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Finesse Solutions releases TruFluor sensors and TruTorr headspace pressure sensors

Finesse Solutions, LLC, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life sciences process applications, announced the production release of its single-use sensor product family: TruFluor sensors for dissolved oxygen or pH and process temperature, and TruTorr headspace pressure sensors.

12 Jan 2010

Health IT Roundup: Stimulus funding pushes effort to wire doctors' offices

The Orlando Sentinel: Although regional plans to wire doctors' offices have circulated for some time, "this promises to be the year doctors go digital, allowing them to share patients' medical histories or pull up diagnostic test results with the click of a mouse. Health care experts predict it will be one of the biggest health care developments of 2010." Stimulus grants and incentives to get doctors and hospitals to go digital may push the earlier plans and pilot projects to fruition (Quintero, 1/8).

12 Jan 2010

Millipore introduces new Viresolve Pro+ Solution

Millipore Corporation, a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced the availability of its new Viresolve® Pro+ Solution, an innovative virus filtration product that further extends the company’s leadership in the rapidly growing and highly regulated virus safety market.

12 Jan 2010

DSG teams up with pharmaceutical technology company to speed early detection of major diseases

DSG, a leader in electronic data capture (EDC) has teamed up with a leading-edge pharmaceutical technology company to speed the early detection of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Diabetes.

12 Jan 2010

New hand-held device eliminates technical challenges involved in imaging progressive ROP in infants

Using a hand-held spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging device, researchers have obtained high-resolution retinal scans of premature infants with progressive retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), according to a report in this month's Archives of Ophthalmology.

12 Jan 2010

Grossman Burn Foundation receives Fraxel re:store laser system from Solta Medical

Solta Medical, Inc. today announced the donation of a Fraxel re:store laser system to the Grossman Burn Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Grossman Burn Center, a worldwide leader in innovative treatment and care for burn patients and their families.

12 Jan 2010

Multigene test results impact physicians and patients' decisions on breast cancer therapy

A 21-gene test that predicts whether early stage breast cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy is having a big impact on treatment decisions by patients and doctors alike.

12 Jan 2010

Sorrento Therapeutics, Scripps Research Institute announce antibody development collaboration

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. today announced an antibody discovery and development collaboration with The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA. Under the terms of the agreement, Sorrento Therapeutics obtains an exclusive, worldwide license to the Institute's novel technology, based on quorum sensing, for the prevention and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus ('Staph') infections, including Methicillin-resistant Staph. aureus (MRSA).

12 Jan 2010

PET-CT imaging appears to detect cancer in patients with neurologic complications

A combined positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan of the whole body appears to detect cancer in individuals with related neurologic complications more accurately than some other commonly used tests, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the March print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

12 Jan 2010

NetApp, Stanford Genome Technology Center build gastric cancer registry powered by NetApp storage technology

Gastric cancer is the number two cancer killer worldwide and one of the top cancer killers in the U.S., but gastric cancer research gets the least federal funding of any type of cancer research. According to a CBS News analysis of data released by the American Cancer Society, for every cancer-related death in the U.S., only $1,168 federal research dollars are spent on gastric cancer, versus $18,870 for cancer of the cervix and $14,095 for breast cancer.

12 Jan 2010

Neoprobe submits IND amendment to FDA for RIGScan CR radiopharmaceutical

Neoprobe Corporation, a diversified developer of innovative oncology surgical and diagnostic products, announced today that it has submitted an investigational new drug (IND) amendment to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which includes the design of a proposed Phase 3 clinical trial of Neoprobe’s RIGScan® CR radiopharmaceutical.

12 Jan 2010

MEDecision to deliver Alineo and Nexalign to AFMC

MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative health care management solutions, today announced that it will deliver its Alineo® collaborative health care management platform and Nexalign® collaborative health care information exchange service to the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC).

12 Jan 2010

More women die of breast cancer in areas where mammography centers are few

More women die of breast cancer in areas where mammography centers are few and far between, according to research by a Medical College of Georgia radiology resident.

12 Jan 2010

Biocomposites' geneX ds, the resorbable bone graft material with negative surface charge launched

Biocomposites, the pioneers in synthetic bone graft materials have launched geneX ds, a dual syringe mixing and minimally invasive delivery system containing geneX, the unique resorbable bone graft material with a negative surface charge.

12 Jan 2010

TRIA Beauty receives OTC clearance from FDA for TRIA Laser Hair Removal System

TRIA Beauty, the leader in light-based therapeutic beauty devices, today announced it received an additional over-the-counter (OTC) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its flagship product, TRIA Laser Hair Removal System (LHRS).

12 Jan 2010

TriLink BioTechnologies and tebu-bio SA sign distribution agreement

TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. (TriLink), a leading provider of custom nucleic acid-based compounds, announced it has signed a distribution agreement permitting tebu-bio SA (tebu) to sell its CleanAmp(TM) products. tebu-bio is a European based distributor that supplies over 750,000 reagents and lab services from manufacturers worldwide.

12 Jan 2010

AnaptysBio, Roche sign agreement for development of novel antibody therapeutics

AnaptysBio, Inc., a privately-held therapeutic antibody platform and product company, today announced it has signed an agreement with Roche for the development of novel antibody therapeutics.

12 Jan 2010

MedAssets and TPC sign multi-year agreement

MedAssets, Inc. today announced that the Texas Purchasing Coalition (TPC) has signed a multi-year agreement to utilize and benefit from MedAssets’ strategic supply chain solutions, including group purchasing (GPO) services, physician preference item (PPI) consulting services and spend management analytics. The

11 Jan 2010

Albertsons launches new online community to provide value-driven choices for healthier living

Albertsons, a SUPERVALU company, today launched a new online community, AlbertsonsWellbeing.com, that will provide users with tools to help them make easy, value-driven choices for healthier living.

11 Jan 2010

CHI selects Allscripts' EHR solution to enhance patient care

Allscripts announced today that Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution for its 1050 employed physicians to enhance the quality of patient care, improve communications, and deliver more cost-effective care.

11 Jan 2010

Device / Technology News

Finesse Solutions releases TruFluor sensors and TruTorr headspace pressure sensors

Health IT Roundup: Stimulus funding pushes effort to wire doctors' offices

Millipore introduces new Viresolve Pro+ Solution

DSG teams up with pharmaceutical technology company to speed early detection of major diseases

New hand-held device eliminates technical challenges involved in imaging progressive ROP in infants

Grossman Burn Foundation receives Fraxel re:store laser system from Solta Medical

Multigene test results impact physicians and patients' decisions on breast cancer therapy

Sorrento Therapeutics, Scripps Research Institute announce antibody development collaboration

PET-CT imaging appears to detect cancer in patients with neurologic complications

NetApp, Stanford Genome Technology Center build gastric cancer registry powered by NetApp storage technology

Neoprobe submits IND amendment to FDA for RIGScan CR radiopharmaceutical

MEDecision to deliver Alineo and Nexalign to AFMC

More women die of breast cancer in areas where mammography centers are few

Biocomposites' geneX ds, the resorbable bone graft material with negative surface charge launched

TRIA Beauty receives OTC clearance from FDA for TRIA Laser Hair Removal System

TriLink BioTechnologies and tebu-bio SA sign distribution agreement

AnaptysBio, Roche sign agreement for development of novel antibody therapeutics

MedAssets and TPC sign multi-year agreement

Albertsons launches new online community to provide value-driven choices for healthier living

CHI selects Allscripts' EHR solution to enhance patient care

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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