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Roche Diagnostics named sole source supplier for Premier's blood glucose monitoring devices

Roche Diagnostics announced today that it has been awarded contracts for blood glucose monitoring and clinical chemistry/immunoassay lab analyzers from Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., Inc., the group purchasing unit of Premier, Inc. Roche was also named the sole source supplier for blood glucose in Premier's exclusive ASCEND supply chain performance program.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 16 Mar 2010

AlloSource receives US patent for cleaning and disinfecting system

AlloSource, one of the nation's largest non-profit providers of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures and the world's largest processor of live cellular bone growth substitutes, has been awarded its first patent for a propriety tissue cleaning and disinfecting process called RICA.

16 Mar 2010

Uterine fibroids: Promising new minimally invasive treatment using high-energy ultrasound waves

There's a new interventional radiology tool showing promise in the treatment of uterine fibroids: magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), a minimally invasive treatment that uses high-energy ultrasound waves to generate heat at a specific point to destroy uterine fibroid tissue and relieve symptoms.

16 Mar 2010

GE Healthcare introduces OSA diagnostic tool for inpatient cardiac patients

GE Healthcare today introduced MARS® Virtual Sleep Lab (VSL), the first device to provide a streamlined view of quantitative cardiac and sleep apnea analysis from any GE-monitored inpatient bed, helping enhance speed of diagnosis.

16 Mar 2010

Indiana receives $10.3M federal grant to enhance quality and reach of existing health information technology

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program announced the award today of a four-year, $10.3 million grant to the State of Indiana to further enhance the quality and reach of the state's existing health information technology delivery system to improve health outcomes for Hoosiers and reduce costs across the continuum of health care.

16 Mar 2010

Boston Scientific announces results from HORIZONS AMI trial assessing Express bare-metal stent

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced results from an analysis of one-year subset data from the HORIZONS AMI trial assessing the impact of diabetes on clinical and angiographic outcomes in heart attack patients treated with the TAXUS® Express2™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent System or the Express® bare-metal stent.

16 Mar 2010

McKesson’s Horizon Cardiology CVIS simplifies complex cardiovascular processes

Recognizing that a single database cardiovascular information solution (CVIS) can streamline workflow and improve staff efficiency in the cardiology department, hospitals across North America are replacing their legacy hemodynamic systems with McKesson’s Horizon Cardiology CVIS. Through combining hemodynamic monitoring, ECG Management, and multi-modality imaging and reporting in a single database, Horizon Cardiology CVIS enables cardiologists to address today’s challenges of decreasing revenues, increasing costs and mounting documentation requirements.

16 Mar 2010

CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent provides better outcome compared to Medtronic’s Endeavor Stent

Investigators reported the long-term follow-up of the largest randomized comparison between the CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent and Medtronic’s Endeavor® Stent highlighting significant and sustained clinical differences. These important findings were presented at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting, (ACC 2010) in Atlanta and published on-line in the prestigious journal The Lancet.

16 Mar 2010

Houston scientists unveil new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures

The film "Avatar" isn't the only 3-D blockbuster making a splash this winter. A team of Houston scientists this week unveiled a new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures, a technological leap from the flat petri dish that could save millions of dollars in drug-testing costs. The research is reported in Nature Nanotechnology.

16 Mar 2010

UVA Health System offers Gamma Knife eXtend system to treat patients with head and neck cancer

A powerful new tool available at the University of Virginia Health System offers treatment to patients with some of the most challenging cancers of the head and neck.

16 Mar 2010

UMass Memorial Health Care implements Picis CareSuite perioperative and anesthesia solutions

Picis today announced that UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest healthcare system in Central and Western Massachusetts, has selected Picis CareSuite® perioperative and anesthesia solutions for more than 60 operating rooms in its five hospitals. UMass Memorial chose Picis integrated technology to deliver clinical documentation and financial information more quickly and accurately across the UMass Memorial Health Care system, thereby promoting quality patient care.

16 Mar 2010

Kettering Health Network licenses DIATHERIX Laboratories' TEM-PCR testing process

Kettering Health Network is the nation's first health system to use a new testing process developed by DIATHERIX Laboratories, which dramatically reduces the time it takes to detect H1N1, methicillin resistant staphylococcus (MRSA), Clostridium difficile (C-diff) and other infectious diseases. Kettering Medical Center will be the first hospital in the network to use the testing system and DIATHERIX will maintain an onsite lab at the facility.

16 Mar 2010

IMIX, Arcoma announce intended merger

IMIX, an end-user provider of superior digital radiography (DR) systems, and Arcoma, a leading supplier of medical radiology systems and sub-systems, announce a letter-of-intent to combine the two companies into a single holding company, IMIX Holding AB. The proposed combination will allow both companies to offer a comprehensive line of leading radiology systems and sub-systems to markets and customers around the world.

16 Mar 2010

Clinical evaluation of benzodiazepine products is now allowed using Acura's Aversion Technology

Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced clinical evaluation is now allowed under an Investigational New Drug application ("IND") filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for a benzodiazepine product candidate utilizing our Aversion® Technology.

16 Mar 2010

Tel Aviv University researcher uses magic tricks to treat children with locomotor disabilities

It's often hard to motivate youngsters with physical disabilities. But a new approach from a Tel Aviv University researcher bridges the worlds of behavior and science to help kids with paralysis and motor dysfunction improve their physical skills and inner confidence -- using a trick up her sleeve called "magic."

16 Mar 2010

Elmora Healthcare selects Authentidate's Inscrybe Healthcare for expediting care order processing

Authentidate Holding Corp., a worldwide provider of secure Health Information Exchange, workflow management services and telehealth solutions, today announced that Elmora Healthcare, a supplier of home medical equipment, medical supplies and care services, selected Authentidate's Inscrybe® Healthcare web-based service to expedite processing of patient care orders with referring physicians.

16 Mar 2010

Nuvo Research commences enrollment in WF10 Phase 2 clinical trial for allergic rhinitis

Nuvo Research Inc., a Canadian drug development company focused on the research and development of drug products that are delivered to and through the skin using its topical and transdermal drug delivery technologies, and on the development of its immune modulating drug candidate WF10, today announced that it has enrolled the first patient in its European Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating WF10 as a treatment for allergic rhinitis.

16 Mar 2010

Aegis Health Group releases PRISM software to help hospital leaders improve physician relationships

Aegis Health Group, the nation's leading healthcare business development company, announces new software to help hospital leaders improve physician relationships, track referral patterns, better manage physician issues, and gain market intelligence. PRISM™, Aegis' proprietary physician relationship management software, is a browser-based database and contact-management program that can be customized to fit the unique needs of each hospital.

16 Mar 2010

Forensic Laboratories introduces first oral fluid test for Tapentadol

Forensic Laboratories, a Denver-based laboratory specializing in toxicology services for drug abuse, has unveiled the first oral fluid test for Tapentadol, a new federally approved drug prescribed by doctors for pain management. Previously, laboratories could only detect the drug through urine using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) technology.

15 Mar 2010

Cook Medical launches new NavAlign femoral delivery system at SIR Annual Scientific Meeting

Physicians placing inferior vena cava (IVC) filters to prevent life-threatening pulmonary emboli now have access to the latest iteration of Cook Medical’s advanced NavAlign™ delivery system, a deployment system designed to minimize the risk of vessel trauma and streamline filter placement.

15 Mar 2010

Device / Technology News

Roche Diagnostics named sole source supplier for Premier's blood glucose monitoring devices

AlloSource receives US patent for cleaning and disinfecting system

Uterine fibroids: Promising new minimally invasive treatment using high-energy ultrasound waves

GE Healthcare introduces OSA diagnostic tool for inpatient cardiac patients

Indiana receives $10.3M federal grant to enhance quality and reach of existing health information technology

Boston Scientific announces results from HORIZONS AMI trial assessing Express bare-metal stent

McKesson’s Horizon Cardiology CVIS simplifies complex cardiovascular processes

CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent provides better outcome compared to Medtronic’s Endeavor Stent

Houston scientists unveil new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures

UVA Health System offers Gamma Knife eXtend system to treat patients with head and neck cancer

UMass Memorial Health Care implements Picis CareSuite perioperative and anesthesia solutions

Kettering Health Network licenses DIATHERIX Laboratories' TEM-PCR testing process

IMIX, Arcoma announce intended merger

Clinical evaluation of benzodiazepine products is now allowed using Acura's Aversion Technology

Tel Aviv University researcher uses magic tricks to treat children with locomotor disabilities

Elmora Healthcare selects Authentidate's Inscrybe Healthcare for expediting care order processing

Nuvo Research commences enrollment in WF10 Phase 2 clinical trial for allergic rhinitis

Aegis Health Group releases PRISM software to help hospital leaders improve physician relationships

Forensic Laboratories introduces first oral fluid test for Tapentadol

Cook Medical launches new NavAlign femoral delivery system at SIR Annual Scientific Meeting

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From street to lab: Advancing controlled substance testing with handheld Raman and FTIR

Reimagining light scattering for biotherapeutics

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