Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from June 2008

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from June 2008

Tests offer peek at disease risk; oversight is a concern.
June 5, 2008... When a test designed to help consumers understand their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease using a sample of their saliva became available about two months ago, Julian Awad was among the first to be tested. Awad is the CEO and co-founder of...

Gen-Probe makes $334m cash tender offer for Innogenetics.(Deals roundup)
June 5, 2008... Gen-Probe (San Diego) said Tuesday it has launched a conditional tender offer to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares, warrants and convertible bonds of Innogenetics (Gent, Belgium), a molecular diagnostics company, for about 215 million...

With state licensing in hand, AMIC now producing isotopes.(Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation)
June 5, 2008... Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation (AMIC; Kennewick, Washington) reported this week that it has started producing Fluorine-18, the first in a series of isotopes that it plans to manufacture at its Kennewick production facility, after...

Minimally, non-invasive tech detects diseases of GI tract.(Digestive Disease Week 2008)(gastrointestinal)
June 5, 2008... SAN DIEGO -- Nearly 16,000 physicians, researchers and academics from around the world gathered here in mid-May under brilliantly sunny skies and record-breaking warm temperatures to attend the 2008 Digestive Disease Week 2008, the largest...

Genetic test could predict response to chemotherapy.
June 5, 2008... LONDON -- A study in Finland of more than 2,000 women with breast cancer has identified a genetic variant that makes it possible to predict whether a woman will respond well to a common type of chemotherapy. The discovery raises the...

Swedish study says Europe's lung cancer care 'fragmented'.(International report)(Disease/Disorder overview)(Report)
June 5, 2008... A new report from a group of leading Swedish researchers says the "fragmented organization and management" of lung cancer diagnosis and care in many European countries are exacerbating already poor survival rates among patients with the...

Aptima HPV assay in European launch.(International report)
June 5, 2008... Gen-Probe (San Diego) said it has launched its Aptima HPV Assay--a highly specific molecular diagnostic test to detect high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV)--in Europe. The Aptima HPV Assay has been CE-marked and is available...

Ipsogen test powered by Affymetrix.(International report)(Brief article)
June 5, 2008... Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) said its technology is powering the Ipsogen (Marseille, France) MapQuant Dx Genomic Grade, the first genomic test designed to provide a more precise measurement of tumor grade than previous techniques....

SEC, other nations' regulators ink compliance-sharing deals.(Washington roundup)(United States. Securities and Exchange Commission)(Brief article)
June 5, 2008... Harmonization is one of the keys to make global commerce work, and the Securities and Exchange Commission has signed on to a protocol that will allow the agency to share information on the use of International Financial Reporting Standards...

FFDM display guidance finalized.(Washington roundup)(Full-field digital mammography)(Brief article)
June 5, 2008... Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) has changed the science of mammography, but not the problem of interpreting different image sources. However, FDA's May 30 guidance on displays and accessories for FFDM systems gives manufacturers some...

Medicare NPI number now mandatory.(Washington roundup)
June 5, 2008... CMS gave all providers and suppliers of medical equipment a reminder that they will all have to use their national provider identifier (NPI) numbers in any transactions that are subject to the rules of the Health Insurance Portability and...

NIH scans gene-cell behavior.(Washington roundup)
June 5, 2008... Seeing small is the key to much of modern medical science, and thanks to an NIH study, scientists now can visually track the interaction between genes and their host cells as they happen, thanks to a technique called live-cell fluorescent...

Natus finishes $84m offering; SafeStitch in $4m stock sale.(Financings roundup)
June 5, 2008... Natus Medical (San Carlos, California), a provider of devices for the newborn care, hearing and neurology markets, reported that it completed a public offering of 4.6 million shares of its common stock at a price of $19.50 a share, including...

Immunetics gets $1.2m for 'resistant' bacteria tests.(Grants/contracts)
June 5, 2008... Immunetics (Boston) has received two new grants totaling $1.2 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' (NIAID) Advanced Technology program. The grants will support development of tests for antibiotic resistance in...

Cantimer.(Grants/contracts)
June 5, 2008... Cantimer (Menlo Park, California) reported that it has been awarded a $996,000 contract by the U.S. government's Technical Support Working Group to develop a portable, real-time and non-invasive hydration measurement and monitoring device for...

Genes may reveal Alzheimer's risk but not everybody wants to know.
June 5, 2008... Genetic testing has made it possible to determine, using a sample of saliva, if a person has a higher- or lower-than-average risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. But, given the opportunity to find out, how many people would actually want to...

Roche (Basel, Switzerland) and DxS (Surrey, UK) have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the DxS TheraScreen K-RAS Mutation Test and TheraScreen EGFR 29 Mutation Test.(Deals roundup)
June 5, 2008... Roche (Basel, Switzerland) and DxS (Surrey, UK) have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the DxS TheraScreen K-RAS Mutation Test and TheraScreen EGFR 29 Mutation Test. The tests are intended, when considered with other clinically...

Company issued U.S. patent for microfluidic microarray.(Patent watch)(Brief article)
June 5, 2008... febit (Lexington, Massachusetts) reported the receipt of U.S. patent No. 7,320,862 on its microfluidic microarray-based method for extraction of DNA and RNA. This method forms the basis of a technology that enables the expanded use of...

Impulse Monitoring (IMI; Columbia Maryland), a provider of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) services to hospitals, reported that it has signed a three-year agreement with the University of Virginia Health System.(Grants/contracts)
June 5, 2008... Impulse Monitoring (IMI; Columbia Maryland), a provider of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) services to hospitals, reported that it has signed a three-year agreement with the University of Virginia Health System (UVAHS; Charlottesville)....

Natus Medical (San Carlos, California) reported that it has completed its previously disclosed acquisition of Sonamed.(Deals roundup)
June 5, 2008... Natus Medical (San Carlos, California) reported that it has completed its previously disclosed acquisition of Sonamed (Waltham, Massachusetts) for $9 million in cash. Jim Hawkins, CEO of Natus, said the company expects Sonamed's Clarity...

Third Wave Technologies (Madison, Wisconsin) reported that it has agreed to acquire Stratagene's (La Jolla, California) Full Velocity family of worldwide patents and patent applications from Agilent Technologies.(Deals roundup)
June 5, 2008... Third Wave Technologies (Madison, Wisconsin) reported that it has agreed to acquire Stratagene's (La Jolla, California) Full Velocity family of worldwide patents and patent applications from Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California) for an...

ICx Technologies (Arlington, Virginia), a developer of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications, reported the acquisition of S3I (Reisterstown, Maryland), a company specializing in biological threat detection.(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
June 5, 2008... ICx Technologies (Arlington, Virginia), a developer of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications, reported the acquisition of S3I (Reisterstown, Maryland), a company specializing in...

Tenet Healthcare (Dallas) reported that a company subsidiary has completed the sale of the Encino campus of Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center (Los Angeles) a 151-bed acute care hospital.(Deals roundup)
June 5, 2008... Tenet Healthcare (Dallas) reported that a company subsidiary has completed the sale of the Encino campus of Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center (Los Angeles) a 151-bed acute care hospital. The sales price was not disclosed. Both the Encino...

PreMD loses Amex support.(Med-tech news and notes)
June 5, 2008... Predictive medicine company (PreMD; Toronto) said it has been notified by the American Stock Exchange (Amex) that it will not continue to support PreMD's plan for regaining compliance with the continued listing standards and that it intends to...

Gen. William Odom, chairman of AS&E board, dies at age 75.(Obituary)
June 5, 2008... American Science and Engineering (AS&E; Billerica, Massachusetts) reported the passing of its chairman, Lt. Gen. William Odom. Odom, 75, was elected to the American Science and Engineering board in September 1996 and appointed chairman in...

Clarient.(People in Places)
June 5, 2008... Raymond Land was named senior VP/CFO of Clarient (Aliso Viejo, California), effective June 5, joining the company from Safeguard Scientifics, where he was CFO. Clarient makes anatomic pathology and molecular testing services resource for...

Imris.(People in Places)
June 5, 2008... Don Rice was named VP of U.S. sales for Imris (Winnipeg, Canada), joining the company after 23 years with GE Healthcare. Imris makes surgical imaging products.

Pelikan Technologies.(People in Places)
June 5, 2008... Dennert Ware was named to the board of Pelikan Technologies (Palo Alto, California). Ware was the CEO of Kinetic Concepts. Pelikan Technologies makes hand-held diagnostic and monitoring devices.

Response Genetics.(People in Places)
June 5, 2008... David Jackson, PhD, was named executive VP of Response Genetics (Los Angeles). Jackson was most recently with ThinkPanmure. Response Genetics makes diagnostic tests for cancer.

Signalife.(People in Places)(Lee Ehrlichman appointed)(Brief article)
June 5, 2008... Signalife (Los Angeles) said that it has named Lee Ehrlichman, a member of the company's board, as president/ COO. Ehrlichman previously was president/CEO of Cardiac Telecom. Lowell Harmison, Signalife's prior president/ CEO, has taken an...

SonoSite.(People in Places)
June 5, 2008... SonoSite (Bothell, Washington) named Richard Martin, PhD to its board. Martin was president of Medtronic Physio Control from 1998 until his retirement in 2001. SonoSite makes hand-carried ultrasound for the point of care.

China Sky One listed on Amex.(Med-tech news and notes)
June 5, 2008... China Sky One Medical (Harbin, China) said that its common shares have been approved for listing on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX). The company expects to begin trading on AMEX under the symbol "CSY." This approval is contingent upon China...

Atherotech test covered by Tricare.(Med-tech news and notes)
June 5, 2008... Atherotech (Brimingham, Alabama) said that its VAP cholesterol test is now covered by Tricare, the Department of Defense's healthcare plan for the uniformed services, retirees and their families. The announcement means that the VAP Test...

Braemar.(Product Briefs)(Braemar has introduced the DL900, a digital Holter monitor)(Brief article)
June 5, 2008... Braemar (Minneapolis) has introduced the DL900, a digital Holter monitor. The monitor weighs 1.75 ounces, and has extended recording time of up to seven days. A newly designed, custom analog IC for signal acquisition is the technology platform...

Calypte Biomedical.(Product Briefs)(Calypte Biomedical Corp. introduces Calypte Life Sciences )(Brief article)
June 5, 2008... Calypte Biomedical (Lake Oswego, Oregon) reported the launch of Calypte Life Sciences. Calypte Life Sciences offers a broad range of recombinant proteins and antigens, as well as proprietary reagents, buffers and other specialty products to...

Perceptive Informatics.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
June 5, 2008... Perceptive Informatics (Boston), the technology subsidiary of Parexel International, said that it has integrated its medical imaging technology with the functionality of DigiView, a specialized image management and reporting system provided by...

Royal Philips Electronics.(Product Briefs)
June 5, 2008... Royal Philips Electronics (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) reported the results of a study confirming the benefit of using CPR sensing and recording technology to improve CPR performance. Results drawn from medical professionals participating in...

Veridex (Raritan, New Jersey) said that its licensing collaborator, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp; Burlington, North Carolina), has launched a new gene methylation test for prostate cancer.(Product Briefs)
June 5, 2008... Veridex (Raritan, New Jersey) said that its licensing collaborator, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp; Burlington, North Carolina), has launched a new gene methylation test for prostate cancer. The new assay uses the...

FDA clears InSightec for fertility enhancement study.
June 5, 2008... InSightec (Tirat Carmel, Israel) reported that FDA cleared the company to conduct a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the ExAblate 2000 system using MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) for the enhancement of...

Schultz tells industry: get used to high safety standards.(Interview)
June 12, 2008... Daniel Schultz, MD, director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) at FDA, has the task of guiding the FDA center that oversees the most technologically dynamic industry base of any at the agency. While he has not had to...

Hologic buys HPV test maker Third Wave for $580 million.(Deals roundup)(human papillomavirus)
June 12, 2008... Diagnostics and imaging systems maker Hologic (Bedford, Massachusetts) continues to improve its toolkit of women's health products with the acquisition of human papillomavirus (HPV) test developer Third Wave Technologies (Madison, Wisconsin)...

Diabetes test gives 5-year disease-prediction window.(Clinical report)
June 12, 2008... There is an old saying that seems appropriate when describing Tethys Bioscience's (Emeryville, California) PreDX Diabetes Risk Test: Forewarned is forearmed. The company presented clinical results of the test and reported expanding the tests...

VasSol says test 1st to assess vascular volumetric blood flow.
June 12, 2008... The business of diagnosing all vascular diseases includes a certain amount of guesswork on the part of physicians because, until now, they had no real way of assessing the volumetric blood flow rate in vessels. Now, VasSol (Chicago) has...

Study shows BSGI to be better for cancer detection.
June 12, 2008... Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging is giving surgeons a much better way to detect breast cancer, according to the findings of a group of doctors from Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital (Portland, Oregon)--perhaps an even better method than MRI. The...

FDA to get $275m bonus from FY09 budget amendment.
June 12, 2008... The FDA should be getting some extra cash in its FY09 budget. HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said that the administration is amending its budget request for FY09 to include an additional $275 million for the agency. He called on Congress to act...

Anesthesia monitor maker gets warning.
June 12, 2008... Safer Sleep (Nashville, Tennessee) and FDA apparently went through quite a process in sorting out findings from the most recent inspection of the firm's plant, given that the inspection took place last November and that FDA finally inked a...

PredictAD project aims at a diagnostic for Alzheimer's.(International report)
June 12, 2008... A consortium of research institutions across Europe is involved with the PredictAD project, a new research collaboration aimed at developing new diagnostic procedures for those with Alzheimer's disease (AD). There is no single test or...

New MR scanner to combine diagnosis, treatment.(International report)(Disease/Disorder overview)
June 12, 2008... A new, dedicated intra-operative magnetic resonance (MR) scanner enables physicians to carry out image-guided surgery as soon as problems are detected and diagnosed--possibly in a single outpatient session, according to participants in the...

NeuroLogica's CereTom okayed in S. Korea.(International report)
June 12, 2008... NeuroLogica (Danvers, Massachusetts) and its distribution partner, Dong Kang Medical Systems (Seoul, South Korea), said the CereTom scanner has received clearance from the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) for medical capital device...

CDC awards $10.4m pact to Nanogen to develop flu test.(Grants/contracts)
June 12, 2008... Nanogen (San Diego) said it has been awarded a $10.4 million, two-year contract from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a multi-analyte molecular diagnostic assay for influenza. This new contract will have...

Micronics.(Grants/contracts)
June 12, 2008... Micronics (Redmond, Washington), a provider of custom lab card design, development, and production services, said it has been awarded a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant to advance its diagnostic test to detect Human...

Orthopedic device maker Wright Medical Group (Arlington, Tennessee) reported that it has acquired certain assets of A.M. Surgical (Smithtown, New York), a company focused on providing endoscopic soft tissue-release products for foot and ankle surgeons.(Deals roundup)
June 12, 2008... Orthopedic device maker Wright Medical Group (Arlington, Tennessee) reported that it has acquired certain assets of A.M. Surgical (Smithtown, New York), a company focused on providing endoscopic soft tissue-release products for foot and ankle...

Kardia Health Systems (Rochester, Minnesota) said it will expand its cardiology platforms with the acquisition of Freeland Systems (Westminster, Colorado), a provider of multi-modality medical imaging and reporting software solutions.(Deals roundup)
June 12, 2008... Kardia Health Systems (Rochester, Minnesota) said it will expand its cardiology platforms with the acquisition of Freeland Systems (Westminster, Colorado), a provider of multi-modality medical imaging and reporting software solutions. The...

Lifeline initiates neural diagnostic system after five-year-hiatus.(Patent watch)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Lifeline Biotechnologies (Reno, Nevada) reported that it has begun preparation of a provisional patent on a new neural network diagnostic system after a five-year developmental period. As previously reported, Lifeline has been working with an...

LabCorp, Vanda in accord for multiple genetic marker tests.(Agreements)
June 12, 2008... Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp; Burlington, North Carolina) and Vanda Pharmaceuticals (Rockville, Maryland) a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of clinical-stage product candidates for central nervous...

Rosetta Genomics (Rehovot, Israel) is collaborating with the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston) and the Kleberg Center for Molecular Markers at M. D. Anderson to develop a microRNA-based diagnostic test to predict risk of disease recurrence in lung cancer patients who have undergone curative resection.(Agreements)
June 12, 2008... Rosetta Genomics (Rehovot, Israel) is collaborating with the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston) and the Kleberg Center for Molecular Markers at M. D. Anderson to develop a microRNA-based diagnostic test to predict risk...

LifeScan (Milpitas, California), maker of the OneTouch Brand of blood glucose meters for people with diabetes, and ResMed (Poway, California), a manufacturer of devices for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea, reported an exclusive co-marketing agreement designed to improve the lives of people with Type 2 diabetes and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB).(Agreements)
June 12, 2008... LifeScan (Milpitas, California), maker of the OneTouch Brand of blood glucose meters for people with diabetes, and ResMed (Poway, California), a manufacturer of devices for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea, reported an exclusive...

Aureon Laboratories (Yonkers, New York) reported a collaborative research effort with Dr. Ignacio Wistuba, associate professor of pathology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston).(Agreements)
June 12, 2008... Aureon Laboratories (Yonkers, New York) reported a collaborative research effort with Dr. Ignacio Wistuba, associate professor of pathology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston). The goal of the study will be to...

ExpressMD to provide in-home patient monitoring solutions.(New ventures)
June 12, 2008... Authentidate (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey), a provider of secure workflow management software and web-based services, said it has formed a joint venture with EncounterCare Solutions (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida), a provider of technology and...

Canadian, Mexican approvals for Cepheid.(International report)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Cepheid (Sunnyvale, California) reported that Health Canada has issued a medical device license for the company's Xpert GBS, for the rapid detection of Group B Streptococcus (GBS), and Xpert EV (enterovirus), for the rapid detection of...

Xceed Molecular (Wellesley, Massachusetts), a developer of gene-expression analysis systems, said it has granted Gen-Probe (San Diego) and its affiliates a non-exclusive license to use Xceed's Flow-Thru Chip technology.(Grants/contracts)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Xceed Molecular (Wellesley, Massachusetts), a developer of gene-expression analysis systems, said it has granted Gen-Probe (San Diego) and its affiliates a non-exclusive license to use Xceed's Flow-Thru Chip technology. Gen-Probe expects to...

Spectros (Portola Valley, California) reported that it signed an agreement with Caliper Life Sciences (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) allowing Caliper limited access to certain Spectros optical imaging technologies for undisclosed terms.(Grants/contracts)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Spectros (Portola Valley, California) reported that it signed an agreement with Caliper Life Sciences (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) allowing Caliper limited access to certain Spectros optical imaging technologies for undisclosed terms. ...

Aspyra.(People in Places)
June 12, 2008... Ade Lawal was named VP of strategy and business development for Aspyra (Calabasas, California). Lawal most recently was director of service for GE Healthcare. Aspyra makes clinical and diagnostic information solutions.

Cambridge Heart.(People in Places)(appointments)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Kenneth Hachikian has been elected chairman of the board of Cambridge Heart (Tewksbury, Massachusetts), replacing Robert Khederian, who resigned the position but will continue to serve as a director. The board also elected Jeffrey Wiggins as a...

ESA Biosciences.(People in Places)
June 12, 2008... James Whelan has joined ESA Biosciences (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) as VP of sales and marketing for ESA's clinical diagnostics business. Whelan joins ESA from LabCorp, where he was most vice president of managed care for its esoteric business....

Molecular Biometrics.(People in Places)
June 12, 2008... Molecular Biometrics (Chester, New Jersey) reported the addition of three senior commercial executives in sales, marketing and international distribution. Robert Lederer was named VP of sales and commercial development. Lederer previously was...

Strategic Diagnostics.(People in Places)(appointments)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Strategic Diagnostics (Newark, Delaware) said that Matthew Knight, president/CEO, will be stepping down from his position to pursue other interests, and also will resign as a director. Knight will maintain a consulting relationship with the...

PTO publishes fee schedule for FY09.(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published an announcement in the Federal Register earlier this week on the fee schedule for patent applications for fiscal 2009. PTO will accept comments on the proposed fee schedule until July 3. Using...

Escalon Medical (Wayne, Pennsylvania) said its wholly owned subsidiary, Drew Scientific (Wayne), acquired JAS Diagnostics (Miami).(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Escalon Medical (Wayne, Pennsylvania) said its wholly owned subsidiary, Drew Scientific (Wayne), acquired JAS Diagnostics (Miami). Drew purchased 100% of the outstanding shares of JAS for about $1.2 million in cash and $800,000 in notes...

Dawning Technologies (Fort Myers, Florida) and Medical Automation Systems (MAS; Charlottesville, Virginia) reported a joint project with the intention of leveraging product synergies and creating added value for customers.(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Dawning Technologies (Fort Myers, Florida) and Medical Automation Systems (MAS; Charlottesville, Virginia) reported a joint project with the intention of leveraging product synergies and creating added value for customers. The project will...

Card Guard.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Card Guard (Rheinfall Switzerland), the parent company of LifeWatch (Rosemont, Illinois), said that it received FDA clearance for its LifeStar ACT III platinum system. The new 3-lead version offers the same full auto-detect and auto-send device...

CoreValve.(Product Briefs)
June 12, 2008... CoreValve (Irvine, California) has named Daniel Lemaitre CEO. He succeeds Jacques Seguin, MD, PhD, co-founder of CoreValve, who will remain as chairman. Previously, Lemaitre has led Medtronic's corporate strategic planning and corporate...

Covidien.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Covidien (Boulder, Colorado) said that two new continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices, the Sandman Info and the Sandman Auto, are now available in the U.S. They are the latest additions to the company's Sandman portfolio of sleep...

GlycoMark.(Product Briefs)
June 12, 2008... GlycoMark (New York) reported results from the ongoing DURABLE clinical trial showing that the GlycoMark blood test is a better reflection of glucose, particularly after-meal glucose levels, than the gold standard hemoglobin A1C test in...

Mindray receives FDA nod for color ultrasound system.
June 12, 2008... Mindray Medical International Limited (Shenzhen, China) said it has received FDA clearance for its DC-3 color ultrasound imaging system. The clearance comes in addition to China State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) approval and CE mark...

Medical University of South Carolina.(Product Briefs)
June 12, 2008... The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC; Charleston) is one of the first facilities to install the scanner, adding to the Somatom Definition Dual Source MUSC installed in September 2006. The Adaptive 4-D Spiral mode of the Somatom...

Neoprobe.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Neoprobe (Dublin, Ohio) said that a multi-center Phase III study of Lymphoseek has been initiated in patients with either breast cancer or melanoma. The Phase III study will evaluate the efficacy of Lymphoseek to identify lymph nodes that may...

Siemens says Acuson marks 'paradigm shift in ultrasound'.
June 19, 2008... Siemens Healthcare (Mountain View, California) unveiled its Acuson SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system, which it says is the first system to acquire non-stitched, real-time full-volume 3-D images of the heart in one single heart cycle,...

Laser energy, MRI combined to destroy tumor via heat.
June 19, 2008... It should come as no surprise that knowing where the tumor is, and being able to avoid nearby organs and healthy tissue, is an important part of any cancer treatment. Several medtech companies are working toward this goal by developing...

Swiss wireless sensor follows blood glucose like clockwork.(International report)(Clinical report)
June 19, 2008... First results from a proof-of-concept study of 10 diabetes patients confirm the viability of the everyday monitoring for a novel Swiss multi-sensor device for non-invasive glucose monitoring. Patients logged 110 days wearing the...

Gentag, MacroArray developing new prostate cancer test strip.
June 19, 2008... Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in American men, other than skin cancer, but not all men are being tested. A new test strip under development, similar to urine-based pregnancy tests but with an electronic twist, will...

Varian signs 3-year, $350m deal with Toshiba America.(Grants/contracts)
June 19, 2008... A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, California) reported the execution of a three-year, $320 million contract for Varian to supply medical imaging subcomponents to Toshiba America Medical Systems...

Positron (Houston) reported that it has entered into an exclusive sales and marketing agreement.(Grants/contracts)(NuView Radiopharmaceuticals )(Brief article)
June 19, 2008... Positron (Houston) reported that it has entered into an exclusive sales and marketing agreement with NuView Radiopharmaceuticals (Park City, Utah). NuView will act as exclusive agent for Positron's brand of PET, SPECT and automated...

Doe & Ingalls (Baltimore) has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute BioVectra (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) bioprocessing reagents, molecular biology reagents and enzymes in the U.S.(Grants/contracts)
June 19, 2008... Doe & Ingalls (Baltimore) has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute BioVectra (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) bioprocessing reagents, molecular biology reagents and enzymes in the U.S. BioVectra previously distributed these products...