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Benicar (olmesartan): Ongoing Safety Review
June 11, 2010 7:35 am | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | CommentsFDA evaluating data in which type 2 diabetes patients taking Benicar had a higher rate of death from cardiovascular cause compared to placebo. FDA has not concluded that Benicar increases the risk of death.
Trends for Smart Grid Adoption - 2010 Report
June 11, 2010 6:42 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsThe total market for power components ? IGBTs and thyristors for both DC and AC electricity transport configuration ? will grow from $30 million in 2010 to $50 million by 2015.
Embedded Wafer-Level-Packages ? 2010 Report
June 11, 2010 6:42 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsBoth Fan-Out WLP / Chip Embedding in Substrate technologies covered. Yole presents its new report to understand and prepare for the next generations of IC packaging & substrate assembly waves!
Sapphire 2010 Report
June 11, 2010 6:42 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsThe second half of 2010 faces shortage conditions that should be resolved in 2011
DZNE, MRC and CIHR cooperation: Milestone for research on neurodegenerative diseases
June 11, 2010 6:38 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) Representatives of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), the UK Medical Research Council and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research today signed a cooperation agreement that aims to establish and apply...
Federal Register: Dental Devices: Classification of Dental Amalgam, Reclassification of Dental Mercury, Designation of Special Controls for Dental Amalgam, Mercury, and Amalga...
June 11, 2010 6:35 am | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | CommentsThe final rule was published with an inadvertent error in the codified section. This document corrects that error. This action is being taken to ensure the accuracy of the agency's regulations.
Smith & Nephew names Interlace Medical CTO in patent infringement suit
June 11, 2010 5:39 am | by Mass Device | CommentsSmith & Nephew Inc.'s patent infringement lawsuit against Interlace Medical Inc. accuses Interlace Medical Inc. CTO Ronald Adams of bringing the technology with him when he left the British medical products conglomerate in 2006. Smith & Nephew Inc. (NYSE:SNN) hit...
Boston Scientific Announces Schedule for Cardiostim World Congress
June 11, 2010 4:39 am | by Boston Scientific | CommentsNATICK, Mass., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the schedule of the Company's key events and sponsored research at the 17th Cardiostim World Congress, June 16 – 19 in
A Paper Test for Liver Damage
June 10, 2010 8:37 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsA startup rolls out a cheap, disposable microfluidics test.
Online nursing program allows flexibility, convenience
June 10, 2010 2:39 pm | by Arizona State University | CommentsASU will offer a new tuition rate for the fully online Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree beginning in August.read more
I-Flow settles patent lawsuit over pump sales(2)
June 10, 2010 1:11 pm | CommentsI-Flow Corp. said Thursday it has settled a patent infringement and trade secret lawsuit against Apex Medical Technologies Inc. and Zone Medical LLC.I-flow, a subsidiary of Kimberly-Clark Corp., said Apex and Zone Medical will stop making and selling the Solace pump and surrender pump-related...
5th ESU Master Class on Medical Treatment for Urological Cancer
June 10, 2010 12:39 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(European Association of Urology) The 5th ESU master class on medical treatment for urologicalcancer is organized by the European School of Urology on June 25-27, 2010, atthe Barcelò Hotel Sants in Barcelona, Spain. The master class is a prime venue to scrutinize current practices...
New system developed for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
June 10, 2010 12:39 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(University of Granada) This new system has enhanced successful early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease up to 90 percent through computer images, which is an important progress. The results obtained from this study have been published in the journals Information Sciences,...
Checkpoint Surgical launches nerves detector
June 10, 2010 12:37 pm | by Mass Device | CommentsCheckpoint Surgical commences national roll-out of its hand-held medical device used to identify nerves during surgical procedures. By Mary Vanac Checkpoint Surgical has begun a national launch of its hand-held device used to identify nerves during surgery. The Checkpoint...
Healthrageous fetches $6 million Series A round
June 10, 2010 11:39 am | by Mass Device | CommentsHealthrageous Inc., a Boston-based maker of personalized health improvement technology, nets $6 million in a Series A equity sale. Healthrageous, the creator of a multi-tiered personalized health management tool, raised $6 million in a Series A equity sale. North Bridge Venture...
