3 leading universities receive $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Nikolai Begg grew up in a box of LEGO- bricks and hasn't stopped tinkering since. Today he is an accomplished inventor with a portfolio of novel medical devices. Begg is the recipient of the prestigious $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his inventions that are making surgical procedures less invasive.

6 Mar 2013

Weekend reading: Navigating treatment; Can a robot replace your doctor?

Your pathology report indicates that you have stomach cancer. Hearing those words conveying yet another cancer-related diagnosis - my fourth since the age of 20 - I felt, at the age of 57, as though I had been airdropped into a foreign country.

1 Mar 2013

Breast cancer tests: an interview with Dr Steven Quay, CEO of Atossa Genetics

Breast cancer is a major concern throughout the world. It is the number 1 cancer among women and in the Western world it generates approximately one new case per minute: 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

22 Feb 2013

SQI Diagnostics reports net loss of $1,563,000 for quarter-ended December 31, 2012

SQI Diagnostics Inc., a life sciences and diagnostics company that develops and commercializes proprietary technologies and products for advanced microarray diagnostics, today announced its financial and operational results for the first quarter-ended December 31, 2012.

15 Feb 2013

Fluke Biomedical receives FDA clearance for ESA615 Electrical Safety Analyzer

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today it has granted the new automated, multifunctional ESA615 Electrical Safety Analyzer 510(k) clearance.

14 Feb 2013

Fluke Biomedical debuts new VT305 Gas Flow Analyzer

Fluke Biomedical, a global provider of medical device test and safety equipment, announced today the debut of its new VT305 Gas Flow Analyzer. Designed for the highly mobile biomed or service engineer, the small lightweight VT305 is simple to use, provides quick results and is engineered for efficiency.

5 Feb 2013

ZirMed releases Clinical Link for healthcare providers

ZirMed, Inc. announces the release of a secure, national information exchange for healthcare providers. The innovative solution, called ZirMed Clinical Link harnesses the power of ZirMed's connected network of healthcare providers facilitating secure provider-to-provider communications from any EMR or information management system via ZirMed's software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform.

4 Feb 2013

Clarient adopts QIAGEN’s therascreen KRAS test to diagnose colorectal cancer

QIAGEN N.V. today announced that Clarient - a GE Healthcare Company and leading provider of cancer laboratory testing services in the United States - has adopted the use of the therascreen KRAS RGQ PCR Kit (therascreen KRAS test) as a companion diagnostic to guide the use of Erbitux (cetuximab) as a treatment in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

From QIAGEN Manchester Limited 30 Jan 2013

Thermo Fisher's expandable portfolio of lab automation solutions to be showcased at SLAS 2013

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced a new range of laboratory automation and screening solutions during the Second Annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) conference and exhibition.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 16 Jan 2013

Thermo Scientific VisionTracker database software to be showcased at SLAS 2013

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the new Thermo Scientific VisionTracker database software for more accurate and efficient management, tracking and retrieval of laboratory samples. VisionTracker will be showcased this week at Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 2013, Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, January 12-16, 2013, Booth #807.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 15 Jan 2013

FDA clears Hologic's APTIMA Trichomonas vaginalis Assay

Hologic, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing its APTIMA Trichomonas vaginalis Assay on the Company's fully-automated PANTHER System.

From Hologic, Inc. 15 Jan 2013

Automation News and Research

New Process Analytical Technology for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing industries

Researchers develop new tool to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in surgical procedures

New survey shows health-care industry's supply chain lags behind retail industry supply chain

Scientists develop a new way to generate induced pluripotent stem cell lines from human fibroblasts

New device to improve patients' hearing

Inventors from 3 leading universities receive $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Weekend reading: Navigating treatment; Can a robot replace your doctor?

Breast cancer tests: an interview with Dr Steven Quay, CEO of Atossa Genetics

SQI Diagnostics reports net loss of $1,563,000 for quarter-ended December 31, 2012

Fluke Biomedical receives FDA clearance for ESA615 Electrical Safety Analyzer

Fluke Biomedical debuts new VT305 Gas Flow Analyzer

ZirMed releases Clinical Link for healthcare providers

Clarient adopts QIAGEN’s therascreen KRAS test to diagnose colorectal cancer

Thermo Fisher's expandable portfolio of lab automation solutions to be showcased at SLAS 2013

Thermo Scientific VisionTracker database software to be showcased at SLAS 2013

FDA clears Hologic's APTIMA Trichomonas vaginalis Assay

Genomic and cellular solutions to be featured by Beckman Coulter Life Sciences at SLAS2013

ReadSoft reaches agreement with global healthcare manufacturing company

Many uninsured still don't understand health law's benefits while employers remain concerned about costs

Surgical Information Systems to demonstrate anesthesia information management system during PGA

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