Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from August 2007

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from August 2007

Siemens' $7b Dade Behring buy grows diagnostic consolidations.(Company overview)
August 2, 2007... The recent wave of consolidations within the diagnostics sector received another boost with Dade Behring (Deerfield, Illinois) last week agreeing to be acquired by Siemens (Munich, Germany) for $77 per share, a deal value of about $7 billion (5...

New HIV strains are putting viral load assays to the test.(Abbott, Roche meeting the challenge)
August 2, 2007... With new strains of HIV appearing in patients in the U.S., following not far behind is the need for new tests that can not only detect the virus, but also quantify viral load to determine how well drugs to treat the disease may be working. ...

GE Healthcare establishes 1st MRI training center in China.(International report)
August 2, 2007... Citing a shortage of trained professionals specializing in magnetic resonance imaging, GE Healthcare (Chalfont St. Giles, UK) reported that it has co-founded China's first MR Application Academy at its GE China Technology Center in Shanghai....

Brendan sees newest financing as big bridge into lab monitoring.
August 2, 2007... Brendan Technologies (Carlsbad, California) doesn't pull any punches when it comes to discussing revenue derived from its product innovations. Ranging between $500,000 and $600,000 thus far, the revenue "hasn't been all that great,"...

Qiagen completes Digene buy; Roche extends Ventana offer.(Deals roundup)
August 2, 2007... Qiagen (Venlo, the Netherlands) reported that it completed its exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Digene (Gaithersburg, Maryland) in its $1.6 billion acquisition of that company. The exchange offer expired at 11:59 p.m., EST, July...

FDA's Lutter: nanotech changing how medical devices are made.(A recommendation for guidances)
August 2, 2007... The FDA's nanotechnology task force--launched about a year ago--last week released a report recommending what many have said should have been done months, if not years, ago: that the agency develop guidance and take other steps to address the...

Diabetes patients to transmit data using wireless technology.(Agreements roundup)
August 2, 2007... etrials (Morrisville, North Carolina) reported a partnership between Roche Diagnostics' (Basel, Switzerland) Accucheck blood glucose meters and etrial's eDiary solution. With this partnership, patients with diabetes participating in...

OraSure Technologies (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) reported an agreement for the supply of its OraQuick Rapid HIV-1/2 antibody test to the Supply Chain Management System ("SCMS").(Agreements roundup)
August 2, 2007... OraSure Technologies (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) reported an agreement for the supply of its OraQuick Rapid HIV-1/2 antibody test to the Supply Chain Management System ("SCMS"). Created with funds from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS...

Vitrolife (Kungsbacka, Sweden) and Scan-Med (Omaha, Nebraska) have signed an agreement whereby Vitrolife fully assumes distribution of Swemed (Gothenburg, Sweden) products in North America.(Agreements roundup)(Brief article)
August 2, 2007... Vitrolife (Kungsbacka, Sweden) and Scan-Med (Omaha, Nebraska) have signed an agreement whereby Vitrolife fully assumes distribution of Swemed (Gothenburg, Sweden) products in North America. Since 1985, Scan-Med has been responsible for...

Digene, Quest Diagnostics extend HPV testing partnership.(Contracts)
August 2, 2007... Digene (Gaithersburg, Maryland) will continue to supply Quest Diagnostics' (Lyndhurst, New Jersey) network of labs in the U.S. with instrumentation and reagents for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing for the next four years under a recently...

Cardiac Science (Bothell, Washington) reported that San Diego Project Heart Beat, San Diego County's public access defibrillation (PAD) program, has again selected Cardiac Science as its preferred provider of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs).(Contracts)
August 2, 2007... Cardiac Science (Bothell, Washington) reported that San Diego Project Heart Beat, San Diego County's public access defibrillation (PAD) program, has again selected Cardiac Science as its preferred provider of Automated External Defibrillators...

Acacia Research Corporation (Newport Beach, California) reported that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a one-year, $2.2 million contract to one of its operating groups CombiMatrix (Mukilteo, Washington) for further development of its microarray technologies for a multipathogen- and chemical-detection system.(Contracts)
August 2, 2007... Acacia Research Corporation (Newport Beach, California) reported that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a one-year, $2.2 million contract to one of its operating groups CombiMatrix (Mukilteo, Washington) for further development...

Inverness Medical Innovations (IMI; Waltham, Massachusetts) and Cholestech (Hayward, California) reported the U.S. antitrust waiting period for IMI's proposed $326.3 million stock-for-stock acquisition of Cholestech has expired without a request for additional information.(Brief article)
August 2, 2007... Inverness Medical Innovations (IMI; Waltham, Massachusetts) and Cholestech (Hayward, California) reported the U.S. antitrust waiting period for IMI's proposed $326.3 million stock-for-stock acquisition of Cholestech has expired without a...

Draximage files for approval of imaging kit.(International report)
August 2, 2007... Draximage Specialty Pharmaceuticals, the radio-pharmaceutical division of Draxis Health (both Montreal), said it has taken "another significant step" in its product development strategy with the filing of its Draximage Sestamibi with European...

Big contract in China for Chindex.(International report)
August 2, 2007... Chindex International (Bethesda, Maryland), a provider of Western healthcare products and services in China, said it has been awarded a contract as the exclusive supplier for premium clinical application color ultrasound systems to the People's...

Covidien tells shareholders to use caution related to mini-tender offer.(Financings roundup)
August 2, 2007... Covidien (Pembroke, Bermuda) said it has been notified of an unsolicited "mini-tender" offer by TRC Capital for TRC to buy for cash up to two million shares of Covidien common stock (roughly 0.4% of the outstanding shares), at a price of $42.75...

bioMerieux.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
August 2, 2007... bioMerieux (Paris), reported the launch of VIDAS C. difficile Toxin A&B, a test for the detection of a bacterium responsible for fatal nosocomial epidemics in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. Results are available in 75 minutes (as opposed to 24 to...

Illumina.(Product Briefs)
August 2, 2007... Illumina (San Diego) reported the release of two digital gene expression (DGE) applications that use Illumina's genome analyzer to generate genome-wide sequencing-based expression profiles of messenger and small RNA. These DGE applications...

Merge Healthcare.(Product Briefs)
August 2, 2007... Merge Healthcare, (Milwaukee) a medical imaging software and services provider, reported the introduction of Merge Ortho, a digital workstation solution that is designed to help orthopedic specialists save time and improve clinical...

Oncology Metrics.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
August 2, 2007... Oncology Metrics (Dallas) reported the launch of the Oncology Metrics National Indices (OMNIs) a series of data driven national indices that measure the diagnosis, treatment and management of cancer. In recent years treatment options in...

Quest Diagnostics.(Product Briefs)
August 2, 2007... Quest Diagnostics (Lyndhurst, New Jersey) reported a new diagnostic testing technique to help physicians diagnose genetic metabolic disorders, such as phenylketonuria and homocystinuria. The new technique measures amino acids in blood plasma,...

High Throughput Genomics.(People in Places)
August 2, 2007... Jerry Zemaitis, PhD, was named VP of commercial operations of High Throughput Genomics (Tucson, Arizona). Zemaitis joins HTG from Zeta Strategic Consulting. High Throughput Genomics makes gene expression assay technology and services for the...

IMI adds still more assets with $165 million buy of Hemosense.(Deals roundup)(Inverness Medical Innovations)(Brief article)
August 9, 2007... Inverness Medical Innovations (IMI; Waltham, Massachusetts) is on the M&A trail again. After already making a string of acquisitions in the diagnostics space this year, it yesterday said it will acquire HemoSense (San Jose, California) in...

BG Medicine joins life science IPO queue via $80 million filing.(Financings roundup)
August 9, 2007... BG Medicine (Waltham, Massachusetts), a life-sciences company filed to raise $80 million in its initial public offering (IPO). Until the company prices, it joins 12 other life science IPO hopefuls waiting in the wings. It hasn't disclosed...

UK consultation eyes future of stroke services in England.(International report)
August 9, 2007... Health Secretary Alan Johnson reported last month that the UK government had launched a consultation into the future of stroke services, saying the challenge is to modernize stroke services at every stage and drive down death and disability...

Optical technology found useful for pancreatic cancer detection.
August 9, 2007... Like many researchers, Vadim Backman, PhD, a professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), had some existing data from previous work--in this case concerning colon cancer. And he also had a...

Cardiac Science, US Lacrosse will address SCA in players.(Agreements)
August 9, 2007... Cardiac Science (Bothell, Washington) and US Lacrosse, the national governing body for men's and women's lacrosse, reported that they have formed a strategic alliance to increase the likelihood of surviving sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) during a...

BioElectronics (Frederick, Maryland) reported that Barron Medical (Chino Hills, California) has signed a distribution agreement to provide ActiPatch therapy to the U.S. ophthalmology market.(Agreements)
August 9, 2007... BioElectronics (Frederick, Maryland) reported that Barron Medical (Chino Hills, California) has signed a distribution agreement to provide ActiPatch therapy to the U.S. ophthalmology market. ActiPatch is a drug-free anti-inflammatory patch...

Genome study kick-starts new understanding of restless legs.
August 9, 2007... LONDON -- The discovery of genetic variants that increase the risk of suffering from restless legs syndrome (RLS) has laid open the way to a better understanding of this mysterious condition with, eventually, the prospect of new therapies to...

U-Systems launches new web site.(Briefly Noted)(Website overview)
August 9, 2007... U-Systems (San Jose, California) reported the launch of a new web site in women's health and breast imaging, http://www.U-Systems.com. With the advent of U-Systems automated breast ultrasound with SomoSynthesis, the company said that...

Congress is again getting cold feet about CMS action on DRGs.(Washington roundup)
August 9, 2007... The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week released a revamp of the way it pays hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS), but Congress has expressed serious reservations about the move. And at least one...

DoD to share data with FDA.(Washington roundup)
August 9, 2007... FDA's work in collecting epidemiological data to evaluate the safety of drugs and devices is improved with greater data, but data-sharing between federal departments has not always been a fact of life. That is about to change, at least where...

NHGRI doles out $15m in grants for better DNA sequencing tech.(Grants/contracts)
August 9, 2007... The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH; Bethesda, Maryland), recently awarded more than $15 million in grants to support development of innovative technologies with the potential to...

Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, (Foxborough, Massachusetts); Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island); and the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center at the Case Western Reserve University (both, Cleveland) reported that they will act as a consortium pursuant to a 5-year.(Grant offerings)
August 9, 2007... Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, (Foxborough, Massachusetts); Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island); and the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center at the Case Western Reserve University (both, Cleveland) reported that...

TecniScan Medical Systems (TMS; Salt Lake City), a developer of ultrasound technology for breast imaging, reported a continuation of its $2.8 million SBIR grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.(Grant offerings)
August 9, 2007... TecniScan Medical Systems (TMS; Salt Lake City), a developer of ultrasound technology for breast imaging, reported a continuation of its $2.8 million SBIR grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of...

Health Discovery receives notice of allowance for fractal genomics.(Patent Watch)
August 9, 2007... Health Discovery Corp. (HDC; Savannah, Georgia) reported that it has received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its patent application titled "Method for the Manipulation, Storage, Modeling, Visualization and...

Cleveland Clinic uncovers new HDL findings.(Briefly Noted)
August 9, 2007... Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) have identified the region within high density lipoprotein (HDL), the major carrier of "good" cholesterol, that can become dysfunctional within the artery wall, inhibiting the body's ability to...

Orbotech (Yavne, Israel) reported that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 3D--Danish Diagnostic Development (DDD; Hoersholm, Denmark), a company that develops gamma cameras for nuclear medicine.(Deals roundup)
August 9, 2007... Orbotech (Yavne, Israel) reported that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 3D--Danish Diagnostic Development (DDD; Hoersholm, Denmark), a company that develops gamma cameras for nuclear medicine. Orbotech will pay about $39...

WellPoint (Indianapolis) reported the completion of its acquisition of American Imaging Management (AIM; Deerfield, Illinois), a radiology benefit management and technology company.(Deals roundup)
August 9, 2007... WellPoint (Indianapolis) reported the completion of its acquisition of American Imaging Management (AIM; Deerfield, Illinois), a radiology benefit management and technology company. AIM will remain headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, as a...

The Gores Group (Los Angeles) said it has finalized its agreement with HealthSouth (Birmingham, Alabama) to buy its diagnostic division, creating Diagnostic Health, an independent diagnostic imaging company.(Deals roundup)
August 9, 2007... The Gores Group (Los Angeles) said it has finalized its agreement with HealthSouth (Birmingham, Alabama) to buy its diagnostic division, creating Diagnostic Health, an independent diagnostic imaging company. The deal was originally...

Genoptix.(Financings roundup)
August 9, 2007... Genoptix (Carlsbad, California), a provider of specialized laboratory and diagnostic services for community-based hematologists and oncologists, filed to raise $86.25 million in its initial public offering. Until the company prices, it...

Electro-Optical Sciences.(Financings roundup)
August 9, 2007... Electro-Optical Sciences (EOS; Irvington, New York), focused on development of MelaFind, a noninvasive, point-of-care instrument to assist in the early diagnosis of melanoma, reported signing "definitive documents" with institutional and...

Biofield licenses MacKay for China j-v.(International report)
August 9, 2007... Biofield (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania), which late last month granted a master license to the MacKay Group (Hong Kong), reported that MakKay has signed a memorandum of understanding to form Biofield Asia in a joint venture with United Premier...

Two more sites join in CardioFit trial.(International report)
August 9, 2007... BioControl Medical (Yehud, Israel) reported that cardiologists and surgeons at University Hospital Mannheim in Germany and Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo in Italy have successfully implanted the company's CardioFit device in the first patients to...

Asuragen.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
August 9, 2007... Asuragen (Austin, Texas) reported the launch of its new high-content microRNA (miRNA) service. The service enables comprehensive analysis of miRNA expression profiles from published miRNA sequences and a vastly expanded set of unpublished...

CAD Sciences.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
August 9, 2007... CAD Sciences (White Plains, New York) reported the release of a suite of motion correction (MC) algorithms that expand on the existing MC capabilities that have been embedded in CAD Sciences' products since their commercial launch. The new MC...

CompuMed.(Product Briefs)
August 9, 2007... CompuMed (Los Angeles) reported that it has expanded its support of PACS/DICOM in its OsteoGram software. The picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) is standard for the interoperability and storage of medical imaging and typically...

Corgenix Medical.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
August 9, 2007... Corgenix Medical (Denver) has submitted a 510(k) premarket notification to the FDA for the company's IgG Anti-AtherOx test kit. This new laboratory test uses the company's AtherOx technology to detect IgG antibodies to complexes formed by...

Critical Diagnostics.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
August 9, 2007... Critical Diagnostics (New York) reported that a pivotal research paper has been published in the Journal of the College of Cardiology titled, "Measurement of the Interleukin Family Member ST2 in Patients with Acute Dyspnea: Results from the...

Aspect Medical Systems.(People in Places)
August 9, 2007... Aspect Medical Systems (Norwood, Massachusetts) said that Boudewijn Bollen will retire from his role as president of international operations in 1Q08. After this time, Bollen will serve on a part-time basis as a senior company advisor and will...

Abbott.(People in Places)(retirement of Richard Gonzalez)(Brief article)
August 9, 2007... Richard Gonzalez, president/COO, and a member of Abbott's (Abbott Park, Illinois) board of directors, plans to retire after a 30-year career with the company. "Rick is a consummate leader and has had a distinguished career at Abbott, including...

BD.(People in Places)
August 9, 2007... Scott Bruder, MD, was named senior VP and chief technology officer of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company; Franklin Lakes, New Jersey), effective Sept. 1. Bruder most recently was the worldwide VP for Johnson & Johnson Regenerative Therapeutics....

Nanosphere files for $100m IPO; Masimo nets $48 million in IPO.(Financings roundup)
August 16, 2007... Nanosphere (Northbrook, Illinois), a nanotechnology firm, Monday filed for an initial public offering, hoping to raise up to $100 million. Nanosphere makes a genetic-testing system, and is developing diagnostic tests for a variety of...

Deep Breeze gets FDA clearance for non-invasive lung monitoring.
August 16, 2007... When Igal Kushnir, MD, founded Deep Breeze (Or-Akiva, Israel) in 2001, based on his invention for functional imaging of lungs by sensing vibrations, he chose the company's name based on a key feature of its primary product. He thought the...

Audio conference explores ways to penetrate med-tech market.(Conference news)
August 16, 2007... A new audio conference sponsored by Diagnostics & Imaging Week and sister publication Medical Device Daily offers med-tech companies tips and strategies for getting their innovative medical technology to market. "Employ Market Intelligence...

Blood test may offer alternative to that dreaded colonoscopy.
August 16, 2007... Few screening tests are more uncomfortable for the patient than a colonoscopy--that oh-so-fun procedure during which the doctor inserts a long lighted tube into the rectum and advances it through the entire colon, typically in search of polyps....

Aurora Imaging's 1.5 Tesla system in mobile use in Italy.(International report)
August 16, 2007... Aurora Imaging Technology (North Andover, Massachusetts) reported the introduction in Italy of a mobile Aurora 1.5 Tesla dedicated breast MRI system. The Aurora system is offered by Paramed (Genoa, Italy), and is designed to travel...

Cervical cell collector gets European OK.(International report)(Brief article)
August 16, 2007... CytoCore (Chicago), whose focus is on the early detection and treatment of reproductive-tract cancers, said it has completed the process of demonstrating conformity of the e2 Collector cervical cell collection device to the requirements of the...

Failure of preventive service use translates to 100,000 lives lost.
August 16, 2007... Increasing the use of just five preventative services would save more than 100,000 lives each year in the U.S., health experts said in a report released last week by Partnership for Prevention (Washington), a non-profit health policy group. ...

AIM to develop imaging network to BCBSF via OptiNet program.(Agreements roundup)
August 16, 2007... American Imaging Management (AIM; Deerfield, Illinois), a radiology benefit management and technology company with health plan clients representing more than 20 million consumers, said it has been selected by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...

Grant Life Sciences (Los Angeles), reported that it has decided to terminate further negotiations with Diagnostic Technologies (DTL; Yoqneam, Israel) related to Grant's serum-based cervical cancer-diagnostic technology (U.S. Patent No. 6,743,593).(Agreements roundup)
August 16, 2007... Grant Life Sciences (Los Angeles), reported that it has decided to terminate further negotiations with Diagnostic Technologies (DTL; Yoqneam, Israel) related to Grant's serum-based cervical cancer-diagnostic technology (U.S. Patent No....

Phadia (Portage, Michigan) reported a new long-term agreement with Bio-Reference Laboratories (Elmwood Park, New Jersey) allowoing Bio-Reference to supply ImmunoCAP specific IgE blood tests to its customers, including those covered by United Healthcare.(Agreements roundup)
August 16, 2007... Phadia (Portage, Michigan) reported a new long-term agreement with Bio-Reference Laboratories (Elmwood Park, New Jersey) allowoing Bio-Reference to supply ImmunoCAP specific IgE blood tests to its customers, including those covered by United...

Norwalk says Congress might settle on a two-year CHIP bill.(Washington roundup)
August 16, 2007... Congressional Democrats and the White House are known to have different views on financing for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for the next five years, and a member of the administration suggested last week that Democrats could...

Pelosi says FDA jobs safe.(Washington roundup)
August 16, 2007... House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) sought to reassure FDA employees that despite the looming deadline to pass user fee legislation, no one will lose their jobs. The current funding cycle ends Sept. 30, and the two houses have yet to...

Caliper, Novartis in multi-year pact for optical imaging tech.(Patent watch)
August 16, 2007... Caliper Life Sciences (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) reported that Novartis (Basel, Switzerland) has signed a multi-year license to Caliper's patented non-invasive optical imaging methods. Non-invasive optical imaging, an increasingly critical...

TechniScan receives continued NCI funding of up to $2.8 million.(Grants/contracts)(Brief article)
August 16, 2007... TechniScan Medical Systems (TMS; Salt Lake City) reported the continuation of its $2.8 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Phase II monies for...

The Department of Defense has awarded a $1.6 million grant to The Center for Bioelectronics Biosensors and Biochips at Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) for a joint study on an implantable biochip that could transmit medical data with the department of molecular pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Telesensors, (Knoxville, Tennessee).(Grant news)
August 16, 2007... The Department of Defense has awarded a $1.6 million grant to The Center for Bioelectronics Biosensors and Biochips at Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) for a joint study on an implantable biochip that could transmit medical data...

Nanomix (Emeryville, California) a nanoelectronic company commercializing diagnostic and monitoring applications, reported an increase in the previous award of a $1 million project grant from the Department of Homeland Security.(Grant news)
August 16, 2007... Nanomix (Emeryville, California) a nanoelectronic company commercializing diagnostic and monitoring applications, reported an increase in the previous award of a $1 million project grant from the Department of Homeland Security, adding $260,000...

Aethlon Medical.(Grant news)
August 16, 2007... Aethlon Medical (San Diego) said it has submitted a Phase I SBIR grant to the NIH, titled "Affinity Capture of Low Abundance Prostate Cancer Biomarkers From Sera." The submission proposes to investigate the utility of the Aethlon Hemopurifier...

Viking adds Saudi distributor.(International report)
August 16, 2007... Viking Systems (San Diego), a manufacturer of laparoscopic vision systems for use in minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures, said it has expanded its international distribution network by partnering with medical device distributor Saudi...

Masimo.(Financings roundup)
August 16, 2007... Monitoring product maker Masimo (Irvine, California) has closed its previously disclosed initial public offering of 11.9 million shares at $17 a share. The company also said that the underwriters of the offering have exercised their...

Thermo Fisher Scientific.(Financings roundup)
August 16, 2007... Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Massachusetts) said its board has authorized the repurchase of $700 million of shares of its common stock, in the open market or in negotiated transactions, through Aug. 8, 2008. This new authorization,...

The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG; Pittsburgh) reported that it has invested a total of $350,000 in three Pittsburgh-based companies: Celsense, Glucose Sensing Technologies, and Falcon Genomics.(Financings roundup)
August 16, 2007... The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG; Pittsburgh) reported that it has invested a total of $350,000 in three Pittsburgh-based companies: Celsense, Glucose Sensing Technologies, and Falcon Genomics. The PLSG's $150,000 investment in...

Illumina.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
August 16, 2007... Illumina (San Diego) reported that a resale registration statement has been filed on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its prior sale of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 0.625% convertible...

Beckman Coulter.(Financings roundup)
August 16, 2007... Diagnostics company Beckman Coulter (Fullerton, California) reported that, as required by its December 2006 convertible notes offering, it filed a registration statement with the SEC for the resale by selling security holders of $600 million...

Caliper Life Sciences.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
August 16, 2007... Caliper Life Sciences (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) reported the launch of the Caliper LabChip EZ Reader series, delivering a range of products for in-house kinase profiling. The series, which complements the existing LabChip 3000 system,...

Dilon Technologies.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
August 16, 2007... Study results recently published in the Journal of Academic Radiology indicate that breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) provides higher sensitivity for the detection of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) than mammography or MRI and can reliably...

Xenomics (New York) reported that its first diagnostic test for stratification of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is available for clinicians.(Product Briefs)
August 16, 2007... Xenomics (New York) reported that its first diagnostic test for stratification of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is available for clinicians. AML is the most common form of acute leukemia with about 13,400 new cases expected in 2007...

Aspect Medical Systems.(People in Places)
August 16, 2007... Aspect Medical Systems (Norwood, Massachusetts) said that Boudewijn Bollen will retire from his role as president of international operations in 1Q08. After this time, Bollen will serve on a part-time basis as a senior company advisor and will...

Placor.(People in Places)
August 16, 2007... Denny Steger has been named VP of regulatory affairs and reimbursement for PlaCor. Steger previously was head of the regulatory affairs group at Medical CV. PlaCor is a manufacturer of diagnostic tests.

Philips to acquire Ximis as part of its Healthcare Informatics group.(Deals roundup)
August 23, 2007... Royal Philips Electronics (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) last Thursday said that it will acquire Ximis (El Paso, Texas), a provider of a next generation Radiology Information System (RIS). The deal is expected to close in the 3Q07. Financial...

Duke researchers using HIFU for 'shaking' tumors to death.
August 23, 2007... Researchers at Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) have used high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in a study indicating that not only did HIFU cause a reduction in the growth of primary tumors, it also generated an anti-tumor immune...

Counterfeit versions of J&J test strips traced to China.(International report)
August 23, 2007... Potentially dangerous copies of the OneTouch Test Strip sold by J&J's LifeScan unit (Milpitas, California) unit surfaced in American and Canadian pharmacies last fall, according to federal court documents unsealed earlier this summer. The...

Study: endoscopy safe for gastric bypass complication.(Report)
August 23, 2007... For many obese people, gastric bypass surgery is a lifesaving procedure. However, it is not without its risks and complications. One of the more frequent post-operative complications of gastric bypass is a narrowing of the opening made...