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Strata Health Solutions, Medworxx announce partnership agreement

Strata Health Solutions Inc. a leader in delivery of patient flow technology to global health organizations and Medworxx Inc., provider of healthcare solutions for patient flow, compliance and education announced today a partnership agreement that will provide a full view of the patient flow cycle, both inside and outside of the hospital.

21 May 2010

COTI reports positive results from first phase of HIV integrase inhibitor discovery program

Critical Outcome Technologies Inc. today announced positive results from the first phase of its HIV integrase inhibitor discovery program. These results provide novel intellectual property to the Company and further validation of the CHEMSAS® drug discovery technology.

21 May 2010

MEDSEEK first-quarter net revenue up 38%

MEDSEEK, the industry's only provider of the eHealth ecoSystem, today announced the continuation of its record-setting pace in 2009 with the announcement of a first quarter net revenue increase of 38 percent over the same period last year.

21 May 2010

Biocept granted US patent for cell separation technology using microfluidic device

Biocept, Inc., an emerging leader in rare cell capture, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for Biocept's cell separation technology using a microfluidic device. U.S. patent #7,695,956 entitled "Device for Cell Separation and Analysis and Method of Using" protects Biocept's microflow device to isolate cells from a bodily fluid using a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by transverse posts arranged in a random pattern.

21 May 2010

Narrow-band imaging could be novel tool for in vivo assessment of mucosal angiogenesis

Angiogenesis plays a crucial role in neoplastic and non-neoplastic chronic inflammatory disorders, including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Several reports have shown that blockade of angiogenesis in preclinical models of IBD is a promising new therapeutic approach. Visualize angiogenesis in vivo may represent the first step for such a therapeutic approach. Narrow-band imaging (NBI) is a new endoscopic technology that highlights mucosal surface structures and microcapillaries.

21 May 2010

SurgiQuest granted FDA marketing clearance for AnchorPort Single Incision Laparoscopy Kit device

SurgiQuest, Inc., announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") to market the Company's new line of advanced 5mm AnchorPort® Trocars indicated for use as a Single Incision Laparoscopy Kit (SILK).

21 May 2010

Medicare to evaluate how beneficiaries used personal health records

The Department of Health and Human Services is preparing to evaluate a 17-month-old pilot program that has tested whether beneficiaries use personal health records (PHR) in Utah and Arizona, Modern Healthcare reports.

21 May 2010

Vascular Insights wins CE Mark approval for ClariVein Occlusion Catheter

Vascular Insights announced today that it has won approval for use of the CE Mark on its ClariVein® Occlusion Catheter, paving the way for marketing of the device in Europe.

21 May 2010

Lawmakers probe consumer genetic testing kits

After Pathway Genomics proposed selling genetics tests directly to consumers without Food and Drug Administration approval and "despite concerns" about accuracy, lawmakers have launched an investigation and requested information about the products according to letters sent to three firms by a House panel, The Washington Post reports.

20 May 2010

Vivakor engages IME Capital to structure joint venture relationships for VIVASLICES MRI technology

Vivakor, Inc. announced today that the Company has engaged IME Capital to structure joint venture relationships for its VIVASLICES MRI technology. Vivakor Inc. has also engaged its board member John Gryga, former GE Healthcare Executive, to act as lead on all transactions for VIVASLICES.

20 May 2010

Elixir Medical announces presentations from EXCELLA II Clinical Trial at 2010 EuroPCR

Elixir Medical Corporation, a developer of innovative drug eluting stent platforms for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, today announced two key presentations scheduled for the 2010 EuroPCR meeting featuring the company's cardiovascular innovations.

20 May 2010

TAP to unveil innovative RAFT system at TERMIS Conference

The Automation Partnership, a world leader in the design and development of innovative automation for life science applications, is pleased to announce it will be unveiling RAFT (Real Architecture for 3D Tissue), its innovative system for generating reproducible, 3D collagen tissue constructs on TAP Stand 1 at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society Conference on June 13-17, in Galway, Ireland.

20 May 2010

Office-based ESWT for treatment of foot pain

Dr. Ed Davis announced that he is now offering office-based extracorporeal shock wave therapy for the treatment of foot pain, particularly heel pain caused by plantar fasciitis (plantar fash-e-i-tis).

20 May 2010

Ingenix TrendView solution helps companies better understand, manage employee medical costs

Ingenix is launching Ingenix TrendView, an affordable, easy-to-use desktop solution designed to help companies better understand and manage a critical expense category - employee medical costs. Ingenix TrendView provides graphical views of consolidated employee benefits usage, enables scenario modeling, and uncovers opportunities for reducing medical costs and improving employee health.

20 May 2010

Milliman's CareWebQI interactive software tools interfaced with TriZetto's CareAdvance Enterprise 4.6 application

Healthcare payors can now use Milliman's CareWebQI® interactive software tools within The TriZetto Group's CareAdvance Enterprise® 4.6 application. A newly developed interface embeds guideline-based decision-making in the CareAdvance™ application workflow.

20 May 2010

BIOCIUS and Agilent launch RF360 High Resolution System for high-throughput screening of in vitro ADME assays

BIOCIUS Life Sciences, Inc. and Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the launch of the RF360 High Resolution System for high-throughput screening of in vitro ADME assays. Combining the accurate mass capabilities of Agilent's time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometers and the unprecedented sample processing speed of RapidFire® technology, the instrument revolutionizes in vitro ADME analysis by eliminating the method development bottleneck in drug discovery.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 20 May 2010

Collegium Pharmaceutical receives Notice of Allowance from USPTO for DETERx technology

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has received Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its patent application "Abuse-Deterrent Drug Formulations", US Patent Application Number 11/149,867. The Notice of Allowance is the USPTO's official communication that the Company's application has successfully completed examination and that a patent will be issued.

20 May 2010

BioLife Solutions first-quarter revenue up 36% to $513,000

BioLife Solutions, Inc., announced today that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mike Rice issued the following letter to shareholders providing a general corporate update.

20 May 2010

EPFL develops flowing 3D model of cardiovascular system that predicts heart attacks

The supercomputer Cadmos, installed at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in August of 2009, has bared one of its first fruits: the Laboratory of Multiscale Modeling of Materials has recently developed a computer program the accurately models the complex system of blood flow in the heart for individuals at an unheard-of precision of ten millionths of a meter or ten microns.

20 May 2010

Cato Research to provide etrials EDC solution through Merge Healthcare's technology transfer program

Merge Healthcare, a leading Health IT solutions provider, announced today that it was selected by Cato Research Ltd. to provide the proprietary etrials EDC solution through Merge's technology transfer program. This new agreement expands Merge's partnership with CATO to provide additional technology for clinical trials management, as well as extending the relationship for an additional five years.

20 May 2010

Device / Technology News

Strata Health Solutions, Medworxx announce partnership agreement

COTI reports positive results from first phase of HIV integrase inhibitor discovery program

MEDSEEK first-quarter net revenue up 38%

Biocept granted US patent for cell separation technology using microfluidic device

Narrow-band imaging could be novel tool for in vivo assessment of mucosal angiogenesis

SurgiQuest granted FDA marketing clearance for AnchorPort Single Incision Laparoscopy Kit device

Medicare to evaluate how beneficiaries used personal health records

Vascular Insights wins CE Mark approval for ClariVein Occlusion Catheter

Lawmakers probe consumer genetic testing kits

Vivakor engages IME Capital to structure joint venture relationships for VIVASLICES MRI technology

Elixir Medical announces presentations from EXCELLA II Clinical Trial at 2010 EuroPCR

TAP to unveil innovative RAFT system at TERMIS Conference

Office-based ESWT for treatment of foot pain

Ingenix TrendView solution helps companies better understand, manage employee medical costs

Milliman's CareWebQI interactive software tools interfaced with TriZetto's CareAdvance Enterprise 4.6 application

BIOCIUS and Agilent launch RF360 High Resolution System for high-throughput screening of in vitro ADME assays

Collegium Pharmaceutical receives Notice of Allowance from USPTO for DETERx technology

BioLife Solutions first-quarter revenue up 36% to $513,000

EPFL develops flowing 3D model of cardiovascular system that predicts heart attacks

Cato Research to provide etrials EDC solution through Merge Healthcare's technology transfer program

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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