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Somanetics 2Q net income falls 15 percent on costs
June 22, 2010 7:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsMedical device maker Somanetics Corp. said Monday its second-quarter net income fell 15 percent on higher operating expenses.The company earned $1.5 million, or 12 cents per share, down from $1.8 million, or 14 cents per share, in the year-ago period. Net revenue climbed 17 percent to $13.9...
SEK100 million ($12.83 million) for Karolinska Institutet's research into regenerative medicine
June 22, 2010 7:39 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Karolinska Institutet) The Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet has received a grant of SEK100 million ($12.83 million) from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for a regenerative medicine research center -- the Wallenberg Institute for Regenerative Medicine. This...
Judge tells state to reconsider contract
June 22, 2010 6:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsA judge Monday ordered the state to reconsider its award of a contract to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to administer the HMO health plan for state workers, retirees and their dependents.Humana previously held the contract, which is scheduled to take effect July 1."Humana has...
Walmart, Lilly Team Up to Provide Human Insulin to People With Diabetes
June 22, 2010 6:35 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsINDIANAPOLIS and BENTONVILLE, Ark. , June 22 /- Walmart (NYSE: WMT ) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) announced today they're teaming up to provide an affordable insulin option for people with diabetes. Beginning in mid-September, Lilly's Humulin ® brand of insulin will...
Cardiogenesis (CGCP) Listing Upgraded to New OTCQB(TM) Market for All U.S. Registered and Reporting OTC Securities
June 22, 2010 6:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsIRVINE, Calif. , June 22 /- Cardiogenesis Corporation (OTCQB: CGCP) today announced that its shares are now being quoted on the newly launched OTCQB™ market. Launched in April 2010 , the OTCQB is a new market tier for OTC-traded U.S. companies that are registered and reporting with...
Renhuang to Launch New All-Natural Anti-depressant and Nerve Regulation Product - Compound Schisandra Tablets
June 22, 2010 6:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsHARBIN, China , June 22 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Renhuang Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Pink Sheets: RHGP) ("Renhuang" or the "Company"), a developer, manufacturer and distributor of botanical products, bio-pharmaceuticals and traditional Chinese medicines ("TCM"), today announced that the...
Capital District Health Authority and IWK Health Centre to Implement Anesthesia Information Management System
June 22, 2010 6:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsRICHMOND HILL, Ontario , June 22 /- Draeger Medical Canada, Inc. today announced the award of a contract to provide an advanced Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS) for the Capital District Health Authority and IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia . Innovian Anesthesia is...
Mayo Clinic and University of Illinois create research alliance
June 22, 2010 6:32 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are announcing a strategic alliance designed to promote a broad spectrum of collaborative research, development of new technologies and clinical tools, and design and implementation of novel education programs.
Society of Nuclear Medicine Releases New Guidelines for Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging
June 22, 2010 6:32 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsNEWPORT NEWS, Va. , June 22 /- Dilon Diagnostics, the industry leader in molecular breast imaging, today announced that the Society of Nuclear Medicine Procedure Guidelines Committee has released The SNM Procedure Guideline for Breast Scintigraphy with Breast-Specific Gamma Cameras. This...
Pink Lotus Breast Center to Integrate Electronic Brachytherapy Cancer Treatment Platform
June 22, 2010 6:32 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsSUNNYVALE, Calif. , June 22 /- Xoft, makers of Electronic Brachytherapy systems based upon miniaturized X-ray tube technology, today announced the integration of its Axxent® Electronic Brachytherapy System at the Pink Lotus Breast Center, a state of the art, fully comprehensive...
Spectranetics settles class action lawsuit
June 22, 2010 5:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsMedical laser maker Spectranetics Corp. said Tuesday it has settled a securities class-action lawsuit and a stockholder derivatives case.The class action lawsuit filed against the company and certain executives had alleged that Spectranetics broke federal securities law by making false and...
Freescale unveils new era of sensing with Xtrinsic portfolio
June 22, 2010 5:38 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsXtrinsic sensing solutions for motion and touch applications boost sensing context and performance for next generation applications
Covidien prices offering of $1.5B in senior notes
June 22, 2010 4:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsIrish drug and medical device maker Covidien PLC has priced an offering of senior notes totaling $1.5 billion, which it will use to help pay for the acquisition of medical device maker ev3 Inc.Covidien said late Monday its subsidiary, Covidien International Finance SA, is offering $500 million in...
NIH and Wellcome Trust announce partnership to support population-based genome studies in Africa
June 22, 2010 4:36 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute) The National Institutes of Health, an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services, and the Wellcome Trust, a global charity based in London, today announced a partnership to support population-based genetic studies in...
Concord Medical Announces New Centers Opening at Hospital Partner
June 22, 2010 4:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsBEIJING , June 22 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited ("Concord Medical" or the "Company") (NYSE: CCM ), the operator of the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China , today announced that it will add two new centers to...
