Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from January 2008

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from January 2008

Genetic varient discovery raises bowel cancer screening hope.
January 3, 2008... LONDON -- The discovery of an additional common genetic variant that increases a person's risk of developing bowel cancer is bringing closer the day when physicians will be able to offer people genetic screening to identify those at high risk...

New screening needed for some minorities with breast cancer?
January 3, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report A genetic mutation already known to be more common in Ashkenazi Jewish breast cancer patients is also prevalent in Hispanic and young African-American women with breast cancer, according to new...

Firm in talks with Schiller on licensing HyperQ technology.(International report)(Biological Signal Processing )
January 3, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Biological Signal Processing (BSP; Tel Aviv, Israel), a start-up company that develops what it terms "innovative, simple and cost-effective systems for early stage, non-invasive diagnosis and...

New Jersey governor OKs law mandating screening for HIV.(Medical condition overview)
January 3, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey has signed legislation requiring healthcare providers to test pregnant women for HIV as part of routine prenatal care. The bill also requires testing of newborns whose...

Inverness closes $230 million purchase of ParadigmHealth.(Deals roundup)
January 3, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Inverness Medical Innovations (IMI; Waltham, Massachusetts) said it has completed its previously reported planned acquisition of ParadigmHealth (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey), a provider of...

Neoprobe gathers in $13 million for pushing Lymphoseek R&D.(Financings roundup)
January 3, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Neoprobe (Dublin, Ohio), a developer of oncology and cardiovascular surgical and diagnostic products, said it has signed agreements for a $13 million financing from Platinum Montaur Life Sciences....

InSight Health Services.(Financings roundup)
January 3, 2008... InSight Health Services (Lake Forest, California) reported an exchange offer for $12.5 million of registered senior secured floating rate notes due 2011. The company said it would accept for exchange any and all outstanding notes, which...

AMDL.(Financings roundup)
January 3, 2008... AMDL (Tustin, California), a developer of tests for the early detection of cancer and other serious diseases, reported the closing of its combined Regulation D/Regulation S private unit offering of 2,007,508 shares of common stock and warrants...

ProUroCare Medical.(Financings roundup)
January 3, 2008... ProUroCare Medical (Minneapolis) reported that it has closed a private placement of $1.05 million units consisting of unsecured, subordinated, convertible promissory notes and common stock purchase warrants. At closing, ProUroCare issued...

NIEHS awards $6.8 million for DISCOVER research centers.(Grants/contracts)
January 3, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding a total of $6.8 million for the first year of funding to three new research...

Reflect Scientific.(contracts news)(Image Labs International)(Brief article)
January 3, 2008... Reflect Scientific (Orem, Utah) said Image Labs International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reflect, has been awarded a contract totaling more than $500,000 to provide the company's mobile imaging systems to a major customer. The systems...

Luminetx and Amerinet in pact to deliver VeinViewer imaging.(Agreements roundup)
January 3, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Luminetx (Memphis) reported signing a three-year vendor contract with group purchasing organization Amerinet (St. Louis). With the agreement, Amerinet's 24,000-plus members, of which more than...

Top Care Korea and Exalenz (formerly BreathID Ltd.; Modiin, Israel) said they have signed a deal to build closer collaboration between the companies in marketing and product distribution in South Korea.(Agreements roundup)(Brief article)
January 3, 2008... Top Care Korea and Exalenz (formerly BreathID Ltd.; Modiin, Israel) said they have signed a deal to build closer collaboration between the companies in marketing and product distribution in South Korea. The agreement also grants Top Care Korea...

Bayer recalls faulty diabetes test strips used with Contour TS meter.
January 3, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Test strips for a Bayer (Leverkusen, Germany) blood glucose meter may providing readings that are too high, and they are being recalled, the FDA said last week. A unit of Bayer recently recalled...

CE mark won for iRenalGuard.(International Report)
January 3, 2008... PLC Systems (Franklin, Massachusetts) reported receipt of the CE mark for its RenalGuard System, clearing the way for the company to begin its initial launch of the product in the European Union. PLC said it expects to initiate a limited launch...

1st Parkinson's blood test is study goal.(International Report)
January 3, 2008... DiaGenic (Oslo, Norway) reported that the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF; New York) is funding a DiaGenic study with Clemens Scherzer, MD, assistant professor of neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston) and...

AspenBio pharma.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
January 3, 2008... AspenBio Pharma (Castle Rock, Colorado) reported that it has outlined plans for submitting its final data package to the FDA for market clearance of AppyScore, which the company calls the first blood-based screen/triage test for appendicitis....

NeoGuide Systems.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
January 3, 2008... NeoGuide Systems (San Jose, California) said it has refocused its business on the emerging area of Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). NOTES is a surgical technique that allows procedures to be conducted using the body's...

Provista Life Sciences.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
January 3, 2008... Provista Life Sciences (Phoenix) said it has completed clinical trials on a new blood test for the early detection of breast cancer. The test is called the BT test (biomarker translation test) and is being made available to a select number of...

Sequenom.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
January 3, 2008... Sequenom (San Diego) reported New York State approval of the first non-invasive prenatal test based on Sequenom's SEQureDx Technology for Cell Free Fetal Nucleic Acid assessment. The laboratory developed test (LDT) performed on a real-time PCR...

CytoCore.(People in Places)(appointment of Augusto Ocana)(Brief article)
January 3, 2008... CytoCore (Chicago) reported the appointment of Augusto Ocana, MD, JD, as president of international operations. Ocana has been associated with CytoCore for over a year. Prior to joining CytoCore, his previous positions include being senior VP...

Escalon Medical.(People in Places)(promotion of Richard DePiano)(promotion of Mark Wallace)(Brief article)
January 3, 2008... Escalon Medical (Wayne, Pennsylvania) reported two executive management promotions. Richard DePiano Jr. has been promoted to president and Mark Wallace has been promoted to COO. DePiano joined Escalon in 2003 and most recently served as COO and...

Imaging Diagnostic Systems.(People in Places)
January 3, 2008... Imaging Diagnostic Systems (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) reported that Tim Hansen, CEO and a company director, is retiring, effective Jan. 1. Hansen was appointed to those positions in July 2004. Imaging Diagnostic Systems makes laser optical...

xTAG (RVP) assay from Luminex promises quick viral detection.
January 10, 2008... The viruses that cause respiratory infections are notoriously difficult for physicians to identify. Traditional testing requires multiple individual tests to be performed on a patient sample and can take several days to provide a thorough...

BD's new FDA-cleared MRSA test gives results in 2 hours.
January 10, 2008... We've all no doubt heard of numerous applications from med-tech companies that can stop the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a strain of lethal bacterial infection that garnered heavy media attention during the...

Sectra, British Telecom in PACS accord for hospitals in London.(International report)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Sectra (Stockholm, Sweden) reported that it has signed an agreement with British Telecommunications (BT) to provide picture archiving and communications system (PACS) products and services to the...

Gene variant seen as offering new clues to the cause of ALS.
January 10, 2008... LONDON -- Researchers have identified a genetic variant that increases the risk of developing the degenerative neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by about 30%. The variant is in a gene that encodes the enzyme...

Exogen to provide data management for North Shore-Long Island Jewish.(Contracts)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Exogen, a business solutions subsidiary of Technology Solutions (both Chicago), said it has been chosen by North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System (Lake Success, New York) to manage the...

CMM to provide genotyping for study of childhood leukemia.(Agreements roundup)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report The Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM; Grand Rapids, Michigan) said it has been selected by the Children's Oncology Group (COG; Arcadia, California) to provide genotyping services and analysis as...

Accelr8 Technology (Denver) reported it has started joint research programs with Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis) and the Denver Health and Hospital Authority.(International report)
January 10, 2008... * Accelr8 Technology (Denver) reported it has started joint research programs with Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis) and the Denver Health and Hospital Authority to conduct preclinical studies to identify antibiotic...

Genomic Health (Redwood City, California) is partnering with Pfizer (New York) on the development of a genomic test.(International report)
January 10, 2008... * Genomic Health (Redwood City, California) is partnering with Pfizer (New York) on the development of a genomic test to estimate the risk of recurrence following surgery for patients with Stage I-III renal carcinoma, clear cell type that has...

Jan Insulet (Bedford, Massachusetts) and DexCom (San Diego) said they have signed a development agreement.(International report)
January 10, 2008... * Jan Insulet (Bedford, Massachusetts) and DexCom (San Diego) said they have signed a development agreement to integrate DexCom's continuous glucose monitoring technology into the wireless, hand-held OmniPod System Personal Diabetes Manager...

IMI buys Panibo for $41 million; Solis acquires BenOra imaging.(Deals roundup)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Inverness Medical Innovations (IMI; Waltham, Massachusetts) reported completing its acquisition of Panbio (Brisbane, Australia), that deal first disclosed last October. IMI acquired all outstanding...

Illumina reorganizes, creates life science, diagnostics units.
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Illumina (San Diego) has reorganized its operating structure, it said in a statement, "to further leverage the synergies between its sequencing and genotyping businesses." Under the new...

Primera Biosystems closes on Series B round of $21 million.(Financings roundup)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Primera Biosystems (Mansfield, Massachusetts), a molecular diagnostics company with assay programs in infectious disease and oncology, said it closed on $21 million of Series B financing, led by...

Helicos BioSciences.(Financings roundup)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report * Helicos BioSciences (Cambridge, Massachusetts) reported that it has closed a $20 million senior secured credit facility with GE Healthcare Financial Services. Helicos said it will use the facility...

Paradigm Medical Industries.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report * Paradigm Medical Industries (Salt Lake City), maker of glaucoma diagnostic and management devices, reported acquiring $1 million in funding through a group of institutional investors, headed by...

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings.(Financings roundup)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report * Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp; Burlington, North Carolina) reported that its zero coupon subordinated liquid yield option notes due 2021 (LYONs) and zero coupon convertible...

Gemino Healthcare Finance.(Financings roundup)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report * Gemino Healthcare Finance (Philadelphia) provided funding to 12 healthcare companies with total credit facilities exceeding $45 million in 2007, following its March launch. It also opened offices...

Dimon: 'be prepared' for worst, 'have confidence ... to do well'.(JPMorgan Healthcare Conference)
January 10, 2008... Diagnostics & Imaging Week Managing Editor SAN FRANCISCO -- Better be prepared to batten down the hatches in 2008. But also continue to do business as usual. Those were the corollary messages of the opening remarks of Jamie Dimon here...

CMS eyes standards rewrite for obstructive sleep apnea.(Roundup)
January 10, 2008... Diagnostics & Imaging Week Washington Editor While sleep apnea is perhaps a "yawner" to some in med-tech--and always to those afflicted--it is no laughing matter for anyone who has struggled to stay asleep at night (and awake during the...

Metabolic syndrome found as risk for stroke.(Roundup)
January 10, 2008... If the database at clinicaltrials.gov is any indication, saying that medical science exhibits a strong interest in metabolic syndrome (MS) might be the under-statement of the year. A search of trials at the site using "metabolic syndrome" as a...

McKesson assists in all-digital hospital.(Briefly Noted)
January 10, 2008... McKesson (Alpharetta, Georgia) said that Dublin Methodist Hospital, part of OhioHealth, is opening as one of the nation's few all-digital, full-service community hospitals. McKesson worked with the new 94-bed facility as it was being...

Swedish firm plans cardiac marker test.(International report)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostic & Imaging Week Staff Report Amic (Uppsala, Sweden) reported that it has been granted a non-exclusive license by Roche Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) to commercialize a point-of-care (POC) test for NT-proBNP on the European...

UK firm submits warfarin test to FDA.(International report)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostic & Imaging Week Staff Report Osmetech (London), a developer of molecular diagnostics, said it has submitted its eSensor 2C9/VKOR test to the FDA for 510(k) clearance. The test is to be used as an aid in the identification of...

Osmetech seeks 510(k) clearance for test.(International report)
January 10, 2008... A Diagnostic & Imaging Week Staff Report Osmetech (London) an international molecular diagnostics business announces that it has submitted its eSensor 2C9/VKOR test to the FDA for 510(k) clearance. The test is to be used as an aid in the...

Echo Therapeutics (Franklin, Massachusetts) said that it has started the second clinical study of its current Symphony continuous transdermal glucose monitoring system (CTGM System) at the Tufts-New England Medical Center.(Product Briefs)
January 10, 2008... Echo Therapeutics (Franklin, Massachusetts) said that it has started the second clinical study of its current Symphony continuous transdermal glucose monitoring system (CTGM System) at the Tufts-New England Medical Center. The company said it...

Escalon Medical (Wayne, Pennsylvania) reported that its Sonomed subsidiary has received FDA clearance for the Master-VU ophthalmic B-scan ultrasound system.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
January 10, 2008... Escalon Medical (Wayne, Pennsylvania) reported that its Sonomed subsidiary has received FDA clearance for the Master-VU ophthalmic B-scan ultrasound system. The system consists of a B-scan probe that can be interfaced to a standard personal...

Home Diagnostics.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
January 10, 2008... Home Diagnostics (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) reported introduction of its new blood glucose test strip platform called TRUEtest. TRUEtest strips will use no-coding technology that automatically calibrates with the company's upcoming TRUEresult...

Three Palm Software.(Product Briefs)
January 10, 2008... Three Palm Software (Los Gatos, California) reported receiving FDA clearance for its WorkstationOne Breast Imaging Workstation. WorkstationOne is intended for softcopy reading and interpretation of digital mammography images, and was developed...

Barnev.(People in Places)
January 10, 2008... John Quigley has been named VP of marketing for Barnev (Andover, Massachusetts). Previously, Quigley was VP of marketing for Matritech. Barnev makes a continuous labor monitoring system brand-named Birth Track.

T2 Biosystems.(People in Places)
January 10, 2008... John McDonough has been named CEO of T2 Biosystems (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Most recently, McDonough was president of Cytyc Development. T2 Biosystems makes portable medical diagnostic products which combine nanotechnology and miniaturized...

IVAX Diagnostics.(People in Places)(appointment of Giorgio D'Urso and Kevin Clark)(Brief article)
January 10, 2008... IVAX Diagnostics (Miami) reported that Giorgio D'Urso is resigning as president/CEO and as a member of the board, effective Jan. 10. Kevin Clark, company COO since September 2007, has been named acting CEO, effective with D'Urso's resignation...

OraSure Technologies.(People in Places)(appointment of Debra Fraser)(Brief article)
January 10, 2008... OraSure Technologies (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) said that Debra Fraser-Howze, current president/CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NBLCA), will join the company as VP of government and external affairs. Fraser-Howze has...

Provista Life Sciences.(People in Places)
January 10, 2008... Louis Kirby, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Provista Life Sciences (Phoenix). Previously, Kirby was the founder, medical director and CEO of Pivotal Research Centers. Provista is a diagnostic development company.

New genetic variants linked to lipid levels, heart disease risk.
January 17, 2008... Doctors already know that certain lifestyle factors like smoking, diet and exercise can influence a person's blood fat, or lipid levels, important risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). Now, scientists are trying to better understand...

Clarient: new breast cancer profile improves treatment.
January 17, 2008... Making a difference in the lives of breast cancer patients has been nearly a lifelong goal for Ron Andrews, president/CEO of Clarient (Aliso Viejo, California), a diagnostic services company. Growing up in McDonough, a "little town in...

Court denies bid by Siemens for ban on PET scanning crystals.(International report)
January 17, 2008... A U.S. federal court has denied an injunction filed by Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pennsylvania) to stop Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics (Courbevoie, France) from marketing and distributing advanced crystals that are a key competitive...

SonoSite and Beckman Coulter pitch their diagnostic benefits.
January 17, 2008... SAN FRANCISCO -- At the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference which ended here last week, scores of companies vied for the attention of investors and, better yet, their dollars. One of the diagnostic companies presenting at the conference and...

4HM debuts monitoring device for caregivers and seniors.(New ventures)
January 17, 2008... 4 HomeMedia (4HM; Las Vegas) reported the unveiling of its home health solution, a for-fee monthly service enabling independent living (IL) for seniors via remote monitoring from their caregivers. This solution consists of ControlPoint software...

Asymtek (Carlsbad California) and YESTech (San Clemente, California) have developed a process that helps enable medical device manufacturers to meet regulatory requirements for traceability and validation for placement and accuracy when fluid dots are dispensed.(New ventures)
January 17, 2008... Asymtek (Carlsbad California) and YESTech (San Clemente, California) have developed a process that helps enable medical device manufacturers to meet regulatory requirements for traceability and validation for placement and accuracy when fluid...

Confirma adds 'C' $17.5 million to push its CADstream system.(Financings roundup)
January 17, 2008... Confirma (Bellevue, Washington), a developer of computer-aided detection systems for MRI, reported that it has raised $17.5 million in a Series C round led by Telegraph Hill Partners (San Francisco). Fluke Venture Partners joined the round...

Tethys Bioscience.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
January 17, 2008... Tethys Bioscience (Emeryville, California) reported reaching two milestones in its drive to release Tethys Diabetes PreDx, a multi-biomarker technology intended to provide a more complete picture of an individual's future risk of developing...

Nymox Pharmaceutical.(Financings roundup)
January 17, 2008... Nymox Pharmaceutical (Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey), said it has secured a commitment for $15 million in equity financing from institutional investors. The money will be used for general corporate purposes, the company said. The...

Study: Cell-based diagnostics market on rise.(Briefly Noted)
January 17, 2008... Cell-based diagnostics with applications in hematology, histology, cytology, microbiology, and transplant medicine generated more than $6 billion in revenues last year, and new and innovative enabling technologies are emerging that will propel...

Invitrogen to buy CellzDirect for $57 million in cash deal.(Deals roundup)
January 17, 2008... Invitrogen (Carlsbad, California), a provider of life science technologies for research and diagnostic applications, reported an agreement to buy CellzDirect (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina), for $57 million in cash. CellzDirect...

Foundation Radiology Group (FRG; Pittsburgh), which provides radiology services to hospitals, said it has licensed Emageon's (Birmingham, Alabama) RadSuite enterprise content and workflow manager and picture archiving and communications system (PACS) imaging software.(Deals roundup)
January 17, 2008... Foundation Radiology Group (FRG; Pittsburgh), which provides radiology services to hospitals, said it has licensed Emageon's (Birmingham, Alabama) RadSuite enterprise content and workflow manager and picture archiving and communications system...

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS; New York) and Avista Capital Partners reported that Avista has completed its acquisition of Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging (Billerica Massachusetts), a supplier of imaging products for nuclear and ultrasound cardiovascular diagnostic imaging procedures.(Deals roundup)
January 17, 2008... Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS; New York) and Avista Capital Partners reported that Avista has completed its acquisition of Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging (Billerica Massachusetts), a supplier of imaging products for nuclear and ultrasound...

Third Wave Tech takes issue with antitrust rulings by court.(Court report)
January 17, 2008... Third Wave Technologies (Madison, Wisconsin) reported that it has responded to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin's recent ruling granting a motion by Qiagen (Venlo, the Netherlands) for dismissal of the antitrust...

Home Diagnostics to be supplier of glucose monitors to Rite Aid.(Agreements roundup)
January 17, 2008... Home Diagnostics (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) reported an agreement to be the exclusive supplier of a co-branded blood glucose monitoring system for Rite Aid (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) drug stores. Home Diagnostics' TRUEtrack will be available as...

DexCom (San Diego) reported it has entered into a joint development agreement with Animas (West Chester, Pennsylvania) to integrate DexCom's continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology into Animas insulin pumps.(Agreements roundup)
January 17, 2008... DexCom (San Diego) reported it has entered into a joint development agreement with Animas (West Chester, Pennsylvania) to integrate DexCom's continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology into Animas insulin pumps. The new product will be...

Genomic Health (Redwood City, California) has partnered with Pfizer (New York) on the development of a genomic test to estimate the risk of recurrence following surgery for patients with Stage I-III renal carcinoma, clear cell type that has not spread to other parts of the body.(Agreements roundup)
January 17, 2008... Genomic Health (Redwood City, California) has partnered with Pfizer (New York) on the development of a genomic test to estimate the risk of recurrence following surgery for patients with Stage I-III renal carcinoma, clear cell type that has not...

Genzyme (Cambridge, Massachusetts) said it has entered into a license agreement with Moffitt Cancer Center (Tampa) to obtain exclusive worldwide diagnostic testing rights to the discovery of the relationship of two proteins to patient response to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment.(Agreements roundup)
January 17, 2008... Genzyme (Cambridge, Massachusetts) said it has entered into a license agreement with Moffitt Cancer Center (Tampa) to obtain exclusive worldwide diagnostic testing rights to the discovery of the relationship of two proteins to patient response...

MetaMorphix (Beltsville, Maryland) and Sequenom (San Diego) reported they have strengthened their partnership through MetaMorphix's adoption of Sequenom's MassArray and iPLEX foundation technologies, which provide cost-effective genotyping and enhanced efficiencies.(Agreements roundup)(Brief article)
January 17, 2008... MetaMorphix (Beltsville, Maryland) and Sequenom (San Diego) reported they have strengthened their partnership through MetaMorphix's adoption of Sequenom's MassArray and iPLEX foundation technologies, which provide cost-effective genotyping and...

NanoString Technologies (Seattle) said it has signed a second Early-Access Agreement for its nCounter Analysis System for digital gene expression with the Genome Sequencing Center at the Washington University School of Medicine.(Agreements roundup)
January 17, 2008... NanoString Technologies (Seattle) said it has signed a second Early-Access Agreement for its nCounter Analysis System for digital gene expression with the Genome Sequencing Center at the Washington University School of Medicine. The...

Dune reports MarginProbe progress.
January 17, 2008... Dune Medical Devices (Caesarea, Israel) has reported what it termed "significant new clinical developments" surrounding its newly trade-named MarginProbe breast cancer assessment probe, currently in investigational use. The MarginProbe...

Belgian fund buying Israeli retrofitter.(CMT Medical Technologies )(Brief article)
January 17, 2008... The private investment fund Quaeroq (Waregem, Belgium) has taken a 10% stake in the CMT Medical Technologies (Yokneam, Israel) and said it plans to continue investing, although it denied it seeks a takeover. For the moment Quaeroq said it will...

BioReliance.(People in Places)
January 17, 2008... BioReliance (Rockville, Maryland) said that James Kramer, PhD, has been named VP of operations for U.S. Biologics. Most recently, Kramer served as senior VP/GM of Talecris Plasma Resources. BioReliance is a contract services company that...

BioSphere Medical.(People in Places)(appointment of Melodie Domurad)(Brief article)
January 17, 2008... Melodie Domurad, PhD, has been named VP of regulatory, medical affairs and quality systems for BioSphere Medical (Rockland, Massachusetts). Domurad joins BioSphere after 10 years at Matritech. BioSphere is a medical device company developing...

Luna Innovations.(People in Places)(Brief article)
January 17, 2008... Chris Kepley, MD, has been named to the newly created position of nanoimmunology group leader in the nanoWorks division of Luna Innovations (Roanoke, Virginia) in Danville, Virginia. Kepley was previously assistant professor with the Department...

Naviscan PET Systems.(People in Places)
January 17, 2008... Naviscan PET Systems (San Diego) reported four senior appointments to support its product development in organ-specific molecular imaging. Skip Mendelson was named VP of sales; Ashok Kaul, VP of marketing; Guillaume Bailliard, VP of market...

Third Wave Technologies.(People in Places)
January 17, 2008... Christopher Burton was named senior VP of sales and marketing at Third Wave Technologies (Madison, Wisconsin). Burton joins the company from GE Healthcare. Third Wave makes molecular diagnostic reagents for a variety of DNA and RNA analysis...

HP.(Product Briefs)
January 17, 2008... HP (Palo Alto, California) reported introduction of an archiving platform to help healthcare providers, hospitals and imaging clinics meet retention requirements for medical images. HP said that with its medical archive solution (MAS) 3.0,...

Millipore (Billerica, Massachusetts) and Gen-Probe (San Diego) reported the launch of the first product from their collaboration to create faster, more sensitive tests for detecting contaminants in pharma and biotech manufacturing processes.(Product Briefs)
January 17, 2008... Millipore (Billerica, Massachusetts) and Gen-Probe (San Diego) reported the launch of the first product from their collaboration to create faster, more sensitive tests for detecting contaminants in pharma and biotech manufacturing processes. It...