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Richmont Sciences to market PURE’s antimicrobial SDC disinfectants

PURE Bioscience announced that it has expanded its business strategy through an alliance with the Dallas-based sales and marketing team Richmont Sciences, LLC, which will begin actively selling PURE’s revolutionary new antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal hard surface disinfectant and its active ingredient.

14 Oct 2009

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

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

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

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

New non-invasive technology to measure glucose levels in the human eye

New non-invasive technology designed to painlessly measure glucose levels in the human eye shows promise of one day replacing the finger-stick blood test, according to results of a pre-clinical study funded by Freedom Meditech, Inc.

14 Oct 2009

Women with breast cancer can improve their mental health through Transcendental Meditation technique

Women with breast cancer reduced stress and improved their mental health and emotional well being through the Transcendental Meditation technique, according to a new study published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed Integrative Cancer Therapies (Vol. 8, No. 3: September 2009).

14 Oct 2009

GeckoSystems to discuss the CareBot's low cost differential drive locomotion system

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) (http://www.geckosystems.com/) announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference November 4-5, 2009, attendees will be able to observe and discuss the CareBot's™ low cost differential drive locomotion system.

14 Oct 2009

DIATHERIX Laboratories granted EUA for H1N1-09 Influenza Test

DIATHERIX Laboratories, Inc. is pleased to announce it has been granted emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its DIATHERIX H1N1-09 Influenza Test.

14 Oct 2009

CeloNova BioSciences' Embozene Microspheres receives approval

CeloNova BioSciences, Inc. has received approval from its European regulatory body, the British Standards Institution, to expand the list of medical indications for which Embozene(TM) Microspheres may be used and to add a tenth size of the product.

14 Oct 2009

OSUCCC-James and Global Vision Technologies collaborate to deliver a web-based patient registry solution

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) has entered into a contract with Global Vision Technologies (GVT) to create and deliver a new, web-based Photo Dynamic Therapy patient registry solution -- ClinicalPURSUIT -- to help streamline the data collection and outcomes analysis process.

14 Oct 2009

Integrated Diagnostics launched to develop diagnostic tools and innovative biomarkers

Integrated Diagnostics launched officially today with more than $30 million in funding. A pre-eminent team of scientists and investors are behind the company, which was founded by renowned biotechnology innovator Dr. Leroy Hood. Integrated Diagnostics will focus on developing personalized and preventive diagnostics based on breakthroughs using genomic and proteomic technologies to identify organ-specific proteins.

14 Oct 2009

NIH funds Urovalve to advance development of Surinate Bladder Management System

Urovalve, a medical device company focused on creating products for urinary flow and control, announced today that it has received $400,000 in new funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance development of its Surinate Bladder Management System—designed to improve the quality of life of men who suffer from acute or chronic urinary retention, an inability to empty the bladder.

14 Oct 2009

MEDai to implement Pinpoint Review at Sharp HealthCare

MEDai, Inc., an Elsevier company and leading provider of advanced healthcare solutions including hospital outcomes analysis and award-winning predictive analytics, has announced that Sharp HealthCare, a 1,700-bed, seven-facility system serving the San Diego area, has selected the company's Pinpoint Review(TM) product.

14 Oct 2009

Advanced Projects Group and Cellectricon collaborate to produce the Dynaflow HT patch clamp equipment system

The Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leading supplier of innovative automation for life science applications today announced its Advanced Projects Group, has successfully collaborated with Cellectricon, the Swedish provider of innovative screening solutions for drug discovery, to produce fully automated high throughput patch clamp equipment known as the Dynaflow®HT System.

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Device / Technology News

Richmont Sciences to market PURE’s antimicrobial SDC disinfectants

ACS to develop and maintain the Kentucky Health Information Exchange

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

Cochlear and NXP Semiconductors sign design and manufacturing agreement

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

Hyperlocal social media-marketing platform from TotalPaas

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

World's first plastic surgery iPhone Application launched

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

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

New non-invasive technology to measure glucose levels in the human eye

Women with breast cancer can improve their mental health through Transcendental Meditation technique

GeckoSystems to discuss the CareBot's low cost differential drive locomotion system

DIATHERIX Laboratories granted EUA for H1N1-09 Influenza Test

CeloNova BioSciences' Embozene Microspheres receives approval

OSUCCC-James and Global Vision Technologies collaborate to deliver a web-based patient registry solution

Integrated Diagnostics launched to develop diagnostic tools and innovative biomarkers

NIH funds Urovalve to advance development of Surinate Bladder Management System

MEDai to implement Pinpoint Review at Sharp HealthCare

Advanced Projects Group and Cellectricon collaborate to produce the Dynaflow HT patch clamp equipment system

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