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European hospitals replace halogen lights with longer lasting LED surgical lights

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, European uptake of light-emitting diode (LED) surgical lights will represent 100% of surgical light sales by 2014, as hospitals replace halogen lights with significantly longer lasting LED lights.

8 Oct 2009

Epitope spreading can get triggered by live, attenuated Listeria vaccine

Advaxis, Inc. (OTCBB: ADXS), the live, attenuated Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) vaccine company, in collaboration with its scientific founder and Scientific Advisory Board Chair Dr. Yvonne Paterson, have shown that epitope spreading occurs in response to a form of the Company’s proprietary technology that targets tumor blood vessels (anti angiogenic antigen).

8 Oct 2009

Minority groups gear up to push for health care reform

Minorities are so far missing from the cacophony of voices - including doctors, insurers, industry lobbyists, and patient advocates - in the health-care reform debate, the Washington Post reports, even as they are "disproportionately represented among the poor and uninsured and could benefit the most from reform, and who are more likely than others to have chronic illnesses such as diabetes.

8 Oct 2009

Hospital ethics panels help families make difficult decisions

USA Today reports: "Every day, in a hospital somewhere in the USA, a group of strangers — the hospital ethics committee — is called in to help people make the choices of a lifetime.

8 Oct 2009

BioDelivery Sciences' partner Meda to launch ONSOLIS for managing breakthrough pain

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. announced that its commercial partner Meda will launch the FDA-approved ONSOLIS (fentanyl buccal soluble film) next week for the management of breakthrough pain (BTP) in patients with cancer, eighteen years of age and older, who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain.

8 Oct 2009

Biocodex secures consumer distribution with CVS stores nationwide for its Florastor

As part of its continued expansion throughout the U.S. retail market, Biocodex, Inc., the U.S. arm of the French manufacturer of Florastor® and Florastor® Kids, has secured consumer distribution with CVS stores nationwide beginning this month. Florastor will be placed on-shelf in the stomach/digestives aisle, while Florastor Kids will be available upon request “behind the counter.”

8 Oct 2009

URAC expands its online courses for health care professionals

Training becomes even more challenging when budgets and resources are stretched thin. URAC, the nation's leading health care accreditation and education organization, has expanded its online courses to help health care professionals receive the training they need. The flexible courses cover a wide range of health care topics and are available in a variety of formats, including webinars and eLearning modules.

8 Oct 2009

Pacific Biosciences is the Overall Winner of the OnDC 100 Top Private Company Awards

AlwaysOn today announced the winners of its OnDC 100 Top Private Company Awards and named Pacific Biosciences the Overall Winner. Inclusion in the OnDC 100 signifies technology developments in healthcare, education, broadband infrastructure, green technology, enterprise and cybersecurity that contribute to the renewed and continued prosperity of our country.

8 Oct 2009

Grunenthal to distribute Labopharm's tramadol-acetaminophen formulation in EU market

Labopharm Inc. today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Labopharm Europe Limited, has completed a distribution and supply agreement with Grunenthal GmbH for its twice-daily tramadol acetaminophen formulation for a number of countries in Europe.

8 Oct 2009

Xcelience's Xcelodose 120S precision powder micro-dosing system accelerates drug development

Xcelience, a leader in early development services, recognizes that providing access to a third, dedicated Xcelodose® 120S precision powder micro-dosing system in the experimental area enables clients to accelerate drug development with preliminary compound evaluation, earlier go/ no-go decisions and flexible options for experimental studies.

8 Oct 2009

Aetna releases its 2009-2010 Latino Calendar

Aetna has released its 2009-2010 Latino Calendar, which celebrates contemporary Latino role models who are helping to build stronger, healthy communities. The online version of the calendar is available at www.aetnahispaniccalendar.com.

8 Oct 2009

Adnavance Technologies to present its DNA direct detection technology at the AdvaMed 2009

Adnavance Technologies Inc., a developer of direct detection molecular diagnostic tests for medical applications, announced today that Randy White, Ph.D. chief executive officer, will present initial data supporting direct detection of DNA targets in human clinical samples during company presentations.

8 Oct 2009

New Merck Manuals provide trustworthy health information to consumers

Doctors are considered the most trustworthy source of health information, according to a recent survey, yet consumers typically don’t have 24/7 access to their physicians. Recognizing that need, Merck & Co., Inc. today released its new medical book, The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook and a new iPhone® application (app) The Merck Manual – Home Edition, written by more than 300 key worldwide medical experts.

8 Oct 2009

FMC selects PDS PRISM to expand analytical and reporting capabilities

Florida Medical Clinic (FMC), a multispecialty group practice, has selected the PDS PRISM to expand analytical and reporting capabilities.

8 Oct 2009

Valensa initiates licensing patent for the use of the astaxanthin as a dietary supplement

Valensa International (Orlando, FL USA) announced today that it has initiated a broad out licensing effort for University of Illinois patent (US 5,527,533 and its foreign equivalents) for the use of the astaxanthin in eye healthcare dietary supplement applications.

8 Oct 2009

Sunwin to provide marketing support and technical staff to support Hunan Fuhui's sales efforts

Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: SUWN), one of the world's leading producers of all-natural, zero-calorie stevia in China and a leader in the production and distribution of Chinese herbs and veterinary medicines, announced today it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Hunan Fuhui Flavors Co. Ltd. to distribute Sunwin's stevia extract within Hunan province in China.

8 Oct 2009

Ethicon Endo-Surgery's HARMONIC FOCUS Curved Shear wins an international design award

Ethicon Endo-Surgery today announced the company won a Gold 2009 International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) for the research and design process used in the development of the HARMONIC FOCUS(TM) Curved Shear.

8 Oct 2009

CVS/Pharmacy honored with two national safety awards

CVS/pharmacy was recently honored by two transportation trade associations with national safety awards for the transportation operations of its Logistics Department.

8 Oct 2009

Study indicates key credentials of practitioners need to be verified regularly

An observational study conducted by Medversant Technologies, LLC, (www.medversant.com), the nation’s exclusive provider of AutoVerifi™ technology (U.S. Patent 7,529,682) that continuously monitors Web-based credentials verification solutions for hospitals, health plans, state Medicaid programs, and other healthcare settings, determined that of 29,845 healthcare practitioners with professed current medical licensure, 1.9 percent were practicing without a license and 18.7 percent were flagged with one or more “adverse findings” – including malpractice, expired license, and credentials falsification.

8 Oct 2009

Journalists meet to discuss different aspects of biotechnology and its impact on society

More than 90 journalists from all over the world meet in Heidelberg, today, for the 4th Alumni Conference of the International Journalists’ Programmes (IJP). In keynote-speeches, panel discussions and excursions participants will discover different aspects of biotechnology and its impact on society.

8 Oct 2009

Medical News

European hospitals replace halogen lights with longer lasting LED surgical lights

Epitope spreading can get triggered by live, attenuated Listeria vaccine

Minority groups gear up to push for health care reform

Hospital ethics panels help families make difficult decisions

BioDelivery Sciences' partner Meda to launch ONSOLIS for managing breakthrough pain

Biocodex secures consumer distribution with CVS stores nationwide for its Florastor

URAC expands its online courses for health care professionals

Pacific Biosciences is the Overall Winner of the OnDC 100 Top Private Company Awards

Grunenthal to distribute Labopharm's tramadol-acetaminophen formulation in EU market

Xcelience's Xcelodose 120S precision powder micro-dosing system accelerates drug development

Aetna releases its 2009-2010 Latino Calendar

Adnavance Technologies to present its DNA direct detection technology at the AdvaMed 2009

New Merck Manuals provide trustworthy health information to consumers

FMC selects PDS PRISM to expand analytical and reporting capabilities

Valensa initiates licensing patent for the use of the astaxanthin as a dietary supplement

Sunwin to provide marketing support and technical staff to support Hunan Fuhui's sales efforts

Ethicon Endo-Surgery's HARMONIC FOCUS Curved Shear wins an international design award

CVS/Pharmacy honored with two national safety awards

Study indicates key credentials of practitioners need to be verified regularly

Journalists meet to discuss different aspects of biotechnology and its impact on society

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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