Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from February 2004

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from February 2004

Panel makes prognostications on future uses of diagnostics.(Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference)
February 5, 2004... NEW YORK -- As the 18th edition of the Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference concluded here fast Thursday, much of the crowd had already departed, presumably for warmer climes. However, those still in attendance as the three-day gathering drew...

Two firms show diagnostics sector is a happening place.(Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference)
February 5, 2004... NEW YORK -- The spotlight shown brightly on the diagnostics sector on the final day of the Piper Jeffrey Health Care Conference last Thursday. Two companies that investors have taken a great interest in over the past several years in the sector...

CellaVision inks deal to sell its DM96 cell system in U.S.(Report from Europe)
February 5, 2004... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report CellaVision AB (Lund, Sweden), developer of tools to facilitate cell analysis and diagnosis, is planning to launch its CellaVision DM96 Digital Cell Morphology System into the U.S. market upon...

CombiMatrix has developed first microarray for bird flu.
February 5, 2004... When the World Health Organization (WHO: Geneva, Switzerland) put out a call on Jan. 27 for technical assistance and expert advice in combating what is called bird flu--which had claimed 12 lives in Southeast Asia as of Tuesday and has...

AcroMetrix purchases ViroSure diagnostics line from Nabi Bio.(Deals roundup)
February 5, 2004... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report AcroMetrix (Benicia, California) has completed the acquisition of the ViroSure product line previously manufactured by Nabi Biopharmaceutical's (Boca Raton, Florida) antibody business and other...

Medical Media Systems (MMS; West Lebanon, New Hampshire), a provider of advanced, remote 3-D medical imaging and treatment planning applications supporting diagnosis and treatment management for aortic aneurysms, cancer and other diseases, has purchased the assets of GHRL (Cambridge, Massachusetts).(Deals roundup)
February 5, 2004... Medical Media Systems (MMS; West Lebanon, New Hampshire), a provider of advanced, remote 3-D medical imaging and treatment planning applications supporting diagnosis and treatment management for aortic aneurysms, cancer and other diseases, has...

Xtrana.(Deals roundup)
February 5, 2004... * Xtrana (Broomfield, Colorado) reported entering into an agreement to sell its intellectual property for $4 million. The buyer was not named. The deal includes all of the company's IP assets, excluding its trademarks and trade names....

BioTrove in $10.9M VC funding; Isonics closes on $2.2m.(Financings roundup)
February 5, 2004... Developmental firm Bio Trove (Woburn, Massachusetts) reported that the company has added $10.9 million to its coffers in new venture capital funding. The funding is part of a second round of financing, Robert Hess, director of business...

Biophan Technologies.(Financings roundup)
February 5, 2004... Biophan Technologies (Rochester, New York), a developer of magnetic resonance imaging-related technology, reported completing its first round of financing with SBI Brightline. The company said that the financing would enable it to pursue its...

Isonics.(Financings roundup)
February 5, 2004... Isonics (Golden, Colorado), a developer of semiconductor materials and isotope products for life sciences and healthcare applications, reported the closing of a $2.2 million private placement of convertible preferred stock to Mercator Advisory...

Elbit Medical Imaging (Tel Aviv, Israel) reported that its board has approved issuing of 623,362 ordinary shares of the company to Triple-S Holdings NV.(Financings roundup)
February 5, 2004... Elbit Medical Imaging (Tel Aviv, Israel) reported that its board has approved issuing of 623,362 ordinary shares of the company to Triple-S Holdings NV. The private issuance is in accordance with an agreement, made in February 2001, between the...

Mediscience Technology.(Financings roundup)
February 5, 2004... Mediscience Technology (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) reported closing a private placement for a net cash infusion of $1.5 million. The Investment basis consists of convertible preferred shares, each priced at $25,000 the convertible preferred...

Bayer, GE in deals on remote device management software.(Agreements roundup)
February 5, 2004... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report The Diagnostics Division of Bayer HealthCare (Tarrytown, New York), a member of the Bayer Group (Leverkusen, Germany), has licensed Axeda Systems' (Mansfield, Massachusetts) device relationship...

Abbott in multi-year contract for its blood-screening tests.(Grants/contracts)
February 5, 2004... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Illinois) said it has been awarded a multi-year contract that allows Abbott to supply instruments and five infectious disease tests used for screening donated blood...

Big gains in micron resolutions.
February 5, 2004... Mauna Kea Technologies (Paris) is developing instrumentation it said will make it possible to achieve micron resolutions never before attained by in vivo medical imaging. "Being able to see at the level of the cell is essential for diagnosing a...

Large PACS deal.
February 5, 2004... Telvent Interactiva (Madrid, Spain), the information technology subsidiary of the broad industrial and technological holding company Abengoa, has won an EUR 3.2 million contact for picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) In the...

Lion's Gate changes name.(Briefly Noted)
February 5, 2004... Lions Gate Investment (Mahwah, New Jersey) said that it has changed its corporate name to DOBI Medical International, and its state of incorporation to Delaware by means of a merger with and into a new wholly owned Delaware corporation called...

Abbott Laboratories.(People in Places)
February 5, 2004... James White has been named director, federal government affairs, for Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Illinois). He will be based in the company's Washington office. White was formerly the legislative director for House Energy and Commerce...

Natus Medical.(People in Places)
February 5, 2004... Natus Medical (San Carlos, California) reported the resignation of Tim Johnson, president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer and director. Johnson has agreed to continue to serve in his current capacity until a successor has been...

OraSure Technologies.(People in Places)
February 5, 2004... OraSure Technologies (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) reported the hiring of David Stevans as director, hospital sales. Stevens comes to OraSure from Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he was district business manager for its Primary Care division. OraSure...

Signet Laboratories.(People in Places)
February 5, 2004... Signet Laboratories (Dedham, Massachusetts) reported that Dr. Richard Gill has joined the company as president and chief executive officer, succeeding founder Dr. Ronald Casciato, who will assume the role of executive chairman. Gill most...

Swissray International.(People in Places)
February 5, 2004... John Monahan has been promoted to vice president of corporate accounts for Swissray International (Elizabeth, New jersey). For the past two years, Monahan has served as vice president of Swissrays North American customer service operations....

Vital Signs.(People in Places)
February 5, 2004... Alex Chanin has been named chief information officer of Vital Signs (Torowa, New Jersey). Chanin is a founding partner of Stelex, a subsidiary of Vital Signs. Additionally, Richard Gordon has been promoted to executive vice president of global...

Motion DNA.(Deals roundup)
February 5, 2004... Motion DNA (Scottsdale, Arizona) has become a new publicly traded company on the OTC, effective Jan. 30, following the board's decision to take the company public. Zig Ziegler, president of Motion DNA, said, "Now that we are a publicly...

Adherex Technologies.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Adherex Technologies (Ottawa, Ontario) said it was issued a U.S. patent for methods of diagnosing and evaluating status and progression of cancer. The patent provides the technological basis for "mapping" the cadherin profile on cancer cells....

Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) said it is offering a new line of GeneChip brand expression reagents, including two new cDNA Synthesis Kits, developed in collaboration with Invitrogen (San Diego, California).(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) said it is offering a new line of GeneChip brand expression reagents, including two new eDNA Synthesis Kits, developed in collaboration with Invitrogen (San Diego, California). The reagents have been...

AMDL.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... AMDL (Tustin, California) said that it has received notification from its consultant, Diagnostic Oncology Clinical Research Organization (DOCRO; Seymour, Connecticut), that the FDA has responded to AMDL's submission of test data relating to Its...

Bayer Diagnostics.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Bayer Diagnostics (Tarrytown, New York) has received CE mark certification for its genotypic HIV resistance testing product, the Trugene HIV-1 Genotyping Kit. The test, already FDA-cleared, Is the first commercial HIV resistance product to...

Biomerica.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Biomerica (Newport Beach, California) reported that all the company's products have received the CE mark, clearing the way for sales into the European Union. Products include the Isletest diabetes test for the early detection of Type 1...

Biosite.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Biosite (San Diego, California) reported FDA clearance to market and sell the Triage BNP Test for use with capillary whole blood, as obtained by a finger prick. The clearance was based on substantial equivalence between venous and capillary...

Chiro (Emeryville, California) reported that the U.S. clinical trials of the Procleix Ultrio Assay on the Procleix Tigris system have started in San Diego, California, under an investigational new drug application.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... * Chiron (Emeryville, California) reported that the U.S. clinical trials of the Procleix Ultrio Assay on the Procleix Tigris system have started in San Diego, California, under an investigational new drug application. The Procleix Ultrio Assay,...

Dade Behring.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Dade Behring (Deerfield, Illinois) said it has received clearance from the FDA for use of its N High Sensitivity CRP assay as an independent risk marker for the identification of individuals at risk for future cardiovascular disease. When used...

Hemagen Diagnostics.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Hemagen Diagnostics (Columbia, Maryland) reported that its Virgo line of infectious and autoimmune disease test kits, the Raichem clinical chemistry reagent line and the Analyst Benchtop clinical chemistry system and reagents have received the...

Imaging Diagnostic Systems.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Imaging Diagnostic Systems (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) reported that U.S. patent No. 6,681,130 was awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The company said the theory of this invention is to provide a method for improving the accuracy...

Medical Services International.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Medical Services International (Edmonton, Alberta) said that all additional tests of its VScan Rapid HIV test kit have been completed in Peru, and the VScan test kit has been approved by the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland)....

Nellcor.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Nellcor (Pleasanton, California), a unit of Tyco Healthcare, said that long-time customer Singing River Hospital (Pascagoula, Mississippi) is detecting patient oxygen saturation levels earlier and faster using the Nellcor MAX-FAST Forehead...

OraSure Technologies.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... OraSure Technologies (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) said it has received notice from the U.S. Patent and Trade. mark Office that a new parent will be issued with broad claims covering a lateral flow diagnostic test that can be used to test oral...

Quantum Dot.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Quantum Dot (Hayward, California) said it added four new parents to its Intellectual property portfolio in 4Q03. U.S. patent No. 6,630,307. "Method of detecting an analyte in a sample using semiconductor nanocrystals as a detectable label,"...

Tecan US.(Product Briefs)
February 5, 2004... Tetcan US (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina/ San Jose, California) introduced Freedom EVOware, a pipetting and instrument control software package with dynamic scheduling for Tecan's Freedom EVO series of liquid handling workstations....

IDC launches life science research, advisory practice.(Briefly Noted)
February 5, 2004... IDC (Framingham, Massachusetts) has launched Life Science Insights, an independent research and advisory practice focused on providing life science companies with market and technology intelligence, commentary and analysis, to help support...

R2 CAD lung diagnostic system gets go-ahead from FDA panel.
February 12, 2004... GATHERSBURG Maryland--An FOA panel on Feb. 3 recommended agency marketing approval for a computer-sided detection (CAD) system designed to Identify smaller solid modules in the lung during computed tomography scans that often are missed by the...

Nanogen pursues point-of-care test expansion via SYN X buy.(Deals roundup)
February 12, 2004... Nanogen (San Diego, California), a developer of molecular diagnostics for the gene-based testing marker, has its sights set on expansion into the point-of-care (POC) diagnostics sector with the acquisition of SYN X Pharma (Toronto, Ontario) in...

Exact Sciences to net $38M; Biophan to receive up to $25M.(Financings roundup)
February 12, 2004... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Exact Sciences (Marlborough, Massachusetts) said it priced an offering of 6 million shares of common stock at a price of $6.75 a share, for estimated net proceeds, before expenses, of $38.1 million....

Isotechnika eyes breath test as early diabetes predictor.
February 12, 2004... Newspapers and news shows blare warnings of the growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes almost every day, It seems. And coinciding with the growth in diabetes is the rise in insulin resistance, which is a stage the patient enters prior to...

Agency seizes diagnostic kits manufactured by PerkinElmer.(FDA roundup)
February 12, 2004... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report The FDA recently reported that it has seized various diagnostic kits made by PerkinElmer Life Sciences (Norton, Ohio), a unit of PerkinElmer (Boston, Massachusetts). The kits are described as...

FDA, SEC eye closer coordination.(FDA roundup)
February 12, 2004... The ripple effect of Sam Waksal's deeds is evident these days not only in a New York courtroom, but also in Washington at the offices of the FDA and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). While domestic decorating maven Martha...

Chase adding diagnostics to surgery via SIMON software.
February 12, 2004... Developmental firm Chase Medical (Richardson, Texas), heretofore focused on manufacturing tools used in cardiac surgery procedures, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a new software product that adds a critical diagnostic tool to its...

Roche Diagnostics in marker deal with Diagnostic Products.(Agreements roundup)
February 12, 2004... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Roche Diagnostics (Indianapolis, indiana) and Diagnostic Products Corp. (DPC; Los Angeles, California) reported that DPC has been granted a nonexclusive license under patent rights of Roche...

Aspect Medical Systems (Newton, Massachusetts) has entered into a multi-year, worldwide development and licensing agreement with Draeger Medical Systems, the patient monitoring subsidiary of Draeger Medical AG & Co. (Luebeck, Germany), to incorporate Aspect's Bispectral Index (BI5) technology into Draeger Medical multiparameter patient monitoring systems.(Agreements roundup)
February 12, 2004... Aspect Medical Systems (Newton, Massachusetts) has entered into a multi-year, worldwide development and licensing agreement with Draeger Medical Systems, the patient monitoring subsidiary of Draeger Medical AG & Co. (Luebeck, Germany), to...

Hologic (Bedford, Massachusetts), a provider of specialized medical imaging equipment for women's health, and Del Global Technologies (DGTC, Valhalla, New York), a provider of general radiography imaging systems.(Agreements roundup)
February 12, 2004... Hologic (Bedford, Massachusetts), a provider of specialized medical Imaging equipment for women's health, and Del Global Technologies (DGTC, Valhalla, New York), a provider of general radiography imaging systems, reported a licensing agreement...

iCAD (Nashua, New Hampshire), which develops computer-aided detection (CAD) imaging technology and systems for the early detection of breast cancer and other medical applications, and SourceOne Healthcare Technologies (Mentor, Ohio).(Agreements roundup)
February 12, 2004... iCAD (Nashua, New Hampshire), which develops computer-aided detection (CAD) imaging technology and systems for the early detection of breast cancer and other medical applications, and SourceOne Healthcare Technologies (Mentor, Ohio), a...

Centrex, Trifocal form new j-v.(Briefly Noted)
February 12, 2004... Centrex (Tulsa, Oklahoma) reported that to speed development of the company's Single Molecule Nucleic Add Detection (SMD) technology, it has formed Early Warning Technologies in conjunction with Trifocal (Mountain View, California). Early...

Lion's Gate changes name.(Briefly Noted)
February 12, 2004... Lions Gate Investment (Mahwah, New Jersey) said that it has changed its corporate name to DOBI Medical International, and its state of Incorporation to Delaware by means of a merger with and into a new wholly-owned Delaware corporation called...

IDC launches life science, advisory practice.(Briefly Noted)
February 12, 2004... IDC (Frarmingham, Massachusetts) has launched Life Science Insights, an independent research and advisory practice focused on providing life science companies with market and technology intelligence, commentary and analysis. to help support...

BodyScan opens San Antonio center.(Briefly Noted)
February 12, 2004... BodyScan (Irvine, California), which focuses on medical technology and preventive health services, opened a new center, BodyScan of San Antonio, Texas. BodyScan uses computed tomography (CT) scanners, which it describes as 'the most...

Fisher Scientific.(Earnings)
February 12, 2004... Fisher Scientific (Hampton, New Hampshire), a major global provider of products and services for the scientific research and clinical laboratory sectors, reported record sales and earnings for the year ended Dec. 31. Sales increased 10.1%...

ALS Association funds study aimed at biomarker discovery.(Grants/contracts)
February 12, 2004... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report A new study to find a more rapid and accurate diagnostic test for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using biomarkers found in cerebrospinal fluid and blood is being funded by the ALS Association...

Medical Media Systems (MMS; West Lebanon, New Hampshire), a provider of remote 3-D medical imaging and treatment planning applications supporting diagnosis and treatment management for aortic aneurysms, cancer and other diseases, has purchased the assets of GHRL (Cambridge, Massachusetts), a developer of technology for 3-D imaging of tumors.(Deals roundup)
February 12, 2004... Medical Media Systems (MMS; West Lebanon, New Hampshire), a provider of remote 3-D medical Imaging and treatment planning applications supporting diagnosis and treatment management for aortic aneurysms, cancer and other diseases, has purchased...

Smith & Nephew (S&N; London) reported that its Smith & Nephew Endoscopy (Andover, Massachusetts) division has acquired Reed Medical Designs (Warsaw, Indiana), a pro-vider of audio-visual (AV) technology to hospitals and other healthcare institutions.(Deals roundup)
February 12, 2004... Smith & Nephew (S&N; London) reported that its Smith & Nephew Endoscopy (Andover, Massachusetts) division has acquired Reed Medical Designs (Warsaw, Indiana), a pro-vider of audio-visual (AV) technology to hospitals and other healthcare...

GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) reported that it has acquired the surgical navigation technology and intellectual property for spine, ear, nose and throat (ENT) and neurosurgery, from Cbyon (Palo Alto, California).(Deals roundup)
February 12, 2004... GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) reported that it has acquired the surgical navigation technology and intellectual property for spine, ear, nose and throat (ENT) and neurosurgery, from Cbyon (Palo Alto, California). The purchase includes...

BodyScan (Irvine, California) reported acquiring Lifeline Imaging, whose primary diagnostic center is in Laguna Hills, California.(Deals roundup)
February 12, 2004... BodyScan (Irvine, California) reported acquiring Lifeline Imaging, whose primary diagnostic center is in Laguna Hills, California. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. The Lifeline facility is equipped 'with the most advanced and effective...

Pheromone Sciences.(Financings roundup)
February 12, 2004... Pheromone Sciences (Toronto, Ontario), which earlier this month laid off most of its staff, said it has received commitments for the purchase, on a private placement basis, of a principal amount of $400,000 of secured, non-interest-bearing...

Mitsui & Co. (Tokyo) reported making an undisclosed equity investment in Correlogic Systems (Bethesda, Maryland), a clinical proteomics company pioneering the use of pattern recognition in the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases.(Financings roundup)
February 12, 2004... Mitsui & Co. (Tokyo) reported making an undisclosed equity investment in Correlogic Systems (Bethesda, Maryland), a clinical proteomics company pioneering the use of pattern recognition in the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases. The...

Andromed.(Financings roundup)
February 12, 2004... Andromed (Montreal, Quebec) said it has granted a total of 200,000 stock options to three of its officers and to one of its employees pursuant to its stock options plan. Out of this number, 50,000 options are exercisable at a price of 68 cents...

BrainLAB: non-infringement of Nomos' BAT upheld by court.(Court report)
February 12, 2004... BrainLAB (Munich, German), a leader in the development of image-guided surgery (IGS) and stereotactic radiosurgery systems, reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington has ruled in favor of BrainLAB, upholding...

Digirad Imaging facility wins accreditation.
February 12, 2004... Digirad (San Diego, California), which focuses on solid-state imaging, reported that its leasing services subsidiary, Digirad Imaging Solutions (DIS; also San Diego), has received Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear...

Abaxis.(Product Briefs)
February 12, 2004... * Abaxis (Union City, California) reported FDA clearance for its magnesium assay for use with its Piccolo blood chemistry analyzer. The Abaxis assay is capable of determining magnesium in whole blood, plasma, and serum in a point-of-care...

American Bio Medica.(Product Briefs)
February 12, 2004... * American Bio Medica (ABMC; Kinderhook, New York) said it has shipped its first order of Rapid Reader devices for use in the cruise ship industry. The Rapid Reader is a compact, portable device that, when connected to a computer, captures a...

Beckman Coulter.(Product Briefs)
February 12, 2004... * Beckman Coulter (Fullerton, California) reported that its GI Monitor, a test that aids in the management of pancreatic cancer, now is available in the U.S. The FDA-cleared Access GI Monitor measures levels of cancer antigen 19-9 levels in...

Centrex (Tulsa, Oklahoma) reported that Micronics (Redmond, Washington) has advanced the development of an assay that contains Centrex's single-molecule nucleic acid detection (SMD) technology for application in a laboratory-on-a-card format, which permits lysis and binding reactions in the lab card format.(Product Briefs)
February 12, 2004... * Centrex (Tulsa, Oklahoma) reported that Micronics (Redmond, Washington) has advanced the development of an assay that contains Centrex's single-molecule nucleic acid detection (SMD) technology for application in a laboratory-on-a-card format,...

Diagnostic Ultrasound.(Product Briefs)
February 12, 2004... * Diagnostic Ultrasound (Bothell, Washington) reported the market release of a new prosthetic bladder management device. The BladderScan BVI 6300 is a handheld, noninvasive ultrasound instrument that rapidly determines bladder fullness. The BVI...

Abbott Laboratories.(People in Places)
February 12, 2004... * Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Illinois) reported that Richard Ashley has been named to the new position of executive vice president, corporate development. Ashley was a senior director at McKinsey and Co., managing partner of the firm's...

OraSure Technologies.(People in Places)
February 12, 2004... * OraSure Technologies (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) reported the hiring of David Stevans as director, hospital sales. Stevans comes to OraSure from Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he was district business manager for its Primary Care division. OraSure...

Swissray International.(People in Places)
February 12, 2004... * John Monahan has been promoted to vice president of corporate accounts for Swissray International (Elizabeth, New Jersey). For the past two years, Monahan has served as vice president of Swissray's North American customer service operations....

Digirad.(Product Briefs)
February 12, 2004... * Digirad (San Diego, California) reported the release of its OptiCount collimator that increases the organ sensitivity of Digirad's nuclear cardiology imaging systems by an average of 15% per detector head, while maintaining the same level of...

Given Imaging.(Product Briefs)
February 12, 2004... * Given Imaging (Yokneam, Israel) reported that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts has expanded its capsule endoscopy coverage policy to include initial diagnosis in patients with suspected Crohn's disease without evidence of disease...

Haemonetics.(Product Briefs)
February 12, 2004... * Haemonetics (Braintree, Massachusetts) said it received FDA clearance to integrate a new blood sampling system into its platelet collection disposable. The company said the system is designed for bacterial detection tests and simplifies the...

Signet Laboratories.(Product Briefs)
February 12, 2004... Signet Laboratories (Dedham, Massachusetts) reported the availability of two Elisa detection kits for the measurement of beta-amyloid 1-40 and beta-amyloid 1-42 proteins. Cerebrovascular deposition of beta-amyloid protein is a common pathologic...

Thermo Electron (San Jose, California) said it introduced several new laboratory technologies designed to further automate laboratories at the LabAutomation meeting in San Jose, California.(Product Briefs)
February 12, 2004... * Thermo Electron (San Jose, California) said it introduced several new laboratory technologies designed to further automate laboratories at the LabAutomation meeting in San Jose, California. One of these solutions, a technology for protein...

Toshiba America Medical Systems.(Product Briefs)
February 12, 2004... * Toshiba America Medical Systems (Tustin, California) introduced a new version of 3-D vascular imaging technology for its Infinix i-series line of vascular X-ray systems. New 3-D fusion digital subtraction angiography (3D-FDSA) technology...

Ciphergen technology used in pancreatic cancer marker study.
February 19, 2004... Ciphergen Diagnostics (Fremont, California) said a research team at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland) has used the company's ProteinChip technology to discover panels of serum biomarkers that are able to...

Inverness and Exact Sciences report completed financings.(Financinqs roundup)
February 19, 2004... Two companies--Inverness Medical Innovations (Waltham, Massachusetts) and Exact Sciences (Marlborough, Massachusetts)--reported the closing of previously announced fundraisings, while a number of other firms reported new financings. ...

Roche/Igen deal spins BioVeris; fisher buys 2 firms for $410m.(Deals roundup)
February 19, 2004... BioVeris (Gaithersburg, Maryland) has become an independent public company with the closing of the purchase of Igen International (also Gaithersburg) by Roche Holding (Basel, Switzerland). The purchase of Igen by Roche was reposed complete late...

E-Z-EM introduces Tagitol V virtual colonoscopy marker.(Financinqs roundup)
February 19, 2004... A new product designed to make assessing images, from virtual colonoscopy easier could become even more important as virtual colonoscopy is touted by some in the medical community as an easier, more comfortable alternative to the invasive...