Mapi, a leading Health Research and Commercialization services company, has completed the acquisition of select Optum Life Sciences services, including North American and European Regulatory Consulting, Late Phase CRO and European Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) teams.
Loyola University Medical Center has implanted its 100th patient with a new artificial aortic heart valve that does not require open-heart surgery.
/PRNewswire/ -- Tigercat Pharma, Inc. today announced positive results of a Phase 2 study evaluating the investigational oral NK-1 receptor antagonist VPD-737 (serlopitant), for the treatment of patients with severe, chronic itch who are unresponsive or inadequately responsive to the current standard of care, including topical steroids and antihistamines.
Sandia National Laboratories and industrial gas giant Linde LLC have signed an umbrella Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) that is expected to accelerate the development of low-carbon energy and industrial technologies, beginning with hydrogen and fuel cells.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and education partner Elsevier Clinical Solutions have launched “AACN: Acute and Critical Care Pharmacology,” an online course providing case study-based education focused on safe medication administration for both acute care and critical care staff nurses.
Mayo Clinic announced today a new collaboration with Techstars to offer the Techstars++ program. The Techstars++ program will bring together health care entrepreneurs and companies with Mayo Clinic to find innovative solutions to improve patient care at an accelerated pace. Mayo Clinic is the first to participate in this new program.
Baylor Research Institute (BRI), the research arm of the Baylor Scott & White Health, announced that it has signed an agreement with Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sobi) to non-exclusively license Baylor’s patents pertaining to the treatment of Systemic Onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
As only 840 out of almost 5,000 eligible hospitals—19 percent—have attested to Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 2 throughout the nation, Engage, a division of Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS), continues to assist customers in overcoming attestation obstacles. Whitman Hospital and Medical Center, Tri-State Memorial Hospital, Mid-Valley Hospital, Pullman Regional Hospital and Grays Harbor Community Hospital, all located in Washington State, recently completed successful attestation toward the EHR financial incentive program. This brings the total number of Engage hospital customers achieving MU 2 to eight.
4 Reasons to go organic with your caffeine. Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS) Dissects what purity, safety, and market research mean for the future of caffeine ingredients.
The ACR Mammography Case Review (MCR) Online improves physicians’ breast cancer detection skills by supplementing real world experience with electronic cases. This self-paced eLearning program features a state-of-the-art interface with an interactive image detection mechanism to enhance learning.
Healthcare educators and practitioners seeking guidelines, best practices, and recommendations for creating and managing cost-effective, researched-based simulation education and training programs now have a world class road map in the new textbook Defining Excellence in Simulation Programs.
Rush Health has expanded its network with the addition of Riverside Medical Center, which joined Rush Health at the beginning of September. Rush Health is a clinically integrated network of hospitals, physicians and other clinicians. Riverside Medical Center is a 325-bed hospital based in Kankakee that employs approximately 57 doctors and 35 non-physician clinicians, who also have joined Rush Health.
Smart technology is in our homes, cars and phones. And soon, it will power our luggage, thanks in part to University at Buffalo engineering student Martin Diz. Diz, a doctoral candidate in UB’s aerospace engineering program, is co-founder and head of engineering for Bluesmart, a company that’s developing a carry-on that uses digital technology to solve some of the problems that frustrate many travelers.
Texas Tech University and the National Wind Institute developed a patent-pending concept that will optimize wind plant performance.
What does it take to shoot a modern TV spot? Expensive equipment? A 40-man crew? A gargantuan budget? For Binghamton University, all it takes is some teamwork. The University’s new 30-second TV spot, “Binghamton – This Is Premier,” is a study in collaboration. The video, which showcases the University’s history using archive footage and props, period furniture and digital effects, was produced almost entirely in-house by students, faculty and staff.
MMIS is a global technology company providing innovative compliance and business intelligence solutions for the life science industry. MMIS is a leading provider of cloud-based SaaS solutions dedicated to helping pharmaceutical, medical device and bio-pharmaceutical companies comply with global transparency laws. The MediSpend® Global Compliance platform allows organizations to cost-effectively comply with transparency laws, analyze data and securely communicate with healthcare providers across the world. For more information, please visit www.medispend.com.
The U.S. Navy and Office of Naval Research are developing unmanned surface vehicle (USV) technology that allows USVs to act in tandem as an autonomous “swarm” of robot boats potentially providing enhanced security against enemy vessels. But the USV technology suffers from technical hurdles, including a lack of a stable platform required for proper communication among the boats. The Ghost—a high-speed attack craft designed by Juliet Marine Systems to protect vital waterways—offers a potential alternative, with stability on the water that the USV technology needs.
Mapi, a global leader in Real-World Evidence, Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR), Market Access, Epidemiology and Patient-Centered Research solutions, strengthens its North American team with the appointment of Charles Makin as Vice President, HEOR and Strategic Market Access.
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) has contracted with SAGE, a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets, to publish its official journal, Workplace Health & Safety, beginning in early 2015.
New methods are improving connections between private businesses and technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with 101 licenses and options executed during the last three years.
A Penn Medicine-developed drug has received orphan status from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this month for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a rare, life-threatening disease that causes anemia due to destruction of red blood cells and thrombosis.
Two, free online Ebola education downloadable courses will provide easy-to-understand instruction and resources for health care professionals, as well as the general public.
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Foundation has published an updated and expanded edition of a book intended to help address the rise of opioid abuse and related deaths in the United States by better educating physicians and other clinicians about their risks and proper use.
The Rockefeller University Press has expanded access to its book collection, with nearly 50 titles available for free download in multiple e-book formats at books.rupress.org. The collection dates back to 1959 and includes works by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize–winning authors.
An inexpensive, disposable external medical device created and developed by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) professors can now be bought and used by clinicians to monitor contractions in pregnant women. The tocodynamometer, marketed as Koala Toco, was approved in May by the Food and Drug Administration. Koala Toco, manufactured and marketed by Murray, Utah-based Clinical Innovations, is compatible and works with existing equipment like fetal heart rate monitors.
According to a recent study published online by The Journal of Pediatrics, adolescents who participated in even one or two family meals per week were less likely to be overweight or obese in adulthood as compared to adolescents who never participated in family meals. The Kids Cook Monday, a national nonprofit campaign, aims to help parents incorporate family meals at least once a week by offering a variety of free online resources. The latest is The Family Dinner Date, an easy-to-navigate e-cookbook featuring recipes that parents and kids can easily prepare together.
United States Drug Testing Laboratory, Inc., a forensic laboratory specializing in drug and alcohol testing using advanced specimens, has released a new assay to detect zolpidem (Ambien®) use in fingernail and hair specimens.
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey is one of the many breast cancer-related entities nationwide that will benefit from the sale of the Pink Ribbon Bagel at Panera Bread® bakery-cafes during the month of October. The effort is in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and is designed to raise awareness about the disease.
Aaron G. Benson, MD, an otolaryngologist and neurotologist with ProMedica Physicians Ear, Nose and Throat, recently developed two noise-based mobile applications, both inspired by real patients’ needs and concerns: NoiseMonitor and NoiseLock.
Citeline®, an Informa business unit, and the pharmaceutical industry's leading research authority on clinical trials, reported today that clinical trial transparency, also known as responsible data sharing, is in a much healthier state than shown in previous studies, when you refer to the right variety of sources.
Wolters Kluwer Health is pleased to announce a partnership with Visible Body®, producer of an award-winning suite of 3D anatomy education solutions, to distribute their web-based and mobile products via its Ovid® medical research platform for institutions globally. Visible Body is an entity of Argosy Publishing.
JournalGuide – a free tool created by Research Square to help researchers choose the best journal for their manuscript – has added a new designation to its database to help authors identify the most reputable publishing options.
Anyone can get involved to support Nationwide Children’s Hospital through the marathon's Children’s Champions program.
Virginia Mason, a national leader in improving quality and safety and controlling health care costs, today introduced a surgical warranty for hip and knee replacements. It protects patients, insurance providers and employers from incurring additional costs for the treatment of avoidable, surgery-related complications.
An Arkansas-based company headed by an organic chemist has partnered with AbTech Industries to address the removal of heavy metals and other soluble impurities from contaminated water
Over the past 11 years, Derm In-Review (made possible by an educational grant from Merz) has prepared over 9,500 residents nationwide for Board certifying exams, including the subspecialty exam in dermatopathology. In that timespan, Educational Testing and Assessment Systems (ETAS), the creators of Derm In-Review, have worked closely with a faculty of over 20 thought leaders to develop and update the study system's content annually. As part of ETAS' commitment to maintaining the educational integrity of their Board prep program, new this year they have also partnered with Aurora Diagnostics to further enhance the dermatopathology content of Derm In-Review.
/PRNewswire/ -- Defying the national trend of only 1.5 percent of eligible hospitals attesting in 2014, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw, Wash. achieved Meaningful Use Stage 2 using MEDITECH technology. St. Elizabeth accomplished Stage 2 with information technology (IT) support from Engage, a division of Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS).
Siemens and Stand Up To Cancer® spread message of hope, highlight promise of research through national campaign Join the campaign at facebook.com/TheBatonPass
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has created a unique web application platform with tools to help registered dietitian nutritionists provide the highest-quality care for patients and clients, track outcomes of their interventions, conduct research in important areas of nutrition science and contribute to a national quality registry.
Meridian Bioscience Inc. has entered into a technology and commercial license agreement with the UT Research Foundation for the development of the technology that could result in low cost, point-of-care disease detection using a portable device. Meridian Bioscience is a life science company that manufactures, markets and distributes a range of diagnostic test kits and other technologies.
23andMe and Pfizer Inc. announce a new research collaboration to study Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in a nationwide initiative designed to recruit and genotype individuals who have Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center in Odessa, Wash. is the first Critical Access Hospital (CAH) to successfully attest to Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use electronic health record (EHR) incentive program using MEDITECH Information Technology, Inc. administered by Engage, a division of Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS).
TAXIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the acquisition of a group of novel antimicrobial drug candidates from Biota Pharmaceuticals Inc.
From 29 – 31 July 2014, the Swiss quality pump and valve manufacturer Diener Precision Pumps presents its precision pumps at the AACC 2014 Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo in Chicago, Illinois (USA). The AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo is the world’s largest gathering for laboratory medicine. Double Ended – Dual Dispensing Piston Pumps and the Silencer Gear Pump Series will be the main focus of Diener Precision Pumps’ AACC appearance.
The Swiss quality manufacturer of precision pumps and valves Diener Precision Pumps increases its market presence in the USA. With its first-time participation as exhibitor at the AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo from 29 – 31 July 2014 in Chicago, Illinois, the company addresses specifically the US-American audience. Double Ended – Dual Dispensing Piston Pumps and the Silencer Gear Pump Series will be the focal point of Diener Precision Pumps’ AACC appearance.
SAGE Labs Inc., a leading provider of products, services and technologies in the field of genome engineering, announced today that they have licensed CRISPR/Cas9 technology from the Broad Institute. The license enables SAGE Labs to use the CRISPR/Cas9 system to engineer cell and animal models for their clients as well as distribute validated CRISPR reagents. This is the second license obtained by SAGE Labs around CRISPR/Cas9 technology; SAGE also obtained a license from Caribou Biosciences in September 2013.
The new, bench top P500, medium throughput, clinical chemistry analyzer and the Abacus 3CP hematology analyzer with cap piercing feature are shown on Diatron booth Nr. 1118.
PrimerDesign has today announced the launch of the World's most affordable qPCR Machine. The new instrument shatters typical market pricing coming in at $6500 for a high spec 16-well instrument.
CHICAGO, I.L. – July 29, 2014 - OHAUS Corporation, a leading manufacturer and marketer of high quality balances and scales, is set to announce the launch of its new Adventurer line of analytical and precision balances at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting in Chicago July 29-31. The new Adventurers, which will be available for purchase beginning in late September 2014, will be on display in OHAUS Booth #4473 for the duration of the AACC meeting.
CHICAGO, I.L. – July 29, 2014 - OHAUS Corporation, a leading manufacturer and marketer of high quality balances and scales, is set to announce the launch of its new Adventurer line of analytical and precision balances at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting in Chicago July 29-31. The new Adventurers, which will be available for purchase beginning in late September 2014, will be on display in OHAUS Booth #4473 for the duration of the AACC meeting.
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