Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today that a scientific paper demonstrating strong and protective immune…
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New inexpensive filtering technology to kill disease-causing bacteria without clogging
With almost one billion people lacking access to clean, safe drinking water, scientists are reporting development and successful initial tests of an inexpensive new filtering technology that kills up to 98 percent…
GE’s New Infinia Hawkeye HD Enhanced SPECT/CT System
has released the latest version of its SPECT/CT system, the Infinia Hawkeye HD Enhanced. GE is claiming that the new system delivers up to 50% lower radiation dose from the SPECT component…
U of U researchers use MRI for diagnosing autism
University of Utah (U of U) medical researchers have made an important step in diagnosing autism through using MRI, an advance that eventually could help health care providers identify the problem much…
Centice introduces new PINPOINT Rx system for drug identification
Centice Corporation, a pioneer in chemical verification and identification using Raman spectroscopy and computational sensor technology, announced today the availability of the new PINPOINT Rx™ system. Combining advanced spectroscopy hardware technology, analytical…
Proveris issues statement on Innova’s sale of patent infringing ADSA system
Proveris Scientific today issued the following statement: “We are surprised and saddened that Innova has persisted in selling their infringing system” Judge William G. Young, United States District Court for the District…
Covidien presents hernia and abdominal wall repair products at EHS Congress
Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced that its hernia and abdominal wall repair products were featured in 18 podium presentations at the 32nd International Congress of the…
Students with greater spatial abilities have high scanning proficiency
University of Missouri researchers find key characteristic for growing field Diagnostic ultrasounds are the most widely used medical tests in the world. Though the technology is more than 50 years old, scientists…
‘Big brother’ health database is cut back to basics in shakeup of 50million patient records
A ‘big brother’ database storing the medical record of almost every patient in Britain has been drastically scaled back amid privacy concerns. The computerised system was set up to give GPs, hospital…
Siemens Puts High Definition In Motion With HD-Chest
Siemens Molecular Imaging announces HD-Chest – a new technology that reduces blur created by respiration during PET/CT studies, at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine congress from October 9-13 in Vienna, Austria….
ESMO and Thomson Reuters launch unique portal for oncologists
A unique portal, offering oncologists access to the latest information in the field of cancer research, will be launched in 2011 by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) in association with…
Ethicon, Inc. Introduces Two Innovative Devices For Minimally Invasive Hernia Repair During American College Of Surgeons (ACS) Annual Meeting
Ethicon, Inc., a worldwide leader in surgical care, announced the launch of ETHICON SECURESTRAP™ 5mm Absorbable Strap Fixation Device, the first fixation device to feature an absorbable “strap” design, and ETHICON PHYSIOMESH™…
Health 2.0 keynoters differ on health IT innovation
Two keynote speakers at the fourth annual Health 2.0 Conference yesterday – a futurist and the “godfather” of Web 2.0 – disagreed over whether innovation was happening in the healthcare industry. While…
Inviragen, PharmaJet receive needle-free dengue vaccine develpoment grant
Inviragen and PharmaJet have received five year, $15.5m award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to advance the development of…
BioClinica inks agreement for Electronic Data Capture technology
BioClinica has signed a three-year, multi-million dollar agreement for EDC technology and data management services with a global, multi-billion dollar division of a Top 10 pharmaceutical company. BioClinica has said that its…