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NAHC completes BlackBerry Report

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) today announced the completion of The BlackBerry® Report: The National State of the Home Care Industry Study.

15 Oct 2009

DNA Link to provide NimbleGen Sequence Capture service in Korea

Roche NimbleGen, a Roche Company, has announced the first Certified Service Provider (CSP), DNA Link, Inc., who will provide service in Korea for NimbleGen Titanium Optimized Sequence Capture coupled with services from 454 Life Sciences, Roche´s center of excellence for sequencing.

15 Oct 2009

Phonak issued with a fine by the German competition authority

Phonak GmbH, the German subsidiary of Switzerland’s Sonova Holding AG (SIX:SOON), has today been issued with a fine by the German competition authority (BKA) following inquiries undertaken by the latter as part of an investigation into the German hearing systems market. Despite the allegations, Sonova was able to reach an agreement with the German Federal Cartel Office and will not appeal against the decision.

15 Oct 2009

New maintenance medium for human embryonic and pluripotent stem cells

STEMCELL Technologies Inc. (STEMCELL) is pleased to announce the release of TeSR™2, a defined, animal-protein free maintenance medium for human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. This medium takes a step towards addressing the needs of researchers working towards the culture of their cells in a medium free of animal-derived proteins.

15 Oct 2009

Phase Forward and Merck project wins the Society for Clinical Data Management Data Driven Innovation Award

Phase Forward, a leading provider of data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety, today announced that a joint project with customer Merck & Co. has won the 2009 Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) Data Driven Innovation Award competition. This annual honor recognizes the year’s best advancement in clinical data management technology or service.

15 Oct 2009

Pervasive Integration provides cost-effective data integration solution to healthcare companies

Pervasive Software Inc., a global value leader in embeddable data management and agile data integration software, is providing the flexible, cost-effective data integration required for challenging, increasingly regulated healthcare IT environments.

15 Oct 2009

Somanetics obtains exclusive sublicense to new cerebral autoregulation technology

Somanetics Corporation today announced that it has signed an Exclusive Sublicense Agreement with Raba Equity Partners II, LLC ("Raba coreFoundry"). Under terms of the agreement, Somanetics has obtained exclusive rights, subject to specified rights of the U.S. Government and rights retained by The Johns Hopkins University, to new cerebral autoregulation technology developed at The Johns Hopkins University.

15 Oct 2009

Innovative technologies and devices feature at AdvaMed 2009

The exhibit hall at AdvaMed 2009 on the third floor of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center is brimming with displays of cutting edge medical technology, organizations committed to the advancement of research and development in the MedTech industry, and innovative devices designed to improve the health and health care of people all over the world.

15 Oct 2009

NCCN updates NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Cervical Cancer Screening

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recently made updates to the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology(TM) for Cervical Cancer Screening that include a new section providing recommendations for women who have positive results for the HPV High Risk DNA test but negative cervical cytology screen/Pap smears.

15 Oct 2009

Endoscope: Less invasive alternative to laparoscopic techniques or conventional surgery

Mayo Clinic surgical researchers are reporting a 93 percent success rate in recent animal tests of endoscopic repair of perforated ulcers. The goal is to advance the use of an endoscope -- which allows access to organs through natural openings, such as the mouth -- for a less invasive alternative to laparoscopic techniques (surgery performed through a small incision) or conventional surgery.

15 Oct 2009

FDA approves Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' anti-HIV 1+2 test for use on VITROS 5600 & 3600 systems

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a diagnostic assay for the detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) types 1+2 (Anti-HIV 1+2) for use on the VITROS® 5600 Integrated and VITROS® 3600 Immunodiagnostic Systems.

From Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. 15 Oct 2009

BioMedReports.Com releases an exclusive interview with spokesman for Biomagnetics Diagnostics

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors, has released an exclusive interview with a spokesman for Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., the company behind a revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for malaria, tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis field testing.

15 Oct 2009

PEAK Surgical's PRECISE clinical study results presented at the 95th ACS Congress

PEAK Surgical, Inc. today announced results from the first of its PRECISE Clinical Studies (Pulsed Plasma Radiofrequency Energy to ReduCe Thermal Injury and Improve Surgical HEaling) demonstrating that its PEAK PlasmaBlade® tissue dissection device is associated with significant improvements in post-operative wound drainage, narcotic consumption, thermal injury, wound strength and return to normal diet volume compared with the standard of care.

15 Oct 2009

Policymakers urged to preserve access to advanced imaging in final health care reform legislation

Survivors and patients with cancers and heart disease, along with patient advocate organizations and physicians, today urged policymakers to enhance early diagnosis of deadly diseases by preserving access to advanced imaging, such as MRI and CT scans, in final health care reform legislation.

15 Oct 2009

Health Sciences South Carolina, Recombinant Data and Sun Microsystems to collaborate on an Integrated Platform for Research

Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC), today announced that it has selected Recombinant Data Corp. and Sun Microsystems, Inc. to collaborate on the Health Sciences South Carolina Integrated Platform for Research (HS-SCIPR), an unprecedented statewide initiative for translational research and quality improvement.

15 Oct 2009

Futronic Technology's WBF Driver passes WHQL test

Futronic Technology Company Limited, a global provider of fingerprint recognition software and hardware products, announces that its Windows Biometric Framework (WBF) Driver for its USB fingerprint scanner has successfully passed WHQL test for both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 7, a new PC operating system that will be released by Microsoft soon.

15 Oct 2009

MDEA program is accepting entries for its 2010 competition

The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) program is accepting entries for its 2010 competition from companies and individuals worldwide involved in the design, engineering, manufacture, or distribution of finished medical devices or packaging products.

15 Oct 2009

SynCardia Systems' new Companion Driver System receives CE Mark approval

On Oct. 15, SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart, announced that its new Companion Driver System has received CE Mark approval to power the Total Artificial Heart in Europe.

15 Oct 2009

NICoE to study how brain works after sustaining combat-related injury using Elekta Neuromag

Projected to open in mid 2010, the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) is a facility dedicated to the study and care of military personnel and veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and psychological health issues. Using Elekta Neuromag®, an advanced magnetoencephalography (MEG) device, NICoE plans to shed light on how the brain works after sustaining combat-related injury.

From Elekta 15 Oct 2009

Serametrix and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research form a partnership

Serametrix Corporation, a personalized medicine company, today announced their partnership with the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd. (LICR). The agreement will combine LICR’s historic discoveries in tumor immunology with the technologies and commercial capabilities of Serametrix. This new alliance will enable rapid development and commercialization of tests that predict and monitor drug response in cancer patients. The serum-based tests, which determine immune reaction to tumor antigens, are of value to clinicians and drug developers alike.

15 Oct 2009

Device / Technology News

NAHC completes BlackBerry Report

DNA Link to provide NimbleGen Sequence Capture service in Korea

Phonak issued with a fine by the German competition authority

New maintenance medium for human embryonic and pluripotent stem cells

Phase Forward and Merck project wins the Society for Clinical Data Management Data Driven Innovation Award

Pervasive Integration provides cost-effective data integration solution to healthcare companies

Somanetics obtains exclusive sublicense to new cerebral autoregulation technology

Innovative technologies and devices feature at AdvaMed 2009

NCCN updates NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Cervical Cancer Screening

Endoscope: Less invasive alternative to laparoscopic techniques or conventional surgery

FDA approves Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' anti-HIV 1+2 test for use on VITROS 5600 & 3600 systems

BioMedReports.Com releases an exclusive interview with spokesman for Biomagnetics Diagnostics

PEAK Surgical's PRECISE clinical study results presented at the 95th ACS Congress

Policymakers urged to preserve access to advanced imaging in final health care reform legislation

Health Sciences South Carolina, Recombinant Data and Sun Microsystems to collaborate on an Integrated Platform for Research

Futronic Technology's WBF Driver passes WHQL test

MDEA program is accepting entries for its 2010 competition

SynCardia Systems' new Companion Driver System receives CE Mark approval

NICoE to study how brain works after sustaining combat-related injury using Elekta Neuromag

Serametrix and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research form a partnership

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Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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