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Iris Biotechnologies receives two new Canadian patents

Iris BioTechnologies Inc., a life sciences company focused on providing patients, doctors, and clinicians with improved methods of identifying effective treatment solutions, and recipient of the Frost and Sullivan 2008 Technology Innovation Award in Pharmacogenomics, today announced two new Canadian patents.

11 May 2010

Aesculap Implant Systems introduces S4 Element Pedicle Screw System

Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC is pleased to announce the launch of the S4® Element™ Pedicle Screw System.

11 May 2010

Connectyx to expand market presence in U.S. EHR market

Connectyx Technologies Holdings Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company is set to expand its market presence in the U.S. Electronic Health Record (EHR) Market. The EHR market is poised to grow at a rate of 13.5 percent over the next four years, and by 2015 it will top $4.85 billion, according to a new study by Kalorama Information.

10 May 2010

CHRISTUS Health selects Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation Order Sets electronic solution

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that CHRISTUS Health has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as its electronic order set solution. In addition to automating development and maintenance, ProVation Order Sets will provide clinicians at 24 CHRISTUS facilities with point-of-care access to order sets and other intuitive clinical decision support tools.

10 May 2010

Study results of CTT's Calmare Pain Therapy for CIPN to be presented

Competitive Technologies, Inc. announced today that Thomas J. Smith, M.D., Endowed Chair of Palliative Care Research and Medical Director of the Thomas Palliative Care Unit Virginia Commonwealth University's Massey Cancer Center, will present results of his study evaluating the treatment of patients suffering from pain associated with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) using CTT's Calmare® Pain Therapy Treatment.

10 May 2010

Generex Biotechnology enrolls over 400 subjects in global Phase III study of Generex Oral-lyn

Generex Biotechnology Corporation, the leader in drug delivery for metabolic diseases through the inner lining of the mouth, today announced that it has achieved enrolled of over 400 subjects in its pivotal global Phase III study of its flagship product, Generex Oral-lyn™, a proprietary buccal insulin spray product designed to replace prandial injections of insulin.

10 May 2010

FDA grants EUA for IQuum's Liat Influenza A/2009 H1N1 Assay

IQuum, Inc. today announced it has been granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Liat™ Influenza A/2009 H1N1 Assay. The assay detects and differentiates 2009 H1N1 influenza viral RNA starting from collected nasopharyngeal swab samples in less than 30 minutes.

10 May 2010

Companies await health IT windfall

The Washington Post: A Virginia firm, Vangent, is positioning "itself for a surge of federal spending on health information technology" by setting up a health IT strategy group. "Vangent is likely to face stiff competition for those dollars, but company officials say they expect the firm's reputation as a health-related services provider to serve it well as it bids on contracts." The firm is also involved in civil, defense and national security work, but health services are its largest business.

10 May 2010

Nearly half of IT security professionals believe personal healthcare information is less secure than before

Forty-seven percent of IT security professionals believe their personal healthcare information is less secure than it was 12 months ago according to a recent survey by nCircle, the leading provider of automated IT security and compliance auditing solutions.

10 May 2010

Endosense commences enrollment in EFFICAS I study with TactiCath force-sensing catheter

Endosense, a Swiss medical technology company focused on improving the efficacy, safety and reproducibility of catheter ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, has announced it has enrolled the first patients in EFFICAS I, the first study of the EFFICAS series. These patients were enrolled in Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic and treated by Petr Neuzil, M.D. and Vivek Reddy, M.D.

10 May 2010

Asthmatx announces first U.S. patient treated with BT delivered by Alair System

Asthmatx, Inc. reported today that doctors at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., recently treated the first U.S. patient with bronchial thermoplasty (BT) delivered by the Alair® System, the first device-based asthma treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

10 May 2010

CFMG to adopt eClinicalWorks EMR system

eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG), which provides health care to correctional facilities in 25 counties in the state, has selected eClinicalWorks electronic medical records (EMR) system. Using eClinicalWorks will allow the group to streamline operations and improve the quality of care provided through reporting capabilities and the ability to share data across the counties. This will help in the continuity of care for inmates.

10 May 2010

Bovie Medical first-quarter revenues decrease to $5.6M

Bovie Medical Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of electrosurgical products, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

10 May 2010

St. Jude Medical introduces Wireless USB Adaptor for Merlin@home transmitter in the U.S.

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced the U.S. launch of its Wireless USB Adaptor for the Merlin@home™ transmitter, a system that allows important patient data from an implantable cardiac device to be wirelessly downloaded and securely transmitted via telephone for review by a physician. The new Wireless USB Adaptor enables patients using a Merlin@home transmitter to transmit data to their physician over cellular networks, allowing for more convenient care than existing landline services provide.

10 May 2010

Accuri Cytometers, eBioscience announce worldwide co-marketing agreement

Accuri Cytometers, Inc., the fastest growing life sciences company marketing and producing revolutionary bench-top flow cytometer systems, and eBioscience, the number two supplier of research flow cytometry reagents, today announced that they have entered into a worldwide co-marketing agreement.

10 May 2010

First Edition: May 10, 2010

Today's health policy headlines include the feature coverage of aspects of health reform implementation, including how "gradfathering" will be defined in regulations and the latest details on the early retiree reinsurance program.

10 May 2010

Osteotech reports overall sequential revenue growth of 117% for first-quarter 2010

Osteotech, Inc., a leader in the emerging field of biologic products for regenerative healing, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

10 May 2010

AngioDynamics introduces redesigned Centros self-centering chronic hemodialysis access catheter

AngioDynamics announced today it has achieved the national launch of the newly redesigned Centros self-centering, chronic hemodialysis access catheter.

10 May 2010

Integrated NextGen platform to be implemented at Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc., and leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced it has executed an agreement with Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center to deploy NextGen® EHR, NextGen® Practice Management and electronic dental records from Quality Systems.

10 May 2010

CE 3D US creates spatial view for hemodynamic and morphologic evaluation of focal liver tumors

Recently, contrast-enhanced (CE) ultrasound (US) appeared as an important modality to show the vascularity in the areas of interest, and has been used widely in clinical diagnosis of liver lesions. Three dimensional ultrasonography (3D US) allows three orthogonal planes to spatially demonstrate the features of subjects, which has been frequently used in fetal US.

10 May 2010

Device / Technology News

Iris Biotechnologies receives two new Canadian patents

Aesculap Implant Systems introduces S4 Element Pedicle Screw System

Connectyx to expand market presence in U.S. EHR market

CHRISTUS Health selects Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation Order Sets electronic solution

Study results of CTT's Calmare Pain Therapy for CIPN to be presented

Generex Biotechnology enrolls over 400 subjects in global Phase III study of Generex Oral-lyn

FDA grants EUA for IQuum's Liat Influenza A/2009 H1N1 Assay

Companies await health IT windfall

Nearly half of IT security professionals believe personal healthcare information is less secure than before

Endosense commences enrollment in EFFICAS I study with TactiCath force-sensing catheter

Asthmatx announces first U.S. patient treated with BT delivered by Alair System

CFMG to adopt eClinicalWorks EMR system

Bovie Medical first-quarter revenues decrease to $5.6M

St. Jude Medical introduces Wireless USB Adaptor for Merlin@home transmitter in the U.S.

Accuri Cytometers, eBioscience announce worldwide co-marketing agreement

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Osteotech reports overall sequential revenue growth of 117% for first-quarter 2010

AngioDynamics introduces redesigned Centros self-centering chronic hemodialysis access catheter

Integrated NextGen platform to be implemented at Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center

CE 3D US creates spatial view for hemodynamic and morphologic evaluation of focal liver tumors

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