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RehabCare Group senior VP resigns
May 27, 2010 3:10 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsRehabilitation services RehabCare Group Inc. said Thursday that Kevin Gross, senior vice president of hospital operations, will resign for another job.Gross will take the position of president of the Oklahoma Division of Ardent Health Services, a role he held prior to his tenures at Universal...
Novel therapeutic approach shows promise against multiple bacterial pathogens
May 27, 2010 1:38 pm | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) A team of scientists from government, academia and private industry has developed a novel treatment that protects mice from infection with the bacterium that causes tularemia, a highly infectious disease of rodents,...
Ontario public sector pension manager to buy, take private Logibec software firm
May 27, 2010 1:10 pm | by LuAnn LaSalle-Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Ontario municipal employees pension fund expects to capitalize on an aging population that needs health care with its offer to buy Montreal-based software company Logibec Groupe Informatique Ltee.(TSX:LGI).The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is offering $231.4 million for...
IntegraMed increases revolving portion of credit
May 27, 2010 1:10 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsIntegraMed America Inc. increased the revolving part of its credit facility to $35 million from $10 million.The Purchase, N.Y., company said Wednesday in a statement the move will "better align our working capital needs with our growth strategy." IntegraMed develops and manages fertility and...
St. Jude granted European approval for new lead delivery system
May 27, 2010 11:38 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsSt. Jude Medical wins CE Mark approval to begin selling and marketing the latest version of its Epiducer lead delivery system. By Brandon Glenn St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) has received European regulatory approval to begin selling the next-generation version of its Epiducer...
Cornelia LeMaitre deals portion of stake in LeMaitre Vascular
May 27, 2010 11:37 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsCornelia LeMaitre, wife of LeMaitre Vascular Inc.'s founder, deals $316,000 worth of her stake in the company. Cornelia LeMaitre — the wife of company founder Dr. George LeMaitre, mother of current CEO George LeMaitre and a longtime senior executive at LeMaitre...
Reportlinker Adds Global Renal Dialysis Equipment Pipeline Analysis, Opportunity Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2016
May 27, 2010 10:42 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsNEW YORK , May 27 /- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Renal Dialysis Equipment Pipeline Analysis, Opportunity Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2016 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0202881/Global-Renal-Dialysis-Equipment-Pip......
Reportlinker Adds Medical Device Distributors - Europe
May 27, 2010 10:42 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsNEW YORK , May 27 /- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Medical Device Distributors - Europe http://www.reportlinker.com/p0202116/Medical-Device-Distributors---Europ... This register contains information about...
STMicroelectronics' newest 3-axis accelerometer: Stingy with power, spendthrift with features
May 27, 2010 9:43 am | by I-Micronews | News | CommentsSTMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), the leading supplier of MEMS for consumer and portable applications[1], has extended its motion-sensor portfolio with a 3-axis digital-output accelerometer that combines a drastically reduced power consumption ? 90% lower than available solutions on the...
Integra solar PV system will bring solar electricity to the mass market
May 27, 2010 9:43 am | by I-Micronews | News | CommentsSunSil Photovoltaic Products is launching the next generation of solar PV systems for the commercial and residential markets that will increase yields for its owner by up to 30% or more as well as reducing initial costs, making solar electricity significantly more financially appealing.
Quest Diagnostics receives US FDA nod for Simplexa Influenza A H1N1 (2009) test
May 27, 2010 9:43 am | by I-Micronews | News | CommentsQuest Diagnostics Incorporated has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance to the Simplexa Influenza A H1N1 (2009) test on the 3M Integrated Cycler. The Simplexa test, developed and manufactured by Quest Diagnostics' Focus Diagnostics business, is the first to be...
Indoor Tanning Beds Increase Risk of Melanoma
May 27, 2010 9:38 am | by AACR | News | CommentsPHILADELPHIA - Use of indoor tanning beds increases risk of melanoma between twofold and fourfold depending on the device and length of time indoor tanning is used, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer...
PSS World Medical expects net income growth
May 27, 2010 9:10 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMedical products distributor PSS World Medical Inc. said Thursday it expects net income growth in fiscal 2011.The company said it expects net income of $1.27 to $1.31 per share in fiscal 2011, up from $1.18 per share in fiscal 2010. The company's fiscal year began April 5.Analysts polled by...
St. Jude begins coronary artery blockage study.
May 27, 2010 8:39 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsSt. Jude Medical Inc. sponsors a clinical study on cost-effectiveness of evaluating coronary artery disease patients with Fractional Flow Reserve. By Brandon Glenn St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE:STJ) will sponsor a clinical study that will evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a...
Brian A. Ruestow Named to ABET Industry Advisory Council
May 27, 2010 7:43 am | by Society of Manufacturing Engineers | News | CommentsDEARBORN, Mich., May 25, 2010—Brian Ruestow, operations manager, F. W. Roberts Manufacturing, Inc., and vice president/secretary of the Board of Directors of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation, has been named to the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) of...
