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Clinical research updates on interventional cardiology techniques that affect patient care

TCT 2010 will provide significant clinical research updates to technologies and practices in interventional cardiology that will directly affect patient care.

21 Jul 2010

Roche, Exiqon join marketing forces for RealTime ready assays, microRNA PCR systems

Roche and Exiqon join marketing forces for Roche Applied Science's RealTime ready assays and Exiqon`s miRCURY LNA Universal RT microRNA qPCR system. As indicated by respective links on their websites, each system will complement the cooperator's product portfolio.

21 Jul 2010

Alcon Japan goes live with Varicent incentive compensation and sales performance management solutions

The leading innovator in incentive compensation (ICM) and sales performance management (SPM) solutions, Varicent Software Incorporated, announced today a successful "go live" of Varicent for Alcon Japan Ltd.

21 Jul 2010

AMP particpates at FDA's public meeting on oversight of laboratory developed tests

The Association for Molecular Pathology participated in the Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health public meeting on the oversight of laboratory developed tests. Dr. Karen Mann, President of AMP, served on the second panel of the meeting titled, Clinical Laboratory Challenges. Additionally, Dr. Elaine Lyon, Chair of the AMP Professional Relations Committee, presented public comments. "AMP believes that LDTs are an essential and central component of medical practice," said Dr. Lyon, "Without LDTs, the practice of medicine that we know today would be severely reduced in scope."

21 Jul 2010

Zimmer sued over defective hip implant

Wendy R. Fleishman, a partner in the national plaintiffs' law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, announced that William Kokoszka filed a personal injury lawsuit against Zimmer Inc., the nation's largest producer of orthopedic devices. Following his 2006 hip replacement, Kokoszka suffered constant and devastating pain for over 18 months before having to undergo a second hip replacement surgery due to an allegedly defective hip implant manufactured and sold by Zimmer under the brand name Durom Cup.

21 Jul 2010

INRA Genomic Platform core facility now provides services on Fluidigm's BioMark System for Genetic Analysis

Fluidigm Corporation today announced that the Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées Genomic Platform - Genotoul INRA core facility is now providing a wide range of services on a BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis to a wide range of French researchers. These services include SNP genotyping, gene expression analysis and digital PCR quantification of DNA libraries for next-generation sequencing. The INRA has been validating the performance of the system on several projects over the past year.

21 Jul 2010

HOYA, Adoptics partner to develop shape-changing accommodating intraocular lens

HOYA announced today that the Company has formed a strategic partnership with Adoptics (Switzerland) through an investment that will fund the development of a shape-changing accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL).

21 Jul 2010

SANUWAVE receives European patent, exclusive rights for Shock Wave Generating Device

An emerging medical technology company focused on regenerative medicine, reports that the Company was granted European patent EP 1,452,141 entitled "Shock Wave Generating Device," which provides the Company exclusive rights in human and animal treatment devices that include the novel use of piezoelectric fibers to produce acoustic energy in the shock wave spectrum.

21 Jul 2010

BioStata invests in KIKA's Veracity advanced EDC platform

KIKA™ Clinical Solutions, the leader in advanced EDC solutions for Clinical Asset Management™, announced that Denmark-based CRO BioStata ApS has made a seven-figure investment in KIKA technology to provide its Veracity™ advanced EDC platform to biopharmaceutical clients in Europe.

21 Jul 2010

Factory Reimbursement announces update of country-specific medical device Reimbursement Reports

Factory Reimbursement announced a complete update of its popular catalog of country-specific medical device Reimbursement Reports. Additionally, the Reimbursement Reports are now available for two new markets: The Netherlands and Belgium. Formerly known as the Jacoti Reports, the ready-to-download reports offer the most comprehensive information available about today's medical device reimbursement regulations in seven European Union countries.

21 Jul 2010

KMSA to host 3D laser scanning open house and medical device workshop

Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc., the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light and shape, announces its 3D laser scanning open house and medical device workshop July 28, 2010 to be held in its state of the art 3D scanning lab in Ramsey, NJ.

21 Jul 2010

GE Healthcare IT announces Meaningful Use-ready software release for Centricity Enterprise

GE Healthcare IT, a leading provider of healthcare information technology solutions, announced the availability of its Meaningful Use (MU)-ready software release for Centricity Enterprise - the integrated cross-continuum clinical, financial and administrative software solution for hospitals.

21 Jul 2010

Wellstar announces Delivery of 2 Prototypes of the TMI Clinical Camera Design

Wellstar through its wholly owned subsidiary Trillennium Medical Imaging (TMI) announces the Delivery of 2 Prototypes of the TMI Clinical Camera Design.

21 Jul 2010

Firecrest launches game-changing clinical tools at 46th Annual DIA Meeting

Firecrest, an e-technology solution provider that definitively enhances investigator site performance, introduced its revolutionizing, game-changing clinical tools at the 46th Annual Drug Information Association (DIA) Meeting located in Washington, D.C., June 13-17, 2010.

21 Jul 2010

iCAD launches new advanced MRI product suite

iCAD, Inc., an industry-leading provider of advanced image analysis and workflow solutions for the early detection of cancer, today announced the launch of an MRI product suite for breast, prostate, and other organs. The product suite, which is a comprehensive quantitative image analysis solution, brings together the company's current products SpectraLook® and VividLook® with the new OmniLook™ and VersaVue™ Enterprise, to offer a comprehensive quantitative image analysis suite.

21 Jul 2010

DermaGenoma announces availability of PsoriasisDX Genetic Test as CE Marked product for PsA

Molecular dermatology research and development innovator DermaGenoma, Inc. today announced that the PsoriasisDX Genetic Test for Psoriatic Arthritis is now available as a CE Marked product under the European In Vitro Diagnostic Directive.

21 Jul 2010

Practice Fusion announces state EHR incentive potential

Last week's announcement of final guidelines for medical providers and EHR vendors has officially kicked off the national health IT transition. As part of the 2009 economic stimulus plan (ARRA), billions have been earmarked to incentivize the Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology in the US. Eligible medical providers can each qualify for $44,000+ in stimulus incentives starting in 2011, incentives that will drive health IT adoption and could bring as much as $4 billion to individual states.

21 Jul 2010

New FDR D-EVO flat panel cassette available for clinical environment

Imaging facilities looking to convert existing analog x-ray rooms to digital can now benefit from the ease-of-use and exceptional image quality of the FDR D-EVO flat panel cassette from FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. Now FDA 510(k) cleared, the FDR D-EVO™ makes it more convenient to transition to DR with its seamless retrofit that enables facilities to insert the DR detector directly into the existing x-ray table or wall stand without modification.

21 Jul 2010

Affymetrix introduces Axiom Custom Genotyping Arrays

Affymetrix, Inc. today announced that it has launched Axiom™ Custom Genotyping Arrays, the newest addition to the Axiom Genotyping Solution. Researchers can now leverage Affymetrix' Axiom Genomic Database, the world's largest collection of validated common and rare SNPs, to create custom arrays containing 50,000 to as many as 2.6 million SNPs. This inherent flexibility allows researchers to conduct genome-wide association, replication, fine mapping, and candidate gene studies on a single platform.

21 Jul 2010

Harvard Apparatus/ Hugo Sachs Elektronik business collaborates to develop lung regeneration bioreactor

Harvard Bioscience, Inc., a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of specialized products used to advance life science research and regenerative medicine, announces that its Harvard Apparatus / Hugo Sachs Elektronik business collaborated with Dr. Harald Ott and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to design and manufacture a novel bioreactor that was used to grow a functional lung. The lung was subsequently transplanted into a rat.

21 Jul 2010

Device / Technology News

Clinical research updates on interventional cardiology techniques that affect patient care

Roche, Exiqon join marketing forces for RealTime ready assays, microRNA PCR systems

Alcon Japan goes live with Varicent incentive compensation and sales performance management solutions

AMP particpates at FDA's public meeting on oversight of laboratory developed tests

Zimmer sued over defective hip implant

INRA Genomic Platform core facility now provides services on Fluidigm's BioMark System for Genetic Analysis

HOYA, Adoptics partner to develop shape-changing accommodating intraocular lens

SANUWAVE receives European patent, exclusive rights for Shock Wave Generating Device

BioStata invests in KIKA's Veracity advanced EDC platform

Factory Reimbursement announces update of country-specific medical device Reimbursement Reports

KMSA to host 3D laser scanning open house and medical device workshop

GE Healthcare IT announces Meaningful Use-ready software release for Centricity Enterprise

Wellstar announces Delivery of 2 Prototypes of the TMI Clinical Camera Design

Firecrest launches game-changing clinical tools at 46th Annual DIA Meeting

iCAD launches new advanced MRI product suite

DermaGenoma announces availability of PsoriasisDX Genetic Test as CE Marked product for PsA

Practice Fusion announces state EHR incentive potential

New FDR D-EVO flat panel cassette available for clinical environment

Affymetrix introduces Axiom Custom Genotyping Arrays

Harvard Apparatus/ Hugo Sachs Elektronik business collaborates to develop lung regeneration bioreactor

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