Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from April 2006

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from April 2006

OTC sales for fetal heartbeat ultrasound intensely debated.(over-the-counter)
April 6, 2006... GAITHERSBURG, Maryland -- FDA's hearing, in response to a petition by Russel Thomsen, MD, of Silverdale, Washington, to grant OTC status to ultrasound devices, primarily to listen in on fetal heartbeats, drew a small but intensely engaged...

DexCom OK continues path to ultimate in diabetes treatment.
April 6, 2006... There's no debate concerning what the "Holy Grail" of diabetes management and treatment will be: essentially an artificial pancreas. That technology will be a closed loop system connecting the continuous real-time assessment of blood glucose...

Sightline adds 'flexible' tech to Stryker endoscopy offerings.(Report from Israel)
April 6, 2006... ZICHRON YAAKOV, Israel -- The recent purchase of Sightline Technologies (Haifa, Israel) by Stryker (Kalamazoo, Michigan) for $240 million in cash and stock, brings to Stryker a flexible endoscopic platform with four FDA-approved products for...

MediSpectra wins PMA okay for cervical imaging system.
April 6, 2006... MediSpectra (Lexington, Massachusetts) has gotten the FDA green light for its premarket application (PMA) for the Luma Cervical Imaging System, designed to serve as an adjunct to traditional colposcopy. According to the company, the device...

Medical Alley/MNBIO heads down a broader path via name change.(Liz Rammer)(Don Gerhardt)
April 6, 2006... Medical Alley/MNBIO (St. Louis Park, Minnesota), the 21-year-old organization committed to promoting the medical sciences in the state of Minnesota, declared the next step in its evolution last week by formally changing its name and broadening...

Aspect Medical launches BRITE study of depression.
April 6, 2006... Aspect Medical Systems (Newton, Massachusetts) has enrolled the first 20 patients in its BRITE major depression trial (Biomarkers for Rapid Identification of Treatment Efficacy in Major Depression), designed to determine if the company's brain...

Biomarker Tech launches study for breast cancer blood test.
April 6, 2006... Biomarker Technologies (BT; Phoenix) has launched a clinical study for its blood test that it says detects breast cancer, which if approved, would be the first for this purpose, it said. According to the company, previous clinical studies...

Visicu eyes raising $84m in IPO; response closes on new $12m.(Financings roundup)(Company overview)
April 6, 2006... Visicu (Baltimore), a company focused on improved monitoring of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) has filed with the SEC for an initial public offering of 6 million shares to raise up to $84 million. The company said it will use the...

Response Biomedical (Vancouver, British Columbia) reported closing on private placements raising gross proceeds of $12 million.(Financings roundup)
April 6, 2006... Response Biomedical (Vancouver, British Columbia) reported closing on private placements raising gross proceeds of $12 million. The financing is comprised of a $10 million brokered private placement, and a $2 million non-brokered private...

Sequenom.(Financings roundup)
April 6, 2006... Sequenom (San Diego) reported that the amount of its previously reported private placement of common stock has been increased by $3 million to a total of $33 million. Siemens Venture Capital has agreed to join the previously announced investors...

Calypte acquires Beijing Marr as j-v for making its HIV tests.(International report)(joint-venture)(humman immune virus)
April 6, 2006... Calypte Biomedical (Lake Oswego, Oregon) reported that it has acquired a 51% equity interest in Beijing Marr Bio-Pharmaceutical, a joint-venture enterprise existing under the laws of the People's Republic of China. The remaining 49% equity...

DiaSys inks purchases for Chile.(International report)(Company overview)
April 6, 2006... DiaSys (Waterbury, Connecticut) reported signing a three-year distribution agreement with Galenica in Chile guaranteeing a minimum purchase order of $1.01 million for the company's parasitology and urine sediment workstations and consumable...

Quintiles Transnational (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) reported completing new credit facility arrangements, including a $225 million first-lien revolving credit facility due in 2012; a $1 billion first-lien term loan due in 2013; and a $220 million second-lien term loan due in 2014.(Financings roundup)
April 6, 2006... Quintiles Transnational (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) reported completing new credit facility arrangements, including a $225 million first-lien revolving credit facility due in 2012; a $1 billion first-lien term loan due in 2013; and...

EPIX to acquire Predix for $90m, with $35m milestone potential.(Deals roundup)
April 6, 2006... About five months after withdrawing its proposed $70 million initial public offering, Predix Pharmaceuticals Holdings (Lexington, Massachusetts) has entered a definitive merger agreement with EPIX Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, Massachusetts), for...

MDS Diagnostic Services (Toronto), a provider of laboratory testing and management services in Canada and a subsidiary of MDS (Toronto), reported the sale of its interest in the Calgary Laboratory Services (CLS; Calgary, Alberta), partnership to the Calgary Health Region (CHR; also Calgary).(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... MDS Diagnostic Services (Toronto), a provider of laboratory testing and management services in Canada and a subsidiary of MDS (Toronto), reported the sale of its interest in the Calgary Laboratory Services (CLS; Calgary, Alberta), partnership...

Almac Diagnostics (Craigavon, Northern Ireland) and Rosetta Biosoftware (Seattle) reported that Almac (formerly ArraDx) has licensed the Rosetta Resolver system for use in the development of new microarray approaches for diagnosing cancer and predicting therapeutic outcomes.(Deals roundup)
April 6, 2006... Almac Diagnostics (Craigavon, Northern Ireland) and Rosetta Biosoftware (Seattle) reported that Almac (formerly ArraDx) has licensed the Rosetta Resolver system for use in the development of new microarray approaches for diagnosing cancer and...

Kimball Electronics Group (Jasper, Indiana), through its related subsidiaries, has acquired the manufacturing operation of the diagnostics division of Bayer Healthcare (Leverkusen, Germany), in Bridgend, Wales.(Deals roundup)
April 6, 2006... Kimball Electronics Group (Jasper, Indiana), through its related subsidiaries, has acquired the manufacturing operation of the diagnostics division of Bayer Healthcare (Leverkusen, Germany), in Bridgend, Wales. Kimball purchased the equipment...

Omron Healthcare (Bannockburn, Illinois) reported completing the acquisition of Colin Medical Instruments (CMI; San Antonio).(Deals roundup)
April 6, 2006... Omron Healthcare (Bannockburn, Illinois) reported completing the acquisition of Colin Medical Instruments (CMI; San Antonio). The announcement follows Omron Healthcare Co.'s (Kyoto, Japan) acquisition of Colin Medical Technology (Komaki, Japan)...

Olympus creates one Life Science Group.(Briefly Noted)(Stephen Tang)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... Olympus America (Center Valley, Pennsylvania) said it is combining its Scientific Equipment Group, Diagnostic Systems Group and Life Science Business Development unit to create a single Life Science Group. The move, it said, will align the...

Saliva changes name to StatSure Diagnostic.(Briefly Noted)
April 6, 2006... Saliva Diagnostic Systems (Framingham, Massachusetts) reported the company has changed its name to StatSure Diagnostic Systems, and its new ticker symbol is SSUR. The new name reflects the company's focus on its flagship product StatSure...

Nidek Technologies merges with Nidek.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... As of April 1, Nidek Technologies America (NTA; Greensboro, North Carolina), has merged with Nidek (Fremont, California) to consolidate its clinical, development, distribution, marketing and sales efforts in the U.S. to Nidek's location in...

Perceptronix opens Vancouver laboratory.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... Perceptronix Medical (Vancouver, British Columbia) reported the opening of its first Quantitative Cytology Laboratory in Vancouver. Perceptronix Quantitative Cytology Laboratory is designed to offer advanced quantitative clinical laboratory...

Securities suit filed vs. Merge related to Cedara merger.(Court report)
April 6, 2006... A new class action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division, on behalf of all securities purchasers of Merge Technologies (doing business as Merge Healthcare; Milwaukee), for...

Endogun to raise $3m to $4m on TASE.(Report from Israel)(tel aviv stock exchange)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... Endogun Medical Systems, still another medical device start-up coming out of the Meytav Technological Enterprises Innovation Center incubator (both Kiryat Shmona, Israel) develops minimally invasive products for securing internal tissue for...

Ohmx.(People in Places)
April 6, 2006... Gary Blackburn, PhD, has been appointed president and CEO of Ohmx (Evanston, Illinois), a protein biosensor company focused on the development of portable, electronic detection devices for use in diagnostics, drug development and industrial...

SunTech Medical.(People in Places)
April 6, 2006... Danielle McCulloch has joined SunTech Medical (Morrisville, North Carolina) as product manager of stress blood pressure systems. Most recently, McCulloch was product manager of new product planning for Guidant's Cardiac Rhythm Management...

Transgenomic.(People in Places)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... Collin D'Silva has stepped down as CEO of Transgenomic (Omaha, Nebraska). D'Silva will remain as chairman of the board and will focus on managing strategic customer relationships and the evaluation of corporate strategic alternatives. CFO...

AgaMatrix.(Product Briefs)(introduction of blood glucose monitoring system, the wave 1)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... AgaMatrix (Salem, New Hampshire) reported that it has received FDA clearance to sell its discrete blood glucose monitoring system (BGMS), the Wave 1. The Wave 1 system is being distributed in the U.S. by Liberty Medical, as its Liberty brand...

Analogic.(Product Briefs)
April 6, 2006... Analogic (Peabody, Massachusetts) reported that the FDA has given market clearance for a wide-beam fetal ultrasound transducer designed for use with the recently released FetalGard Lite--NIBP (noninvasive blood pressure) fetal monitor and with...

BioSphere Medical.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... BioSphere Medical (Rockland, Massachusetts) reported three-year outcomes of a multicenter study of more than 100 patients undergoing minimally invasive uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) using its Embosphere Microspheres to treat symptomatic...

Boston Scientific.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts) reported the U.S. launch of its ZIPwire Hydrophilic Guide Wire, which has received FDA clearance to facilitate the placement of devices during diagnostic and interventional procedures. The ZIPwire Guide...

Cook.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... Cook (Bloomington, Indiana) is introducing at the Society for Interventional Radiologists meeting in Toronto the first high radial force embolization coil that is safe to use in the powerful magnetic fields generated by MRI diagnostic equipment...

Fujifilm Life Science.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... Fujifilm Life Science (Stamford, Connecticut) reported the availability of the LAS-3000mini, a compact, super CCD luminescent image analyzer. Based on the LAS-3000, the mini offers researchers a high-performance desktop solution for...

Nanogen.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... Nanogen (San Diego) reported that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its StatusFirst CHF NT-proBNP EDTA plasma test to aid in the diagnosis of individuals suspected of having congestive heart failure (CHF). The StatusFirst CHF...

VisualSonics.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
April 6, 2006... VisualSonics (Toronto) said it debuted the enhanced functionality of targeted molecular imaging capabilities for its Vevo 770 system at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference in Washington. An initial molecular...

Visicu's IPO priced for $110m; Owens & Minor in notes offer.(Financings roundup)
April 13, 2006... Visicu (Baltimore), developer of a remote monitoring system and support services for intensive care units (ICUs) in more than 80 hospitals nationwide, reported the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) of 6 million shares of its common...

Hand-held fluorescence device enlisted to detect oral cancer.
April 13, 2006... Researchers in Vancouver, British Columbia, have reported "initial success" in detecting oral cancer using a customized optical device designed for dentists to visualize cancer lesions or precancerous lesions "in a completely new way." The...

Epigenomics says 'free-floating' DNA key to colorectal cancer.(International report)
April 13, 2006... Molecular diagnostics firm Epigenomics (Berlin), a developer of tests based on DNA methylation, confirmed that free-floating DNA gleaned from blood is a key to early detection of colorectal cancer. Epigenomics showed that presence of the...

Hand-held RF probe from Dune ensures lumpectomy margins.
April 13, 2006... A hand-held surgical probe could help surgeons obtain a clear margin during a single lumpectomy procedure, according to a report issued at the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons (Columbia, Maryland), which...

Advanced imaging lauded as key to winning 'war on cancer'.(Washington roundup)
April 13, 2006... WASHINGTON -- Slowly, surely, the "war on cancer" is being fought and won. And the lead role of diagnostic imaging in this battle was highlighted in a joint briefing session by US Oncology (Houston) and the National Electric Manufacturers...

Lung cancer 'blueprint' legislation praised.(Washington roundup)
April 13, 2006... Unveiled during the recent Lung Cancer Alliance Advocacy Conference, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York) introduced S.Res. 408 for Senate consideration. Congressman Clay Shaw (R-Florida) introduced H.Res. 739, a...

IRIS will form molecular diag unit with addition of Leucadia.(Deals roundup)
April 13, 2006... IRIS International (Chatsworth, California), a manufacturer of automated IVD urinalysis systems and medical devices, yesterday unveiled its acquisition of Leucadia Technologies (Carlsbad, California), a molecular diagnostics firm, for $10.1...

Correlagen, Protedyne team up, offer Correlagen GeneXchange.
April 13, 2006... Correlagen Diagnostics (Cambridge, Massachusetts), a molecular diagnostics clinical reference laboratory, and Protedyne (Windsor, Connecticut), a laboratory automation provider, reported the creation of Correlagen GeneXchange. GeneXchange...

SeraCare troubles deepen with notice of investigation by SEC.(Court report)(Securities and Exchange Commission)(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... SeraCare Life Sciences (Oceanside, California) reported that, following a previously disclosed request from the SEC for a voluntary production of certain documents, the company has received a subpoena from the SEC. The subpoena calls for...

CytoCore (Chicago), formerly Molecular Diagnostics (MDI), and Diamics (Novato, California) said that they have "amicably resolved" a dispute between them concerning allegations of trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, patent infringement, copyright infringement in litigation filed in Federal District Court in San Francisco.(Court report)
April 13, 2006... CytoCore (Chicago), formerly Molecular Diagnostics (MDI), and Diamics (Novato, California) said that they have "amicably resolved" a dispute between them concerning allegations of trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, patent...

Reflect Scientific (Mountain View, California), a manufacturer of laboratory equipment and supplies, reported completing the purchase of JMST Systems (Colorado Springs, Colorado).(Deals roundup)
April 13, 2006... Reflect Scientific (Mountain View, California), a manufacturer of laboratory equipment and supplies, reported completing the purchase of JMST Systems (Colorado Springs, Colorado), an OEM that makes chemical detection instruments used in the...

Karl Storz garners HDE okay for its fetoscopy device set.(humanitarian device exemption)
April 13, 2006... The FDA has approved a humanitarian device exemption (HDE) for fetoscopy instrument sets distributed by Karl Storz Endoscopy America (Culver City, California) under the Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) program for the treatment of fetuses with...

Dade Behring pushes Stratus testing via 'quality' teamwork.
April 13, 2006... Dade Behring (Deerfield, Illinois) spells quality as CQI, or its Clinical Quality Initiative, in which it partners with its hospital clients to provide educational services and advice on how hospitals can maximize its use of the Stratus CS...

SonoSite in Premier accord; PerkinElmer wins NCGC pact.(Agreements roundup)(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... SonoSite (Bothell, Washington) reported signing a new three-year, group purchasing agreement with Premier Purchasing Partners (San Diego) for hand-carried ultrasound equipment, accessories and service. SonoSite's newest product, the...

PerkinElmer (Boston) reported entering into an agreement with the National Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), launched in 2004.(Agreements roundup)
April 13, 2006... PerkinElmer (Boston) reported entering into an agreement with the National Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), launched in 2004, to provide reagents, instrumentation and support for identifying small...

Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pennsylvania) and Imris (Winnipeg, Manitoba) reported the signing of a global OEM agreement.(Agreements roundup)
April 13, 2006... Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pennsylvania) and Imris (Winnipeg, Manitoba) reported the signing of a global OEM agreement. Siemens Magnetom Espree and Magnetom Symphony MRI systems will be incorporated into Imris' ceiling-mounted...

Tm Bioscience (Toronto), which focuses on the commercial genetic testing market, and Luminex (Austin, Texas).(Agreements roundup)
April 13, 2006... Tm Bioscience (Toronto), which focuses on the commercial genetic testing market, and Luminex (Austin, Texas), a provider of multiplex solutions, reported they have signed a multi-year extension of their partnership agreement, which grants Tm...

SpectraScience gets FDA green light.
April 13, 2006... SpectraScience (San Diego) reported that the FDA has given approval to the company to manufacture its WavStat Optical Biopsy System in its Sorrento Valley facility. CEO Jim Hitchinsaid the approval is the result of the company's submission...

Invivo gets $500,000 DoD award for brain injury MRI assessment.(Grants/contracts)
April 13, 2006... Intermagnetics General (Latham, New York) reported that its subsidiary, Invivo (Gainesville, Florida), has been awarded a $500,000 Department of Defense grant to develop an integrated hardware and software system that will enable...

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS; Sacramento, California), a provider of ophthalmic digital imaging systems, reported a contract with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan to implement OIS's Ophthalmic Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) for Kaiser Permanente.(Grants/contracts)
April 13, 2006... Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS; Sacramento, California), a provider of ophthalmic digital imaging systems, reported a contract with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan to implement OIS's Ophthalmic Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS)...

Aperio Technologies (Vista, California), a provider of digital pathology and virtual microscopy systems, reported an exclusive license agreement with Zoomify (Santa Cruz, California) to resell the third-party web viewing software to the digital pathology market.(Grants/contracts)
April 13, 2006... Aperio Technologies (Vista, California), a provider of digital pathology and virtual microscopy systems, reported an exclusive license agreement with Zoomify (Santa Cruz, California) to resell the third-party web viewing software to the digital...

Bio-Imaging Technologies (Newtown, Pennsylvania) reported that it has entered into an agreement with the division of image processing at the department of radiology at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC; Leiden, the Netherlands).(Grants/contracts)
April 13, 2006... Bio-Imaging Technologies (Newtown, Pennsylvania) reported that it has entered into an agreement with the division of image processing at the department of radiology at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC; Leiden, the Netherlands). LUMC will...

CytoCore.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... CytoCore (Chicago) reported that it has secured more than $1 million in new financing from institutional sources through the issuance of common stock "at current market prices." The company said the funding will be used to implement its product...

Owens & Minor.(Financings roundup)
April 13, 2006... Owens & Minor (O&M; Richmond, Virginia) reported pricing a new public offering of $200 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.35% senior notes, due 2016. The company said it will use the proceeds of the offering to fund the purchase of its...

Positron positions for Canadian trials.(International report)
April 13, 2006... Positron (Houston) reported that it has received approval from Health Canada to use its mPower PET scanner in oncology and cardiology clinical trials in that country. Positron said it is developing a broad range of applications and upgrades to...

Chembio test recommended in Kenya.(International report)(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... Chembio Diagnostics (Medford, New York) reported that its HIV 1/2 STAT-PAK and HIV 1/2 STAT-PAK Dipstick tests have been recommended for use in Kenya. Both tests were evaluated by the National AIDS/STD Control Programme of the Kenyan Ministry...

MedMira gets HIV test order from UAE.(International report)
April 13, 2006... MedMira (Halifax, Nova Scotia), a provider of rapid diagnostic solutions, said it has received an order for 10,000 MiraWell Rapid HIV Tests from its Middle East distributor, Spree Trading (Dubai), a member of Shawwa Group International (Cairo,...

Agendia, GeneCare in distribution pact.(International report)(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... Agendia (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and GeneCare of South Africa reported reaching an agreement for distribution of Agendia's MammaPrint and CupPrint products in South Africa. MammaPrint uses a 70-gene profile to classify breast cancer...

Biosite, OGeS in blood test R&D accord.(International report)
April 13, 2006... Biosite (San Diego) and privately-held Oxford Genome Sciences (OGeS; Oxford UK) have collaborated to evaluate protein-based disease markers for colorectal cancer for the development of blood-based tests. The tests would be aimed at providing,...

Study: radiology costs increasing.(Briefly Noted)
April 13, 2006... While headlines are usually focused on prescription drug costs, radiology costs have quietly risen to be 10% of the healthcare dollar and are growing at a rate of 18% to 20% a year, according to HealthLeaders-InterStudy (Nashville, Tennessee),...

BioForce Nanosciences.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... BioForce Nanosciences (Ames, Iowa), a nanotechnology company, said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued patent No. 6,998,228, "Method and apparatus for solid state molecular analysis." The patent covers a method used to create...

PreMD.(Product Briefs)(introduction of lungalert)(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... PreMD (Toronto), focused on predictive medicine, reported that a scientific abstract describing a new microwell-based format of LungAlert has been accepted for presentation at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry annual meeting to be...

Protedyne.(Product Briefs)(radius robotic system)(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... Protedyne (Windsor, Connecticut), a lab automation provider, reported the unveiling of its new Radius robotic system. The benchtop automation platform is designed with a radial arm to provide the highest level of flexibility for laboratories....

Sonic Innovations.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... Sonic Innovations (Salt Lake City), a producer of advanced digital hearing aids and auditory testing equipment, reported the introduction of Ion, featuring the latest in hearing aid design, at the AudiologyNOW! meeting of the American Academy...

Biophan Technologies.(People in Places)
April 13, 2006... Daniel Hullihen has joined Biophan Technologies (Rochester, New York) as director of business development. Hullihen joins Biophan from Conmed Endoscopic Technologies. Biophan develops technologies designed to make biomedical devices safe and...

DMS Imaging.(People in Places)
April 13, 2006... Mark Doda has been named president of DMS Imaging (Fargo, North Dakota), a member of the DMS Health Group. Doda has served as chief financial officer for the DMS Health Group since 2001. DMS Imaging provides mobile, portable, interim and...

Exagen Diagnostics.(People in Places)(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... Thomas O'Connor has joined Exagen Diagnostics (Albuquerque, New Mexico) as vice president, sales, to be based in Exagen's Austin, Texas, office. Previously, O'Connor held positions as business development manager and North America sales manager...

Sanarus Medical.(People in Places)
April 13, 2006... John Howe has joined Sanarus Medical (Pleasanton, California), a developer of minimally invasive medical devices for diagnosing and treating breast disease, as chief operating officer and CFO. Howe most recently was CFO for Eunoe.

Longport to request SEC deadline extension.(Briefly Noted)(Securities and Exchange Commission)(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... Longport (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania), a medical technology specialist in high resolution ultrasound imaging, said that it will file a Form 12b-25 with the SEC to extend its deadline for filing Form 10-KSB for the year ended Dec. 31. ...

Medtronic boasts 1st monitor 'integrated' with insulin pump.
April 20, 2006... Medtronic Diabetes (Northridge, California) has received FDA approval of the MiniMed Paradigm Real-Time Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitoring System, which its parent company, Medtronic (Minneapolis), said is the "first time in the...

Hologic to buy Suros Surgical for $240 million plus earn-out.(Deals roundup)
April 20, 2006... Hologic (Bedford, Massachusetts), a provider of diagnostic and digital imaging systems directed towards women's health, reported that it has agreed to acquire Suros Surgical Systems (Indianapolis), a developer of devices used for minimally...

Customer/supplier interaction to get remake at Forum 360.
April 20, 2006... ATLANTA -- A new facility has opened this month, in this city's Midtown district, that could change how customers evaluate new technology and how manufacturers market their products to customers in the laboratory equipment market and beyond,...

Bruker franchise gets expansion via $135M buy of Bruker Optics.
April 20, 2006... Bruker BioSciences (Billerica, Massachusetts) reported entering an agreement to acquire all of the stock of molecular spectroscopy company Bruker Optics (also Billerica) for $135 million, to be paid about 59% in cash and 41% in BRKR stock. ...

Futuristic tech advances earlier screening for breast cancer.(American Society of Breast Surgeons meeting)
April 20, 2006... BALTIMORE -- The American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBS; Columbia, Maryland) represents the fastest growing surgical subspecialty group in healthcare, with 2,400 members and strong membership participation at each annual meeting. It could...

Country's biotech is thriving, with emphasis on diagnostics.(Report from Israel)
April 20, 2006... Israel has an abundance of life science companies, many of which began as incubator efforts and drawing upon technologies from local universities, research institutes and hospital research programs. The Israeli government funds many early-stage...

Asterand assay seen speeding test of antibody-based drugs.
April 20, 2006... When a patient picks up medication at the drugstore, it usually comes with a list of likely and unlikely side effects--including a warning to contact a doctor in the event certain of those surface. And determining these reactions is one of the...

Sensor from Sicel to measure radiation dose 510(k)-cleared.
April 20, 2006... Sicel Technologies (Raleigh, North Carolina) reported that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Dose Verification System (DVS), a wireless implantable radiation sensor and reader designed to help radiation oncologists determine if the...

Positron in development pact for coronary artery imaging.(Agreements)
April 20, 2006... Positron (Houston) reported that it has formed an agreement with the University of Texas at Houston and the Weatherhead PET Center (Houston) headed by Dr. K. Lance Gould granting Positron a license to develop a comprehensive software system...

R2 Technology (Sunnyvale, California), which focuses on computer-aided detection (CAD) technology for the earlier detection of breast cancer and other medical conditions.(Agreements)
April 20, 2006... R2 Technology (Sunnyvale, California), which focuses on computer-aided detection (CAD) technology for the earlier detection of breast cancer and other medical conditions, reported that HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HPG; Brentwood, Tennessee)...