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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

Diagnostics Direct introduces CLIA approved diagnostic test, Syphilis Health Check

Diagnostics Direct, LLC., a leading provider of in-office diagnostic tests, is pleased to announce the launch of the first CLIA-Waived rapid treponemal syphilis test: Syphilis Health Check™.

7 Apr 2015

Around 90% of all breast cancers can be diagnosed using MRI, shows study

Around 90 per cent of all breast cancers can be definitively diagnosed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This compares to the combined methods of mammography and ultrasound which yielded a detection rate of just 37.5 per cent.

7 Apr 2015

Watching the blood flow

Optical microangiography (OMAG), a technique based on optical coherence tomography, can be used to visualize the microvasculature network under inflamed skin condition. It opens up new vistas for clinical trials of treatment and diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders.

7 Apr 2015

DreaMed Diabetes and Medtronic enter strategic collaboration

DreaMed Diabetes, developer of diabetes treatment and management solutions, announced today that it had signed an exclusive worldwide development and license agreement with Medtronic, the world's premier medical technology and services company, for the development and marketing of products incorporating DreaMed’s MD-Logic Artificial Pancreas algorithm in Medtronic’s insulin pumps.

From Medtronic 7 Apr 2015

High Throughput ChIP Sequencing

Chromatrap®, a business unit of Porvair Sciences, has announced a major product launch at the European Human Genetics Conference (Glasgow, UK) and the Festival of Genomics (Boston, USA) on the 6th June 2015 and 22nd-24th June 2015 respectively

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 6 Apr 2015

Most recent advances in nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT imaging to be announced at ICNC 12

The latest advances in nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT imaging are set to be announced at the International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT 12.

6 Apr 2015

Findings of Ariosa's non-invasive prenatal testing study published online in NEJM

Results from the largest clinical trial to date, comparing non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using the Harmony Prenatal Test with conventional first trimester combined screening (FTS) in a general pregnancy population have been published online in The New England Journal of Medicine.

6 Apr 2015

New website provides information to help lower anxiety before outpatient surgery in children

A newly developed website provides parents and children with individualized information and support -- based on factors like coping style and levels of worry and fear -- to help lower anxiety before outpatient surgery in children, according to a pair of articles in the April issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

6 Apr 2015

Rhode Island Hospital physician comes up with new diagnostic tool for Ebola virus

Adam C. Levine, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital who treated Ebola-infected patients in Liberia last year, used his field experience to create a tool to determine the likelihood that patients presenting with Ebola symptoms will actually carry the virus.

6 Apr 2015

Simple test outperforms current standard test for early-stage prostate cancer

A test that costs less than a $1 and yields results in minutes has been shown in newly published studies to be more sensitive and more exact than the current standard test for early-stage prostate cancer.

6 Apr 2015

Visual Health Solutions launches Visualize You – Weight Change Viewer mobile app

Visual Health Solutions, Inc., today introduced the Visualize You – Weight Change Viewer mobile app, an ultra-sophisticated weight-loss activation tool that uses a photo to display the effects of weight loss on a user's facial appearance in unprecedented detail. Unlike conventional photo manipulations that only stretch or pinch images, the Visualize You - Weight Change Viewer app generates a stunningly accurate facial image that reflects actual weight change dynamics aligned with an individual's target weight-loss goal.

6 Apr 2015

Quantum Health achieves major business milestone

Quantum Health, the leader in care coordination and consumer navigation, announced today that it has achieved a major business milestone, making 5,497,028 connections, helping 779,470 consumers and providers more effectively navigate the complex healthcare system.

6 Apr 2015

Radlink, DePuy Synthes sign exclusive worldwide sales agency agreement

Radlink, Inc., an emerging global leader in advanced medical imaging technology, announced today that it has signed an exclusive worldwide sales agency agreement with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Synthes Companies. The contractual partnership provides for the exclusive worldwide distribution of Radlink's advanced imaging products, including the revolutionary Galileo Positioning System (GPS) featuring Surgeon's Checklist software, through DePuy Synthes Companies' sales representatives worldwide.

6 Apr 2015

CentoMD: World's largest genetic mutation database for rare diseases

CENTOGENE AG announces the launch of the world's largest genetic mutation database for rare diseases, CentoMD. CentoMD is a comprehensive and unique repository of genetic variants, including a huge number of unpublished pathogenic variants gathered from patients worldwide.

3 Apr 2015

New biodegradable membrane reduces wound healing time by 50%

Treatments to regenerate skin from burns become tedious and long lasting; however, Mexican researchers developed a biodegradable membrane that allows to transfer skin cells (keratinocytes) to burn wounds, when placed on the wound. The method reduces healing time by 50 percent.

3 Apr 2015

Pyrexar Medical procures hyperthermia assets of BSD Medical, begins operations

Pyrexar Medical begins operations today after completing the acquisition of hyperthermia assets held by Perseon, formerly BSD Medical. This acquisition includes substantially all hyperthermia assets, products, services and related intellectual property.

3 Apr 2015

Novel biosensing platform could remotely determine treatment options for HIV, E-coli

In much the same way that glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Florida Atlantic University and collaborators have identified a new biosensing platform that could be used to remotely detect and determine treatment options for HIV, E-coli, Staphylococcus aureas and other bacteria.

3 Apr 2015

eRelevance’s progressive patient engagement service sold to 100 Medspa, Plastic Surgery practices

eRelevance Corporation, announced today that its progressive patient engagement service has been sold to nearly 100 Medical Spa (Medspa) and Plastic Surgery practices in just the first quarter of 2015.

3 Apr 2015

Device / Technology News

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

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

Diagnostics Direct introduces CLIA approved diagnostic test, Syphilis Health Check

Around 90% of all breast cancers can be diagnosed using MRI, shows study

Watching the blood flow

DreaMed Diabetes and Medtronic enter strategic collaboration

High Throughput ChIP Sequencing

Most recent advances in nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT imaging to be announced at ICNC 12

Findings of Ariosa's non-invasive prenatal testing study published online in NEJM

New website provides information to help lower anxiety before outpatient surgery in children

Rhode Island Hospital physician comes up with new diagnostic tool for Ebola virus

Simple test outperforms current standard test for early-stage prostate cancer

Visual Health Solutions launches Visualize You – Weight Change Viewer mobile app

Quantum Health achieves major business milestone

Radlink, DePuy Synthes sign exclusive worldwide sales agency agreement

CentoMD: World's largest genetic mutation database for rare diseases

New biodegradable membrane reduces wound healing time by 50%

Pyrexar Medical procures hyperthermia assets of BSD Medical, begins operations

Novel biosensing platform could remotely determine treatment options for HIV, E-coli

eRelevance’s progressive patient engagement service sold to 100 Medspa, Plastic Surgery practices

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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