Device Sectors
Golden Meditech Announces Annual Results for FY 2009/10
July 22, 2010 8:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsHONG KONG , July 22 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China's leading integrated medical enterprise Golden Meditech Holdings Limited ("Golden Meditech" or the "Group," HKEx: 801) is pleased to announce its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2010 . During the reporting period, total...
Huifeng Bio-Pharmaceutical Technology Announces a New Spain Order
July 22, 2010 8:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsXI'AN, China , July 22 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Huifeng Bio-Pharmaceutical Technology, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: HFGB), specializing in developing and producing botanical extracts and other raw materials for pharmaceuticals and food additives, today announced the receipt of its...
CardioGenics Holdings Inc. Receives New Ticker Symbol
July 22, 2010 8:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | 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 | News | 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...
Birmingham selects Health Portal to deliver on NHS White Paper data sharing imperatives
July 22, 2010 6:37 am | by RealWire | News | 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 | News | 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 | News | 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.
Students design early labor detector to prevent premature births
July 21, 2010 2:33 pm | by EurekAlert | News | 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.
Electroactive Polymer Based Cardiac Ablation Catheters For Greater Flexibility
July 21, 2010 12:15 pm | by Strategic Polymer Sciences | Articles | CommentsMapping/ablation catheters are used to treat atrial fibrillation. Current mechanical catheters can be difficult and time consuming to operate and hinder reproducible and consistent ablation. This article describes new electroactive polymer (EAP) technology that provides the basis for the development of electronically controlled steerable actuators. The EAP technology will enable standard catheter platforms to incorporate advanced micro-steerability, reduced procedure times and advanced automation capabilities. The innovative electrically steered catheters will benefit millions of Americans who are suffering from atrial fibrillation.
RF Technologies® Announces Version 7 Software for Safe Place® Security Solutions
July 21, 2010 11:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | 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 | News | 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 | News | 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...
SemBiosys expands into Cambridge
July 21, 2010 9:34 am | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | News | CommentsSemBioSys Genetics Inc., a Calgary, Alberta, based developer of biosimilar drug candidates, proteins and oils, reports that it is opening a Cambridge office, and hiring a president of U.S. and international operations.
China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals Inc. Announces the Expansion of Its Chain of Retail Stores to 110 Stores
July 21, 2010 8:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsCHANGCHUN, China and LOS ANGELES , July 21 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CYXN) ("China Yongxin" or the "Company"), one of the leading health products distribution and retail sales companies in China , today announced the opening of seven new...
Trinity Orthopedics Receives Patent Allowance for Sagittally Stable Spinal Fixation System
July 21, 2010 8:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsSAN DIEGO , July 21 /- Trinity Orthopedics LLC, a medical device company that develops and markets products for minimally invasive spine surgery, announced today that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a monoplanar pedicle screw method,...
ID Experts Announces RADARâ„¢: A HITECH Risk Assessment Tool for Healthcare Security Breach Incidents Affecting Patient Privacy
July 21, 2010 8:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsBEAVERTON, Ore. , July 21 /- Whenever there is a security breach of any size involving protected health information (PHI), the healthcare industry is now required under the HITECH Act to complete an incident-specific risk assessment. ID Experts®, the leader in comprehensive...
Latina Actress and Author Dayanara Torres Launches Online Asthma Education Resource for Hispanic Community in Partnership with Merck and AAFA
July 21, 2010 8:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsMIAMI , July 21 /- Understanding and managing asthma is not always easy, especially without adequate patient resources. That's why Puerto Rican actress, author and mother of two children with asthma, Dayanara Torres , has partnered with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)...
Uses and Advances of Computed Tomography for Medical Device Analysis
July 21, 2010 7:30 am | by Julien Noel | Articles | CommentsComputed tomography (CT) has come a long way since its public inception in 1972. The rapid improvement of computer technology and the increasing capabilities of CT scans have gone hand in hand. CT scans that used to take hours are now being completed in seconds. This increase in capabilities has led to CT scans being used more often and in more ways than ever before. The use of CT in the medical nondestructive testing (NDT) field is one example that has grown tremendously in the past few years, and it is also the focus of the following article.
EndoChoice® Triples Facility Space to Address Growing Customer Base
July 21, 2010 6:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsALPHARETTA, Ga. , July 21 /- EndoChoice, Inc. today announced that it has moved its corporate headquarters to a new location in Alpharetta, Georgia . The new 30,000 square foot corporate headquarters is three times larger than its previous facility, and features a state-of-the-art...
Alere Inc. Schedules Conference Call for 10:00 a.m. ET July 28, 2010 to Discuss Second Quarter 2010 Results
July 21, 2010 6:32 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsWALTHAM, Mass. , July 21 /- Alere Inc. (formerly known as Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.) (NYSE: ALR ), a global leader in enabling individuals to take charge of their health at home through the merger of rapid diagnostics and health management, today announced that it will release...
Cara Therapeutics Secures $15 Million Series D Financing to Continue Clinical Development of CR845
July 21, 2010 5:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsSHELTON, Conn. , July 21 /- Cara Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it had closed on a Series D financing of $15 million . The round was led by new investor, Rho Ventures, with participation from previous investors Alta Biopharma, Ascent Biomedical Ventures, CT Innovations,...
Biotech Firm Establishing India Operations
July 20, 2010 1:37 pm | by San Diego Business Journal | News | CommentsOceanside-based biotech firm International Stem Cell Corp., aka ISCO, said July 20 it will set up an affiliate company in India to develop and manufacture pharmaceutical products.
MarketsandMarkets Partners With Centre of Business Intelligence (CBI) for its Market Research and Product Forecasting Summit
July 20, 2010 11:36 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsDALLAS , July 20, 2010 /- Event Date- July 26 - 27, 2010 Location- Philadelphia, PA About the event: Join your colleagues and peers to discuss optimizing, executing and improving market research to drive accurate sales forecasting. This is a...
Susquehanna Financial Group Hires Gary Nachman as Senior Analyst to Cover the Specialty Pharmaceuticals Sector
July 20, 2010 11:36 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsNEW YORK , July 20 /- Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP (SFG), the institutional broker-dealer member of the Susquehanna International Group of Companies (SIG), announced today that Gary Nachman has joined the firm as the Senior Analyst covering the Specialty Pharmaceuticals sector. Mr....
Thinnest, Lightest DR Detector Now Available
July 20, 2010 11:36 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsSTAMFORD, Conn. , July 20 /- Imaging facilities looking to convert existing analog x-ray rooms to digital can now benefit from the ease-of-use and exceptional image quality of the FDR D-EVO™ flat panel cassette from FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. Now FDA 510(k)...
