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ACS to develop and maintain the Kentucky Health Information Exchange

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., today announced that it has been awarded a contract that will help improve the quality of healthcare in Kentucky by providing physicians with a more complete picture of a patient’s medical history.

14 Oct 2009

Vision scientists identify an intricate process that allows the human eye to adapt quickly to darkness

Ever wonder how your eyes adjust during a blackout? When we go from light to near total darkness, cells in the retina must quickly adjust. Vision scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified an intricate process that allows the human eye to adapt to darkness very quickly. The same process also allows the eye to function in bright light.

14 Oct 2009

Ganeden Biotech and NFO announce new partnership agreement

Ganeden Biotech Inc., maker of the patented probiotic strain GanedenBC30®, today announced a new partnership agreement with the National Farmers Organization (NFO), a group marketing and price negotiation organization for the nation's farmers, ranchers and dairymen.

14 Oct 2009

Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital commences treatment with the Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform

Doctors in Latvia have begun treatments using the region's first Novalis Tx(TM) radiosurgery platform from Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB. Two prostate cancer patients have been treated using Varian's RapidArc® radiotherapy technology at the Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital.

14 Oct 2009

Cochlear and NXP Semiconductors sign design and manufacturing agreement

Cochlear Limited, Australian based world leader in Implantable Hearing Solutions, and NXP Semiconductors announced today that they have signed an agreement for the design and manufacturing of IC devices for Cochlear’s future generation Implantable Hearing devices.

14 Oct 2009

SwitchGear Genomics introduces high-throughput research tools for profiling biological pathway regulation

SwitchGear Genomics, Inc., a leading provider of products for studying regulatory elements in the human genome, today announced the availability of the first cost-effective, high-throughput research tools for screening transcriptional activation and repression in a number of key biological pathways.

14 Oct 2009

Hyperlocal social media-marketing platform from TotalPaas

TotalPaas, Inc., a new Web-based technology innovator, today announces the launch of the company offering a hyperlocal social media-marketing platform for community leaders building personalized online communities.

14 Oct 2009

Medtronic announces results of study comparing INFUSE Bone Graft to autogenous bone graft

Medtronic, Inc. today announced results of a study comparing the safety and effectiveness of INFUSE® Bone Graft to autogenous bone graft (bone harvested from the patient) when used in maxillary sinus floor augmentation.

14 Oct 2009

World's first plastic surgery iPhone Application launched

Manhattan-based aesthetic plastic surgeon, Dr. David Shafer, announces The Shafer Plastic Surgery App, the world's first plastic surgery iPhone Application.

14 Oct 2009

Solutions to break up BUCA monopoly on health insurance market

What Congress is doing about the healthcare dilemma that's currently facing them is flat-out wrong, according to Samuel H. Fleet, President of AmWINS Group Benefits.

14 Oct 2009

Business update from Physicians Healthcare Management Group

Physicians Healthcare Management Group, Inc., a developer of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in partnership with physicians and manager of Physhield Insurance Exchange (Physhield), a licensed medical malpractice insurer, today announced that it has issued its financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The financials are being posted today on the Pink Sheets (www.pinksheets.com).

14 Oct 2009

Wellstar International enters into financing agreement with JMJ Financial

Wellstar International, Inc., has announced that it has entered into a financing agreement with JMJ Financial to provide the Company with an expected $1.2 million dollars in operational funding over the eighteen months. Details of the financing were contained in the Company's Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2009.

14 Oct 2009

Abbott announces financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009.

14 Oct 2009

Aspenbio Pharma closes public offering of its common stock shares

AspenBio Pharma, Inc. today announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 5,155,000 shares of its common stock at $1.70 per share. The aggregate number of shares of common stock sold reflects the exercise in full by the underwriter of its over-allotment option to purchase 672,391 additional shares of common stock.

14 Oct 2009

American College of Physician Executives offers new course for physicians to improve patient safety

When systems fail in the health care world, the results can be deadly. So creating the most reliable, safest system possible is always a priority. Now the American College of Physician Executives is offering a new course aimed directly at improving patient safety by helping physicians apply best practices from highly reliable organizations.

14 Oct 2009

22nd Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo successfully celebrated

The 22nd Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo (HFSE) celebrated yet another successful showing at its annual conference, held September 30 - October 2, 2009 at Chicago’s famed Navy Pier. Despite industry-wide concerns about the economy’s impact on tradeshows, HFSE closed the conference unscathed with 2,199 attendees, nearly matching last year’s record high.

14 Oct 2009

National Health Partners kicks off phase 2 of its internet marketing campaign

National Health Partners, Inc., a leading provider of unique discount healthcare membership programs, announced today that it will be initiating phase 2 of its internet marketing campaign with two leading national internet marketing companies.

14 Oct 2009

Provectus Pharmaceuticals commences compassionate use program of PV-10 for cancer

Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, has expanded its compassionate use program for PV-10, making the agent, which is being developed as a therapeutic agent for a broad spectrum of cancers, available for select cancer patients in the United States. The program is already in progress in Australia, where it was initiated in June 2009.

14 Oct 2009

Progenics Pharmaceuticals and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals sign license agreement

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth under which Progenics is regaining all worldwide rights to the RELISTOR® franchise from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, which Progenics had previously licensed to Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

14 Oct 2009

MAQUET Cardiovascular officially opens its new headquarters in Wayne

MAQUET Cardiovascular LLC, a leading, global provider of cardiovascular technologies, today celebrated and formally opened its new United States headquarters in Wayne, New Jersey. The dedication ceremony was attended by local and state dignitaries, the MAQUET leadership team, and local employees from the company's cardiovascular, critical care and surgical workplace divisions.

14 Oct 2009