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Virtual Pharma Rep - an electronic "go green" revolutionary pharmaceutical sales product

Virtual Pharma Rep™, a new company built by pharmaceutical industry veterans, today announced their launch to market. Virtual Pharma Rep™ delivers a patent pending, virtual sales process that revolutionizes expensive pharmaceutical sales.

14 Sep 2009

Boston Scientific to market Bladder Health Network's female urodynamic testing solutions in the U.S.

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that it has entered into a co-marketing agreement with Bladder Health Network, a privately held company offering advanced testing solutions for urinary incontinence. Bladder Health Network offers an integrated diagnostic service that combines staffing, equipment, supplies and results analysis, helping to ensure that physicians and their patients have access to testing, interpretation and treatment options for urinary incontinence and other problems related to the urinary system.

14 Sep 2009

Benefit Informatics and Eldorado Computing collaborate to offer an integrated health plan management solution

Competition and cost control initiatives are forcing health plan payers to move beyond being “claims payers” and position themselves as plan resource providers that meet the individual needs of each customer.

14 Sep 2009

ODS Health Plan selects American Imaging Management to provide diagnostic imaging services

American Imaging Management(R) (AIM), an operating subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP), and one of the leading imaging benefit management and technology companies with health plan clients representing over 35 million consumers, announced that it has been selected by ODS Health Plan, Inc. to provide diagnostic imaging services. Under the agreement, AIM will administer diagnostic imaging management services to ODS members in Oregon and surrounding service areas.

14 Sep 2009

BioElectronics bags second place in the medical device category of the 2009 Wall Street Journal Innovation Award

BioElectronics Corp. (PINKSHEETS: BIEL), the maker of inexpensive, disposable drug-free anti-inflammatory devices, today announced it has been selected as a runner up in the medical device category of the 2009 Wall Street Journal Innovation Awards unveiled in today's global editions and online. The award was given for the Company's wearable patch that uses pulsed electromagnetic energy to deliver drug-free pain relief for a variety of conditions.

14 Sep 2009

Spacelabs Healthcare launches its Sentinel Cardiology Information Management System in the U.S.

OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has launched the Sentinel Cardiology Information Management System (“CIMS”) in the United States.

14 Sep 2009

Emergency Medical Associates to track swine flu movement with SAP business intelligence solutions

As families return from summer travels and children head back to school, Emergency Medical Associates (EMA) is preparing for a potential resurgence in the swine flu virus (H1N1) this fall. By using business intelligence (BI) solutions from SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), EMA will continue to pinpoint the movement of swine flu and alert federal organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as 21 different emergency medical departments to patterns of outbreak.

14 Sep 2009

Calypso’s GPS for the Body technology installed at University Of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center

Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., a developer of real-time localization technology used for the precise tracking of tumor targets, announced today that the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Baltimore, now offers the Calypso® System to provide accurate, precise, real-time tumor tracking for cancer patients undergoing external beam radiation therapy.

14 Sep 2009

Systech International announces new software for SPT application

Systech International, innovator of Packaging Execution Systems (PES) for the pharmaceutical industry, today announced the availability of a new software release for its widely-deployed Serialized Product Tracking (SPT) application.

14 Sep 2009

Corventis' AVIVO Mobile Patient Management System receives the CE mark

Corventis, Inc., a developer of wireless cardiovascular solutions designed to enable early detection, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular conditions, announced CE marking for the company’s AVIVO™ Mobile Patient Management System. Physicians and patients in the European Union and other countries that accept CE Mark now have access to the company’s noninvasive, wireless solution to evaluate physiological changes and monitor signs of cardiac irregularities in patients away from the hospital.

14 Sep 2009

FDA clearance for PRO-STIM bone graft substitute

Wright Medical Group, Inc., a global orthopaedic medical device company, today announced the 510K clearance of PRO-STIM™ Injectable Osteoinductive Bone Graft Substitute. PRO-STIM™ graft is a composite grafting material that is injected through a small needle, hardens, and is replaced by the patient’s new bone over time.

14 Sep 2009

Corventis completes enrollment for clinical trials of its MUSIC program

Corventis, Inc., a developer of wireless cardiovascular solutions designed to enable early detection, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular conditions, announced today enrollment completion of the company’s MUSIC (Multi-Sensor Monitoring in Congestive Heart Failure) program consisting of 2 trials: the MUSIC Asia (180 patients) and the pivotal MUSIC study (362 patients).

14 Sep 2009

IVIS Lumina XR in vivo imaging system from Caliper Life Sciences

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today introduced the IVIS Lumina XR in vivo imaging system, the latest addition to the IVIS product family.

14 Sep 2009

Clinical study paper on TMR therapy with autologous stem cells presented

PLC Systems Inc., a company focused on innovative cardiac and vascular medical device-based technologies, today announced that a paper on a clinical study utilizing its Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization (TMR) therapy in conjunction with autologous stem cells was presented at ESC Congress 2009, the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, in Barcelona, Spain.

14 Sep 2009

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

Device / Technology News

Virtual Pharma Rep - an electronic "go green" revolutionary pharmaceutical sales product

Boston Scientific to market Bladder Health Network's female urodynamic testing solutions in the U.S.

Benefit Informatics and Eldorado Computing collaborate to offer an integrated health plan management solution

ODS Health Plan selects American Imaging Management to provide diagnostic imaging services

BioElectronics bags second place in the medical device category of the 2009 Wall Street Journal Innovation Award

Spacelabs Healthcare launches its Sentinel Cardiology Information Management System in the U.S.

Emergency Medical Associates to track swine flu movement with SAP business intelligence solutions

Calypso’s GPS for the Body technology installed at University Of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center

Systech International announces new software for SPT application

Corventis' AVIVO Mobile Patient Management System receives the CE mark

FDA clearance for PRO-STIM bone graft substitute

Corventis completes enrollment for clinical trials of its MUSIC program

IVIS Lumina XR in vivo imaging system from Caliper Life Sciences

Clinical study paper on TMR therapy with autologous stem cells presented

AirStrip Technologies to provide HIT solution to Premier healthcare alliance

Internet marketing program from AVVH

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

Digital Pathology Association has another Gold Sponsor: Sunquest Information Systems

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

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

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