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Thomson Reuters' The Outpartnering Registry available for all organizations developing drugs

Thomson Reuters announced today that it has launched The Outpartnering Registry, an innovative resource designed to change the way biotechnology, pharmaceutical and academic organizations find partnering opportunities around the world.

21 Jun 2010

PAS technique to predict how blood platelets respond to complex conditions found during heart attack

A team of bioengineers from the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Medicine and Engineering have trained a computer neural network model to accurately predict how blood platelets would respond to complex conditions found during a heart attack or stroke.

21 Jun 2010

NPAF draws attention on need to ensure patients' right to privacy in Virginia's HIE

The National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) – a national, non-profit organization dedicated to the mission of creating avenues of improved patient access to health care through public policy reform at the state and federal levels – delivered a letter to Dr. William Hazel Jr., M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Resources and Chair of Virginia Governor's Health Information Technology Advisory Commission (HITAC), bringing attention to the need to ensure patients' right to privacy in the state's health information exchange (HIE).

19 Jun 2010

Comparative Effectiveness to impact orthopaedic industry

"Comparative Effectiveness will have the most significant impact on the orthopaedic industry moving forward," noted John Engelhardt in his luncheon Keynote Address today at the 6th Annual Orthopaedic Manufacturing & Technology Exposition and Conference (OMTEC) in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Engelhardt, CEO of ORTHOWORLD Inc. and Managing Member of Knowledge Ventures, LLC, emphasized that industry will be compelled to adopt the concept of comparative effectiveness throughout its business models in order to gain the efficiencies required to thrive in the future.

19 Jun 2010

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia announces recruitment for clinical trial of robotic devices for stroke survivors

As many as half of stroke survivors lose some of their ability to move their extremities. Now specialists in rehabilitation medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center are pioneering the use of robotic devices to help them regain this function. Patients are currently being recruited for ongoing clinical research trials with the new devices.

19 Jun 2010

Researchers review data comparing IUDs and hormonal contraceptives

Women who have had intrauterine devices fitted as contraceptives are less likely to become pregnant than those who have hormone injections, a new review by Cochrane Researchers has found. The review, which focused on women in developing countries, also found a possible link between contraceptive method and disease progression in HIV.

19 Jun 2010

MN HIE to conduct pilot project with Aging Services of Minnesota

The Minnesota Health Information Exchange (MN HIE) will conduct a pilot project with Aging Services of Minnesota at 12 of their member settings. This select group of care centers and assisted-living providers will use MN HIE's stand alone web services to view long term care patient's clinical information.

19 Jun 2010

Medtronic's anatomically-designed ablation catheters reduce lab time for PVI

Data from the FAST-PVI study, supported by Medtronic, Inc., shows lab time using anatomically-designed ablation catheters are more than one-third (35 percent) faster than traditional point-by-point focal ablation procedures in achieving pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). PVI is the cornerstone catheter procedure to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF).

19 Jun 2010

Teradata congratulates CMS team for receiving 2010 CIO Council Leadership Award

Teradata Corporation, the world's largest company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics, today extended congratulations to the team led by Julie Boughn, Chief Information Officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for prestigious recognition by the Federal CIO Council. The 2010 CIO Council Leadership Award was presented to the CMS team at the 2010 IRMCO Conference for its innovative use of information technology to improve transparency and engagement with the public.

19 Jun 2010

Biomechanical implications of low-height falls in toddlers

An in-depth scientific article published in the July 2010 issue of Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, entitled Biomechanics of the toddler fall during low-height falls elucidates the impact of head injuries caused by low-height falls in toddlers, using an anthropomorphic biomechanical surrogate.

19 Jun 2010

Illustrated plastic surgery application for iPad

Now there's a richly illustrated plastic surgery app written specifically for the iPad. An intuitive new application, developed by facial plastic surgeon Dr. Steven Denenberg, displays hundreds of before and after photos, tells you what it's like to have surgery, and lets you contact Dr. Denenberg for a free online consultation.

19 Jun 2010

Ingen Technologies to exhibit, sponsor at upcoming Medtrade conference

Ingen Technologies, Inc., a medical device manufacturer with an emerging new medical product line for the $8B respiratory market, announced today that the company has officially accepted to be an exhibitor and sponsor at the upcoming Medtrade conference in Atlanta, Georgia from November 15-18, 2010 at the Georgia World Congress Center.

19 Jun 2010

Artificial pancreas system reduces risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia

An article recently published in The Lancet reports that using an artificial pancreas system overnight can significantly reduce the risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Moreover, the first clinical trial of an artificial pancreas system delivering both insulin and glucagon has shown that this system can prevent development of hypoglycemia.

19 Jun 2010

Health Robotics announces new Canadian marketing contracts for i.v.STATION, i.v.SOFT

Health Robotics announced that its joint-venture Health Robotics Canada Inc. (HRCI), a leading Canadian Pharmaceutical Company, and a well-established Quebec-based Medical Device Technology company have all recently signed marketing agreements in order to expand into Canada the market presence of i.v.STATION and i.v.SOFT, revolutionary technologies that provide automated sterile compounding of intravenous medications and parenteral nutrition to hospitals.

19 Jun 2010

Bracco release confirms Positron's market growth prediction of cardiac PET

Positron Corporation, a leader as a molecular imaging and solutions company specializing in the field of Nuclear Cardiology, cites an article posted on AuntMinnie.com, the largest community website for medical imaging professionals, relating to the growth in cardiac PET.

19 Jun 2010

Groundbreaking ceremony for Ravensburg Vetter West facility

A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for Vetter's newest facility, Ravensburg Vetter West. Vetter, a specialist in aseptically pre-filled drug-delivery systems, will build a state-of-the-art high bay warehouse for cold-storage and room-temperature goods. Space will also be dedicated for automatic and manual visual inspection as well as for stability chambers designed to the highest standards.

19 Jun 2010

ASTRO participates in FDA's meeting to discuss highest level of safety for radiation therapy patients

The American Society for Radiation Oncology continued to advance its Target Safely initiative by participating in the Food and Drug Administration's public meeting on Device Improvements to Reduce the Number of Under-Doses, Over-Doses, and Misaligned Exposures from Therapeutic Radiation on June 9 and 10.

19 Jun 2010

E'shee Clinical Esthetic introduces revolutionary new products for skin care

E'shee Skin Care products are the result of a careful collaboration of skin care professionals, doctors and chemists; these revolutionary new products are the next step in skin care.

19 Jun 2010

TMLTExposed.org files suit against Texas Medical Liability Trust

On June 18, 2010, the Registrant of the website www.TMLTExposed.org filed suit against Texas Medical Liability Trust in the 68th Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas requesting a declaratory judgment that the contents of the website are protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 8 of the Texas Constitution.

19 Jun 2010

Survery: Most respondents don't really get health IT

Only one in ten respondents to a Harris Interactive survey use electronic medical records or interact with their doctors by e-mail, HealthDay/Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Half were unsure whether their doctors even use these technologies. "Still, most of those polled said they would like their doctors to access their medical records with the click of a mouse. On the other hand, only about a third (30 percent) believe their insurer should have that same access."

19 Jun 2010