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First nationwide human immunology registry for infectious disease research

RemedyMD (www.RemedyMD.com), the leading provider of disease registry software, today announced the first nationwide human immunology registry for infectious disease research. The new registry was developed to help clinicians and researchers better understand the human immune response to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

21 Nov 2009

New multimedia application from ASM

Want to get the latest microbiology news, podcasts and video content in the palm of your hand? Now there is an app for that. A new application from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) allows users to access and interact with audio and video content on MicrobeWorld, its award winning multimedia website, directly from their iPhones and iPod Touches.

20 Nov 2009

Study recommends chest ultrasound for evaluating pediatric patients with complicated pneumonia

Chest ultrasound can serve as a viable alternative to chest CT in the evaluation of pediatric patients with complicated pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion (a build-up of fluid between the lung and chest wall), according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

20 Nov 2009

FISH technology accurate in measuring the HER-2 receptor in human breast tumors

The debate on how to select patients who will respond best to costly drug treatments for aggressive breast cancer now favors fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to measure the HER-2 receptor found in human breast tumors, according to a leading pathologist presenting at the Association for Molecular Pathology annual meeting.

20 Nov 2009

UCH’s Cardiac & Vascular Center now offers treatment with CardiacAssist's TandemHeart System

CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has adopted the company’s TandemHeart® System.

20 Nov 2009

Impax Laboratories implements IBM's business analytics technology

IBM announced today that Impax Laboratories, Inc., a technology-based specialty pharmaceutical company, is using IBM business analytics technology to gain stronger insights into their business and better predict risks and market opportunities.

20 Nov 2009

Discus Dental launches its newly redesigned Zoom Chairside Whitening Kit

Discus Dental®, LLC today announced the release of its newly redesigned Zoom® Chairside Whitening Kit, improving overall procedure ease of use and safety by reducing the total number of steps in the Zoom procedure.

20 Nov 2009

Smartfish Technologies' patented ErgoMotion technology unveiled

Today, Smartfish Technologies launched its long-awaited ErgoMotion(TM) technology, the first ever design that combines the science of ergonomics with the technology of motion, resulting in a dramatic change and improvement in the way comfort is integrated into devices like mice and keyboards. Unveiled yesterday at Pepcom’s annual Wine, Dine and Demo event, ErgoMotion is the industry’s most advanced computer peripheral solution designed to relieve discomfort and repetitive stress injuries (RSI) related to extended computer usage.

20 Nov 2009

Boston Scientific's WallFlex Fully Covered Esophageal Stent receives FDA clearance and CE Mark approval

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CE Mark approval to market its WallFlex® Fully Covered Esophageal Stent for the treatment of malignant esophageal strictures (obstructions) caused by tumors in patients with resectable or non-resectable esophageal cancer.

20 Nov 2009

Exclusive distribution agreement for the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge System signed

Cardinal Health and Patient Safety Technologies today announced that they have entered into a five-year exclusive distribution agreement to co-market the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge(TM) System, which helps prevent retention of sponges and towels unintentionally left in patients during surgical procedures.

20 Nov 2009

First USA IBRA Symposium and Workshop at Miami to be sponsored by Medartis

Medartis, Inc. will serve as the sole sponsor of the first USA International Bone Research Association (IBRA) Symposium and Workshop. The focus of the workshop and symposium is the upper extremity, trauma and reconstruction of the wrist and hand. The event will be held in Miami, Florida at the DaVinci Center and begins today, Friday, November 20 and will conclude on Saturday, November 21.

20 Nov 2009

Quest Diagnostics reports sharp downward trends in cocaine and methamphetamine use

New data released today by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the nation's leading provider of employment-related drug testing services, reveal that drug testing of hair specimens from employees and job applicants in the general U.S. workforce has tracked sharp downward trends in cocaine and methamphetamine use from 2005 to the first half of 2009 that mirror similar drops shown by urine testing.

From Quest Diagnostics 20 Nov 2009

Soligenix receives $9.4M NIAID grant to develop technology for advancing rapidly acting vaccines

Soligenix, Inc., formerly known as DOR BioPharma, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company, announced today that it has formed a consortium to develop thermostable technology to advance RiVax(TM) and other rapidly acting vaccines. Soligenix received a $9.4 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support this work.

20 Nov 2009

Smith & Nephew signs a technology development contract with the U.S. Department of Defense

Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Division is pleased to announce the signing of a technology development contract with the United States Department of Defense that may lead to the creation of a fracture fixation system intended to revolutionize the treatment of the limbs of soldiers who sustain battlefield injuries.

20 Nov 2009

BD acquires HandyLab for $275 million

BD today announced the completion of its acquisition of HandyLab, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company that develops and manufactures molecular diagnostic assays and automation platforms.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 20 Nov 2009

Formatech launches new website

Formatech, Inc is pleased to announce the launch of their new website. The redesigned site features detailed information about the variety of services Formatech offers, including: product development, lyophilization development, their signature Stability Fingerprinting® program and cGMP manufacturing capabilities to support clinical trials, to name a few. The site also provides the latest Formatech news, events, case studies and offers detailed information on their recently established Fillanthropy™ Program.

20 Nov 2009

Quit smoking and get Karen Sokolof Javitch's "STAR TRACKS - THE TRIBUTE ALBUM" CD for free

Karen Sokolof Javitch is hoping that her new CD: STAR TRACKS - THE TRIBUTE ALBUM will encourage people to throw away their cigarettes! "It's worth a try," says Javitch, who decided to dedicate her CD to Patrick Swayze, who recently died of pancreatic cancer. "He was a 3-pack-a-day smoker, and never quit, even when he got sick." Her mother also died at age 56 (like Patrick) and she is sure cigarette smoking contributed to her death.

20 Nov 2009

Advisen's webinar to discuss the current state of MMSEA regulations and enforcement

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd announced today that Allied World's Sam Carucci, U.S. Casualty Claims Manager, will be speaking on a panel for Advisen's webinar at 11am (EST) on Monday, November 23, 2009, discussing Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA) and Professional Liability's Hidden Burdens.

20 Nov 2009

"Cheetah" limbs gave Olympic hopeful a clear and major advantage over his competition

The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if his prosthesis behaved like intact limbs.

20 Nov 2009

Physicists observe experimental evidence for directed percolation

A team of physicists has, for the first time, seen convincing experimental evidence for directed percolation, a phenomenon that turns up in computer models of the ways diseases spread through a population or how water soaks through loose soil. Their observation strengthens the case for directed percolation's relevance to real systems, and lends new vigor to long-standing theories about how it works. Their experiment is reported in Physical Review E and highlighted with a Viewpoint in the November 16 issue of Physics (http://physics.aps.org).

20 Nov 2009

Device / Technology News

First nationwide human immunology registry for infectious disease research

New multimedia application from ASM

Study recommends chest ultrasound for evaluating pediatric patients with complicated pneumonia

FISH technology accurate in measuring the HER-2 receptor in human breast tumors

UCH’s Cardiac & Vascular Center now offers treatment with CardiacAssist's TandemHeart System

Impax Laboratories implements IBM's business analytics technology

Discus Dental launches its newly redesigned Zoom Chairside Whitening Kit

Smartfish Technologies' patented ErgoMotion technology unveiled

Boston Scientific's WallFlex Fully Covered Esophageal Stent receives FDA clearance and CE Mark approval

Exclusive distribution agreement for the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge System signed

First USA IBRA Symposium and Workshop at Miami to be sponsored by Medartis

Quest Diagnostics reports sharp downward trends in cocaine and methamphetamine use

Soligenix receives $9.4M NIAID grant to develop technology for advancing rapidly acting vaccines

Smith & Nephew signs a technology development contract with the U.S. Department of Defense

BD acquires HandyLab for $275 million

Formatech launches new website

Quit smoking and get Karen Sokolof Javitch's "STAR TRACKS - THE TRIBUTE ALBUM" CD for free

Advisen's webinar to discuss the current state of MMSEA regulations and enforcement

"Cheetah" limbs gave Olympic hopeful a clear and major advantage over his competition

Physicists observe experimental evidence for directed percolation

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