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Annals of Vascular Surgery publishes Endologix's Powerlink System clinical trial results for AAA endovascular repair

Endologix, Inc. developer of minimally invasive treatments for aortic disorders, announced today the publication of results from its pivotal, multicenter, prospective clinical trial of the Company's Powerlink System for endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) using an anatomical fixation technique with a suprarenal aortic extension.

19 Oct 2010

Micronics to advance PanNAT system for molecular diagnosis of infectious pathogens

Micronics, Inc., a development-stage company, today announced that the Department of Defense has awarded the company an Applied Research and Technology Development Award under the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command's Polytrauma and Blast Injury project for advancement of its PanNAT system for point-of-care molecular diagnosis of infectious pathogens.

19 Oct 2010

Robot-assisted surgery effective for five-year prostate cancer control: Study

A first-ever, long-term study of patients who underwent robot-assisted surgery to remove their cancerous prostates found that nearly 87 percent of them had no recurrence of the disease after five years.

19 Oct 2010

Researchers to test nanoparticle-based theranostics for pancreatic cancer treatment

Researchers from Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP), the radiology department at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are preparing to test a combined approach for diagnosing and treating pancreatic cancer with a specially engineered nanoparticle.

19 Oct 2010

International investors take interest in Australia's biotechnology industry at ALSIS 2010

AusBiotech has kicked off its annual conference with a hugely successful Australasian Life Sciences Investment Summit 2010 in Melbourne today. The premier life science investment conference for Australia and the Asia-Pacific region attracted 150 investors from more than 100 organisations to hear 39 selected Australian biotechnology companies.

19 Oct 2010

New LED device may help advance photodynamic therapy for skin cancer

Can skin cancer be treated with light? Scientists at the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), believe so. They're exploring new ways to image cancerous lesions using LEDs that might advance a technique for treating cancer called photodynamic therapy (PDT) -- work that they will describe at the Optical Society's (OSA) 94th annual meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2010 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center in Rochester, N.Y., from Oct. 24-28.

19 Oct 2010

JPO issues patent grant for Apricus's Femprox

Apricus Biosciences, Inc., backed by a revenue generating CRO business and seeking to leverage its multi-route NexACT drug delivery technology and internal pipeline through out-licensing partnerships, today announced that the Japanese Patent Office has issued a Decision to Grant a Patent for the Company's application on Femprox entitled, Compositions and Methods for Amelioration of Human Female Sexual Dysfunction.

19 Oct 2010

CoAxia presents SENTIS clinical trial for ischemic stroke at 2010 Congress in Seoul

CoAxia Inc. of Maple Grove, MN, announced today that the results of the SENTIS clinical trial a worldwide, multi-center, randomized study of its NeuroFlo catheter were presented on Saturday, October 16th, by SENTIS Principal Investigator, Professor Ashfaq Shuaib at the 2010 World Stroke Congress in Seoul, South Korea.

19 Oct 2010

New motion management software enables clear visualization of moving tumors in lung cancer

A 67-year-old female patient with lung cancer presented physicians with a difficult challenge: her tumor was small and it rode up and down with her breathing. During her treatment set up, all doctors saw on their therapy system's imaging equipment was a blur of motion. Fortunately, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was able to utilize its Symmetry motion management software; new imaging technology from Elekta that enables clear visualization of moving targets.

From Elekta 19 Oct 2010

Althea installs INOVA H3-5 high-speed syringe filling line

Althea Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of development and manufacturing services for biopharmaceuticals and parenteral drug products, announced today that it has completed the installation of a new INOVA H3-5 high-speed syringe filling line.

19 Oct 2010

Halt Medical's Tulip RFVTA probe granted Canadian approval for treatment of uterine fibroids

Halt Medical, Inc. announced today that it has been approved to market the Tulip™ Radiofrequency Volumetric Thermal Ablation (RFVTA) probe in Canada. "The license we just received from Health Canada brings us an important step closer to our goal of making our uterine sparing procedure available to the millions of women in North America who suffer with uterine fibroids", said Russ DeLonzor, President and COO of Halt Medical.

19 Oct 2010

Visiting biotech leader urges policymakers to support Australian innovation

The future of the Australian biotechnology industry relies on support from policymakers to ensure an economic environment and public policy regime that encourages innovation, says Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). Speaking ahead of AusBiotech 2010, Mr Greenwood believes that strong government support is needed to ensure the continued success of Australian biotech.

18 Oct 2010

Ricoh awarded document management contract by Premier

Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions and services, today announced a contract win with one of the nation's top healthcare purchasing networks, Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P. of the Premier healthcare alliance. The document management contract covers a vast range of management needs including document creation, storage and distribution among the healthcare industry nationwide.

18 Oct 2010

Air Techniques' STS-6 Dual Stage Dry Vacuum System named The Dental Advisor's 'Editor's Choice'

Air Techniques, Inc., a leading dental equipment manufacturer, announced today that its STS-6 Dual Stage Dry Vacuum System was named an "Editor's Choice" by The Dental Advisor. The highly regarded science-based publication gave the STS-6 system the maximum possible overall rating of 5 stars as well as a 98% clinical rating.

18 Oct 2010

Retroflexion in right colon increases yield of polyps in proximal colon

Research exploring the progression of colon polyps to colorectal cancer and evaluating techniques to improve polyp detection was among the clinical science presented at the 75th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology in San Antonio today.

18 Oct 2010

Cmed debuts Timaeus 5 unified eClinical platform and Timaeus HotSpot regulatory-compliant eClinical suite

Cmed Technology, an eClinical technology provider, today unveiled two product previews at two major pharmaceutical conferences. It debuted Timaeus 5, Cmed's newest version of its unified eClinical platform to manage data from Study Design through Reporting. Timaeus 5 adds enhanced usability, extended operational capabilities, streamlined investigator and monitor interaction, and expanded reporting capabilities.

18 Oct 2010

Lake Health opens Northeast Ohio's first digital hospital

Lake Health made history last October when it opened TriPoint Medical Center, Northeast Ohio's first digital hospital. Now the health system is the first in the United States to deploy the latest generation of a digital wayfinding system featuring a virtual guide -- or avatar -- that helps patients and visitors navigate to their destinations quickly and easily.

18 Oct 2010

PharmaTrust to launch third generation MedCentre remote dispensing system

PharmaTrust is launching the next generation of the MedCentre remote dispensing system with world-class features that redefine and take remote dispensing services to the next level. The MedCentre is a modular, scalable solution designed to meet both patients' need for convenience and counseling and healthcare professionals' responsibility to deliver the highest level of care.

18 Oct 2010

Liquent and eSA enter strategic partnership

Liquent, Inc. today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with eSA, Inc., a leading solutions provider for regulatory information management and regulatory services within Asia. Through an exclusive agreement, eSA will now have the commercial and technical support responsibilities for Liquent's strategic offerings, Liquent InSight and Liquent SmartDesk.

18 Oct 2010

Nanotope enters agreement with Smith & Nephew to develop cartilage regeneration product

Arrowhead Research Corporation today announced that its portfolio company, Nanotope, Inc., has entered into an agreement with Smith & Nephew, Inc., a member of the Smith & Nephew plc group to develop a cartilage regeneration product for human healthcare markets using a subset of its proprietary regenerative medicine technology.

18 Oct 2010

Device / Technology News

Annals of Vascular Surgery publishes Endologix's Powerlink System clinical trial results for AAA endovascular repair

Micronics to advance PanNAT system for molecular diagnosis of infectious pathogens

Robot-assisted surgery effective for five-year prostate cancer control: Study

Researchers to test nanoparticle-based theranostics for pancreatic cancer treatment

International investors take interest in Australia's biotechnology industry at ALSIS 2010

New LED device may help advance photodynamic therapy for skin cancer

JPO issues patent grant for Apricus's Femprox

CoAxia presents SENTIS clinical trial for ischemic stroke at 2010 Congress in Seoul

New motion management software enables clear visualization of moving tumors in lung cancer

Althea installs INOVA H3-5 high-speed syringe filling line

Halt Medical's Tulip RFVTA probe granted Canadian approval for treatment of uterine fibroids

Visiting biotech leader urges policymakers to support Australian innovation

Ricoh awarded document management contract by Premier

Air Techniques' STS-6 Dual Stage Dry Vacuum System named The Dental Advisor's 'Editor's Choice'

Retroflexion in right colon increases yield of polyps in proximal colon

Cmed debuts Timaeus 5 unified eClinical platform and Timaeus HotSpot regulatory-compliant eClinical suite

Lake Health opens Northeast Ohio's first digital hospital

PharmaTrust to launch third generation MedCentre remote dispensing system

Liquent and eSA enter strategic partnership

Nanotope enters agreement with Smith & Nephew to develop cartilage regeneration product

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