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ALung Technologies announces closing of $14 Million Series A financing round

ALung Technologies, Inc. today announced that the Company has closed a $14 Million Series A financing round. The investment will support ongoing clinical trials of the Hemolung™ Respiratory Assist System and its subsequent commercialization. The Company's Hemolung device is expected to help many patients with acute respiratory failure to avoid intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation.

11 Oct 2010

NIH awards La Jolla Institute $12.6M to develop San Diego's first Center for RNAi screening

The La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology will develop San Diego's first Center for RNAi screening -- a breakthrough genomics technology that will further enhance San Diego's reputation as a national research leader and provide the local biomedical community ready access to the Nobel-Prize winning technology.

11 Oct 2010

ESMO and Thomson Reuters launch unique portal for oncologists

A unique portal, offering oncologists access to the latest information in the field of cancer research, will be launched in 2011 by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) in association with Thomson Reuters. The announcement was made today at the 35th ESMO Congress taking place from 8 to 12 October, in Milan, Italy.

11 Oct 2010

CCHIT certifies Health Care Systems' eMR Version 4

Health Care Systems, Inc. (HCS) announced today that HCS eMR, Version 4, is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as an EHR Module on 9/30/2010 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable HOSPITAL certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 2011/2012 criteria support the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

11 Oct 2010

Rutgers University receives NIH grant to increase reliability of prostate cancer imaging

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $3.3 million grant to a research team that includes Rutgers University to increase the reliability of imaging prostate cancer.

11 Oct 2010

ImmunoGen enter collaboration agreement with Novartis to develop targeted anticancer therapeutics

ImmunoGen, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Novartis to discover and develop targeted anticancer therapeutics using antibodies to several antigen targets to be named by Novartis.

11 Oct 2010

DTC genetic tests require innovative approach to enter global market

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests available from retailers and the Internet let people learn about their genomes without going to a doctor, but they raise the question of who is responsible for oversight and regulation of these tests. Critics worry about safety risks if consumers base important lifestyle or medical decisions on inaccurate or misunderstood test results.

11 Oct 2010

UH researchers receive grant to develop Blue Scale device to track heart failure

As more and more medical care is provided in the home, health specialists say it is critical for people to be able to monitor themselves and make informed judgments about their health. A group of researchers in the Abramson Center for the Future of Health at the University of Houston (UH) received a $250,000 pre-seed grant from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF) for a system that assesses cardiac function in the home and alerts the user to the need for intervention.

11 Oct 2010

FDA designates NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System as HUD device for ALS patients

Synapse Biomedical Inc. announces today that they have received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designation of the NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System (DPS) as a Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients with a stimulatable diaphragm who are experiencing chronic hypoventilation and has now submitted for Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) approval.

11 Oct 2010

IntegenX receives DTRA contract to develop ISS system for rapid detection of emerging pathogens

IntegenX, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a new contract by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to develop an Integrated Sample-to-Sequence (ISS) system for rapid detection and identification of genetically engineered bacteria and viruses, medically relevant bacteria and viruses, and emerging pathogens.

11 Oct 2010

Integra LifeSciences to feature Inforce Reinforcement Matrix at ASSH Annual Meeting

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation announced today that it is featuring the Inforce Reinforcement Matrix at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) on October 7-9, in Boston, Massachusetts.

8 Oct 2010

Japanese MHLW approves CryoLife's BioGlue Surgical Adhesive for aortic dissections

CryoLife, Inc. an implantable biological medical device and cardiovascular tissue processing company, today announced that its BioGlue Surgical Adhesive has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for use in the repair of aortic dissections.

8 Oct 2010

UBM Medica presents virtual conference for radiologists, imaging professionals

UBM Medica presented Diagnostic Imaging LIVE, a virtual conference for radiologists and imaging professionals, on September 29, 2010.

8 Oct 2010

Defense Department's AFIRM to fund Stratatech's Phase IIb clinical trial of StrataGraft tissue

Stratatech Corp., a regenerative medicine company focused on the commercialization of cell-based, tissue-engineered skin substitute products, today announced that the Defense Department's Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine will fund the Phase IIb clinical trial of the company's flagship StrataGraft living human skin substitute tissue.

8 Oct 2010

Positron comments on new medical radiation bill passed into law in California

Positron Corporation, a leading molecular imaging company specializing in the field of nuclear cardiology, commented on the new medical radiation bill passed into law in California.

8 Oct 2010

GE Healthcare announces successful completion of vendor neutral DI-r

GE Healthcare announced today the successful completion of a vendor neutral Digital Imaging Repository that connects hospitals and medical centers throughout Southwestern Ontario, Canada, enabling the sharing of patient health data across the region. For the first time in Ontario's history, 26 hospital organizations in the Erie St. Clair and South West Local Health Integration Networks are able to share filmless diagnostic image exams between their facilities.

8 Oct 2010

ABMS awarded HHS contract to align meaningful use of HIT, ABMS MOC program

The American Board of Medical Specialties announced today a contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to align the meaningful use of health information technology and the ABMS Maintenance of Certification program, which was created by ABMS and its 24 Member Boards to promote lifelong learning and self assessment for physician specialists. The contract was awarded by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for HIT.

8 Oct 2010

IMNG relaunches websites for Internal Medicine News, Hospitalist News

International Medical News Group, an Elsevier company that provides medical news to physicians, today announced the relaunch of its websites for Internal Medicine News (www.internalmedicinenews.com) and Hospitalist News.

8 Oct 2010

Health-TIES consortium aims to accelerate innovation in healthcare

On Thursday 7 October, Europe's top regions in healthcare technology will launch the Health-TIES consortium that aims to accelerate innovation in healthcare. The consortium is backed by a three-year grant from the European Commission and is set up to strengthen the research potential of European regions through research-driven clusters of universities, research centres, enterprises and regional authorities.

8 Oct 2010

New instrument to determine anxiety level

A new instrument developed by a Washington and Lee University psychologist is designed to help clinicians determine more objectively a patient's level of anxiety.

8 Oct 2010

Device / Technology News

ALung Technologies announces closing of $14 Million Series A financing round

NIH awards La Jolla Institute $12.6M to develop San Diego's first Center for RNAi screening

ESMO and Thomson Reuters launch unique portal for oncologists

CCHIT certifies Health Care Systems' eMR Version 4

Rutgers University receives NIH grant to increase reliability of prostate cancer imaging

ImmunoGen enter collaboration agreement with Novartis to develop targeted anticancer therapeutics

DTC genetic tests require innovative approach to enter global market

UH researchers receive grant to develop Blue Scale device to track heart failure

FDA designates NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System as HUD device for ALS patients

IntegenX receives DTRA contract to develop ISS system for rapid detection of emerging pathogens

Integra LifeSciences to feature Inforce Reinforcement Matrix at ASSH Annual Meeting

Japanese MHLW approves CryoLife's BioGlue Surgical Adhesive for aortic dissections

UBM Medica presents virtual conference for radiologists, imaging professionals

Defense Department's AFIRM to fund Stratatech's Phase IIb clinical trial of StrataGraft tissue

Positron comments on new medical radiation bill passed into law in California

GE Healthcare announces successful completion of vendor neutral DI-r

ABMS awarded HHS contract to align meaningful use of HIT, ABMS MOC program

IMNG relaunches websites for Internal Medicine News, Hospitalist News

Health-TIES consortium aims to accelerate innovation in healthcare

New instrument to determine anxiety level

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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