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NICE open-source software from NIST

Medical clinics the world over could benefit from new software created at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where a team of scientists has found a way to improve the efficiency of a pneumonia vaccine testing method developed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

23 Oct 2009

Bend Research looking for partners to develop oligonucleotide delivery technologies

Bend Research Inc., a company with more than 30 years of experience in applying innovative pharmaceutical technologies to help clients solve their most difficult scientific and technical problems, is marking the one-year anniversary of a new initiative focused on meeting the needs of a broad range of U.S. and international clients.

23 Oct 2009

EFPIA launches a pilot project against counterfeit prescription medicines in Europe

This incidence of counterfeit prescription medicines in Europe's traditional supply chain is growing. This is why EFPIA (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations) has launched a pilot project that includes the testing of a coding and identification solution in Sweden.

23 Oct 2009

Guidance for Quick-Med Technologies’ NIMBUS barrier gauze wound dressings issued

Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. announced today that the Food and Drug Administration has issued Guidance to support the classification of the Company’s NIMBUS® barrier gauze wound dressings as Class II medical devices.

23 Oct 2009

Vaccine Vial Monitors to monitor potential heat damage of H1N1 vaccines donated to WHO

Temptime Corporation announced today that it will donate its Vaccine Vial Monitors (VVMs) to the World Health Organization (WHO) to monitor potential heat damage of H1N1 vaccines to be distributed by WHO to developing countries most in need.

23 Oct 2009

Medgenics signs $7 million agreement to develop the Biopump technology for Factor VIII

Medgenics is pleased to announce that it has signed a preclinical development and option agreement with a major international biopharmaceutical company that is a market leader in the field of hemophilia.

23 Oct 2009

Online training program to improve cognitive skills of aging adults

CogniFit™, Inc., a leading maker of Brain Fitness Software programs (www.cognifit.com), introduced CogniFit Senior Driver, innovative online software aimed at helping aging adults improve and maintain the cognitive skills that are essential for safe driving, at the AARP Vegas@50+ event today. This program provides an assessment and training for 10 key driving-related skills, and can help drivers stay safer into their later years.

23 Oct 2009

SCCE, HCCA launch guest commentators series thru their social network sites

To assist today's compliance and ethics professionals who struggle daily with a whole host of critical concerns the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and its sister association, the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) have launched a guest commentators series via their social network sites.

23 Oct 2009

H.R. 3790 wins praises in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Association of Medical Suppliers and the American Association for Homecare praised a bipartisan bill in Congress, H.R. 3790, to eliminate the misguided and deeply flawed "competitive" bidding program for durable medical equipment and services in Medicare. The bidding process in this controversial program began on October 21 in the Pittsburgh metropolitan statistical areas and seven other MSAs across the U.S.

23 Oct 2009

Bill eliminating the flawed medical equipment bidding process in the Riverside-San Bernardino area lauded

The California Association of Medical Product Suppliers and the American Association for Homecare praised a bipartisan bill in Congress, H.R. 3790, to eliminate the misguided and deeply flawed "competitive" bidding program for durable medical equipment and services in Medicare.

23 Oct 2009

RemedyMD set to deliver 100 specialized disease registry software

RemedyMD (www.RemedyMD.com), the leading provider of specialty applications for comparative effectiveness research, announced its intent to deliver 100 highly specialized patient, disease and clinical registries in the next 90 days.

23 Oct 2009

Methyl-Seq and Ultra-Deep Resequencing applications from RainDance Technologies

RainDance Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, announced today it will extend the capabilities of its Sequence Enrichment Solution by offering Methyl-Seq and Ultra-Deep Resequencing applications.

23 Oct 2009

Study shows appropriate use of CRRT improves AKI patient outcomes

A study appearing today in the New England Journal of Medicine adds to the growing body of evidence supporting continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) as the therapy of choice for treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).

23 Oct 2009

Vidacare to release results of validation study on its OnControl Bone Marrow System

Vidacare Corporation has completed an analysis and is releasing the results of a validation study on its OnControl™ Bone Marrow System, the first effort in decades to improve the safety, control, and comfort of bone marrow aspiration and biopsy procedures.

23 Oct 2009

Vasamed partners with BBHOP for peripheral arterial disease research

On Saturday, November 7, 2009 Vasamed Inc., provider of diagnostic technologies that detect peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes, will partner with the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program (BBHOP) in its mission to help African Americans identify the connection between peripheral arterial disease (PAD), diabetes, obesity and hypertension through early detection and referral to appropriate medical resources.

23 Oct 2009

Ambry Genetics awarded CSP status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Ambry Genetics today announced that Ambry is the first organization to achieve Certified Service Provider (CSP) status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System for next-generation sequencing.

23 Oct 2009

Perot Systems to develop plans for Regional Health Information Platform in China

Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) (www.perotsystems.com) announced today that it has signed a healthcare information technology agreement with the Changsha Municipal Government in the Hunan Province of China.

23 Oct 2009

OIS EyeScan and OIS Symphony Digital Reporter systems to feature at AAO Annual Meeting

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems ("OIS" or "the Company") (OTCBB: OISI), a leading digital imaging and informatics company, today announced that it will launch two new products and improvements to the OIS EMR and OIS PM solutions at the American Academy of Ophthalmology's (AAO) 113th Annual Meeting, being held October 24 - 27, 2009, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, CA.

23 Oct 2009

Notificateur communications tool: Preventive measure for influenza A virus

In preparation for the second wave of the influenza A (H1N1) virus, Hi-VOS proposes a fast and effective communications tool to help public institutions and businesses better communicate with various groups among the Canadian population: employees, parents, students and clients.

23 Oct 2009

Invatec receives approval to market Mo.Ma device

Invatec, a comprehensive innovator of interventional products, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Mo.Ma® Ultra Proximal Cerebral Protection Device for use during carotid artery stenting (CAS).

23 Oct 2009

Device / Technology News

NICE open-source software from NIST

Bend Research looking for partners to develop oligonucleotide delivery technologies

EFPIA launches a pilot project against counterfeit prescription medicines in Europe

Guidance for Quick-Med Technologies’ NIMBUS barrier gauze wound dressings issued

Vaccine Vial Monitors to monitor potential heat damage of H1N1 vaccines donated to WHO

Medgenics signs $7 million agreement to develop the Biopump technology for Factor VIII

Online training program to improve cognitive skills of aging adults

SCCE, HCCA launch guest commentators series thru their social network sites

H.R. 3790 wins praises in Pennsylvania

Bill eliminating the flawed medical equipment bidding process in the Riverside-San Bernardino area lauded

RemedyMD set to deliver 100 specialized disease registry software

Methyl-Seq and Ultra-Deep Resequencing applications from RainDance Technologies

Study shows appropriate use of CRRT improves AKI patient outcomes

Vidacare to release results of validation study on its OnControl Bone Marrow System

Vasamed partners with BBHOP for peripheral arterial disease research

Ambry Genetics awarded CSP status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System

Perot Systems to develop plans for Regional Health Information Platform in China

OIS EyeScan and OIS Symphony Digital Reporter systems to feature at AAO Annual Meeting

Notificateur communications tool: Preventive measure for influenza A virus

Invatec receives approval to market Mo.Ma device

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