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RainDance Technologies increases commercial activities in Europe with series of technology seminars

RainDance Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced it is increasing its commercial activities in Europe beginning with a series of technology seminars during the week of 24 May 2010.

25 May 2010

Family of EPA-registered disinfecting products to be launched

An innovative family of EPA-registered disinfecting products will be launched through a new direct selling company, it was announced today.

25 May 2010

Mayo Clinic becomes first hospital in the U.S. to discharge a patient with artificial heart

Mayo Clinic Hospital in northeast Phoenix made history on May 3, 2010, when it became the first hospital in the U.S. to discharge a patient with an artificial heart - after he had been hospitalized for more than two years.

25 May 2010

Waters introduces new TQ-S and G2 QTof mass spectrometers for Xevo MS platform

Waters Corporation introduced today two new mass spectrometers for its Xevo MS platform – the Xevo TQ-S and Xevo G2 QTof – that bring a step change in performance to benchtop mass spectrometry. The product introductions were made at the 58th annual meeting of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS).

25 May 2010

Boston Scientific collaborates with Philips, Siemens to offer integrated imaging systems

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced collaborations with Philips Healthcare and Siemens Medical Solutions to enable the use of its iLab® Ultrasound Imaging System with the Philips Allura™ Xper and the Siemens AXIOM™ Artis and Artis™ zee interventional X-ray systems. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) technology is designed to provide physicians a 360-degree view inside the heart and coronary vessels to assist with diagnosis and to generate a more accurate image of the diseased vessels than is possible with angiography alone.

From Philips Healthcare 25 May 2010

LEO Pharma implements Cegedim Dendrite's Mobile Intelligence CRM solution in 6 Asia-Pacific countries

Cegedim Dendrite today announced that LEO Pharma has implemented Mobile Intelligence™, Cegedim Dendrite's flagship Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution using a Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model, in six countries in the Asia-Pacific region. LEO Pharma is a global pharmaceutical company specializing in dermatology and critical care and Cegedim Dendrite is the world's leading provider of Pharmaceutical CRM solutions with a 35 percent global market share.

25 May 2010

Biomagnetics Diagnostics presents new series of videos on world's first handheld Integrated Optical Biosensor

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, today announced the availability of a new series of video taped interviews of CEO, Clayton Hardman where he presents the world's first handheld Integrated Optical Biosensor (IOBS), which was recently licensed under an agreement with Los Alamos National Security LLC.

25 May 2010

Stentys receives CE Marking for drug-eluting stent

Stentys announced today that it has received CE Marking for its drug-eluting stent.

25 May 2010

NC Quantum Apex PTCA Dilatation Balloon Catheter receives CE Mark and FDA approval

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced CE Mark and U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of its NC Quantum Apex PTCA Dilatation Balloon Catheter. The Company plans to launch the product in European markets this week and in the U.S. next month.

25 May 2010

Community hospitals select McKesson's Paragon HIS, Practice Partner EHR system for physicians

McKesson today announced that three more community hospitals have chosen the company's Practice Partner Patient Records electronic health record and practice management solution for their employed/affiliated physicians. The hospitals, which also selected the Paragon hospital information system to automate care processes in their inpatient settings, aim to enhance communication and care coordination among healthcare providers in their communities.

25 May 2010

Northrop Grumman begins delivery of critical assay technology to DHS for homeland defense applications

Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun deliveries of critical assay technology to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as part of the company's BioWatch Gen-3 contract to develop a new generation of biological detectors for homeland defense applications.

25 May 2010

Arthrosurface achieves significant clinical milestone in implant technology

Arthrosurface, Inc., the developer of inlay joint resurfacing systems, announced the achievement of a significant clinical milestone.

25 May 2010

Wolf Medical Supply, I-Flow settle patent dispute on Redi-Flo Infusion Pump

Wolf Medical Supply, Inc. and I-Flow Corporation, a division of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, have settled out of court ending the patent dispute regarding the Redi-Flo™ Infusion Pump.

25 May 2010

X-spine's new Fixcet Spinal Facet Screw System receives FDA clearance

X-spine, a global manufacturer of implants and instruments for spinal surgery, announced FDA clearance of its new Fixcet Spinal Facet Screw System. The system is designed to provide spinal stability for lumbar fusion procedures, including the treatment of degenerative disk disease, instability and trauma.

25 May 2010

New HPLC-Chip introduced to address N-glycan analysis in biopharmaceutical market

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced a new HPLC-Chip to address N-glycan analysis in the emerging biopharmaceutical market.

25 May 2010

Simbionix USA to launch two new hands-on training systems at AUA annual meeting

Simbionix USA Corporation, the world's leading provider of medical education and simulation training products for medical professionals and the healthcare industry, is launching two new hands-on training systems - the Lap Nepherctomy simulation module and the VirtaMed TURPSim. Both solutions will be revealed for the first time at the AUA annual meeting in San Francisco next week.

25 May 2010

NIH, FDA launch new portal to provide easier access to online reporting

The Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health today launched a new Web site that, when fully developed, will provide a mechanism for the reporting of pre- and post-market safety data to the federal government.

25 May 2010

A unique multi-modal atlas of human brain

The Allen Institute for Brain Science announced today that it has launched the Allen Human Brain Atlas, a publicly available online atlas charting genes at work throughout the human brain.

25 May 2010

Delphinus Medical Technologies secures $8M in venture capital to commercialize SoftVue system

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute announced today that its spin-off company Delphinus Medical Technologies, LLC, has secured $8 million in venture capital to start the commercialization process of SoftVue, an alternative to mammography.

25 May 2010

FDA issues 510(k) clearance to Simplexa Influenza A H1N1 (2009) test on 3M Integrated Cycler

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued 510(k) clearance to the Simplexa Influenza A H1N1 (2009) test on the 3M Integrated Cycler. The Simplexa test, developed and manufactured by Quest Diagnostics' Focus Diagnostics business, is the first to be cleared by the FDA for use as an aid in the detection and differentiation of influenza A and 2009 H1N1 influenza viral RNA.

25 May 2010

Device / Technology News

RainDance Technologies increases commercial activities in Europe with series of technology seminars

Family of EPA-registered disinfecting products to be launched

Mayo Clinic becomes first hospital in the U.S. to discharge a patient with artificial heart

Waters introduces new TQ-S and G2 QTof mass spectrometers for Xevo MS platform

Boston Scientific collaborates with Philips, Siemens to offer integrated imaging systems

LEO Pharma implements Cegedim Dendrite's Mobile Intelligence CRM solution in 6 Asia-Pacific countries

Biomagnetics Diagnostics presents new series of videos on world's first handheld Integrated Optical Biosensor

Stentys receives CE Marking for drug-eluting stent

NC Quantum Apex PTCA Dilatation Balloon Catheter receives CE Mark and FDA approval

Community hospitals select McKesson's Paragon HIS, Practice Partner EHR system for physicians

Northrop Grumman begins delivery of critical assay technology to DHS for homeland defense applications

Arthrosurface achieves significant clinical milestone in implant technology

Wolf Medical Supply, I-Flow settle patent dispute on Redi-Flo Infusion Pump

X-spine's new Fixcet Spinal Facet Screw System receives FDA clearance

New HPLC-Chip introduced to address N-glycan analysis in biopharmaceutical market

Simbionix USA to launch two new hands-on training systems at AUA annual meeting

NIH, FDA launch new portal to provide easier access to online reporting

A unique multi-modal atlas of human brain

Delphinus Medical Technologies secures $8M in venture capital to commercialize SoftVue system

FDA issues 510(k) clearance to Simplexa Influenza A H1N1 (2009) test on 3M Integrated Cycler

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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