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Initiate Systems announces Accenx Technologies acquisition; expands growth strategy in the healthcare market

Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in data management solutions for information sharing and improved data quality, has acquired Accenx Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of health information exchange solutions. This acquisition furthers Initiate’s growth strategy and expands its offerings in the healthcare market. The terms of the deal are confidential.

31 Oct 2009

Innovative optical system to study the complex mechanisms that lead to sudden cardiac arrest developed

A research team at Vanderbilt University has developed an innovative optical system to simultaneously image electrical activity and metabolic properties in the same region of a heart, to study the complex mechanisms that lead to sudden cardiac arrest.

31 Oct 2009

MedImpact to provide a suite of free, online flu self-assessment tools

MedImpact has collaborated with the American Medical Association (AMA) and other health care organizations to provide a suite of free, online flu self-assessment tools to MedImpact clients and to the 32 million individual members they serve.

31 Oct 2009

Vigilanz, Orlando Health and Contra Costa Regional Medical Center sign license agreement

VigiLanz Corporation has entered into contracts with Orlando Health, Inc., a group of seven hospitals in Orlando, Florida; and Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, California, to license the VigiLanz product suite, consisting of the Dynamic PharmacoVigilance® (DPV) system, the Dynamic PracticeGuidance™ (DPG) system, and the VigiLanz Infection Control Monitor™ (ICM).

31 Oct 2009

ATLANTA-France study of the CATANIA Coronary Stent announced

Physicians at more than 40 centers in France have joined a study of the CATANIA(TM) Coronary Stent with NanoThin Polyzene®-F manufactured by CeloNova BioSciences. With Professor Emmanuel Teiger and Doctor Paul Barragan as co-Principal Investigators, the researchers today announced the Assessment of The Latest Non-Thrombogenic Angioplasty (ATLANTA-France) stent study. Each center will enroll 50 patients with the first procedures expected in early November.

31 Oct 2009

Solasia Pharma completes Phase I clinical trial for Sancuso extended release transdermal granisetron patch

Solasia Pharma K.K. (http://www.solasia.co.jp), a developer of Western oncology pharmaceuticals in-licensed for commercialization in Asian markets, announced today the completion of a Phase I clinical trial for SP-01 (extended release transdermal granisetron patch; brand name: Sancuso®) in Japanese volunteers.

30 Oct 2009

Hyperthermia therapy delivered through BSD Medical's system improves survival rate for bladder cancer patients

BSD Medical Corporation today announced that published study results demonstrated improvement in overall survival, tumor response rates, and local tumor control from the addition of hyperthermia therapy, delivered using the BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System, to the standard treatment regimen for 45 patients with high-risk bladder cancer.

30 Oct 2009

Cardio Infrared Technologies receives new orders for Commercial Cardio Cor and Personal Cardio Cor II bikes

Cardio Infrared Technologies, Inc., a leading Health and Wellness technology and marketing company, announced today that it has received orders from a new Florida-based client for two of the Commercial Cardio Cor bikes and six Personal Cardio Cor II™ bikes.

30 Oct 2009

GE takes a swing at health IT networking opportunities

The value of the federal government's investments in health information technology - better, cheaper care - may not be fully realized unless information can be safely and easily exchanged between health care providers, the New York Times blog Bits reports.

30 Oct 2009

America's Minority Health Network achieves first milestone, performs 100th installation

AMHN, Inc., parent company of America’s Minority Health Network, Inc., announced today that its network reached its first milestone by completing its 100th installation. America's Minority Health Network, Inc. is a place-based provider of digital video education for medical practices that primarily serve minorities.

30 Oct 2009

Cancer patients in northern Portugal to gain access to advanced cancer treatments

Cancer patients in northern Portugal will gain access to advanced cancer treatments with the acquisition of seven new treatments machines from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) by the Instituto Portugues Oncologia, IPO Porto.

30 Oct 2009

New cost-effective and user-friendly healthcare management system from ClinicTools

Implementation of electronic medical records (EMR) by healthcare providers and facilities remains at an all-time low. According to so many reports, the determining factor responsible for this type of low implementation of EMR is cost. As reported by USA Today, upfront costs (which include purchasing servers, computers and software) can be as high as $36,000 per physician. In addition, the learning curve for these programs is steep, increasing the amount of time a physician spends per patient. All of these are true until now.

30 Oct 2009

CCBR-SYNARC to expand its Electronic Data Capture capabilities for use in imaging clinical trials

CCBR-SYNARC, the world's leading provider of medical image analysis, biochemical marker, and clinical research center services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, announced the expansion of its Electronic Data Capture ("EDC") capabilities for use in imaging clinical trials.

30 Oct 2009

New social networking site for breast cancer survivors

Breast cancer activists, survivors and supporters now have their very own online Web community to share unique experiences and insights around breast cancer. Launching this week, the new social networking site “myKomen” centers on individual and shared experiences with a disease that will afflict 200,000 women and men this year alone.

30 Oct 2009

Valeant Pharmaceuticals to acquire prescription and cosmetic products rights from Polish

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE: VRX) today announced that it has agreed to acquire the rights to several prescription and cosmetic dermatology products from a privately-held, Polish specialty pharmaceutical company.

30 Oct 2009

Stockholders of SCM Microsystems approve increase of the amount of common shares

SCM Microsystems, Inc., a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange, announced today that its stockholders have approved an increase of the amount of common shares authorized during yesterday's annual meeting of stockholders.

30 Oct 2009

Merge Healthcare and MEDRAD announce an expansion of their EU Distribution Agreement for CADstream

Merge Healthcare, a health IT solutions leader, and MEDRAD, a leading provider of medical devices and services for diagnostic imaging, today announced an expansion of their European Union Distribution Agreement for CADstream, a dedicated CAD system for MRI.

30 Oct 2009

Siemens Hearing Instruments introduces new hearing solutions at the ADA 2009 Convention

Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., (www.usa.siemens.com/hearing) one of the largest manufacturers of hearing instruments in the world, today announced several new product models and enhancements at SPLASH: The Academy of Doctors of Audiology's (ADA) 2009 Convention held October 29-31, 2009, in Clearwater, Florida.

30 Oct 2009

FPB to develop research tools and strategies to include disabled people in future research

While the public has made accommodations for 54.4 million people with disabilities, many researchers regularly exclude people who cannot read, hear or write from participating in their research projects.

30 Oct 2009

Celsius RMT ThermoCool catheter of Stereotaxis receives CE Mark for distribution in the European market

Stereotaxis received notice that the Celsius® RMT ThermoCool® catheter has received CE Mark for distribution in the European market. The product is the fifth advanced ablation catheter resulting from the on-going co-development agreement between Stereotaxis and Biosense Webster to design and distribute magnetically enabled catheters for use in the Niobe Magnetic Navigation System (MNS).

30 Oct 2009

Device / Technology News

Initiate Systems announces Accenx Technologies acquisition; expands growth strategy in the healthcare market

Innovative optical system to study the complex mechanisms that lead to sudden cardiac arrest developed

MedImpact to provide a suite of free, online flu self-assessment tools

Vigilanz, Orlando Health and Contra Costa Regional Medical Center sign license agreement

ATLANTA-France study of the CATANIA Coronary Stent announced

Solasia Pharma completes Phase I clinical trial for Sancuso extended release transdermal granisetron patch

Hyperthermia therapy delivered through BSD Medical's system improves survival rate for bladder cancer patients

Cardio Infrared Technologies receives new orders for Commercial Cardio Cor and Personal Cardio Cor II bikes

GE takes a swing at health IT networking opportunities

America's Minority Health Network achieves first milestone, performs 100th installation

Cancer patients in northern Portugal to gain access to advanced cancer treatments

New cost-effective and user-friendly healthcare management system from ClinicTools

CCBR-SYNARC to expand its Electronic Data Capture capabilities for use in imaging clinical trials

New social networking site for breast cancer survivors

Valeant Pharmaceuticals to acquire prescription and cosmetic products rights from Polish

Stockholders of SCM Microsystems approve increase of the amount of common shares

Merge Healthcare and MEDRAD announce an expansion of their EU Distribution Agreement for CADstream

Siemens Hearing Instruments introduces new hearing solutions at the ADA 2009 Convention

FPB to develop research tools and strategies to include disabled people in future research

Celsius RMT ThermoCool catheter of Stereotaxis receives CE Mark for distribution in the European market

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