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XETA Technologies to provide technical support for the U.S. operations of a global pharmaceutical company

XETA Technologies, a national provider of converged communications solutions for the enterprise marketplace, announced today that it has been selected by Siemens Enterprise Networks to provide technical support services for the U.S. operations of a global pharmaceutical company. XETA provides services on behalf of Siemens and other systems integrators, original equipment manufacturers and network service providers.

24 Oct 2009

Marketwire sponsors the 2010 OneMedPlace Forum

OneMedPlace has entered into a partnership with Marketwire, a full-service newswire and communications workflow solutions provider for public relations, investor relations and marketing communications professionals, to accomplish the company's media outreach goals.

24 Oct 2009

Pulmo BioTech signs agreement with Biotechnology Consulting Poland for commercialization of PulmoBind

Pulmo BioTech Inc. has announced that it will ultimately receive at least $3.3 million pursuant to the license agreement contemplated by the previously announced non-binding letter of intent with Biotechnology Consulting Poland Sp. z.o.o. with respect to its Pulmonary Vascular Diagnostic Product Candidate PulmoBind(TM) development work, clinical trials and ultimately, commercialization in the European market.

24 Oct 2009

Blood Bank of Alaska licenses the LifeTrak blood donor management software

Mediware Information Systems, Inc. announced today that the Blood Bank of Alaska is the latest major blood center to license LifeTrak®, the company's 510(k) cleared blood donor management software. Using LifeTrak, the blood center plans to integrate core software systems, launch an additional mobile unit and increase the number of advanced collection machines, to help the center to more efficiently collect more blood products.

24 Oct 2009

MediPACK honored with the 2009 Caregiver Friendly Award

Today's Caregiver, the first national magazine for all family and professional caregivers, and caregiver.com awarded its 2009 Caregiver Friendly® Award to MediPACK, the Reeves-Sain product which provides organized daily dosage packages for its customers.

24 Oct 2009

Elekta to demonstrate stereotactic solutions at the 2009 CNS Annual Meeting

At the 2009 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Meeting, October 24-28 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Elekta will demonstrate how its line of stereotactic solutions expand treatment capabilities and bring new hope for patients presenting serious conditions.

From Elekta 24 Oct 2009

Olympus introduces Endo Capsule Software for examining high resolution small bowel images

Olympus, a precision technology leader, creating innovative opto-digital solutions in healthcare, life science and consumer electronics products, today announced the introduction of its improved user-friendly Endo Capsule Software version 1.02A, a customized and comprehensive system for examining high resolution small bowel images.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 24 Oct 2009

Health care changes forcing companies to adapt, could cost doctors

"Although thousands of doctors are converting their offices to electronic health records, a change the federal government supports with $19 billion in grants, there is a major catch — the government is still working on establishing a standard for e-records," the Las Vegas Sun reports. "Doctors who buy a software program could lose hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, if their systems aren't compatible with the future government standard."

24 Oct 2009

NIH awards $1.4 million Small Business Technology Transfer grant to BloodCenter of Wisconsin

BloodCenter of Wisconsin (BCW) today announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1.4 million Small Business Technology Transfer grant to fund continued research into the deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to enhance safety and reduce hospital costs related to the collection, manufacture and transfusion of blood products. The NIH grant allows the first-ever research into the potential clinical and financial benefits of RFID technology for automatic identification, tracking, and status monitoring of blood and blood products across the entire transfusion medicine supply chain.

24 Oct 2009

ROI calculator for healthcare organizations

ColdSparkTM, a BakBone Software® company (OTCBB: BKBO), and leader in next-generation enterprise messaging infrastructure, today announced the availability of a return on investment (ROI) calculator on their Web site.

24 Oct 2009

Health Canada issues medical device license for IMRISNV and IMRIScardio systems

IMRIS Inc. (TSX: IM) ("IMRIS" or the "Company") today announced that Health Canada has issued a medical device licence for the Company's IMRX system permitting IMRIS to market its newest products, IMRISNV and IMRIScardio in Canada.

24 Oct 2009

New CMMS application for mobile workers

Four Rivers Software Systems, a leading provider of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) for the healthcare industry, announces TMS Now Wireless Standard Edition (SE), a CMMS for the mobile worker.

24 Oct 2009

Sonomed launches new PacScan Plus, an A-Scan with optional pachymeter

Escalon Medical Corp. today announced its Sonomed, Inc. subsidiary's introduction of the new PacScan(TM) Plus, an A-Scan with optional pachymeter.

24 Oct 2009

Coast Dental offers smile makeovers with Lumineers ultra-thin veneers

Coast Dental is now offering smile makeovers with Lumineers ultra-thin veneers to patients who want a beautiful, white smile without the pain, shots and drilling of traditional veneers. Lumineers veneers provide a great way to cosmetically correct crooked, gapped, misshapen and dull teeth in just two visits, and create smiles that are attractive and natural-looking.

24 Oct 2009

Web-Based AXIS Image Management System released by Escalon Digital Solutions

Escalon Medical Corp. today announced that its Escalon Digital Solutions subsidiary released its Web-Based AXIS(TM) Image Management System.

24 Oct 2009

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals launches the Tan EndoGlide Endothelium Insertion System in the U.S.

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced the commercial launch of the Tan EndoGlide(TM) Endothelium Insertion System in the United States. Angiotech holds exclusive U.S. distribution rights to market and distribute the Tan EndoGlide Endothelium Insertion System, which it obtained in a supply agreement with privately held Network Medical Products, Ltd. Angiotech will launch the product during the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, to be held in San Francisco, CA on October 24-27, 2009.

24 Oct 2009

Clinical results of FlexStent Femoropopliteal Self Expanding Stent System presented

Interim six month clinical results on the use of the FlexStent Femoropopliteal Self Expanding Stent System in the Superficial Femoral Artery were presented today at the VIVA conference by Dr. William Gray of NY Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital.

24 Oct 2009

Bio-Rad Laboratories to acquire diagnostic businesses of Biotest AG for 45 million euros

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire certain diagnostic businesses of Biotest AG for 45 million euros.

24 Oct 2009

AcuMedSpa Holdings to launch online marketing campaign

AcuMedSpa Holdings, Inc., which owns and operates multiple Medical Spa locations throughout South Florida has reached an agreement to launch a major Online Marketing Campaign as well as improve AMSZ's web presence through SEO and website redesign and user friendliness with ARC Media Consultants.

24 Oct 2009

Axis Three launches 3D surgical simulation platform at Plastic Surgery 2009

At Plastic Surgery 2009, Axis Three (www.axisthree.com), the leader and pioneer of 3D surgical simulation tools for the cosmetic surgery industry, today introduced its Portrait 3D Face Simulation Module, the Company’s latest innovation in its 3D surgical simulation technology.

24 Oct 2009