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CardioGenics Holdings Inc. Receives New Ticker Symbol
July 22, 2010 8:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsMISSISSAUGA, Ontario , July 22 /- CardioGenics Holdings Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CGNH), developer of the ultra-sensitive QL Care™ Point-Of-Care (POC) analyzer and products for the immunoassay segment of the In-Vitro Diagnostics market, announced that the Company's ticker symbol has...
Sysmex America and Medica Corporation Announce Distribution Partnership
July 22, 2010 8:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsMUNDELEIN, Ill. , July 22 /- Sysmex America, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of medical diagnostic instrumentation and information systems, today announced a partnership agreement with Medica Corporation for the exclusive distribution of the EasyCell® assistant to...
US earnings, European growth hopes lift stocks
July 22, 2010 6:45 am | by PAN PYLAS - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsWorld stock markets brushed aside a downbeat assessment of the U.S. outlook from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and posted solid gains Thursday on the back of strong economic and corporate news.In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 67.31 points, or 1.3 percent,...
Birmingham selects Health Portal to deliver on NHS White Paper data sharing imperatives
July 22, 2010 6:37 am | by RealWire | CommentsDotted Eyes Health Portal enables Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Partnership to more cost effectively share data with GPs and across all partnerships to deliver on new healthcare reformsBirmingham, England, 22 July 2010 - Dotted Eyes, data and information specialists to the UK public...
Startup Euthymics lands in Cambridge with $24M funding
July 22, 2010 6:37 am | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | CommentsA merger and a $24 million Series A funding has landed life sciences startup Euthymics Bioscience Inc. in Cambridge.
Novelos nabs $1.5M through private equities sale
July 22, 2010 6:34 am | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | CommentsNovelos Therapeutics Inc. reports it has raised $1.5 million through a private placement of stock and warrants to fund the company through the second quarter of 2011, and move its breast cancer and hepatitis drug candidates forward.
European growth hopes lift stocks
July 22, 2010 5:45 am | by PAN PYLAS - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsWorld stock markets brushed aside a downbeat assessment of the U.S. outlook from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and posted solid gains Thursday on the back of strong economic and corporate news.In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 50.76 points, or 1 percent, at...
3M raises full-year forecast after 2Q profit jumps
July 22, 2010 4:45 am | by JOSHUA FREED - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | Comments3M Co., which makes everything from Post-its to films for flat-screen TVs, said it's optimistic about the pace of the global economic recovery and raised its full-year outlook on Thursday, while reporting stronger second-quarter profit.3M is considered an economic bellwether because of its...
Intuitive Surgical 2Q net income rises 42 percent
July 21, 2010 2:45 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsIntuitive Surgical Inc. on Wednesday said its second-quarter net income rose 42 percent on better sales of its minimally invasive surgical platform, da Vinci.Net income increased to $88.7 million, or $2.19 per share, from $62.4 million, or $1.62 per share, in the same period a year earlier....
Students design early labor detector to prevent premature births
July 21, 2010 2:33 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(Johns Hopkins University) A team of graduate students and their faculty adviser have invented a system to pick up very early signs that a woman is going into labor too soon.
Edwards Lifesciences 2Q net income rose 21 percent
July 21, 2010 1:45 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsHeart device maker Edwards Lifesciences Corp. said Wednesday its second-quarter net income rose 21 percent as it sold more heart valves at better profit margins.Edwards said it had net income of $57.5 million, or 48 cents per share, up from $47.5 million, or 41 cents per share, a year earlier....
Affymetrix reports 2Q loss on revenue dip
July 21, 2010 1:45 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsAffymetrix Inc., which makes genetic testing technology, on Wednesday reported a second-quarter loss on as it booked fewer gains and product sales and services revenue both declined.The company posted a loss of $5.5 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with net income of $7.3 million, or 11...
RF Technologies® Announces Version 7 Software for Safe Place® Security Solutions
July 21, 2010 11:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsBROOKFIELD, Wis. , July 21 /- RF Technologies®, a leading provider of radio frequency identification monitoring systems and healthcare security solutions, is announcing the release of Version 7 software for use with Safe Place® Infant and Pediatric Security Solutions. The...
SynDevRx stacks Series A round up to $1.2M
July 21, 2010 11:32 am | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | CommentsSynDevRx Inc., an anti-angiogenesis startup based in Cambridge, has added approximately $725,000 in funding to its previous tranche of what appears to be a Series A round, bringing the total raised to $1.24 million.
Zargis Awarded U.S. Army Contract
July 21, 2010 11:32 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsSTAMFORD, Conn. , July 21 /- Zargis Medical Corp., a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus Corp. (Nasdaq: SPDE ), today announced that it received a contract from the U.S. Army to develop an investigational device based on the success of the Signal-X6™ telemedicine systems recently...
