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McNeil Consumer Healthcare Over-The-Counter Products: Recall
June 17, 2010 12:30 pm | CommentsUPDATED 06/17/2010. Recall expanded to include product lots of Benadryl Allergy Ultratab Tablets and Extra Strength Tylenol Rapid Release Gels.
The experience of arterial reconstruction in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation
June 17, 2010 10:35 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(World Journal of Gastroenterology) A research team from China retrospectively investigated the experience of microsurgical hepatic artery reconstruction and management of hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (A-A LDLT). Applying...
Smoking cigarettes is a predictor of RA and may negatively impact on efficacy of anti-TNFs
June 17, 2010 10:35 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(European League Against Rheumatism) Smoking cigarettes is a significant risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis and may have a negative impact on the effectiveness of anti-tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in RA patients taking these treatments, according to results of two...
Salient Surgical goes Dutch
June 17, 2010 10:34 am | by Mass Device | CommentsSalient Surgical Technologies opens a new office in Amsterdam as it looks to ramp up its international sales and marketing efforts. Salient Surgical Technologies Inc. is going Dutch, opening an office in Amsterdam to spearhead its international sales and marketing efforts. The...
Novus Scientific Announces the Sales Launch for TIGRâ„¢ Matrix Surgical Mesh - World's 1st Long-Term Resorbable Synthetic Mesh
June 17, 2010 10:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsCANTON, Mass. , June 17 /- Novus Scientific, Inc. today announced the US sales launch of TIGRâ„¢ Matrix Surgical Mesh at the Abdominal Wall Reconstruction meeting, Washington DC . Â In February 2010 , the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared, TIGRâ„¢ Matrix Surgical...
Medtronic launches new ICD line in Europe
June 17, 2010 10:34 am | by Mass Device | CommentsMedtronic Inc. launches its Protecta line of implantable cardiac defibrillators in Europe. By Brandon Glenn Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) launched a line of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in Europe. The company’s Protecta ICDs and cardiac resynchronization therapy...
Mylan Receives Approval for Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride Tablets
June 17, 2010 10:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsPITTSBURGH , June 17 /- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL ) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride Tablets 10 mg, 25 mg and...
Brainlab Collaborates With Toshiba Medical Systems on Integrated Surgical Suite
June 17, 2010 10:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsMUNICH , June 17 /- Brainlab AG today announced that it has signed an agreement with Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Inc., a business unit of the Toshiba Group, to integrate its Aquilion™ LB Computed Tomography (CT) scanner with the Brainlab Brainsuite® iCT digitally...
Copan Redefines Automated Specimen Processing with Groundbreaking New Features
June 17, 2010 10:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsMURRIETA, Calif. , June 17 /- Copan unveiled new groundbreaking features of its Walk-Away Specimen Processor (WASP) while attending the 110th General Meeting for the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) in San Diego, California this past May. Copan's line of automation was...
Omnicell's Automated Medication Dispensing System Honored With 2010 Best in KLAS Award
June 17, 2010 10:32 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. , June 17 /- Omnicell, Inc. (Nasdaq: OMCL ), a leading provider of system solutions to acute healthcare facilities, today announced that KLAS, a prestigious healthcare research firm, has named Omnicell's OmniRx® automated dispensing system the recipient of its...
Monitoring lithium in blood
June 17, 2010 8:36 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsScientists from the Netherlands have developed a device that uses capillary electrophoresis and conductivity detection to monitor lithium concentration in the blood. The handheld device could be used by patients in their own homes.
Home dialysis plus lands $50 million investment, boosting Oregon medical technology
June 17, 2010 8:36 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsHome Dialysis Plus, a Portland medical technology company, has landed as much as $50 million in private investment to bring its kidney treatment to market.
St. Jude wins European approval for cardiac ablation system
June 17, 2010 7:38 am | by Mass Device | CommentsSt. Jude Medical Inc. lands European regulatory approval for a cardiac ablation system used to correct arrhythmias. By Brandon Glenn St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE:STJ) received European regulatory approval for a cardiac ablation system used in procedures to destroy diseased...
St. Jude says catheter technology gets EU approval
June 17, 2010 6:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsSt. Jude Medical Inc. said Thursday European Union regulators approved its Ensite Contact technology, which is designed to improve procedures used in treatment of a serious heart condition.St. Jude said Ensite Contact is a diagnostic system of ablation catheters, hardware and software that can...
Medtronic says EU clears implantable heart devices
June 17, 2010 6:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsMedtronic Inc. said Thursday it launched a series of new implantable heart devices in Europe under the name Protecta.The company said the new devices include technology called SmartShock that can significantly reduce inappropriate shocks, which it said are a significant problem with people with...
