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Nielsen BioSciences launches skin test that helps physicians manage Valley Fever infections

Nielsen BioSciences announced today the launch of SPHERUSOL (Coccidioides immitis Spherule-Derived Skin Test Antigen), a skin test that provides valuable data to physicians managing Valley Fever infections. SPHERUSOL has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the only skin test to detect an immune response to the fungus called Coccidioides, or "cocci," in patients with history of the disease.

9 Apr 2015

MammaPrint 70-gene breast cancer recurrence assay recommended in Germany’s AGO Guidelines

Agendia, a leading molecular diagnostics company that develops and markets genomic diagnostic products, announced at the St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference that new guidelines of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie (AGO) recommend the MammaPrint® 70-gene breast cancer recurrence assay in Germany’s 2015 guidelines for early-stage invasive breast cancer.

9 Apr 2015

HeartWare International gets approval to market HeartWare Ventricular Assist System in Canada

HeartWare International, Inc., a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced that it has received approval from Health Canada, the country's federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain their health, to market the HeartWare Ventricular Assist System as a bridge to heart transplantation in patients with end-stage heart failure.

9 Apr 2015

Liaison Technologies announces availability of Liaison Alloy Health Platform

Liaison Technologies, an industry-recognized leader in cloud-based integration and data management offerings, today announced the availability of the Liaison Alloy Health Platform, a next-generation platform for integrating and managing data across the increasingly interdependent domains of healthcare, health research, and life sciences.

9 Apr 2015

Ozarks Medical Center receives 'Outstanding Website' award from Web Marketing Association

Ozarks Medical Center is proud to announce not only the launch of its new website, but an award for "Outstanding Website" from the Web Marketing Association.

9 Apr 2015

University of York scientists use low temperature plasmas to treat prostate cancer

Scientists at the University of York have discovered a potential new treatment for prostate cancer using low temperature plasmas (LTPs).

9 Apr 2015

Particle Sciences receives patent for its surface arrayed therapeutics drug delivery platform

Particle Sciences, a leading drug delivery CDMO, has received a Notice of Allowance for composition and use of the technology incorporated into its SATx™ platform...

9 Apr 2015

Touch Surgery officially the largest worldwide community of surgeons practicing surgery virtually

The Touch Surgery app is the world’s first universally accessible virtual surgical training and rehearsal platform, available for free on iOS and Android...

9 Apr 2015

Northwestern Medicine launches mobile 'therapist' to combat depression, anxiety

Feeling blue or anxious? Now, there's a mobile 'therapist' designed to understand you and suggest the ideal mini-app to lift your particular mood.

9 Apr 2015

New study describes economic consequences of using T2Candida Panel for detection of candidemia

A new study describes a model that estimates the economic consequences of using the T2Candida Panel (a novel diagnostic product that provides Candida detection) as an adjunct to the current blood culture-based diagnostic strategy in a high-risk hospital patient cohort.

9 Apr 2015

UL researchers awarded €250,000 to develop assistive exoskeletons for older adults

Researchers at the Design Factors Research Group at the University of Limerick have been awarded €250,000 funding to develop an exoskeleton to assist older adults. The research will be carried out as part of the AXO-SUIT project, which will run for 3 years with a total budget of almost €3 million. UL will partner with Cork based company MTD Ltd in the design and manufacture of the concept.

9 Apr 2015

Mobidiag announces CE-IVD marking and launching of Amplidiag C. difficile+027 test

Mobidiag Ltd, a Finnish molecular diagnostics company specialized in the development of innovative diagnostics solutions for infectious diseases, today announced the launch of Amplidiag C. difficile+027, a qualitative qPCR-based test performed from DNA extracted from stool in suspected cases of C. difficile infection (CDI).

9 Apr 2015

Prolong Pharmaceuticals' SANGUINATE granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for SCD treatment

Prolong Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing products for the treatment of anemias, cancers and their debilitating comorbidities, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Orphan Drug Designation for its flagship product SANGUINATE for the treatment of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD).

8 Apr 2015

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology graduate university completes installation of new Talos Arctica Cryo-TEM from FEI

FEI has completed the installation of a new Talos Arctica™ cryo-transmission electron microscope (TEM) at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University in Japan...

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Electron Microscopy Solutions 8 Apr 2015

Qualcomm Life launches HealthyCircles Mobile app

Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Life, Inc., launched the HealthyCircles Mobile application, a secure, medical-grade mobile care solution that provides a frictionless on-the-go care experience for consumers via their mobile device.

8 Apr 2015

Sensor system helps physicians improve quality of clinical breast examinations

NIBIB-funded researchers have developed a highly effective sensor system to improve the quality of clinical breast examinations by physicians. The training system addresses a critical need for physicians to develop the technique and skill necessary to consistently detect the presence of breast lesions during a clinical breast exam (CBE).

8 Apr 2015

TOAST classification remains effective, easy-to-use system to classify strokes

In 1993, neurologists Harold P. Adams Jr., MD, and Jose Biller, MD, and colleagues proposed a new way to classify strokes. It became known as the TOAST classification. Twenty-two years later, the TOAST classification remains an effective and easy-to-use system that is routinely employed in stroke studies around the world, Drs. Adams and Biller report in the journal Stroke, published online ahead of print.

8 Apr 2015

Validic adds MEDITECH to its global digital health ecosystem

Validic, the healthcare industry's leading technology platform for accessing digital health data, announced today the addition of MEDITECH to its global digital health ecosystem.

7 Apr 2015

Contraception access: an interview with Pamela Weir, Chief Operating Officer, Medicines360

One of the key barriers for women to receiving highly effective and safe contraception is access, because of cost. With LILETTA™ women will have expanded access to an available IUD that is safe and effective when they need or want it...

From Medicines 360 7 Apr 2015

Arvinas, Merck team up to create new therapeutics using protein degradation technology

Arvinas LLC, a private biotechnology company creating a new class of drugs based on protein degradation, announced a strategic collaboration with Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, in which Arvinas' novel PROTAC technology will be used to degrade target proteins, with the goal of creating novel therapeutics.

7 Apr 2015

Device / Technology News

Nielsen BioSciences launches skin test that helps physicians manage Valley Fever infections

MammaPrint 70-gene breast cancer recurrence assay recommended in Germany’s AGO Guidelines

HeartWare International gets approval to market HeartWare Ventricular Assist System in Canada

Liaison Technologies announces availability of Liaison Alloy Health Platform

Ozarks Medical Center receives 'Outstanding Website' award from Web Marketing Association

University of York scientists use low temperature plasmas to treat prostate cancer

Particle Sciences receives patent for its surface arrayed therapeutics drug delivery platform

Touch Surgery officially the largest worldwide community of surgeons practicing surgery virtually

Northwestern Medicine launches mobile 'therapist' to combat depression, anxiety

New study describes economic consequences of using T2Candida Panel for detection of candidemia

UL researchers awarded €250,000 to develop assistive exoskeletons for older adults

Mobidiag announces CE-IVD marking and launching of Amplidiag C. difficile+027 test

Prolong Pharmaceuticals' SANGUINATE granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for SCD treatment

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology graduate university completes installation of new Talos Arctica Cryo-TEM from FEI

Qualcomm Life launches HealthyCircles Mobile app

Sensor system helps physicians improve quality of clinical breast examinations

TOAST classification remains effective, easy-to-use system to classify strokes

Validic adds MEDITECH to its global digital health ecosystem

Contraception access: an interview with Pamela Weir, Chief Operating Officer, Medicines360

Arvinas, Merck team up to create new therapeutics using protein degradation technology

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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