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MolecularMD moves core operations to expanded facility

MolecularMD Corp announced today that it has moved their core operations to a expanded dedicated facility with capacity and functionality to support the expansion of its cancer molecular diagnostics business.

28 Oct 2009

Global sales volumes of Levulan Kerastick exceed one million units

DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.®, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology, announced today that global sales volumes of the Levulan® Kerastick®, an integral part of the Levulan® Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) technology platform, surpassed one million units.

28 Oct 2009

VitaSound Audio's Neuro-Compensator technology inbuilt into Sonomax Hearing Healthcare's Sono3 hearing aid

Sono3(TM), the innovative hearing aid based on patented instant custom fit technology from Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. appears to have found the perfect partner in the revolutionary Neuro-Compensator(R) software technology that has been developed by Vitasound Audio Inc.

28 Oct 2009

SIDS America launches informative website about SIDS

Less than two years ago, the world came crashing in on Bill and Cheryl Darnell, SIDS America founders, when they went to wake their infant son, Billy, for his morning feeding and found him dead. Billy, who had seemed perfectly healthy just a few hours earlier, had fallen victim to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, the leading cause of death among infants between 1 and 12 months of age in America.

28 Oct 2009

California Cryobank updates its Spanish website

California Cryobank (CCB), an international sperm banking leader, announced today the release of their upgraded Spanish website www.criobanco.com. Criobanco.com offers all the features of CCB's English website www.cryobank.com including online ordering, donor search capability, and extensive information on using donor sperm.

28 Oct 2009

Ascent Healthcare Solutions to reprocess the SoundStar 3D Diagnostic Ultrasound Catheter

Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability, today announced that it has received the industry’s first and only 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reprocess the Biosense Webster SoundStar™ 3D Diagnostic Ultrasound Catheter. With this new clearance, Ascent continues to lead the charge in bringing sustainability to healthcare.

28 Oct 2009

Veeva CRM to be implemented at Adamas Pharmaceuticals

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, an emerging pharmaceutical company focused on developing small-molecule therapeutics to treat neurological and infectious diseases, selected Veeva System’s VBioPharma™ KOL Edition – part of the Veeva CRM suite. Selection of Veeva’s SaaS solution marks an important step in Adamas’ early-stage product commercialization strategy.

28 Oct 2009

Arrayit sells NanoPrint Microarrayer system to CENAT

Arrayit Corporation today announced the sale of a system to the Center of Excellence for Nucleic Acid-Based Technologies (CENAT) in Poznan, Poland. The Arrayit NanoPrint Microarrayer will be used by CENAT for scientific and medical collaborations throughout the prosperous democracy.

28 Oct 2009

NMHIC appointed as New Mexico's official health information exchange

Maggie Gunter, PhD, president of the New Mexico Health Information Collaborative (NMHIC), announced today that the organization has been appointed as the state's official health information exchange (HIE) by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.

28 Oct 2009

Simbionix launches advanced simulator for GI endoscopy and flexible bronchoscopy training

Simbionix, the world's leading developer of medical simulation systems, introduces it's new advanced simulator, the GI-BRONCH Mentor, a comprehensive solution for virtual reality training of GI Endoscopy and Flexible Bronchoscopy.

28 Oct 2009

Interlace Medical receives 510K clearance to market MyoSure Hysteroscopic Tissue Removal System

Interlace Medical, Inc., today announced that it has received 510K clearance from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the MyoSure Hysteroscopic Tissue Removal System for the removal of submucosal fibroids and polyps.

28 Oct 2009

Toshiba America Medical Systems launches new Infinix VF-i/BP vascular X-ray system

Increasing the flexibility and diagnostic capabilities in bi-plane vascular X-ray imaging, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. introduces the all new Infinix™ VF-i/BP with large and mid-sized flat panel detectors. The large and mid-sized flat panel detectors provide clinicians with the ability to obtain critical variations in angle combinations while providing the necessary anatomical coverage, creating the optimal universal bi-plane vascular X-ray system for any clinical application.

28 Oct 2009

PPD to evaluate FDA's post-market spontaneous adverse event surveillance system

PPD, Inc. today announced it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) post-market spontaneous adverse event surveillance system. The company will conduct a thorough evaluation of the value of the spontaneous adverse event reports to support safety-related regulatory actions and report its findings to the FDA and the public.

28 Oct 2009

HHS selects Smiths Medical to supply safety hypodermic syringes

Smiths Medical announced today that it has been selected for a contract award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for safety hypodermic syringes that could reach $10 million. The award is part of the government’s national flu pandemic preparedness efforts.

28 Oct 2009

SSSP software to detect spoiled food

Let's start with an example: You have just picked up a pack of cold-smoked salmon from the supermarket chill cabinet to serve for your family lunch on Sunday. On its way from the factory to the lunch table, the salmon product has been exposed to varying temperatures. Now, how can you be sure the product is still good to eat when you take it out of the refrigerator to make sandwiches?

28 Oct 2009

Onset Medical announces first clinical usage of its Solopath Endovascular Access Catheter

Onset Medical Corporation announced today the first human usage of its SoloPathTM Endovascular Access Catheter in a case performed by Eberhard Grube MD, Chief, Department of Cardiology/Angiology, Helios Heart Center, Siegburg in Germany.

28 Oct 2009

MEDNETWorld.com, Bostech announce a managed service HIE solution for NHIN connectivity

MEDNETWorld.com, a leader in Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) connectivity and Health Information Exchange (HIE) solutions and Bostech, the healthcare interoperability experts behind ChainBuilder Connect, today announced a managed service HIE solution for Nationwide Health Information Network, or NHIN, connectivity.

28 Oct 2009

3M launches new Rapid Detection Respiratory Syncytial Virus Test

Expanding its platform of rapid diagnostic testing, 3M today announced the introduction of the 3M™ Rapid Detection RSV Test. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, is a respiratory virus that infects the lungs and breathing passages and is a common cause of bronchitis and pneumonia in children under one year.

28 Oct 2009

Rennes University Hospital surgeons undergo training for the SynCardia CardioWest Total Artificial Heart

On Oct. 26 & 27, the surgical team from Rennes University Hospital, led by Dr. Erwan Flecher and Prof. Jean-Philippe Verhoye, completed the first phase of certification training for the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart in Paris. The team trained exclusively with the new Companion Driver System, which received the CE Mark to power the Total Artificial Heart in Europe on Oct. 13.

28 Oct 2009

ESPRIT project to improve performance of British athletes on world stage

Scientists are developing a range of miniaturised wearable and track-side sensors, computer modelling tools and smart training devices to help British athletes improve their performance on the world stage, as part of a new -8.5 million project that will be officially launched tomorrow (28 October 2009).

28 Oct 2009

Device / Technology News

MolecularMD moves core operations to expanded facility

Global sales volumes of Levulan Kerastick exceed one million units

VitaSound Audio's Neuro-Compensator technology inbuilt into Sonomax Hearing Healthcare's Sono3 hearing aid

SIDS America launches informative website about SIDS

California Cryobank updates its Spanish website

Ascent Healthcare Solutions to reprocess the SoundStar 3D Diagnostic Ultrasound Catheter

Veeva CRM to be implemented at Adamas Pharmaceuticals

Arrayit sells NanoPrint Microarrayer system to CENAT

NMHIC appointed as New Mexico's official health information exchange

Simbionix launches advanced simulator for GI endoscopy and flexible bronchoscopy training

Interlace Medical receives 510K clearance to market MyoSure Hysteroscopic Tissue Removal System

Toshiba America Medical Systems launches new Infinix VF-i/BP vascular X-ray system

PPD to evaluate FDA's post-market spontaneous adverse event surveillance system

HHS selects Smiths Medical to supply safety hypodermic syringes

SSSP software to detect spoiled food

Onset Medical announces first clinical usage of its Solopath Endovascular Access Catheter

MEDNETWorld.com, Bostech announce a managed service HIE solution for NHIN connectivity

3M launches new Rapid Detection Respiratory Syncytial Virus Test

Rennes University Hospital surgeons undergo training for the SynCardia CardioWest Total Artificial Heart

ESPRIT project to improve performance of British athletes on world stage

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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