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Team Health Holdings elects James Bierman to board
August 23, 2010 1:45 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsHealth care staffing company Team Health Holdings Inc. said Monday it named James L. Bierman to its board of directors.The company also named him chairman of the board's audit committee.Bierman is currently senior vice president and chief financial officer of Owens & Minor Inc., a distributor...
Understanding cancer using the fruit fly
August 23, 2010 1:38 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia) Changes to proteins in a cell underlay many cancers. Rui Martinho at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), in Portugal, in collaboration with researchers in Ghent (Belgium) and Bergen (Norway) will use the fruit fly to understand exactly how...
Educational pioneer BioEYES goes Down Under
August 23, 2010 1:38 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(Carnegie Institution) The innovative, educational, outreach program BioEYES has now been adopted by the University of Melbourne and the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute. The down-under partnership program debuts this August. BioEYES is designed to foster an interest in...
PMA Final Decisions for July 2010
August 23, 2010 1:38 pm | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | CommentsThese are Premarket Approvals (PMA), Product Development Protocols (PDP), Supplement and Notice Decisions for July 2010.
Haas Machining Technology Scholarships to Fuel Pipeline with Highly-Skilled Workers
August 23, 2010 1:38 pm | by Society of Manufacturing Engineers | CommentsDEARBORN, Mich., August 9, 2010 — The Gene Haas Foundation has provided a $150,000 grant to the SME Education Foundation to help qualified students interested in machine operation and maintenance coursework take advantage of the Haas Machining Technology Scholarship. More
Bulkley takes helm at Fluidnet
August 23, 2010 1:37 pm | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | CommentsFluidnet Corp., a New Hampshire developer of intravenous fluid pumps, has appointed Benjamin Bulkley as president and CEO of the company. Bulkley has begun working in the position and follows previous CEO Jeffrey Carlisle, who will serve as chief innovation officer at Fluidnet.
Harvard Bioscience buys Coulbourn Instruments
August 23, 2010 1:37 pm | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | CommentsHarvard Bioscience Inc. has added to its 20 wholly-owned subsidiaries with its latest acquisition of behavioral measurement products developer Coulbourn Instruments.
World Health Organization Grants Prequalification to Prevenar 13*, Pfizer's 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Infants and Young Children
August 23, 2010 1:36 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsNEW YORK, Aug. 23 /- The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted prequalification to Prevenar 13* (Pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine [13-valent, adsorbed])for active immunization of infants and children from 6 weeks through five years of age against invasive disease,...
Alexion's R.I. site approved as second drug manufacturing site
August 23, 2010 1:35 pm | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | CommentsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Smithfield, R.I.-based manufacturing facility as a second source of commercial supply its drug Soliris, a treatment for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
PRA International to Exhibit at ESC's Annual Conference
August 23, 2010 1:35 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsRALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- PRA International, a leading Clinical Research Organization, will exhibit our cardiology expertise and experience at the European Society of Cardiology's (ESC) annual conference in Stockholm, Sweden from 28 August to 1 September 2010. At PRA booth...
Quest Diagnostics' Care360â„¢ EHR Module Receives Preliminary ARRA IFR Stage 1 Certification
August 23, 2010 1:35 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsMADISON, N.J., Aug. 23 /- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX ), the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today announced that its Care360™ Electronic Health Record (EHR), Version 2010.1, has been inspected by the Certification Commission for Health...
Q & A with Nobel laureate Lee Hartwell
August 23, 2010 1:34 pm | by Arizona State University | CommentsLee Hartwell, chief scientist at the ASU Biodesign Institute's Center for Sustainable Health, discusses his recent retirement and new role as director emeritus. read more
Medical device group spent $380,000 on 2Q lobbying
August 23, 2010 12:45 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsThe medical device industry's chief advocacy group spent nearly $380,000 lobbying the federal government in the second quarter of 2010, according to a recent disclosure form.AdvaMed, or the Advanced Medical Technology Association, lobbied on efforts in Congress to make it easier for patients to...
Harvard Bioscience buys lab tool maker Coulbourn
August 23, 2010 10:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsMedical instruments maker Harvard Bioscience Inc. said Monday it has acquired Coulbourn Instruments, a private company that makes lab equipment for assessing learning and memory.Harvard Bioscience did not disclose financial details of the acquisition.It estimates the total market for the...
Alnylam data supports 'silencing' of gene linked to Parkinson's
August 23, 2010 8:31 am | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | CommentsAlnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. is releasing early data that shows its RNAi therapeutic technology may be able to "silence" a gene associated with Parkinson's disease. It has already happened in a pre-clinical trial, testing the technology on a group of non-human primates.
