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Angioslide introduces new 5x300mm PROTEUS device for treating Superficial Femoral Artery

Angioslide Ltd. announces the first procedures with its new 5x300mm PROTEUS device for treating the Superficial Femoral Artery. PROTEUS technology combines a Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty balloon and embolic capture of particles in one device. The new 5x300 mm size joins Angioslide's current dedicated product line solutions for the lower limbs.

8 Sep 2011

University of Maryland surgeons transplant first lungs treated with experimental repair process

Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center have transplanted the first lungs treated in the United States with an experimental repair process before transplantation. The procedure is part of a five-center national clinical research trial to evaluate the efficacy of repairing, before transplant, lungs that might otherwise have been passed over as unsuitable for organ donation.

8 Sep 2011

Maxygen increases stock repurchase program to $20 million

Maxygen, Inc., a biotechnology company, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved an increase to the company's current stock repurchase program from $10.0 million to $20.0 million. The repurchase program expires on December 31, 2011.

8 Sep 2011

First Edition: September 8, 2011

In today's headlines, reports from last night's GOP presidential debate, as well as explorations of what the future might hold for the 'Super Committee' and news developments related to physician payment issues.

8 Sep 2011

Auxilium reports positive data from XIAFLEX retrospective commercial patient chart review

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that positive data from a retrospective commercial patient chart review of XIAFLEX (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) used for the treatment of adult Dupuytren's contracture patients with a palpable cord are available via e-posters at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting in Las Vegas.

8 Sep 2011

Japan's CCRC to implement Medidata Rave's EDC/CDM system

Medidata Solutions, a leading global provider of SaaS-based clinical development solutions, today announced that the Chiba University Hospital Clinical Research Center, one of Japan's leading clinical research institutions, has chosen Medidata Rave as its electronic data capture (EDC) and clinical data management (CDM) solution.

8 Sep 2011

MRG reports 6.5% annual growth in the US and European endoscope market through 2015

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the overall United States and European endoscope market will show a sustained growth averaging 6.5 percent per year through 2015, primarily driven by strong growth in the large GI endoscope segment, but also seeing notable growth in cameras.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 8 Sep 2011

Rwandan health ministry campaign promotes vasectomy for family planning

"Rwanda's health ministry has launched a campaign encouraging men to undergo vasectomies, in an effort to curb population growth in Africa's most densely populated country," Reuters reports. The government says to compete with Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, the country's economy must continue to grow at an average seven to eight percent per year, and to do so, "the birth rate must be below three children per family," according to the news agency.

8 Sep 2011

LabCorp, UnitedHealthcare extend partnership

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings announced today that it has extended the term of its agreement with UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company, an affiliate of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated for an additional two years. The agreement, which was effective January 1, 2007, will now continue through the end of 2018.

8 Sep 2011

Nexera to submit amended claims for FDA 510(k) clearance of SpectraShield 9500 Surgical N95 Respirator

Nexera Medical, Inc., today announced plans to submit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended antimicrobial claims for its current 510(k) clearance for the SpectraShield 9500 Surgical N95 Respirator with embedded antimicrobial technology. The expanded antimicrobial claims will be supported by test data on the inactivation performance of certain strains of viruses.

8 Sep 2011

Breast-conservation therapy and mastectomy provide similar survival rates for early-stage breast cancer

Young women with early-stage breast cancer have similar survival rates with a lumpectomy and radiation treatment, known as breast-conservation therapy, as with mastectomy, a new study conducted at the University of Maryland has found. The results of the analysis of nearly 15,000 patients listed in a nationwide cancer registry will be presented at the 2011 Breast Cancer Symposium to be held Sept. 8-11 in San Francisco.

8 Sep 2011

Sweating the details: Health reform supporters fret over HHS rules

Kaiser Health News staff writers Mary Agnes Carey and Marilyn Werber Serafini write: "Publicly, consumer and patient advocates continue to cheer wildly for last year's health care law. Behind the scenes, however, some worry that they are losing a few key battles to the insurance and business communities.

8 Sep 2011

HRSA announces $5.1M in awards as part of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today announced awards of $5.1 million to provide training and technical assistance (TA) as part of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which provides HIV-related services in the United States for those who do not have sufficient health care coverage or financial resources for coping with HIV disease.

8 Sep 2011

Aggressive medical management better than stenting for prevention of recurrent stroke

Patients at a high risk for a second stroke who received intensive medical treatment had fewer strokes and deaths than patients who received a brain stent in addition to the medical treatment, a large nationwide clinical trial has shown. The investigators published the results in today's online first edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

8 Sep 2011

TB vaccine candidate shows early potential in mice

Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Colorado State University report in the September 4 issue of Nature Medicine that "[a] potential vaccine against tuberculosis [TB] has been found to completely eliminate tuberculosis bacteria from infected tissues in some mice," according to a HHMI press release.

8 Sep 2011

Medical News

Angioslide introduces new 5x300mm PROTEUS device for treating Superficial Femoral Artery

University of Maryland surgeons transplant first lungs treated with experimental repair process

Maxygen increases stock repurchase program to $20 million

First Edition: September 8, 2011

Auxilium reports positive data from XIAFLEX retrospective commercial patient chart review

Japan's CCRC to implement Medidata Rave's EDC/CDM system

MRG reports 6.5% annual growth in the US and European endoscope market through 2015

Rwandan health ministry campaign promotes vasectomy for family planning

LabCorp, UnitedHealthcare extend partnership

Nexera to submit amended claims for FDA 510(k) clearance of SpectraShield 9500 Surgical N95 Respirator

Breast-conservation therapy and mastectomy provide similar survival rates for early-stage breast cancer

Sweating the details: Health reform supporters fret over HHS rules

HRSA announces $5.1M in awards as part of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

Aggressive medical management better than stenting for prevention of recurrent stroke

TB vaccine candidate shows early potential in mice

Smith & Nephew launches DYONICS PLATINUM Series Shaver Blades for arthroscopy procedures

Proposed federal requirement for contraceptives drawing some fire

IFT: Deciphering lot codes and food expiration dates on food products

New studies on breast cancer screening, treatment and survival

Study: Almost one third of students in Uganda have been subject to sexual coercion

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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