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Accenture to build and implement Norway's electronic health record system

The Norwegian Directorate of Health has awarded Accenture a five-year contract to build and implement Norway's electronic health record (EHR) system.

11 Oct 2012

Catalent licenses NJIT’s taste-making technology to mask unpleasant and bitter medicines

Following a successful research collaboration with NJIT, Catalent Pharma Solutions of Somerset has announced that it has exclusively licensed innovative taste-making technology developed by NJIT Distinguished Professor Rajesh Dav-, who was the principal investigator of a research project funded by Catalent. The technology will mask the most challenging, unpleasant and bitter tasting pharmaceutical active ingredients.

11 Oct 2012

Inpeco, Precise Biometrics partner to deploy Precise Match-on-Card technology

Precise Biometrics announces today that they have partnered with the Inpeco Group for a 6-month contract, to deploy Precise Match-on-Card technology to the Inpeco Group System.

11 Oct 2012

Novel neuroimaging technique reveals evidence of cocaine-induced cerebral microischemia

Researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stony Brook University have developed a high-resolution, 3D optical Doppler imaging tomography technique that captures the effects of cocaine restricting the blood supply in vessels - including small capillaries - of the brain.

11 Oct 2012

New mass spectrometry helps identify bacteria in clinical specimens within minutes

New mass spectrometry technology is helping Le Bonheur Children's physicians analyze microbiology samples quickly - identifying specific bacteria present in a sample within minutes.

11 Oct 2012

Wolters Kluwer launches CEConnection solution for allied health professionals

Wolters Kluwer Health introduced today CEConnection for employer-provided continuing education (CE) content from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) supporting nursing and new for allied health professionals.

11 Oct 2012

Inscopix to introduce nVista HD at Neuroscience 2012

Inscopix, Inc. will announce the launch of nVista HD, an end-to-end solution for in vivo brain imaging in freely behaving mice, this weekend at Neuroscience 2012 (SfN).

11 Oct 2012

New research lists cell stiffness as possible biomarker for metastatic ovarian cancer

New Georgia Tech research shows that cell stiffness could be a valuable clue for doctors as they search for and treat cancerous cells before they're able to spread. The findings, which are published in the journal PLoS One, found that highly metastatic ovarian cancer cells are several times softer than less metastatic ovarian cancer cells.

11 Oct 2012

Xenex Healthcare Services receives GSA contract to purchase room disinfection systems

Xenex Healthcare Services, the world leader in UV room disinfection systems, today announced it has been awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract, making it even easier for federal agencies (including Veterans Affairs hospital systems) to purchase Xenex's room disinfection systems.

11 Oct 2012

Final results from Covidien’s DEFINITIVE LE study on peripheral arterial disease

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced final 12-month results from its DEFINITIVE LE (Determination of Effectiveness of SilverHawk / TurboHawk Peripheral Plaque Excision Systems for the Treatment of Infrainguinal Vessels/Lower Extremities) study.

11 Oct 2012

Six-gene signature can predict survival in men with aggressive prostate cancer

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a six-gene signature that can be used in a test to predict survival in men with aggressive prostate cancer, according to new research published in the October issue of The Lancet Oncology.

11 Oct 2012

Non-surgical orthopedic medical devices: an interview with Brian Moore, Director of Sales and Product Marketing from DJO global

Non-surgical orthopedic medical devices are products designed to help relieve pain in specific parts of the body.

10 Oct 2012

FDA clears Surefire's Angiographic Catheter line

Surefire Medical, Inc. announced today that the company has received 510(k) FDA clearance to market its line of Surefire Angiographic Catheters. Surefire Medical will launch these products in the United States later this year.

10 Oct 2012

HbA1c converter tool launched by NPS

NPS MedicineWise has launched a new online HbA1c converter tool to help people with diabetes understand changes to the way their HbA1c test results are reported in Australia.

10 Oct 2012

Spanish and British scientists design new blood test to identify aggressive prostate cancer

Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid, along with British colleagues from the Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, have developed a test that studies genetic patterns in blood cells to detect advanced-stage prostate cancer.

10 Oct 2012

MSF launches online 'Patent Opposition Database'

"The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has launched an online resource to help civil society and patient groups in developing countries challenge unwarranted drug patents," an MSF press release reports.

10 Oct 2012

Study to explore how mobile technology use can improve coordination in perioperative services

Three Clemson University professors have received $797,066 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate how the use of mobile technology can improve coordination in perioperative services.

10 Oct 2012

Keynote speaker on reimbursement for new medicines

Delegates at the largest annual biotech industry gathering in the Asia-Pacific will hear about delays to new medical treatments because of the slow processing of government funding approvals. In many countries, governments pay at least part of the cost of medicines and treatments. However, there is growing concern that delays in funding decisions could mean fewer new medicines are developed in the future.

10 Oct 2012

New rating system to focus on patient data provided by electronic health records

HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is developing a rating system for the growing amount of health information directed at patients. The agency's Health Information Rating System, discussed in a Federal Register posting, will focus especially on patient data provided by electronic health records.

10 Oct 2012

Boston Scientific initiates enrollment in Lotus Valve System clinical trial for aortic valve disease

Boston Scientific has enrolled the first patient in the REPRISE II clinical trial to evaluate the safety and performance of the Lotus Valve System in up to 120 patients with severe aortic valve disease.

10 Oct 2012

Device / Technology News

Accenture to build and implement Norway's electronic health record system

Catalent licenses NJIT’s taste-making technology to mask unpleasant and bitter medicines

Inpeco, Precise Biometrics partner to deploy Precise Match-on-Card technology

Novel neuroimaging technique reveals evidence of cocaine-induced cerebral microischemia

New mass spectrometry helps identify bacteria in clinical specimens within minutes

Wolters Kluwer launches CEConnection solution for allied health professionals

Inscopix to introduce nVista HD at Neuroscience 2012

New research lists cell stiffness as possible biomarker for metastatic ovarian cancer

Xenex Healthcare Services receives GSA contract to purchase room disinfection systems

Final results from Covidien’s DEFINITIVE LE study on peripheral arterial disease

Six-gene signature can predict survival in men with aggressive prostate cancer

Non-surgical orthopedic medical devices: an interview with Brian Moore, Director of Sales and Product Marketing from DJO global

FDA clears Surefire's Angiographic Catheter line

HbA1c converter tool launched by NPS

Spanish and British scientists design new blood test to identify aggressive prostate cancer

MSF launches online 'Patent Opposition Database'

Study to explore how mobile technology use can improve coordination in perioperative services

Keynote speaker on reimbursement for new medicines

New rating system to focus on patient data provided by electronic health records

Boston Scientific initiates enrollment in Lotus Valve System clinical trial for aortic valve disease

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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