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BSD Medical Sells Additional MicroThermX@ Microwave Ablation System to Synapse Medical Ltd.
April 9, 2012 5:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsBSD Medical Sells Additional MicroThermX@ Microwave Ablation System to Synapse Medical Ltd. SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 9, 2012-- BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:BSDM) (Company or BSD) (www.BSDMedical.com), a leading provider of medical systems that utilize heat therapy to treat...
Tighe previously was CEO of PEAK Surgical, acquired by Medtronic
April 9, 2012 5:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsTighe previously was CEO of PEAK Surgical, acquired by Medtronic CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 9, 2012-- ZipLine Medical (www.ziplinemedical.com), an emerging medical device company that is developing a platform technology - PRELOC(TM) (Pre-placementRE-aligningLow-tensionClosure)-for...
CE mark for Arrow @ VPS @ System brings sophisticated catheter tip location and guidance to Europe
April 9, 2012 3:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsCE mark for Arrow @ VPS @ System brings sophisticated catheter tip location and guidance to Europe LIMERICK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 9, 2012-- Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, has announced that its VasoNova Inc....
TEDMED 2012 Conference Begins Tomorrow; Will Launch Great Challenges Program
April 9, 2012 3:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsTEDMED, www.TEDMED.com, the annual multi-disciplinary gathering where leaders from all sectors of society come together to explore the promise of technology and potential of human achievement in health and medicine, begins tomorrow at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in...
The agreement enables Medutech to market ETView's VivaSightT airway management platform in Mexico.
April 9, 2012 2:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe agreement enables Medutech to market ETView's VivaSightT airway management platform in Mexico. TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 9, 2012-- ETView Medical, Ltd. (TASE: ETVW) announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Medutech Co., Ltd. (Medutech). The...
Futures In Biotech 93: Snyder's Omics
April 8, 2012 7:40 pm | Podcasts | CommentsHost: Marc Pelletier Co-Host: Andre Nantel, Ph.D. The technologies that our guest has developed are playing an important role in changing the world, not like the car, the microwave and the cell phone, but as in Drs. Flox, McCoy, and Crusher. Guest: Dr. Michael Snyder We invite...
Iran holds firm on nuclear 'rights' as talks loom
April 8, 2012 8:45 am | by BRIAN MURPHY - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When talks between Iran and world powers collapsed last year, Tehran quickly blamed the West for trying to trample its "nuclear rights." The Iranian line appears little changed — signaling that critical negotiations could begin this week where the impasse left...
SciFri 040612 Hour 1: NYC Mayor Bloomberg, Paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall
April 7, 2012 3:41 am | Podcasts | CommentsMayor Michael Bloomberg discusses his vision to turn the Big Apple into the technology capital of the world, and paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall discusses our human origins.
FDA Approves Amyvid™ (Florbetapir F 18 Injection) for Use in Patients Being Evaluated for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Causes of Cognitive Decline
April 7, 2012 3:36 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsINDIANAPOLIS, April 6, 2012 /- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Lilly, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Amyvid™, a radioactive diagnostic agent indicated for brain...
Continue Routine Screening After False-positive Mammo Result
April 7, 2012 3:34 am | by Diagnostic Imaging | News | CommentsScreening mammograms, often associated with false-positive results in breast cancer-free women, may indicate underlying pathology that still could result in breast cancer, researchers said.
Patients Want Online Access to Radiology Reports
April 7, 2012 3:34 am | by Diagnostic Imaging | News | CommentsMost patients want online access to their test results — even if the findings are difficult to understand.
CDRH Misses MedSun Goals, Cites Success in MDR Reviews, Other Areas
April 6, 2012 2:31 pm | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | News | CommentsRecent agency data show CDRH making slow but steady progress toward several strategic goals — but missing the mark on the Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun) initiative.
Senators Set June Deadline for Sunshine Implementation
April 6, 2012 2:30 pm | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | News | CommentsThe senators who co-authored the Physician Payments Sunshine Act are trying once more to exercise their legislative oversight — this time setting a June deadline for overdue implementation of the rules.
Research undercounted and excluded MAUDE data reports for Medtronic product resulting in substantial factual errors
April 6, 2012 11:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsResearch undercounted and excluded MAUDE data reports for Medtronic product resulting in substantial factual errors ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 6, 2012-- St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced it is seeking a retraction of the manuscript...
Arteriocyte Receives FDA Approval to Initiate Compartment Syndrome Trial for Amputation Prevention Focused on Wounded Warriors
April 6, 2012 7:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsArteriocyte, a leading biotechnology company with offices in Cleveland, Ohio and Hopkinton, Massachusetts announced today approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase I clinical trial using its Magellan MAR01T technology in the treatment of Compartment Syndrome. The...
