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British Medical Journal: Mandometer used in Swedish program helps obese children lose weight

The British Medical Journal released today a report on a study conducted in Bristol, United Kingdom, that found that a breakthrough Swedish program using a computerized device called "Mandometer"® was significantly more successful than standard treatment at helping obese children and adolescents lose weight, reduce meal size and decrease their body fat.

6 Jan 2010

Article about Enox Biopharma's self-sterilizing technology for catheters accepted for publication

A prestigious peer-review journal will publish an article in its January 2010 edition outlining a Vancouver BC based biomedical technology company's solution to the growing problem of hospital patients acquiring bacterial infections. The article about Enox Biopharma's self-sterilizing technology for catheters (patent pending) was accepted for publication in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology and one of the most prominent publications in the field.

6 Jan 2010

Phase I clinical trial for Intellikine's INK128 inhibitor initiated

Intellikine, Inc. has initiated a Phase I clinical trial for its targeted anticancer drug INK128, a novel orally-available small molecule inhibitor of both the TORC1 and TORC2 complexes, key components of the PI3K/mTOR signaling pathway.

6 Jan 2010

UHC signs strategic partnership agreement with EHR

The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Executive Health Resources, Inc. (EHR) today announced the signing of a strategic partnership that will make EHR's expert Physician Advisor solutions available to all UHC members.

6 Jan 2010

New research may yield more effective treatment for childhood leukemia

A team of Israeli scientists at the Sheba Medical Center's Research Center for Leukemia and Childhood Malignancies has discovered a method for developing a more effective and less perilous treatment for those suffering from childhood leukemia, the most common cancer in children.

6 Jan 2010

Medizone International completes third round of testing and data logging for AsepticSure technology

Medizone International, Inc. announces that its third round of testing and data logging for the enhanced AsepticSure(TM) technology is now complete.

6 Jan 2010

NFCA and Partners Against Pain team up to create new Caregiver Cornerstones resource

The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) has teamed up with the national pain management education program, Partners Against Pain®, and advocate and author Lee Woodruff to create the new Caregiver Cornerstones resource.

6 Jan 2010

Biotime ships six ACTCellerate progenitor cell lines to Millipore

BioTime, Inc. announced today that it has initiated shipments of stem cell research products to its worldwide distributor, Millipore Corporation, according to the terms of the co-marketing agreement between the two companies that was announced on July 9, 2009. BioTime has shipped inventory of six ACTCellerate™ progenitor cell lines to Millipore and plans to begin shipments of additional cell lines and ESpan™ cell growth media in the next several weeks.

6 Jan 2010

Bioheart signs distribution agreements to market Home Heart Failure Monitoring Systems in U.S.

Bioheart, Inc. announced today that the company has signed distribution agreements with Restoration Medical, McRay Medical, Alamo Scientific and Morey Medical. These distributors will assist Bioheart with introducing its Home Heart Failure Monitoring Systems to physicians and hospitals throughout the United States.

6 Jan 2010

Health bills include proposals for new physician payment system

The health care overhaul bills on Capitol Hill do not upend traditional 'fee for service' payment for doctors, but they do include financial incentives for doctors to cut medical costs and improve patient care. Both the House and Senate bills include provisions to encourage the creation of accountable care organizations, or ACOs, as a way to test their viability.

6 Jan 2010

Embrella Cardiovascular completes first clinical case using Embrella Embolic Deflector

Embrella Cardiovascular, Inc., a privately held company announced that it has completed its first clinical case using the Embrella Embolic Deflector™. The company has developed a novel technology designed to make less invasive cardiovascular procedures safer for patients by decreasing the risk of emboli traveling to the brain.

6 Jan 2010

Pixel and Panasonic Shikoku Electronics collaborate in the development of PixelOptics' electronic eyeglasses

PixelOptics, Inc. ("Pixel") of Roanoke, Virginia announced today that Pixel and Panasonic Shikoku Electronics Co., Ltd ("Panasonic Shikoku Electronics") of Matsuyama, Japan have been collaborating in the development of PixelOptics' electronic eyeglasses. Pixel, the world's first composite ophthalmic lens company, is developing, and plans to market and sell both static (fixed focus) and electronic dynamic (changeable focus) lenses. Pixel launched atLast!® its first static composite enhanced multifocal in November of 2008. Panasonic Shikoku Electronics is one of group companies of Panasonic Corporation. Panasonic Corporation is a global electronics company and is well known around the world.

From PHC Europe B.V. 6 Jan 2010

Cancer Research UK and CRT to undertake phase I clinical trial of DI-B4

CANCER RESEARCH UK and Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the charity's development and commercialisation arm, are to undertake a phase I clinical trial of an investigational monoclonal antibody1 drug from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, called DI-B4 - it is announced today (Monday).

6 Jan 2010

USPTO issues a patent to CyDex Pharmaceuticals' Captisol technology

CyDex Pharmaceuticals Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a patent to CyDex entitled “Sulfoalkyl Ether Cyclodextrin Compositions.” This patent, along with other previously issued technology patents, will provide broad protection for CyDex’s Captisol® technology until 2029.

6 Jan 2010

New outpatient imaging center opened in Waukesha’s Westbrook Health Center

Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) has opened a new outpatient imaging center in Waukesha’s Westbrook Health Center, and has relocated all of its Delafield center services to this new location. The new center allows CDI to expand services to include high-field (1.5T) MRI, multi-slice CT as well as x-ray. In addition, there are plans of offering digital mammography and ultrasound services in early 2010.

6 Jan 2010

IME introduces new drug-free pain relief alternative for headache

Innovative Medical Equipment, LLC. (IME) today announced the full U.S. market release of SOOTHEAWAY - a new, thermo-electrically heated and cooled therapy device that helps relieve migraine, tension or stress headache pain in the forehead, temples, occipital and ocular / sinus regions.

6 Jan 2010

Study reveals hereditary factors contribute to abdominal aortic aneurysm in twins

A new study in the January issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery(®), published by the Society for Vascular Surgery®, reveals robust epidemiological evidence that hereditary factors contribute to aneurysm formation in twins.

6 Jan 2010

BioMarin Pharmaceutical receives marketing approval for amifampridine phosphate

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. announced today that the European Commission has granted marketing approval for 3,4-diaminopyridine (amifampridine phosphate), for the rare autoimmune disease Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS).

6 Jan 2010

RAD Technology Medical Systems announces breast cancer awareness campaign to support Breastcancer.org

RAD Technology Medical Systems LLC in conjunction with BREASTCANCER.ORG announced a unique awareness campaign that will start this week with the transit of the first Temporary Radiotherapy Vault. RAD has pioneered patented designs for radiotherapy vaults and clinics.

6 Jan 2010

Staying in a multi-bed hospital room increases the risk of acquiring serious infectious diseases

Staying in a multi-bed hospital room dramatically increases the risk of acquiring a serious infectious disease, Queen's University researchers have discovered.

5 Jan 2010

Hospital News and Research

British Medical Journal: Mandometer used in Swedish program helps obese children lose weight

Article about Enox Biopharma's self-sterilizing technology for catheters accepted for publication

Phase I clinical trial for Intellikine's INK128 inhibitor initiated

UHC signs strategic partnership agreement with EHR

New research may yield more effective treatment for childhood leukemia

Medizone International completes third round of testing and data logging for AsepticSure technology

NFCA and Partners Against Pain team up to create new Caregiver Cornerstones resource

Biotime ships six ACTCellerate progenitor cell lines to Millipore

Bioheart signs distribution agreements to market Home Heart Failure Monitoring Systems in U.S.

Health bills include proposals for new physician payment system

Embrella Cardiovascular completes first clinical case using Embrella Embolic Deflector

Pixel and Panasonic Shikoku Electronics collaborate in the development of PixelOptics' electronic eyeglasses

Cancer Research UK and CRT to undertake phase I clinical trial of DI-B4

USPTO issues a patent to CyDex Pharmaceuticals' Captisol technology

New outpatient imaging center opened in Waukesha’s Westbrook Health Center

IME introduces new drug-free pain relief alternative for headache

Study reveals hereditary factors contribute to abdominal aortic aneurysm in twins

BioMarin Pharmaceutical receives marketing approval for amifampridine phosphate

RAD Technology Medical Systems announces breast cancer awareness campaign to support Breastcancer.org

Staying in a multi-bed hospital room increases the risk of acquiring serious infectious diseases

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