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Helsinn Healthcare S.A., Eisai announce signing of licensing agreement

Helsinn Healthcare S.A. and Eisai Inc. today announce the signing of a licensing agreement granting Eisai Inc. commercialization rights for a new product for potential use in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in the United States.

9 Jun 2010

DST Health Solutions' latest version of CareAnalyzer released

Health plans, health management programs and healthcare providers can more accurately identify members, employees and patients who may benefit from targeted care management using the latest version of DSTHS CareAnalyzer®. Released today by DST Health Solutions, LLC, CareAnalyzer 4.1 is a comprehensive analytics software solution combining elements of patient risk, care opportunities and provider performance that helps organizations improve care management and meet reporting requirements for the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS).

9 Jun 2010

QuantRx Biomedical completes clinical testing of Q-Reader thyroid testing system

QuantRx Biomedical Corporation, a broad-based diagnostic company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative diagnostic products, today announced that it has completed clinical testing of the Q-Reader thyroid testing system.

9 Jun 2010

University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina licensed A.D.A.M. health tools for their hospital websites

A.D.A.M., Inc., a leading provider of health information and benefits technology solutions announced today that University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina has licensed the A.D.A.M. Multimedia Encyclopedia, Heart Center, and other A.D.A.M. health tools for eight of their hospital websites. The A.D.A.M. health information allows the system to provide more robust online health and wellness information to the counties served by the hospital system, and empowers people within those communities to lead healthier lives.

9 Jun 2010

Surgery through eyelids avoid major head trauma

Surgeons at Johns Hopkins have safely and effectively operated inside the brains of a dozen patients by making a small entry incision through the natural creases of an eyelid to reach the skull and deep brain.

9 Jun 2010

Sonomax signs MOU with ETS for $750,000 Industrial Research Chair

Sonomax Technologies Inc. signs a memorandum of understanding with the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) of the Université du Québec to create a five-year renewable $750,000 Industrial Research Chair to conduct unprecedented development of advanced in-ear technologies.

9 Jun 2010

ISMP Canada develops new website to help consumers report medication incidents

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada, has worked with Patients for Patient Safety Canada, Best Medicines Coalition and other consumer and patient groups to launch an initiative aimed at engaging patients in efforts to prevent harm from medication errors. A new website, www.SafeMedicationUse.ca, developed with support from Health Canada, provides a way for consumers to report medication incidents to ISMP Canada.

9 Jun 2010

Accuray forms strategic alliance with Siemens

Accuray, a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, today announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Siemens. The strategic alliance is expected to extend the global sales reach for Accuray's CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System while creating a research-and-development alliance aimed at developing and commercializing innovative new technologies and products.

9 Jun 2010

Correlogic Systems' OvaCheck blood test for detection of epithelial ovarian cancer receives CE Mark

Correlogic Systems, Inc. announced today that OvaCheck, the company's blood test for the detection of epithelial ovarian cancer, has fulfilled European Union regulatory requirements (CE marking) for distribution and sale of the test. The path is now cleared for the test to be made available to patients in Europe through their physicians.

9 Jun 2010

PulmoBind product candidate has potential for early diagnosis of PH in pediatric population

Pulmo BioTech Inc. has announced that early indications are that its PulmoBind product candidate has the potential for early diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension in the pediatric population. PH is a potentially life threatening and crippling disease; it is also very hard to diagnose.

9 Jun 2010

CGH, FISH techniques effective for postmortem analysis of fetuses, infants with congenital anomalies

New techniques to detect chromosomal abnormalities can offer a higher degree of accuracy. Chromosomal abnormalities are a well-known cause of multiple congenital anomalies, and conventional methods of culture analysis have proven unsuccessful in 10% to 40% of cases. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques were tested and found successful by analyzing tissue from children who had multiple congenital anomalies.

9 Jun 2010

Simcyp releases Population-based ADME Simulator Version 10.0

Simcyp Limited today announces that it has released the latest version of its flagship simulator, further cementing its position as the industry leader in modelling and simulation of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in virtual populations.

9 Jun 2010

LUMEDX certified as official ACC-NCDR ICD Registry 2.0 software vendor

The American College of Cardiology has certified LUMEDX Corporation--the industry leader in integrated cardiovascular information systems and the number one provider of ACC software--as an official ACC-NCDR ICD Registry 2.0 software vendor. LUMEDX's Export to ICD Registry solution is the latest in a suite of software applications developed to address the growing need for impeccable, accessible cardiovascular data, streamlined clinical workflows and superior data management.

9 Jun 2010

Additional markers of risk for diabetic microvascular complications beyond Hemoglobin A1c needed

The "gold standard" diabetes test, Hemoglobin A1c (A1C), explains much less about the risk of cardiovascular complications in patients with diabetes than originally thought, according to an article in the June 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The article entitled, "Beyond HbA1c: Need for Additional Markers of Risk for Diabetic Microvascular Complications," was co-authored by Irl Hirsch, M.D., of the University of Washington Medical School (Seattle, WA) and Michael Brownlee, M.D., of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

9 Jun 2010

Cycle helmets exude odoriferous oils when cracked

Cycle helmets are available in a wide range of types, including foldable models, models fitted with a flashing rear light or featuring an iPhone display. In future, they will start to smell distinctively if they need to be replaced. A new process causes odoriferous oils to exude from plastic materials if they are cracked.

9 Jun 2010

Purdue University researchers develop potential new tool for medical diagnostics, testing food

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a potential new tool for medical diagnostics, testing food and water for contamination, and crime-scene forensics.

9 Jun 2010

MRG's 2010 report on European markets for heart valve devices

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, national registry data presented at last month's euroPCR will drive adoption of transcatheter aortic valve implantation, as illustrated in MRG's new European Markets for Heart Valve Devices 2010 report. Presented by European physicians at the Paris conference, the encouraging registry results revealed high success rates in addition to acceptable mortality rates and complications in the high-risk patient population considered in the registries.

9 Jun 2010

RIC leverages InteleOne to offer range of services to hospitals, emergency departments

Intelerad Medical Systems, a recognized leader in medical imaging PACS and workflow solutions, today announced that Radiology Imaging Consultants, SC will be leveraging InteleOne to offer a new range of services, including full overnight coverage with final interpretation to hospitals and emergency departments. RIC is a large radiology practice with 75 radiologists reading and reporting over 850,000 studies per year throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky.

9 Jun 2010

ISSCR launches web site on stem cell treatments

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) announced today that it has launched "A Closer Look at Stem Cell Treatments" (www.closerlookatstemcells.org), a Web site to arm patients, their families and doctors with information they need to make decisions about stem cell treatments.

9 Jun 2010

Takara Bio to distribute NuGEN's solutions in Japan, South Korea, China

NuGEN, the provider of innovative RNA and DNA sample preparation technologies that enable breakthrough genomic analysis, today announced it has signed a non-exclusive agreement with Takara Bio to distribute the full spectrum of NuGEN's next-generation sequencing, microarray and q-PCR nucleic acid amplification and sample preparation products in Japan, South Korea and China. In addition, Takara is authorized to offer services using NuGEN products in the same territory.

9 Jun 2010

Device / Technology News

Helsinn Healthcare S.A., Eisai announce signing of licensing agreement

DST Health Solutions' latest version of CareAnalyzer released

QuantRx Biomedical completes clinical testing of Q-Reader thyroid testing system

University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina licensed A.D.A.M. health tools for their hospital websites

Surgery through eyelids avoid major head trauma

Sonomax signs MOU with ETS for $750,000 Industrial Research Chair

ISMP Canada develops new website to help consumers report medication incidents

Accuray forms strategic alliance with Siemens

Correlogic Systems' OvaCheck blood test for detection of epithelial ovarian cancer receives CE Mark

PulmoBind product candidate has potential for early diagnosis of PH in pediatric population

CGH, FISH techniques effective for postmortem analysis of fetuses, infants with congenital anomalies

Simcyp releases Population-based ADME Simulator Version 10.0

LUMEDX certified as official ACC-NCDR ICD Registry 2.0 software vendor

Additional markers of risk for diabetic microvascular complications beyond Hemoglobin A1c needed

Cycle helmets exude odoriferous oils when cracked

Purdue University researchers develop potential new tool for medical diagnostics, testing food

MRG's 2010 report on European markets for heart valve devices

RIC leverages InteleOne to offer range of services to hospitals, emergency departments

ISSCR launches web site on stem cell treatments

Takara Bio to distribute NuGEN's solutions in Japan, South Korea, China

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