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Lonza acquires access to PCA technology patent portfolio

Odyssey Thera, Inc., announced today the signing of an agreement with Lonza to make Odyssey Thera's proprietary Protein-fragment Complementation Assay (PCA) technology, as part of compound profiling services, available to life science and drug discovery researchers.

10 Mar 2010

False positives in screening tests

In many jurisdictions, tests for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are required screening for pregnant women. Some even suggest screening the entire population for HIV. The rationale is to administer powerful antiretroviral drugs to healthy individuals to "prevent transmission."

10 Mar 2010

WebMD Health Exchange platform launched to help consumers get health and wellness support

WebMD Health Corp., the leading source of health information, today announced the launch of WebMD Health Exchange, a new health social networking platform that provides a unique way for consumers to get health and wellness support from the world's largest community of online health-informed consumers.

10 Mar 2010

BioImagene launches iSlide input device for manipulating digital images of slides

BioImagene, Inc., the leading provider of end-to-end digital pathology solutions, today announced the availability of the iSlide™ input device, an innovative device that allows pathologists to use a microscope-like interface to manipulate digital images of slides.

10 Mar 2010

RF Monolithics secures multi-year agreement for Virtual Wire transceiver

RF Monolithics, Inc. a leader in machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless communications announced today that it has secured a multi-year agreement with a major medical equipment manufacturer for its ultra-low power short-range radio, the Virtual Wire™ transceiver.

10 Mar 2010

GeNO's Nitrosyl Delivery Platform IND receives FDA clearance

GeNO LLC a privately held, advanced development-stage technology company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted clearance of its Investigational New Drug application for its stand-alone gas cylinder Nitrosyl™ Delivery Platform.

10 Mar 2010

UCSF prevention experts release Positive Prevention Toolkit for HIV/AIDS caregivers

UCSF prevention experts have released the Positive Prevention Toolkit, a collection of resources designed to enable HIV/AIDS caregivers to provide prevention messages when interacting with HIV-positive patients. The goal is to help patients modify their behavior to reduce risk and decrease the spread of HIV.

10 Mar 2010

Scivanta Medical announces initial clinical trial results for SCMS

Scivanta Medical Corporation, today announced that the results of its initial clinical trial for the Scivanta Cardiac Monitoring System (SCMS) clearly indicate that the SCMS can accurately measure cardiac performance as expected by the company. This clinical trial was performed at Kaleida Health/Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo, New York.

10 Mar 2010

MIT researchers to use Elekta Neuromag system to study neural basis of brain disorders

Researchers at MIT are eagerly anticipating the summer delivery of Elekta Neuromag®, a system that uses magnetoencephalography or MEG to explore brain function. MEG can detect the very weak magnetic fields arising from electrical activity in the brain, and allows researchers to monitor the timing of brain activity with millisecond precision.

From Elekta 10 Mar 2010

Kendle implements new biostatistics infrastructure to enhance delivery of quality clinical trial data

Kendle, a leading, global full-service clinical research organization, today announced the implementation of a new biostatistics infrastructure that will significantly enhance the analysis and delivery of quality clinical trial data for customers.

10 Mar 2010

Many doctors, hospitals unhappy with health IT rules, despite windfall

Though the federal government plans to give doctors up to $44,000 each, as well as millions of dollars to hospitals, to help buy health information technology, many providers are unhappy with the stimulus-funded program, the Huffington Post Investigative Fund reports. "Some rural health organizations fear the program could exacerbate a 'digital divide' by concentrating the funding in elite hospitals that already computerize their records."

10 Mar 2010

Bruker to acquire certain product lines of Varian

Varian, Inc. announced today that Bruker Corporation and Agilent Technologies, Inc. have entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement pursuant to which Bruker will acquire certain product lines of Varian. As previously announced, Agilent committed to divest those product lines in connection with obtaining regulatory approval for Agilent's pending acquisition of Varian.

9 Mar 2010

NIH awards Phase I SBIR grant to DNA Medicine Institute for emergency blood sensor

The DNA Medicine Institute, a commercial organization focused on advancing human health through innovation, today announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

9 Mar 2010

ACIST Medical Systems to provide CVi contrast injection system to HealthTrust Purchasing Group

ACIST Medical Systems, Inc., a world-leading provider of contrast-delivery systems for cardiology and radiology imaging, announced today that HealthTrust Purchasing Group, LP (HealthTrust), Brentwood, Tenn., one of the leading health care group purchasing organizations, has awarded the company a three-year contract, effective December 1, 2009, for ACIST cardiovascular injection technology, the ACIST | CVi® Contrast Delivery System.

9 Mar 2010

Carticept Medical completes $20M Series B financing round

Carticept Medical, Inc., a developer of innovative products for the treatment of cartilage injuries and osteoarthritis, today announced that it has completed a $20 million Series B financing round. New investor SonoSite, Inc. joined existing investors Domain Associates and New Enterprise Associates.

9 Mar 2010

Oldelft Benelux acquires distributorship for EOS imaging system

biospace med (www.biospacemed.com), an emerging medical technology company based in Paris, and Oldelft Benelux, a renowned specialist in medical diagnostic imaging, announced today the signature of an exclusive distribution agreement of EOS, the world’s first ultra-low-dose 2D|3D imager. The agreement will cover the distribution of EOS for the Benelux area (Belgium, The Netherlands & Luxembourg).

9 Mar 2010

ETEX receives FDA marketing clearance for CarriGen Porous Bone Substitute Material

ETEX Corporation, an advanced biomaterials company, announced today that the FDA has granted 510(k) clearance of CarriGen® Porous Bone Substitute Material. CarriGen is available for immediate sale through ETEX's independent sales force. CarriGen builds upon the clinically proven benefit of ETEX nanocrystalline calcium phosphate technology by adding the advantage of increased porosity and pore size. CarriGen is the first highly porous bone graft substitute that sets hard upon implantation for a complete defect fill.

9 Mar 2010

TechniScan commences study with WBU system for automated breast ultrasound imaging

TechniScan, Inc., a medical device company engaged in the development and commercialization of an automated breast ultrasound imaging system, today announced that it has commenced phase two of its grant study at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Moores Cancer Center.

9 Mar 2010

Collagenna Skin care Products enters into exclusive distribution agreement with Alphaderm Body and Wellness

Hard to Treat Diseases announces that Collagenna Skin care Products has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Alphaderm Body and Wellness for Switzerland.

9 Mar 2010

Envy Medical launches new Lumixyl Brightening System for treating hyperpigmentation

Envy Medical, Inc., introduces the new Lumixyl™ Brightening System, a revolutionary multi-faceted approach to effectively treat hyperpigmentation without irritation or other side effects associated with prescription Hydroquinone or retinoids. This professional skincare system introduction builds on the success of the Lumixyl Topical Brightening Creme introduced in 2009.

9 Mar 2010

Device / Technology News

Lonza acquires access to PCA technology patent portfolio

False positives in screening tests

WebMD Health Exchange platform launched to help consumers get health and wellness support

BioImagene launches iSlide input device for manipulating digital images of slides

RF Monolithics secures multi-year agreement for Virtual Wire transceiver

GeNO's Nitrosyl Delivery Platform IND receives FDA clearance

UCSF prevention experts release Positive Prevention Toolkit for HIV/AIDS caregivers

Scivanta Medical announces initial clinical trial results for SCMS

MIT researchers to use Elekta Neuromag system to study neural basis of brain disorders

Kendle implements new biostatistics infrastructure to enhance delivery of quality clinical trial data

Many doctors, hospitals unhappy with health IT rules, despite windfall

Bruker to acquire certain product lines of Varian

NIH awards Phase I SBIR grant to DNA Medicine Institute for emergency blood sensor

ACIST Medical Systems to provide CVi contrast injection system to HealthTrust Purchasing Group

Carticept Medical completes $20M Series B financing round

Oldelft Benelux acquires distributorship for EOS imaging system

ETEX receives FDA marketing clearance for CarriGen Porous Bone Substitute Material

TechniScan commences study with WBU system for automated breast ultrasound imaging

Collagenna Skin care Products enters into exclusive distribution agreement with Alphaderm Body and Wellness

Envy Medical launches new Lumixyl Brightening System for treating hyperpigmentation

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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