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AirStrip Technologies to provide HIT solution to Premier healthcare alliance

The Premier healthcare alliance has contracted with AirStrip Technologies™, L.P. to offer its 2,200 hospitals members a mobile healthcare information technology (HIT) solution to improve obstetrical (OB) care, patient safety and communication among healthcare providers.

14 Sep 2009

Internet marketing program from AVVH

avVaa World Health Care Products Inc. (Pink Sheets: AVVH), a global biotechnology company, manufacturer and distributor of nationally branded therapeutic, natural skin and health care products, announced today the launch of a major Internet marketing program.

14 Sep 2009

FDA approves St. Jude Medical's EnSite Velocity Cardiac Mapping System

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance and U.S. launch of its EnSite Velocity™ Cardiac Mapping System. This new system has been designed to help physicians more efficiently diagnose and guide therapy to treat abnormal heart rhythms.

14 Sep 2009

Digital Pathology Association has another Gold Sponsor: Sunquest Information Systems

Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a market leader in laboratory and diagnostic information systems, today announced that it is a Founding Gold Sponsor of the Digital Pathology Association (DPA), a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of digital pathology applications in healthcare. The goals of the DPA include supporting digital pathology education initiatives, defining best practices, influencing standards and interfaces, organizing an annual conference that addresses diverse needs within the industry, and more.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 14 Sep 2009

Spinal implants market to grow in the coming years: iData Research

According to a new market research report by iData Research, the leading international authority in medical device, dental and pharmaceutical market research, the U.S. market for spinal motion preservation devices is estimated to reach $2.54 billion by 2015. The global market for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is also estimated to see double digit growth, with these two segments driving the overall market for spinal implants, MIS and VCF devices.

14 Sep 2009

Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division announces its inaugural fellowship meeting

Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division announced the kick-off of its inaugural fellowship meeting, The Wider Scope of Arthroscopy, at its global headquarters in Andover, Mass., starting today, Sept. 14 through Sept. 15. The event is also being supported by DJO, a leading global developer, manufacturer and distributor of high-quality medical devices that provide solutions for musculoskeletal health, vascular health and pain management.

14 Sep 2009

DSG’s eCaseLink EDC software used in Cipher's Phase 3 dermatology study

DSG Inc., an industry leader in clinical trial data collection and management, today announced that Cipher Pharmaceuticals (TSX:DND) is using electronic data capture (EDC) software and data management services from DSG. Cipher is using DSG’s eCaseLink™ for its Phase 3 dermatology study on its new compound for the treatment of severe acne.

14 Sep 2009

Millipore and Roka Bioscience collaborate for developing molecular assays

Millipore Corporation, a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced that it will collaborate with Roka Bioscience, Inc. to develop molecular assays and portable instruments for biopharmaceutical production.

14 Sep 2009

Chinese SFDA approves Abbott's XIENCE V drug eluting stent for treating coronary artery disease

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has approved its XIENCE V(R) Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) - the leading cause of death in China. XIENCE V is the only drug eluting stent to have demonstrated superiority over the TAXUS(R) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System (TAXUS) in the primary endpoints of two randomized, pivotal (phase III) clinical trials.

14 Sep 2009

FDA to consider an additional labelling claim for Noveko's masks and respirators

Noveko International Inc. ("the Company") is pleased to announce that further to its request, the Food and Drugs Administration (the "FDA") accepted to meet with the Company, to consider an additional labelling claim for its Noveko(TM) masks and respirators.

14 Sep 2009

TYRX to exhibit AIGISRx Anti-Bacterial Envelope at HFSA

TYRX, Inc., a leader in the commercialization of implantable medical-pharmaceutical devices, announced today that it will be exhibiting its lead product, AIGISRx Anti-Bacterial Envelope, at the 13th Annual Heart Failure Society of America Meeting (HFSA), in Boston, MA this week.

14 Sep 2009

Prolifiq's sales communication software for Life Sciences companies

Today at the annual RAPS (Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society) conference in booth #607, Prolifiq announced software that allows Life Sciences companies to comply with an increasingly complex web of regulations governing sales communication. Prolifiq for Life Sciences--designed for medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies--is used to organize, send and track approved digital content to health care practitioners.

14 Sep 2009

Patni Computer to provide design and development services to Cardiac Science Corporation

Cardiac Science Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCX), a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, announced a three-year agreement with Patni Computer Systems under which Patni will establish a dedicated design center in India and will expand Cardiac Science's existing in-house design and development capability.

14 Sep 2009

Metric Applications Packages from ClearPoint Metrics

ClearPoint Metrics today announced a major expansion to its product offering with the delivery of four new Compliance oriented Metrics Application Packages (MAPS) and the integration of the ClearPoint Security Performance Manager (TM) and its compliance offering into a single solution - The ClearPoint Unified Security Performance and Compliance Manager.

14 Sep 2009

Given Imaging'c PillCam COLON 2 video capsule and system receives the CE mark for sale in Europe

Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN) today announced encouraging results from a trial that validated new features of the company's second-generation PillCam® Colon video capsule and system. The Company also announced that it has obtained the CE mark for the sale of PillCam COLON 2 in Europe.

14 Sep 2009

Innovative stroke treatment device to minimize brain damage

Driven by the emergency-room maxim, "Time is brain," NeuroInterventions, Inc. is prototyping an innovative stroke treatment device designed to speed up the restoration of blood flow and thus minimize brain damage.

14 Sep 2009

Novant to use MEDai's Pinpoint Review patient-specific early-warning system

MEDai, Inc., an Elsevier company and leading provider of advanced solutions for healthcare that utilize award-winning predictive analytics, announced today that Novant Health, a not-for-profit integrated group of hospitals and physician practices, will roll out MEDai's Pinpoint Review(TM) to its nine hospitals in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina.

14 Sep 2009

Study reveals feasibility of OrbusNeich's Genous stent in patients needing undeferrable non-cardiac surgery

OrbusNeich's Genous Bio-engineered R stent is feasible and safe in patients who need coronary revascularization before undeferrable non-cardiac surgery and have to discontinue dual antiplatelet therapy, according to a paper published online in the International Journal of Cardiology (Int J Cardiol. 2009 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print]).

14 Sep 2009

Five tips from Convio for successful fundraising

Millions of you combine your passion for walking, running and cycling into a fun weekend of activity to benefit charitable causes. You pay your registration fee for the “athon,” train and are asked to raise funds.

14 Sep 2009

Pendant style help button alerts users of potential risks

Philips Lifeline is issuing an important safety notice to its more than 750,000 subscribers of its personal emergency response service to alert users of potential risks with wearing a "pendant" style help button. The service is used primarily by seniors living independently in their homes who feel they are at risk of falls. By pressing a "help button" worn on the body, users connect to a remote monitoring center, staffed 24 hours a day, that can send emergency assistance to the user's home.

14 Sep 2009