Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from November 2006

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from November 2006

Research conclusion: spiral CT scans find lung cancer earlier.
November 2, 2006... In an ongoing observational study appearing Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers report that lung cancer can be detected at its very earliest stage in 85% of patients using annual low-dose computed tomography (CT)...

CSIRO's HCA-Vision software used to track changes in brain.
November 2, 2006... Recently introduced software for tracking the activity of nerve cells is expected to help researchers monitor changes in the brain. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, (CSIRO; Campbell, Australia) launched...

FDA clearance for arthritis test granted to Phadia US by FDA.
November 2, 2006... Phadia US (Portage, Michigan) reported late last week that the FDA has cleared EliA CCP, which it says is the only fully automated assay for the measurement of cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies, calling these a highly specific indicator...

Epinex develops prototype for monthly Type 2 diabetes test.
November 2, 2006... Development-stage company Epinex Diagnostics (Irvine, California) said it has completed the development of a proof-of-concept prototype for a monthly rapid test to monitor Type 2 diabetes. The company said such a test might provide...

PreMD files to block termination of license agreement for tests.(Court report)(Med-11 AG)
November 2, 2006... Predictive medicine company PreMD (Toronto) said that it has begun an action in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto against Dr. Abulkalam Shamsuddin, Stuart Brazier and Med-11 AG in connection with Shamsuddin's grant of an...

Millipore opens $50 million R&D center.(Briefly Noted)
November 2, 2006... Millipore (Billerica, Massachusetts), a provider of products and services for improved productivity in the laboratory and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, has opened a new $50 million research and development center in Bedford, Massachusetts....

World TB epidemic offers large opportunity for new diagnostics.(International report)
November 2, 2006... A large, and largely untapped, market exists for more effective and more affordable tests to diagnose tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries where most TB cases occur, according to a new report by the Special Programme for Tropical...

FEI imaging center opened.(International report)(Brief article)
November 2, 2006... The University of Ulster earlier this month opened the FEI Centre for Advanced Imaging in Northern Ireland to provide a suite of electron microscopes made by FEI (Hillsboro, Oregon) for research within the university's Biomedical Sciences...

Disparate voices, no consensus on UDI benefits and difficulties.
November 2, 2006... GAITHERSBURG, Maryland -- An FDA meeting held last week revealed a general consensus on the merits of the agency's drive to develop a unique device identification (UDI) system in the industry, but the event also provided a forum for airing...

Avantis raises $12m in 'B' round; MedCath offers 6 million shares.(Financings roundup)
November 2, 2006... Avantis Medical Systems (Sunnyvale, California) reported that it has raised $12 million in a Series B round of financing. Avantis is developing the Third Eye retroscope, a device for detection of colon cancers and polyps hidden from the...

MedCath.(Financings roundup)
November 2, 2006... MedCath (Charlotte, North Carolina) reported the offering of 6 million shares of its common stock. MedCath will offer 1.7 million shares of its common stock, and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and their...

Applied Biosystems Group (ABG; Foster City, California), an Applera business, reported that it has signed an agreement with Eagle Research and Development (Eagle R&D; Boulder, Colorado) to collaborate on further developing a single molecule detection device invented by Eagle.(Financings roundup)
November 2, 2006... Applied Biosystems Group (ABG; Foster City, California), an Applera business, reported that it has signed an agreement with Eagle Research and Development (Eagle R&D; Boulder, Colorado) to collaborate on further developing a single molecule...

Ciphergen will sell proteomics instrument unit to Bio-Rad.(Deals roundup)
November 2, 2006... Ciphergen Biosystems (Fremont, California) said that it has received stockholder approval to sell its proteomics instrument business to Bio-Rad Laboratories (Hercules, California) for about $20 million in cash. In addition, Bio-Rad will make a...

Coherent.(Deals roundup)
November 2, 2006... Coherent (Santa Clara, California) reported that it has received a prohibition order from the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) regarding its proposed $376 million acquisition of Excel Technology (East Setauket, New York). The acquisition,...

Lifestream Technologies (Post Falls, Idaho), a supplier of cholesterol monitors, said that it is seeking "strategic alternatives" for all or portions of its business and is focusing on "orderly wind-down" and sale of its assets.(Deals roundup)
November 2, 2006... Lifestream Technologies (Post Falls, Idaho), a supplier of cholesterol monitors, said that it is seeking "strategic alternatives" for all or portions of its business and is focusing on "orderly wind-down" and sale of its assets. The...

The Federal Trade Commission approved the early termination of the antitrust waiting period for the proposed acquisition of TriPath Imaging (Burlington, North Carolina) by BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.; Franklin Lakes, New Jersey).(Deals roundup)
November 2, 2006... The Federal Trade Commission approved the early termination of the antitrust waiting period for the proposed acquisition of TriPath Imaging (Burlington, North Carolina) by BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.; Franklin Lakes, New Jersey). In...

Sequenom (San Diego) reported that it has secured exclusive rights in the U.S., Europe, Japan, Canada, and Australia to intellectual property for non-invasive prenatal gender testing through a license agreement with Isis Innovation, the technology transfer company of the University of Oxford (Oxford, UK).(Deals roundup)
November 2, 2006... Sequenom (San Diego) reported that it has secured exclusive rights in the U.S., Europe, Japan, Canada, and Australia to intellectual property for non-invasive prenatal gender testing through a license agreement with Isis Innovation, the...

GE Healthcare, St. Jude in pact for cardiac catheterization.(Agreements)
November 2, 2006... GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) and St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota) reported what they termed a "significant" agreement to develop an integrated imaging/monitoring capability to cardiac catheterization labs. The companies said...

Agile Software (San Jose, California), a provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, reported GE Medical Systems Kretztechnik's (Austria) selection of Agile Advantage to accelerate its product development processes.(Agreements)
November 2, 2006... Agile Software (San Jose, California), a provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, reported GE Medical Systems Kretztechnik's (Austria) selection of Agile Advantage to accelerate its product development processes. GE...

Illumina (San Diego) has made an agreement with Amgen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) to buy a large, multicomponent genetic analysis system for Infinium genotyping.(Agreements)
November 2, 2006... Illumina (San Diego) has made an agreement with Amgen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) to buy a large, multicomponent genetic analysis system for Infinium genotyping. Amgen, in collaboration with the Brigham & Women's Hospital (Boston) will use...

Mentor (Santa Barbara, California) has entered into a commercialization pact with Genzyme (Cambridge, Massachusetts) for Genzyme to develop future hyaluronic acid (HA) dermal filler products.(Agreements)
November 2, 2006... Mentor (Santa Barbara, California) has entered into a commercialization pact with Genzyme (Cambridge, Massachusetts) for Genzyme to develop future hyaluronic acid (HA) dermal filler products. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The...

Sysmex America (Mundelein, Illinois) reported that LifeShare Blood Centers (Shreveport, Louisiana) has selected the Sysmex XE-2100D automated hematology analyzers for use in its Shreveport and Lake Charles, Louisiana, blood centers, said John Kershaw, president, Sysmex America.(Agreements)
November 2, 2006... Sysmex America (Mundelein, Illinois) reported that LifeShare Blood Centers (Shreveport, Louisiana) has selected the Sysmex XE-2100D automated hematology analyzers for use in its Shreveport and Lake Charles, Louisiana, blood centers, said John...

First commercial installation of Innova IVUS.(Briefly Noted)
November 2, 2006... GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) and Volcano (Rancho Cordova, California) reported the first commercial installation of Innova IVUS at PinnacleHealth Heart and Vascular Institute at Harrisburg Hospital (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is complete....

diaDexus.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
November 2, 2006... diaDexus (South San Francisco, California) reported the publication of a study showing that lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2), a cardiovascular-specific inflammatory enzyme associated with unstable plaque, is a strong predictor...

GE Healthcare.(Product Briefs)
November 2, 2006... GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) reported introduction of a new ultrasound imaging system with early diagnostic tools for women's healthcare. Voluson E8 includes new tools designed to improve clinical workflow, including Sonography-based...

Genzyme.(Product Briefs)
November 2, 2006... Genzyme (Cambridge, Massachusetts) reported commercial availability of cystic fibrosis (CF) gene sequencing, a new diagnostic that it said can detect about 98% of the more than 1,200 disease-causing mutations in the CFTR gene. Mutations in the...

Luminex (Austin, Texas) reported market release of its pneumococcal assay, developed by the Luminex Bioscience Group (LBG).(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
November 2, 2006... Luminex (Austin, Texas) reported market release of its pneumococcal assay, developed by the Luminex Bioscience Group (LBG). Luminex created the LBG in 2005 to provide multiplexed solutions in emerging bioassay applications. The LBG's goal is to...

Nanogen.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
November 2, 2006... Nanogen (San Diego), a developer of diagnostic products, said that it has been issued four patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for inventions related to diabetes and Alzheimer's disease biomarkers, the most recent patents in a...

Repligen.(Product Briefs)
November 2, 2006... Repligen (Waltham, Massachusetts) reported the initiation of a clinical study to evaluate the diagnostic utility of RG1068, synthetic human secretin, in functional MRI fMRI) of the pancreas. The study is designed to confirm and quantify the...

OnCure Medical.(People in Places)(Brief article)
November 2, 2006... Vincent Pino has been named to the new position of senior vice president and chief development officer for OnCure Medical (Nedport Beach, California). Pino previously held various executive positions with Alliance Imaging, including president;...

ProUroCare Medical.(People in Places)(Brief article)
November 2, 2006... Richard Carlson has been named CEO of ProUroCare Medical (Minneapolis), effective Nov. 1. Carlson succeeds Maurice Taylor, who is retiring as CEO but who will continue to serve as company chairman. Carlson has served as vice president marketing...

Web-based tool a longer-range assay for breast cancer risk.(ASTRO 2006)
November 9, 2006... Doctors at Tufts-New England Medical Center (Boston) have created a computer tool that could predict the risk of breast cancer returning over a 10-year period in patients who have had breast conserving surgery--meaning a lumpectomy--to remove...

Lung Cancer Alliance: failing grades in U.S. battle vs. disease.
November 9, 2006... Efforts by Congress and others in the battle against lung cancer, the nation's No. 1 cancer killer--or the lack of such efforts--received failing grades for the second year, according to the 2006 Report Card on Cancer issued by the Lung Cancer...

Wellcome Trust funding creates London neuroimaging center.(International report)
November 9, 2006... One of the world's foremost brain imaging research facilities will receive a major boost with an award of 6.74 million [pounds sterling] over five years from the Wellcome Trust (London). The Functional Imaging Laboratory at University...

Luminetx gathers in $15 million to commercialize its VeinViewer.(Financings roundup)
November 9, 2006... Luminetx (Memphis) reported Friday that it has raised about $15 million in capital during its most recent financing round. According to Jim Phillips, company president/CEO, "We saw this as a unique opportunity to not only build our...

GE teleconference: molecular imaging focus of nuclear med.(Conference notes)
November 9, 2006... Experts in the field of molecular imaging gathered recently to consider issues such as training of new personnel, standardization and the potential of molecular imaging for the summit, "Shaping the Future," in Key Biscayne, Florida. Their...

Tug-of-war heats up as cuts to doctors nears Jan. 1 deadline.(CMS promotes preventive care, patient discussion)
November 9, 2006... Unless Congress intervenes again this year, doctors will take a 5% cut in the reimbursement rate when they treat Medicare patients next year. The reduction, which will become effective Jan. 1, is included in the Medicare Physician Fee...

Philips introduces oncology advances, new agreements.(ASTRO 2006 notebook)
November 9, 2006... Royal Philips (Andover, Massachusetts) has introduced a variety of "advances" in its portfolio of oncology solutions designed to help physicians define their targets, and it is one of many companies that has rolled out new products, product...

Accuray (Sunnyvale, California) and Siemens Medical Solutions (Concord, California) reported entering an agreement for the development of imaging and software solutions targeted for use in both radiosurgery and radiotherapy.(ASTRO 2006 notebook)
November 9, 2006... Accuray (Sunnyvale, California) and Siemens Medical Solutions (Concord, California) reported entering an agreement for the development of imaging and software solutions targeted for use in both radiosurgery and radiotherapy. The companies...

Clincal Data enters research accord with the Mayo Clinic.(Deals roundup)
November 9, 2006... Clinical Data (Newton, Massachusetts), a provider of molecular and pharmacogenomics services and genetic tests, said that it has licensed from the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research of the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota) a...

In response to an unsolicited bid from a third party to acquire all of the outstanding securities of Applied Imaging (AI; San Jose, California), Applied Imaging reported that its definitive agreement to be acquired by Genetix Group (New Milton, UK) was amended on Nov. 2.(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... In response to an unsolicited bid from a third party to acquire all of the outstanding securities of Applied Imaging (AI; San Jose, California), Applied Imaging reported that its definitive agreement to be acquired by Genetix Group (New Milton,...

Microlife (Dunedin, Florida), a developer of diagnostic equipment such as blood pressure monitors, thermometers, peak flow devices, reported that it has acquired HealtheTech (Golden, Colorado), a provider of advanced diagnostic devices and software that measure and monitor health parameters used to manage weight, nutrition and fitness.(Deals roundup)
November 9, 2006... Microlife (Dunedin, Florida), a developer of diagnostic equipment such as blood pressure monitors, thermometers, peak flow devices, reported that it has acquired HealtheTech (Golden, Colorado), a provider of advanced diagnostic devices and...

Cardiac IVD to exceed $45B by 2010.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... The "Cardiac Markers" report from Kalorama Information (New York) predicts that the world market for cardiac IVDs will grow to more than $4.5 billion by 2010, on the heels of advances in testing such as recently discovered genetic factors....

Instrumentation Laboratory gets contract with HealthTrust.(Grants/contracts)
November 9, 2006... Instrumentation Laboratory (IL; Lexington, Massachusetts) has been awarded a three-year contract for its critical care portfolio with HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HealthTrust; Brentwood, Tennessee), a group purchasing organization. The...

Zargis Medical (Princeton, New Jersey), a spin-off from Siemens Corporate Research (also Princeton) and a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus (Brooklyn, New York), reported that it has been awarded a $101,000 contract by the U.S. Army to develop pilot versions of a telemedicine system for use in cardiology.(Grants/contracts)
November 9, 2006... Zargis Medical (Princeton, New Jersey), a spin-off from Siemens Corporate Research (also Princeton) and a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus (Brooklyn, New York), reported that it has been awarded a $101,000 contract by the U.S. Army to...

VirtualScopics.(Grants/contracts)(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... VirtualScopics (Rochester, New York), a developer of image-based biomarker solutions, reported signing a 30-month contract totaling $1.7 million for a later phase osteoarthritis study of a disease modifying agent. VirtualScopics will...

MAGNET.(Grants/contracts)
November 9, 2006... MAGNET (Mid-Atlantic Group Network of Shared Services; Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania), a healthcare group purchasing organization, has signed a new five-year contract with Eastman Kodak (Rochester, New York) that makes Kodak's digital imaging...

Accuray.(ASTRO 2006)(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... Accuray (Sunnyvale, California), introduced three new products at the meeting designed to improve the way lung cancer is treated. The products--Xsight Lung Tracking System, Xchange Robotic Collimator Changer and 4D Treatment Optimization and...

Varian Medical Systems.(ASTRO 2006)
November 9, 2006... Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, California) reported that it has added capability to its radiotherapy information management and treatment planning software, thereby making it possible to modify plans with up-to-the-minute images generated...

Sontra Medical not in Nasdaq compliance.(Briefly Noted)
November 9, 2006... Sontra Medical (Franklin, Massachusetts) said it received a deficiency letter Oct. 17 from the Nasdaq Stock Market indicating it is not in compliance with the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Capital Market because for the previous...

Siemens gets 'go' to buy Bayer diag.(International report)
November 9, 2006... Siemens (Munich) said it has received the green light from the European Commission to acquire Bayer's (Leverkusen, Germany) diagnostics division (Tarrytown, New York) without restrictions. The approval was granted today by the European...

Optos in licensing from U. of Rochester.(International report)
November 9, 2006... Optos (London), a manufacturer of retinal imaging devices, reported entering into a license agreement with the University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) providing the company with exclusive access to certain patents for adaptive optics to...

Ciphergen Biosystems (Fremont, California) reported that it has entered separate privately negotiated agreements with certain holders of its outstanding 4.5% convertible senior notes due 2008.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... Ciphergen Biosystems (Fremont, California) reported that it has entered separate privately negotiated agreements with certain holders of its outstanding 4.5% convertible senior notes due 2008, under which such holders have agreed to exchange...

MedCath.(Financings roundup)(Disease/Disorder overview)
November 9, 2006... MedCath (Charlotte, North Carolina) reported the pricing of its public offering of 4.5 million shares of common stock, 1.7 million of which are being sold by the company and 2.8 million of which are being sold by certain selling stockholders,...

Biovest.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... Biovest (Worcester, Massachusetts) reported that it has launched its AutovaxID automated cell culture device. AutovaxID is an automated, reusable instrument that employs a disposable, closed-system cell-growth chamber incorporating a...

Bracco Diagnostics (Princeton, New Jersey) said that the results of a clinical study comparing Isovue-370 (iopamidol injection), marketed by Bracco in the U.S., and Visipaque320 (iodixanol injection), marketed by GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) in the U.S., in renally impaired patients undergoing computed tomography (IMPACT) showed no significant difference in the rate of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) between the two agents.(Product Briefs)(Clinical report)
November 9, 2006... Bracco Diagnostics (Princeton, New Jersey) said that the results of a clinical study comparing Isovue-370 (iopamidol injection), marketed by Bracco in the U.S., and Visipaque320 (iodixanol injection), marketed by GE Healthcare (Waukesha,...

CardioDynamics.(Product Briefs)
November 9, 2006... CardioDynamics (San Diego), a developer of BioZ impedance cardiography (ICG) technology, reported the publication of a cost-effectiveness study in the American Heart Hospital Journal's Fall 2006 edition. The study showed that use of ICG was...

Natus Medical (San Carlos, California) launched the BioMAP (Biological Marker of Auditory Processing), a new software module for the Bio-logic Navigator Pro hearing diagnostic platform.(Product Briefs)
November 9, 2006... Natus Medical (San Carlos, California) launched the BioMAP (Biological Marker of Auditory Processing), a new software module for the Bio-logic Navigator Pro hearing diagnostic platform. The Northwestern University Auditory Neuroscience...

Nikon Instruments.(Nikon Instruments Inc. introduces MA100 compact inverted microscope )(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... Nikon Instruments (Melville, New York) has introduced the MA100, a compact inverted microscope designed for the observation and analysis of prepped material and metallurgical samples in the medical, aersospace and electronics industries. The...

Conmed.(CONMED Corp. appoints Joseph Corasanti )(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... Joseph Corasanti has been appointed CEO of Conmed (Utica, New York), effective Jan. 1. He currently is the company's president and chief operating officer. He will succeed Eugene Corasanti, the company founder, who will continue to serve as...

Kimball Genetics.(People in Places)
November 9, 2006... Kimball Genetics (Denver) reported the appointment of Annette Taylor, PhD, its president/CEO, to the Genomic Medicine Program Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, a new committee formed to help the VA develop policies...

FDA approves Latitude system with EMR data integration.
November 16, 2006... The FDA has approved what Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts) calls the first remote monitoring system to provide clinicians with direct device data integration capability into the Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR) from GE...

Illumina reports intent to merge in $600 million stock deal.(Deals roundup)
November 16, 2006... Ilumina (San Diego) and Solexa (Hayward, California) reported that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Illumina will acquire Solexa in a stock-for-stock merger valued at $600 million. Under the merger...

PCA3 gene-based prostate cancer test wins CE mark.(International report)
November 16, 2006... A new test to detect prostate cancer based on DiagnoCure's (Quebec City, Quebec) PCA3 gene has received CE-marking, the company said. "I believe this is a significant moment for our company and for all those concerned with prostate...

CombiMatrix test distinguishes melanoma from benign moles.
November 16, 2006... CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics (Irvine, California) has launched a new test that discriminates malignant melanoma from benign moles. The test, based on the CustomArray platform from CombiMatrix (Mukilteo, Washington), is a molecular...

As in cardiology, 'implantable' is wave of neuromodulation future.(2006 Medical Innovation Summit)
November 16, 2006... Diagnostics & Imaging Week Associate Managing Editor CLEVELAND -- Within the promising early-stage realm of neuroscience, one area of particular interest for physicians, patients and investors is undoubtedly implantable neuromodulation...

Kodak's computed radiography gives company a 'good show'.(ASTRO 2006 notebook)
November 16, 2006... Eastman Kodak (Rochester, New York) demonstrated its computed radiography (CR) system for radiation oncology imaging and its Carestream Information Management Solutions at the 48th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic...

GE Healthcare, Philips roll out new products at AHA meeting.(AHA notebook)
November 16, 2006... As the American Heart Association (Dallas) annual meeting got underway this week in Chicago, many companies chose the gathering to roll out new products. GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) showcased the introduction of a new compact...

MUSC enters 5-year, $40 million alliance with Siemens Medical.(Agreements roundup)(The Medical University of South Carolina)(Siemens Medical Solutions AG)
November 16, 2006... The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC; Charleston, South Carolina) and Siemens Medical Solutions (Concord, California) have entered into a five-year, $40-million alliance that will bring leading-edge diagnostic technologies to MUSC's...

Healthcare information technology company Cerner (Kansas City, Missouri) and Mortara Instrument (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).(Agreements roundup)
November 16, 2006... * Healthcare information technology company Cerner (Kansas City, Missouri) and Mortara Instrument (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), a noninvasive cardiology healthcare technology company, said they will pursue a joint engineering effort utilizing DICOM...

Drager Medical AG & Co. KG (Irvine, California) reported that it has expanded its relationship with Masimo (also Irvine).(Agreements roundup)
November 16, 2006... * Drager Medical AG & Co. KG (Irvine, California) reported that it has expanded its relationship with Masimo (also Irvine) and will integrate Masimo Rainbow SET platform as its principal pulse oximetry technology. The Rainbow SET platform...

Zila executes agreements for $40M private placement in stock.(Financings roundup)
November 16, 2006... Zila (Phoenix), a cancer diagnostic company initially focused on oral cancer, reported the execution of definitive agreements for a private placement of $40 million in common stock, convertible debt instruments and warrants to selected...

Guradian Technologies.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
November 16, 2006... * Guardian Technologies (Herndon, Virginia) reported completing the first of two closings of a private placement of its securities under a securities purchase agreement with a group of investors. Investors have agreed to buy $5.1 million of...

EP MedSystems could pay up to $288,000 in two settlements.(Court report)(Brief article)
November 16, 2006... EP MedSystems (West Berlin, New Jersey) reported executing a settlement with the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce to close issues related to its shipment of products to restricted countries in 2004 and earlier....

BioLucent agrees to provide MammoPads to OhioHealth.(Grants/contracts)
November 16, 2006... BioLucent (Aliso Viejo, California), maker of the MammoPad breast cushion, said that it has reached a new two-year agreement to provide MammoPad to OhioHealth (Columbus, Ohio), a health system. This is the second consecutive two-year agreement...

Amphion Innovations (London), a developer of life sciences and technology businesses, reported that one of its partner companies, Supertron Technologies (Newark, New Jersey).(Deals roundup)
November 16, 2006... * Amphion Innovations (London), a developer of life sciences and technology businesses, reported that one of its partner companies, Supertron Technologies (Newark, New Jersey), a developer of high performance clinical and preclinical imaging...

Tm Bioscience.(Deals roundup)
November 16, 2006... * Tm Bioscience (Toronto), a diagnostics company developing a suite of DNA-based tests for genetic disorders, drug metabolism (pharmacogenetics) and infectious diseases, reported that its board has initiated a process to explore strategic...

Epix reports Canadian approval of Vasovist.(International report)(Brief article)
November 16, 2006... Epix Pharmaceuticals (Lexington, Massachusetts) reported that Health Canada's Health Products and Food Branch has approved its blood pool imaging agent Vasovist (gadofosveset trisodium injection) for marketing. Vasovist is indicated for...

CE mark for Respiratory Viral Panel.(International report)
November 16, 2006... Tm Bioscience (Toronto) has received the CE mark for its ID-Tag Respiratory Viral Panel (RVP) and the panel now can be marketed for diagnostic purposes in Europe and other countries where the CE mark is recognized. The ID-Tag RVP is a test...

Erasmus acquires Illumina BeadStations.(International report)(Brief article)
November 16, 2006... Illumina (San Diego) reported that Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre (Rotterdam), the Netherlands' most multi-faceted academic medical facility, has purchased two automated BeadStations that will use the Infinium HumanHap550 BeadChip to...

AMDL (Tustin, California) reported that it has completed its pre-investigational device exemption (IDE) for the use of its DR-70 test kit in monitoring colon cancer patients.(Product Briefs)
November 16, 2006... * AMDL (Tustin, California) reported that it has completed its pre-investigational device exemption (IDE) for the use of its DR-70 test kit in monitoring colon cancer patients. AMDL with operations in Shenzhen, Jaingxi and Jilin, China, through...

Cytyc (Marlborough, Massachusetts), a provider of surgical and diagnostic products targeting cancer diagnostics and women's health, reported that 12 studies presenting data on the MammoSite Radiation Therapy System (RTS).(Product Briefs)
November 16, 2006... * Cytyc (Marlborough, Massachusetts), a provider of surgical and diagnostic products targeting cancer diagnostics and women's health, reported that 12 studies presenting data on the MammoSite Radiation Therapy System (RTS) were featured at the...

diaDexus.(Product Briefs)
November 16, 2006... * diaDexus (South San Francisco) reported results of a study demonstrating that Lp-[PLA.sub.2] (lipoprotein-associated phospholipase [A.sub.2]) independently predicts both the severity of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) at the time of...

Eastman Kodak.(Product Briefs)
November 16, 2006... * Eastman Kodak (Rochester, New York) said it has submitted the final module of a pre-market approval submission (PMA) to the FDA for approval of its computed radiography (CR) system for mammography. The final module contains data and test...