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Merck Serono, Mendor sign blood glucose meter distribution agreement

Mendor, the Finnish diabetes technology company, continues its rapid growth and is excited to announce yet another international partnership - now opening the United Kingdom for its innovative products. Mendor has just signed a distribution agreement with a leading pharmaceutical company in the Diabetes field Merck Serono, covering the United Kingdom diabetes market.

14 Feb 2012

GAO finds big disparities in prices of some medical devices

News outlets examine a variety of health workplace issues, including a GAO report on medical device prices and efforts to get health workers vaccinated for the flu.

14 Feb 2012

Microsoft, GE announce several developments for planned joint venture

General Electric Co. (GE), through its healthcare IT business, and Microsoft Corp. today announced several developments for their planned 50-50 joint venture, including the intention to demonstrate future product capabilities at HIMSS12, the year's largest healthcare IT trade show, later this month.

14 Feb 2012

UT Southwestern installs new system to deliver precise radiation therapy

UT Southwestern Medical Center has installed a new system to deliver extremely precise and individualized radiation treatment, assuring that cancer patients in the region have access to the latest advances in radiation oncology.

14 Feb 2012

Insight into factors that affect Medicare decisions on CMS's coverage of medical technology

A new study by researchers at Tufts Medical Center provides unique insight into factors that affect Medicare decisions on whether to pay for medical technologies.

14 Feb 2012

Only about 1 in 7 older individuals use hearing aid

Though an estimated 26.7 million Americans age 50 and older have hearing loss, only about one in seven use a hearing aid, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers.

14 Feb 2012

Oral blood samples from patients with periodontal disease can measure hemoglobin A1c

Oral blood samples drawn from deep pockets of periodontal inflammation can be used to measure hemoglobin A1c, an important gauge of a patient's diabetes status, an NYU nursing-dental research team has found.

14 Feb 2012

Agilent's microarrays used in landmark study on prenatal samples

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced its microarrays were used in a landmark research study on prenatal samples. The three-year study was designed to evaluate the accuracy, efficacy and potential advantages of using microarray analysis as compared with conventional karyotyping. Agilent SurePrint CGH microarrays and analysis software were used for the majority sample cohort of 4,400 samples.

14 Feb 2012

Two novel devices can predict women at risk of premature birth

Scientists and doctors from the University of Sheffield are developing two novel devices that could lead to the improved prediction of premature births.

14 Feb 2012

New software key for personalized cancer medicine

High-throughput DNA sequencing technologies are leading to a revolution in how clinicians diagnose and treat cancer. The molecular profiles of individual tumors are beginning to be used in the design of chemotherapeutic programs optimized for the treatment of individual patients.

14 Feb 2012

Pacific Biosciences releases major upgrade to PacBio RS system

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., provider of Single Molecule Real Time sequencing products, today announced it has released a major upgrade to its PacBio RS system, referred to as "C2", including new chemistry, enhanced SMRT Cells and upgraded software, which together provide customers with significant performance increases for DNA sequencing.

13 Feb 2012

Medtronic begins two Symplicity renal denervation system clinical initiatives

Medtronic, Inc. announced today the start of two clinical initiatives evaluating the broader, real-world clinical use of the company's Symplicity renal denervation system across multiple conditions.

From Medtronic 13 Feb 2012

Fluidigm announces availability of Access Array Barcode Library for Ion Torrent PGM

Fluidigm Corporation today announced the availability of the Access Array Barcode Library for the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) sequencer. This barcode library allows multiplexing of up to 96 different samples in a single sequencing run.

13 Feb 2012

Medasys Prometra programmable implantable drug pump receives FDA PMA approval

Medasys Inc., a medical device company focused on providing implantable drug delivery solutions, announced today that it has received PMA approval from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration for its Prometra programmable implantable drug pump.

13 Feb 2012

Clinical observation should not be replaced with MRI for treating people with hip pain

When it comes to treating people with hip pain, physicians should not replace clinical observation with the use of magnetic resonance images (MRI), according to research being presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA.

13 Feb 2012

Study demonstrates dynamic genetic changes in ovarian cancers between diagnosis and recurrence

There is a need to analyze tumor specimens at the time of ovarian cancer recurrence, according to a new study published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.

13 Feb 2012

OncoSec to commence OMS ElectroImmunotherapy Phase II trial in MCC

OncoSec Medical Incorporated, which is developing its advanced-stage OncoSec Medical System (OMS) ElectroOncology therapies to treat solid tumor cancers, today announced that physicians at the University of Washington and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in conjunction with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, have treated several patients in an open-label Phase II clinical trial evaluating OncoSec's OMS ElectroImmunotherapy for the treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma.

13 Feb 2012

ICN Food List for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome patients

When one cup of coffee, tea or cranberry juice can trigger days of pain and/or bladder discomfort, interstitial cystitis, overactive bladder and other urology patients often develop an unhealthy fear of food. A new iPhone and iPad application, (ICN Food List) seeks to change that by giving patients an easy to use food list and database that they can use while shopping and eating out at restaurants.

13 Feb 2012

New method can create scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new method for creating scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, providing an alternative that is more flexible and less time-intensive than current technology.

13 Feb 2012

Organ transplant patients can benefit from cochlear implants

Cochlear implants may be a safe, effective option for some organ transplant patients who've lost their hearing as an unfortunate consequence of their transplant-related drug regime, researchers report.

13 Feb 2012