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GGA Software Services, Pfizer to present Indigo ELN at 2013 Bio-IT World Conference and Expo

GGA Software Services LLC, a leading provider of outsourced scientific informatics and software services to the life sciences industry, announced today that GGA and Pfizer will present Indigo ELN, the industry's leading open-source chemistry electronic laboratory notebook, at the 2013 Bio-IT World Conference and Expo in Boston, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, April 10, at 12:00 PM.

From Pfizer, Inc. 10 Apr 2013

Non-invasive battery recharger system for electronic implants

Ant-nio Abreu, a Sustainable Energy Systems PhD Student under the MIT Portugal Program, currently developing research work at LNEG (Laborat-rio Nacional de Energia e Geologia I.P.) has developed a non-invasive battery recharger system for electronic implants that allows a longer life for the internal implantable devices in the human body such as, pacemakers, defibrillators, electric heart, delaying considerable the usual customary surgery intervention for replacement.

10 Apr 2013

mPhase Technologies files patent application for novel drug delivery system

mPhase Technologies, Inc. said today that it is pursuing licensing opportunities for its Smart Drug Delivery System.

10 Apr 2013

Olympus receives FDA clearance for Articulating HD 3D Laparoscopic Surgical Video System

Olympus, a precision technology leader in designing and delivering innovative solutions in Medical and Surgical Products, among other core businesses, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Articulating HD 3D Laparoscopic Surgical Video System.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 10 Apr 2013

CPR, Promantra to offer revenue cycle management platform for acute care providers

Complete Practice Resources, a leader in ICD-10 transition consulting and medical coding education and Promantra, Inc., a leading revenue cycle management company specializing in business process outsourcing of medical coding, billing and claims management, have joined forces to offer a complete one-stop solution for the revenue cycle management platform for acute care providers.

10 Apr 2013

Researchers develop verification method to detect software bugs in surgical robots

Surgical robots could make some types of surgery safer and more effective, but proving that the software controlling these machines works as intended is problematic. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have demonstrated that methods for reliably detecting software bugs and ultimately verifying software safety can be applied successfully to this breed of robot.

10 Apr 2013

OTraces completes Phase II testing for blood test that detects breast cancer

OTraces, Inc., a Maryland-based biotech company developing blood tests for cancer diagnosis, announces completion of Phase II testing for a blood test that screens women for breast cancer.

10 Apr 2013

Kinetic Concepts' ActiV.A.C. Therapy System now available in Japan for in-patient use

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced that its ActiV.A.C. Therapy System is now available for in-patient use in Japan.

10 Apr 2013

CvergenX to develop radiosensitivity test to better radiation therapy decisions for patients with cancer

A molecular signature index technology that can lead to better radiation therapy decisions for patients with cancer is being developed into a reliable radiosensitivity test by CvergenX, Inc., an advanced cancer diagnostics company.

10 Apr 2013

Elekta's Versa HD system accelerates radiation delivery to new levels

Featuring a revolutionary combination of speed and accuracy, Elekta's new Versa HD system will help clinicians at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (Withington, Manchester) maximize the precision of therapeutic beams on the tumor target, while also accelerating radiation delivery to new levels.

From Elekta 10 Apr 2013

Cognoptix provides update on multi-site clinical trial of SAPPHIRE II eye test

Cognoptix announced today that it has reached the halfway point in a multi-site clinical trial of its SAPPHIRE II eye test designed to identify Alzheimer's disease patients via a beta amyloid ("Ab") signature in their eyes.

10 Apr 2013

Cell>Point reports encouraging results from Phase 2a cardiovascular clinical study of 99mTc-EC-G

Cell>Point announced today encouraging results following the conclusion of its Phase 2a cardiovascular clinical study performed by Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies of Kansas City, Missouri.

10 Apr 2013

Hospitals, other providers increasingly using 'the cloud' to store images

Health-care providers are starting to embrace the fast-growing area of technology known as cloud services, the model of shared computing in which data is stored on remote servers that hospitals can access via desktop, tablet or smartphone.

10 Apr 2013

fMRI: A non-invasive tool to map critical areas of brain before surgery

A new functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique may provide neurosurgeons with a non-invasive tool to help in mapping critical areas of the brain before surgery, reports a study in the April issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

9 Apr 2013

Transient electronics relieve pain, fight infection and dissolve harmlessly

Scientists today described key advances toward practical uses of a new genre of tiny, biocompatible electronic devices that could be implanted into the body to relieve pain or battle infection for a specific period of time, and then dissolve harmlessly.

9 Apr 2013

Patients exposed to chest radiation are more likely to die after heart surgery

Patients who have open heart surgery for heart disease caused by radiation cancer treatment are nearly twice as likely to die in the years following their surgery compared to similar patients who did not undergo radiation treatment, according to new research from Cleveland Clinic published today in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.

9 Apr 2013

Absorption Systems, Synerzys Lifecare partner to expand use of Biopharmaceutics Classification System

The preclinical contract research organization Absorption Systems, a global leader in pharmacokinetic testing of drugs, announces that it has entered into a partnership with the Indian pharmaceutical consulting firm Synerzys Lifecare Pvt Ltd.

9 Apr 2013

MedeAnalytics' Accountable Care Solution selected for Mississippi's MEHRS application

MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, announced today that the State of Mississippi Medicaid has selected MedeAnalytics' Accountable Care Solution to empower the next generation of the state's Medicaid Electronic Health Records System application.

9 Apr 2013

BEAMing technology detects more mutations linked with secondary drug resistance in GIST patients

A study presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 indicates that a DNA blood test using Inostics' BEAMing Digital PCR can detect more mutations associated with secondary drug resistance in GIST patients than testing conventional biopsies.

9 Apr 2013

Quest PharmaTech to develop, market anti-PSA IgE technology for cancer treatment

Quest PharmaTech Inc., a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the treatment of cancer, announces that it has recently signed an exclusive license agreement with University of California at Los Angeles to develop and market anti-PSA IgE technology for the treatment of cancer.

9 Apr 2013

Device / Technology News

GGA Software Services, Pfizer to present Indigo ELN at 2013 Bio-IT World Conference and Expo

Non-invasive battery recharger system for electronic implants

mPhase Technologies files patent application for novel drug delivery system

Olympus receives FDA clearance for Articulating HD 3D Laparoscopic Surgical Video System

CPR, Promantra to offer revenue cycle management platform for acute care providers

Researchers develop verification method to detect software bugs in surgical robots

OTraces completes Phase II testing for blood test that detects breast cancer

Kinetic Concepts' ActiV.A.C. Therapy System now available in Japan for in-patient use

CvergenX to develop radiosensitivity test to better radiation therapy decisions for patients with cancer

Elekta's Versa HD system accelerates radiation delivery to new levels

Cognoptix provides update on multi-site clinical trial of SAPPHIRE II eye test

Cell>Point reports encouraging results from Phase 2a cardiovascular clinical study of 99mTc-EC-G

Hospitals, other providers increasingly using 'the cloud' to store images

fMRI: A non-invasive tool to map critical areas of brain before surgery

Transient electronics relieve pain, fight infection and dissolve harmlessly

Patients exposed to chest radiation are more likely to die after heart surgery

Absorption Systems, Synerzys Lifecare partner to expand use of Biopharmaceutics Classification System

MedeAnalytics' Accountable Care Solution selected for Mississippi's MEHRS application

BEAMing technology detects more mutations linked with secondary drug resistance in GIST patients

Quest PharmaTech to develop, market anti-PSA IgE technology for cancer treatment

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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