Align Technology has received regulatory approval from the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) to market and sell the Invisalign system as a Class II medical device for the treatment of…
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Premier Purchasing Partners selects SRI for reusable surgical linens, linen
Premier Purchasing Partners, the group purchasing unit of the Premier healthcare alliance, has selected SRI/Surgical Express (SRI) for the supply of reusable surgical linens and linen. SRI provides central processing and supply…
LGC Standards adds GreenScreen HC, BlueScreen HC test kits
LGC Standards has added human cell genotoxicity testing kits (GreenScreen HC and BlueScreen HC) from Gentronix to its portfolio of life science research and drug discovery products. GreenScreen HC and BlueScreen HC…
Boston Scientific Advanix biliary stents bags FDA, CE mark clearances
Boston Scientific has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and CE mark approval to market its Advanix biliary plastic stents for the treatment of biliary strictures. The Advanix…
Unilife receives US financial support for York syringe manufacturing facility
Unilife has secured US Government financial backing to support the construction of its new global headquarters and manufacturing facility in York, Pennsylvania, which will have the capacity to manufacture up to 400…
Wright Medical launches PRO-STIM Injectable Inductive Graft
Wright Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WMGI), a global orthopaedic medical device company, is pleased to announce the full commercial launch of PRO-STIM™ Injectable Inductive Graft. PRO-STIM™ graft is a novel composite grafting…
Primary care-based patient navigation helps health care disparities
A new research study conducted by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows that patient navigation services significantly improve biennial mammography screening rates among inner city women. The results, published online in…
New assessment tool to measure cognitive representation of chronic disease
What do we mean by “common sense” when we talk about a disease? What affects the ideas and beliefs that patients have of their disease? Researchers at the University of Granada have…
New Clinic at Stanford Hospital helps early detection of diseases
The Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Clinic opening this month at Stanford Hospital will help advance a new generation of diagnostic techniques for earlier detection and improved management of cancer, heart disease…
Neoprobe submits BLA response letter to FDA to commercialize RIGS technology
Neoprobe Corporation (OTCBB: NEOP), a diversified developer of innovative oncology surgical and diagnostic products, today announced that it has submitted a response letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding…
Medtronic’s Xpander II receives FDA clearance for vertebral compression fractures
Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the Kyphon Xpander II Inflatable Bone Tamp (IBT) for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures with minimally invasive Kyphon® Balloon…
Orthopaedic Surgeon implants first MIDLINE device at Valley Hospital
Just days after Centinel Spine’s new STALIF MIDLINE™ Integrated Interbody Fusion™ system was unveiled at the annual meeting of the North American Spine Society (NASS), the first MIDLINE device has been successfully…
IDEV includes two stents to SUPERA product line for treating patients with peripheral vascular disease
IDEV Technologies, Incorporated (IDEV), an innovative leader in the development and commercialization of minimally invasive medical technologies, today announced another step in the implementation of its strategy to expand its product line…
BioCryst to present intravenous peramivir data for influenza treatment at IDSA meeting
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCRX) today announced the presentation of data related to intravenous (i.v.) peramivir for the treatment of influenza at the 48th Annual Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) meeting…
Thomson Reuters releases new version of Clinical Xpert Navigator
Thomson Reuters, a global provider of information for healthcare professionals, has released the newest version of its award-winning Clinical Xpert Navigator mobile clinical data application. The new version allows hospital-based clinicians to…