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CMC-NorthEast chooses Premier’s QualityAdvisor solution for improving patient care

The Premier healthcare alliance today announced that Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast (CMC-NorthEast) of Concord, N.C., selected Premier’s QualityAdvisor™ solution to improve delivery of patient care and safely reduce costly avoidable patient events.

18 Feb 2010

BioMimetic Therapeutics annouces completion of Augment Bone Graft PMA submission

BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. today announced it has submitted the third and final module of its Premarket Approval (PMA) application for marketing of Augment™ Bone Graft in the U.S. This final module, containing a comprehensive review of the clinical data related to Augment, completes the PMA application to the FDA. The Company previously announced the filing of both the pre-clinical pharmacology/toxicology and quality/manufacturing modules with the FDA in June of 2009.

18 Feb 2010

EGS announces performance of 3,500th NOS procedure

EndoGastric Solutions (EGS), the leader in the emerging field of Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS), today reported that the 3,500th Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS) procedure was performed in front of the over 110 surgeons from seven countries attending the first Advanced Techniques in Transoral Fundoplication CME course, held January 28-29 in Denver, CO.

18 Feb 2010

BG Medicine, Merck collaborate in development of novel biomarker for lipid disorder management

BG Medicine, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with Merck, through a subsidiary, for the development and validation of a novel biomarker with potential application in the management of lipid disorders. BG Medicine will pursue development and validation of an immunoassay and investigate its clinical utility as a biomarker. If successful, BG Medicine plans to complete the development and validation studies and seek regulatory clearance for the test.

18 Feb 2010

Quintiles launches QTEA solution to speed patient recruitment

Quintiles today launched innovative, web-based technology to enable world-class marketing for clinical trial enrolment at an individual site-level. Named Quintiles Trial Enrolment Accelerator (QTEA), this new solution will speed patient recruitment by helping customers better manage the quality, consistency and effectiveness of messaging and media outreach.

18 Feb 2010

Roche Molecular Systems, Merck Sharp & Dohme announce cancer therapeutics collaboration

Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. announced today a research collaboration with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.) providing Merck access to Roche's developmental microarray-based AmpliChip p53 Test, which is designed to detect mutations in the tumor suppressor gene p53. By identifying cancers that harbor a dysfunctional p53 gene, the companies aim to achieve better treatment outcomes in cancer patients by determining which patients are most likely to respond to certain investigational therapeutic candidates.

18 Feb 2010

HealthYes! expands life-saving mobile screening services to Oklahoma

HealthYes!®, a leading preventive medical screening company, is bringing its life-saving mobile screening services to Oklahoma. Leveraging the most medically advanced, state-of-the-art equipment and techniques in the industry, HealthYes! screens its clients for life-threatening medical conditions and diseases including: heart disease, stroke, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral artery disease, diabetes and liver disease along with osteoporosis.

18 Feb 2010

World's smallest ultrasound device could offer a new level of home therapy for painful ailments

It looks more like an iPod than a medical tool. But the latest miniature ultrasound device created by Cornell biomedical engineering graduate student George K. Lewis could one day introduce a whole new level of home therapy for arthritis, injury and other painful ailments.

18 Feb 2010

New mobile phone technology may promote healthier lifestyle

Most people know the rules of healthy eating, but most of us might eat a little healthier if we were reminded. Now a researcher at Georgia Tech is testing using a mobile phone to help community members steer themselves away from that chocolate cake and toward the fruits and veggies.

18 Feb 2010

PositiveID acquires intellectual property rights and assets of Easy Check Medical Diagnostics

PositiveID Corporation announced today that it has acquired intellectual property rights and assets of Easy Check Medical Diagnostics, LLC, to expand its portfolio of non-invasive glucose-level testing products and diabetes management tools under development. Easy Check has two primary products under development: the Easy Check breath glucose detection system and the iGlucose™ wireless communication device.

17 Feb 2010

USPTO grants patent to Bellacure's drug-free treatment device for arthritis pain

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent today to Bellacure, Inc. for its knee pain treatment device, which was designed to allow the patient to reproducibly apply a therapeutic force that urges the femur and tibia apart on the affected side of the knee at an unmatched intensity level while maximizing force efficiency and minimizing weight (United States Patent 7,662,122).

17 Feb 2010

Ardiem Medical receives non-exclusive license to make and sell neuromodulation devices

Ardiem Medical Inc. has obtained a non-exclusive license to make and sell neuromodulation devices based on intellectual property developed at Case Western Reserve University's Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Functional Electrical Stimulation Center in Cleveland.

17 Feb 2010

Athersys completes enrollment in phase I MultiStem allogeneic stem cell therapy clinical trial

Athersys, Inc. and Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that Athersys has completed patient enrollment for its phase I clinical trial of MultiStem(R), its allogeneic stem cell therapy product, administered to individuals following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), more commonly referred to as a heart attack. Top line results of the trial are expected to be announced midyear, upon completion of the four-month patient follow-up visits and analysis of results.

17 Feb 2010

IH Systems selects Robotic IV Automation Systems for cytotoxic drug preparation

Following the successful integration of RIVA (Robotic IV Automation System) - a self-contained unit for filling IV syringes and bags - into three healthcare institutions in 2009, and the announcements of several more sales for installation in 2010, medical device company Intelligent Hospital Systems has confirmed the sale of three additional RIVA systems for cytotoxic drug preparation in 2010.

17 Feb 2010

NABsys to utilize $7M Series B funding for accelerating DNA sequencing platform development

NABsys Inc., the pioneer in electronic, solid-state DNA sequencing, today announced that it has received a $7 million investment as part of a Series B equity round led by Stata Venture Partners. The funding will be used to accelerate the development and commercialization of the company’s proprietary DNA sequencing platform, which leverages semiconductor technology to achieve the scope and scale required for full integration of genomics into medicine.

17 Feb 2010

Wellstar International commences Beta Test in Long Term Care Facility

Wellstar International, Inc. has announced they have started the Beta Test in a Long Term Care Facility.

17 Feb 2010

NCOA survey: Communication about safety of medical imaging for patients is often inadequate

Today, the National Council on Aging released the results of a national survey of older adults, caregivers and health care providers evaluating knowledge and awareness of medical imaging safety. The survey, which focused largely on electronic implantable device patients and their caregivers, reveals that communication about the safety of medical imaging for patients with these devices is often inadequate.

17 Feb 2010

Soligenix' LPM oral drug delivery technology receives Hong Kong patent

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company, announced today that it has received a Hong Kong patent which addresses its Lipid Polymer Micelle (LPM™) technology for the improved oral delivery of drugs. The issued Hong Kong patent, HK 1071054, entitled "Stabilized Reverse Micelle Compositions and Uses Thereof" covers lipid structures (reverse micelles) that promote the intestinal absorption of peptides and other sensitive drugs that cannot otherwise be given orally.

17 Feb 2010

Low-income nations lack advanced e-health tools that can help them achieve better health outcomes

In an essay in the February 2010 issue of Health Affairs, a special issue of the journal devoted to global e-health, William Tierney, M.D., of Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute, and colleagues, who like Dr. Tierney have significant experience in the development of workable health information technology systems in low-income countries, identify critical steps toward allowing developing countries to cross the "digital divide" to realize the full potential of e-health to improve the quality and efficiency of their health care systems.

17 Feb 2010

Novel composite foam could lead to new generation of biomedical implants

A "metal foam" that has a similar elasticity to bone could mean a new generation of biomedical implants that would avoid bone rejection that often results from more rigid implant materials, such as titanium.

17 Feb 2010

Device / Technology News

CMC-NorthEast chooses Premier’s QualityAdvisor solution for improving patient care

BioMimetic Therapeutics annouces completion of Augment Bone Graft PMA submission

EGS announces performance of 3,500th NOS procedure

BG Medicine, Merck collaborate in development of novel biomarker for lipid disorder management

Quintiles launches QTEA solution to speed patient recruitment

Roche Molecular Systems, Merck Sharp & Dohme announce cancer therapeutics collaboration

HealthYes! expands life-saving mobile screening services to Oklahoma

World's smallest ultrasound device could offer a new level of home therapy for painful ailments

New mobile phone technology may promote healthier lifestyle

PositiveID acquires intellectual property rights and assets of Easy Check Medical Diagnostics

USPTO grants patent to Bellacure's drug-free treatment device for arthritis pain

Ardiem Medical receives non-exclusive license to make and sell neuromodulation devices

Athersys completes enrollment in phase I MultiStem allogeneic stem cell therapy clinical trial

IH Systems selects Robotic IV Automation Systems for cytotoxic drug preparation

NABsys to utilize $7M Series B funding for accelerating DNA sequencing platform development

Wellstar International commences Beta Test in Long Term Care Facility

NCOA survey: Communication about safety of medical imaging for patients is often inadequate

Soligenix' LPM oral drug delivery technology receives Hong Kong patent

Low-income nations lack advanced e-health tools that can help them achieve better health outcomes

Novel composite foam could lead to new generation of biomedical implants

How does norepinephrine influence anxiety-related behaviours?

Transforming Lab Workflows with Cell Culture Automation

Building Bridges to Scalable Allogeneic Cell Therapy

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