Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from October 2007

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from October 2007

Adlyfe reports publication of study in journal Transfusion.
October 4, 2007... Adlyfe's (Rockville, Maryland) top executive believes that the company's technology to detect misfolded proteins in prion diseases has received "somewhat of a validation in the scientific community" through the August publication of a study in...

CALM patterns software aims at improving health of fetus.(International report)
October 4, 2007... LMS Medical Systems (Montreal), developer of the CALM clinical information system and risk management software tools for obstetrics, reported the availability of the first version of CALM Patterns, a risk management software tool specifically...

Ziehm and BrainLab to combine 3-D C-arms and CAS technology.
October 4, 2007... Two German companies have agreed to integrate technologies with the goal of giving surgeons better orientation in the operating room (OR) and enabling minimally invasive surgeries with less radiation and higher accuracy. Ziehm Imaging...

Matritech parts ways with Sysmex, sells assets to IMI for $36 million.(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
October 4, 2007... Matritech (Newton, Massachusetts) reported that Sysmex America (Mundelein, Illinois) and Matritech have mutually agreed to terminate their 2002 agreement under which Sysmex was granted an exclusive license for the use of Matritech's NMP 179...

Immucor president/CEO to pay $30,000; class action settled.(Court report)
October 4, 2007... Dr. Gioacchino De Chirico, president/CEO of Immucor (Norcross, Georgia), has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $30,000 in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company is not being required to pay a penalty. The...

'Scenario planning' critical in world with some other ideas.(AdvaMed 2007: The MedTech Conference)
October 4, 2007... WASHINGTON -- Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed; Washington) held its first-ever med-tech conference here this week, running concurrently with a meeting of the Global Harmonization Task Force, thus giving the event an...

Quidel, Roche in partnership for influenza monitoring offerings.
October 4, 2007... Quidel (San Diego), a provider of rapid point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests, reported an exclusive partnership to provide Roche Pharma (Basel, Switzerland) with the QuickVue Influenza A+B rapid diagnostic test for its marketing and selling...

Beckman Coulter (Fullerton, California), a manufacturer of diagnostics instruments, reported it has been awarded a sole-source agreement with Alverno Clinical Laboratories (Hammond, Indiana) to provide a full range of hematology analyzers and supplies.
October 4, 2007... Beckman Coulter (Fullerton, California), a manufacturer of diagnostics instruments, reported it has been awarded a sole-source agreement with Alverno Clinical Laboratories (Hammond, Indiana) to provide a full range of hematology analyzers and...

Aethlon Medical (San Diego) reported it will initiate research studies to test the in vitro effectiveness of the Aethlon Hemopurifier to capture H5N1 Avian Influenza.
October 4, 2007... Aethlon Medical (San Diego) reported it will initiate research studies to test the in vitro effectiveness of the Aethlon Hemopurifier to capture H5N1 Avian Influenza. Testing of the Hemopurifier will be conducted through collaborations with...

Applied NeuroSolutions sells $2.9m in stock and warrants.(Financings roundup)
October 4, 2007... Applied NeuroSolutions (ANS; Vernon Hills, Illinois), a developer of products for diagnosing and treating Alzheimer's disease (AD), reported completing a $2.9 million placement of its common stock and warrants. ANS sold 20,714,286 shares of...

Imalux.(Financings roundup)
October 4, 2007... Imalux (Cleveland), developer of the Niris imaging system based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology, reported the closing of its Series C preferred shares offering. Proceeds from the offering were $5.1 million, including conversion...

Aspect Medical Systems.(Financings roundup)
October 4, 2007... Aspect Medical Systems (Norwood, Massachusetts) reported filing a shelf registration statement with the SEC for re-sale of up to $125 million of 2.50% convertible senior notes, due 2014, which the company issued in a private placement in June...

Abiant.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
October 4, 2007... Abiant (Chicago), a company developing bio-imaging to accelerate drug development and disease diagnosis, reported closing a $600,000 private placement. Lead investor Heartland Angels, an angel network specializing in early-stage...

Isis to receive NIH grant for influenza virus research.(Grants/contracts)
October 4, 2007... Isis Pharmaceuticals reported that its subsidiary, Ibis Biosciences (both of Carlsbad, California) has been awarded a subcontract of a National Institutes of Health (NIH; Bethesda Maryland) grant to aid in influenza surveillance research...

Micrus added to Neurotech Index.(Briefly Noted)
October 4, 2007... Micrus Endovascular (San Jose, California) said that it has been added to the newly formed Nasdaq NeuroInsights Neurotech Index, launched Sept. 25. The Nasdaq stock market and NeuroInsights, a research firm that focuses on neurotechnology,...

Sagemark forms subsidiary.(Briefly Noted)
October 4, 2007... The Sagemark Companies (New York) said that it has formed Premier Oncology, a wholly owned subsidiary, to pursue its radiation therapy cancer treatment center initiative. Premier Oncology's first radiation therapy venture is Premier...

Aurora in collaboration with China group.(International report)(Aurora Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Society, China Medical Women's Association)(Brief article)
October 4, 2007... The Aurora Breast MRI Society (ABMS; North Andover, Massachusetts) reported what it termed a "groundbreaking" collaboration with the China Medical Women's Association (CMWA) aimed at improving breast cancer care in China and the U.S. A...

Handheld laser scanner launched.(International report)
October 4, 2007... Creaform (Leavis, Quebec), a developer of 3-D laser scan digital technologies, reported the launch of the EXAscan self-positioning, handheld laser scanner. The latest addition to the Handyscan 3-D line, the portable EXAscan is intended for...

Siemens (Munich, Germany) has extended the expiration date for the cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Dade Behring (Deerfield, Illinois) to midnight, EDT, on Oct. 31 as Siemens awaits merger control clearance by the European Commission.(Deals roundup)
October 4, 2007... Siemens (Munich, Germany) has extended the expiration date for the cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Dade Behring (Deerfield, Illinois) to midnight, EDT, on Oct. 31 as Siemens awaits merger control clearance by the European...

Cytyc (Marlborough, Massachusetts) reported that it is delivering a notice to the holders of its 2.25% senior convertible notes, due 2024, between Cytyc and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, under which the convertible notes were issued.(Deals roundup)
October 4, 2007... Cytyc (Marlborough, Massachusetts) reported that it is delivering a notice to the holders of its 2.25% senior convertible notes, due 2024, between Cytyc and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, under which the convertible notes were issued....

Eye care products company Advanced Medical Optics (AMO; Santa Ana, California), reported entering into a U.S. patent license agreement with Carl Zeiss Meditec, a developer of ophthalmic and surgical devices and instrumentation.(Deals roundup)
October 4, 2007... Eye care products company Advanced Medical Optics (AMO; Santa Ana, California), reported entering into a U.S. patent license agreement with Carl Zeiss Meditec, a developer of ophthalmic and surgical devices and instrumentation. Financial and...

Celera (Rockville, Maryland), an Applera (Norwalk, Connecticut) business, said it has entered into agreements with Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics (Alameda, California), which include a license conferring rights in the human in vitro diagnostics field to the Applera patents for real-time PCR thermalcycling instruments and reagents.(Deals roundup)
October 4, 2007... Celera (Rockville, Maryland), an Applera (Norwalk, Connecticut) business, said it has entered into agreements with Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics (Alameda, California), which include a license conferring rights in the human in vitro...

PerkinElmer (Waltham, Massachusetts) said it plans to acquire ViaCell (Cambridge, Massachusetts), a company specializing in the collection and preservation of umbilical cord blood stem cells.(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
October 4, 2007... PerkinElmer (Waltham, Massachusetts) said it plans to acquire ViaCell (Cambridge, Massachusetts), a company specializing in the collection and preservation of umbilical cord blood stem cells. PerkinElmer will begin a cash tender offer to...

Cantel Medical (Little Falls, New Jersey) said it has expanded its Healthcare Disposables segment by acquiring privately-held Strong Dental Products (SDP; Corona, California).(Deals roundup)
October 4, 2007... Cantel Medical (Little Falls, New Jersey) said it has expanded its Healthcare Disposables segment by acquiring privately-held Strong Dental Products (SDP; Corona, California). Strong Dental designs and markets comfort cushioning and...

Biolog.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
October 4, 2007... Biolog (Hayward, California) reported the expansion of its Phenotype MicroArray (PM) product line to enable nearly 1,500 simultaneous phenotypic assays of human and other mammalian cells. PM technology is an assay platform that allows...

MDS Analytical Technologies.(Product Briefs)
October 4, 2007... MDS Analytical Technologies (Sunnyvale, California) reported the launch of what it called a "significant advance" in high-speed imaging technologies from its Molecular Devices business with the release of the MetaMorph ICS (integrated confocal...

Medical Acoustics.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
October 4, 2007... Medical Acoustics (Buffalo, New York) reported the initial commercial shipments of its pulmonary device, the Lung Flute. The Lung Flute is a small, flute-shaped plastic device that can assist in the harvesting of sputum for diagnostic purposes....

OBS Medical.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
October 4, 2007... OBS Medical (Indianapolis) reported clearance to market its next-generation patient deterioration early warning system (Visensia) in the U.S. Formerly known as BioSign, the Visensia technology evaluates up to five vital signs: heart rate,...

Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics.(Product Briefs)
October 4, 2007... Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics (SMS Diagnostics; Tarrytown, New York) reported the launch of the DCA vantage analyzer, a point-of-care diabetes patient management platform providing glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c),...

VeraLight.(People in Places)
October 4, 2007... Mirasol Panlilio has been named VP of marketing and sales of VeraLight (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Panlilio previously worked at Abbott Diagnostics. VeraLight is a privately held medical instrumentation company.

Assay Designs.(People in Places)
October 4, 2007... Assay Designs (Ann Arbor, Michigan) reported two additions to its senior leadership team. Michael Mullenix, PhD, was named VP of R&D. Mullenix comes to Assay Designs from Amgen. Gabriella Szekely-Klepser, PhD, was named VP of science and...

DCL Medical Laboratories.(People in Places)
October 4, 2007... DCL Medical Laboratories (Indianapolis) has named Michael Hanbury CEO and a director. He succeeds Roger Wall, who founded the company and is retiring after 37 years in laboratory medicine and 23 years at DCL. Hanbury has more than 25 years of...

Radlink.(People in Places)
October 4, 2007... John Ross has been named executive VP of sales and business development of Radlink (Redondo Beach, California). Most recently Ross was VP of sales at Ampronix. Radlink makes medical imaging systems.

SonoSite launches new ultrasound tool for ERs.
October 11, 2007... Ultrasound technology is considered one of the most widely used diagnostic tools in modern medicine--from radiology to emergency medicine. But because emergency physicians use ultrasound very differently than radiologists use the imaging...

Radiosurgery company growth sparked by added applications.(Accuray analyst meeting)
October 11, 2007... LAS VEGAS -- The old adage that there are many ways to skin a cat certainly applies in the medical device world as companies have pursued many different strategies to become successful. In the case of Accuray (Sunnyvale, California), the...

bioMerieux launches VIDA panel for diagnosis of heart failure.(International report)
October 11, 2007... Building on its installed base for point-of-care immunoassays, bioMerieux (Marcy l'Etoile, France) reported the European launch of a test using its VIDAS emergency panel that helps the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure. The U.S....

Audio conference explores new FDA reauthorization powers.(Conference news)
October 11, 2007... New FDA legislation just enacted by Congress reauthorizes and amends the Medical Device User Fee, the Prescription Drug User Fee, and also provides other wide-ranging changes in the FDA's powers and responsibilities. These changes will be...

Volcano to sell $118m in shares; Optherion raises $37 million.(Financings roundup)
October 11, 2007... Volcano (Rancho Cordova, California) reported that it intends to sell, subject to market and other conditions, 6 million shares of newly issued common stock in accordance with a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and...

Optherion (New Haven, Connecticut), a company developing products to diagnose and treat dry and wet Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and other chronic diseases involving the alternative complement system, reported that it has raised $37 million in start-up financing.(Financings roundup)
October 11, 2007... Optherion (New Haven, Connecticut), a company developing products to diagnose and treat dry and wet Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and other chronic diseases involving the alternative complement system, reported that it has raised $37...

Laboratory Corporation of America.(Financings roundup)
October 11, 2007... Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp; Burlington, North Carolina) reported that its zero coupon subordinated Liquid Yield Option Notes (LYONs), due 2021, and Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes (Zero Coupon Notes), due 2021, are...

From CT to robotics, 'Top Ten' '08 medical innovations named.(2007 Medical Device Innovation Summit)
October 11, 2007... CLEVELAND -- Diagnostics and imaging technologies won two spots on the latest Top Ten list. No, not David Letterman, but rather the second edition of the Cleveland Clinics' list of the 10 most important med-tech innovations for 2008, unveiled...

Philips in $110m Raytel addition; IMI adds Bio-State and Panbio.(Deals roundup)
October 11, 2007... Royal Philips Electronics (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) reported that it will acquire Raytel Cardiac Services (RCS; Windsor, Connecticut), a division of Raytel Medical, and other operations from SHL Telemedicine (Tel Aviv, Israel), for about...

CompuMed contracts to provide ECG services to California CDC.(Contracts/grants)
October 11, 2007... CompuMed (Los Angeles) reported that it has been awarded a contract by the California Department of Corrections (CDC) to provide ECG services and cardiology over-reads for correctional facilities statewide. CompuMed will provide its...

SeraCare Life Sciences (West Bridgewater, Massachusetts) said it has been awarded a seven-year contract valued at $23.7 million to provide management and oversight of disease-study specimens for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Division of AIDS (DAIDS).(Grant news)
October 11, 2007... SeraCare Life Sciences (West Bridgewater, Massachusetts) said it has been awarded a seven-year contract valued at $23.7 million to provide management and oversight of disease-study specimens for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...

Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) said it has been awarded a $10.2 million scale-up grant over the next four years from the National Human Research Institute (NHGRI), as part of the expanded ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project.(Grant news)
October 11, 2007... Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) said it has been awarded a $10.2 million scale-up grant over the next four years from the National Human Research Institute (NHGRI), as part of the expanded ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project. The...

Bracco Diagnostics in imaging agent accord with HealthTrust.(Agreements)
October 11, 2007... Bracco Diagnostics (Princeton, New Jersey), one of the largest providers of imaging agents, and HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HPG; Brentwood, Tennessee), one of the largest healthcare group purchasing organizations in the U.S., reported a...

Vital Images (Minneapolis), a provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization and analysis solutions, reported that it has renewed its marketing and distribution agreement with Medicsight (London), a developer of computer-aided detection technologies and image analysis software.(Agreements)(Brief article)
October 11, 2007... Vital Images (Minneapolis), a provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization and analysis solutions, reported that it has renewed its marketing and distribution agreement with Medicsight (London), a developer of computer-aided detection...

MGT Capital Investments, (New York) a holding company focused on the Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) sector.(Agreements)
October 11, 2007... MGT Capital Investments, (New York) a holding company focused on the Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) sector, reported recent commercial partnerships for its subsidiary company Medicexchange (New York) a global web portal that delivers...

Third Wave issues response in its IP dispute with Digene.(Patent watch)
October 11, 2007... Kevin Conroy, president/CEO of Third Wave Technologies (Madison, Wisconsin), in a company statement, has issued a response regarding the interrogatory response recently provided to Third Wave and filed by Digene (Gaithersburg, Maryland) with...

Misonix to distribute SIAD's SonicOne.(International report)(SIAD Healthcare's SonicOne Ultrasonic Wound Care System )(Brief article)
October 11, 2007... Misonix (Farmingdale, New York), a developer of ultrasonic technology for the treatment of cancer and other chronic health conditions, has entered into a distribution agreement with SIAD Healthcare (Milan, Italy) for its SonicOne Ultrasonic...

Test for immune response lowers clinical-stage risk.
October 11, 2007... An advanced French research laboratory is offering to pharmaceutical companies a new tool to evaluate the immune response risks a therapeutic protein candidate may induce in order to determine the epitopes associated with such immunogenicity....

Applied NeuroSolutions (APNS; Vernon Hills, Illinois), a company focused on the treatment and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), reported a U.S. Patent, titled "Novel Saitohin Gene and Uses of Same," was issued to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM; Bronx, New York).(Patent watch)
October 11, 2007... Applied NeuroSolutions (APNS; Vernon Hills, Illinois), a company focused on the treatment and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), reported a U.S. Patent, titled "Novel Saitohin Gene and Uses of Same," was issued to the Albert Einstein...

New Austrian hospital buys Elekta systems.(International report)
October 11, 2007... Elekta (Stockholm, Sweden) reported signing an agreement with Vocklabruck Hospital in Austria that includes supplying a new oncology department with fully digital image-guided radiation treatment systems, as well as software for networking,...

AFP Imaging.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
October 11, 2007... AFP Imaging (Elmsford, New York) reported receiving FDA clearance to market its NewTom VG cone beam computed tomography scanner. This dental imaging system provides the clinician with 3-D, radiographic images of the teeth and jaws along with...

American Bio Medica.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
October 11, 2007... American Bio Medica (Kinderhook, New York) reports the launch of the Rapid STAT, an oral fluid point of collection test. The Rapid STAT combines the incubation benefits of the company's OralStat oral fluid device with the company's urine-based...

Avid Radiopharmaceuticals.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
October 11, 2007... Avid Radiopharmaceuticals (Philadelphia) reported that enrollment has begun in a proof-of-concept phase I clinical trial investigating Avid's development compound 18F-AV-133 for imaging patients with movement disorders, including Parkinson's...

Microlife USA.(Product Briefs)
October 11, 2007... Microlife USA (Dunedin, Florida) reported the launch of the Microlife blood pressure monitoring and Peak Flow/[FEV.sub.1] monitoring drivers as a part of Microsoft's newly launched consumer health platform, Microsoft HealthVault, to provide...

BioBehavioral Diagnostics.(People in Places)
October 11, 2007... Calvin Summer, MD, has been named chief medical officer and senior VP of clinical development for BioBehavioral Diagnostics (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Most recently, Sumner held senior clinical development positions at Eli Lilly in the U.S....

Helicos BioSciences.(People in Places)
October 11, 2007... Stephen Lombardi has been promoted to president/ CEO of Helicos BioSciences (Cambridge, Massachusetts) from COO and executive VP of the company. Helicos makes genetic analysis technologies.

Luminous Medical.(People in Places)
October 11, 2007... Jerome Workman has been named director of measurement systems for Luminous Medical (Carlsbad, California). He was most recently director of research, technology and applications at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Luminous is developing an automated...

Radlink: Allan Christensen.(People in Places)
October 11, 2007... Allan Christensen has been named VP of technical services for Radlink (Redondo Beach, California). Most recently Christensen was an independent consultant. Radlink supplies medical imaging systems to healthcare providers including digital...

Radlink: John Ross.(People in Places)
October 11, 2007... John Ross has been named executive VP of sales and business development of Radlink (Redondo Beach, California). Most recently Ross was VP of sales at Ampronix. Radlink makes medical imaging systems.

ICD market gets 'kick in the shins' from recall of Medtronic ICD leads.
October 18, 2007... Medtronic (Minneapolis) said Monday it has stopped selling its Sprint Fidelis defibrillation leads--the wire connecting the device to the heart--because they may break inside the body. Of the roughly 268,000 implanted leads, Medtronic said...

Transoma files with SEC for IPO of up to $75m.(Financings roundup)
October 18, 2007... Transoma Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota) reported that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed IPO of its common stock up to $75 million. The number of shares to be offered and the...

Para-diagnostic devices from two firms boost retail trade.(International report)
October 18, 2007... While the power of information systems continually lifts medical devices to higher levels of medical practice, the same technology is being applied to the everyday medical or pseudo-medical needs of the mass market. Two innovative devices...

Genetic screening for bowel cancer risk is moving closer to reality.
October 18, 2007... LONDON -- The discovery of more genetic variants that are linked to bowel cancer has provided additional confirmation that common variants conferring relatively small risks play an important role in determining a person's chances of developing...

Celera completes $195m BHL buy; GE completes Dynamic acquisition.(Deals roundup)
October 18, 2007... Celera (Alameda, California) reported completing the acquisition of Berkeley HeartLab (BHL; Burlingame, California) for about $195 million in cash. The deal was initially disclosed last month. BHL is a cardiovascular healthcare company with...

Sunquest Information Systems (Tucson, Arizona) reported its formation and status as a privately-held corporation.(Deals roundup)(Company overview)(Brief article)
October 18, 2007... Sunquest Information Systems (Tucson, Arizona) reported its formation and status as a privately-held corporation. The company was established when Vista Equity Partners completed its acquisition of Diagnostics Systems from Misys Healthcare...

NIH doles out more than $12m for healthcare advancement.(Grants/contracts)
October 18, 2007... The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH; Bethesda, Maryland) reported the award of more than $12 million in grants for healthcare advancements. The new grants...

TechniScan Medical Systems (TMS; Salt Lake City), a developer of ultrasound technology for breast imaging, reported receiving two new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program grants from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health totaling more than $267,000.(Grants)
October 18, 2007... TechniScan Medical Systems (TMS; Salt Lake City), a developer of ultrasound technology for breast imaging, reported receiving two new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program grants from the National Cancer Institute of the National...

QualityMetric Health Outcomes Solutions (Lincoln, Rhode Island) has been awarded a SBIR grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the NIH for $2 million to advance developments in patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures for adults with asthma.(Grants)
October 18, 2007... QualityMetric Health Outcomes Solutions (Lincoln, Rhode Island) has been awarded a SBIR grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the NIH for $2 million to advance developments in patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures for...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.(Grants)(Brief article)
October 18, 2007... Tiny new drugs that target cancer-causing genes and early warning systems that flag cancer's recurrence are among the goals of a planned research center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, Massachusetts) that got a $100...

C-Path, Ventana shed more light on collaboration with FDA and NCI.(Agreements)
October 18, 2007... The Critical Path Institute (C-Path; Tucson, Arizona) and Ventana Medical Systems (also of Tucson) released additional information about C-Path's $2.1 million grant from Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) to fund a collaboration project with the...

Covidien Imaging Solutions (St. Louis) and BioSynthema (also St. Louis) reported the signing of agreements to make a nuclear medicine therapy for neuroendocrine cancer patients. Under the terms of an exclusive license agreement, BioSynthema will gain access to specific Covidien peptide technology.(Agreements)
October 18, 2007... Covidien Imaging Solutions (St. Louis) and BioSynthema (also St. Louis) reported the signing of agreements to make a nuclear medicine therapy for neuroendocrine cancer patients. Under the terms of an exclusive license agreement, BioSynthema...

Illumina.(Agreements)(Brief article)
October 18, 2007... Illumina (San Diego) said that it has agreed to process more than 6,500 samples for researchers of the Type 1 diabetes genetics consortium (T1DGC) via its FastTrack genotyping services. With financial support from the NIDDK, the T1DGC will...

TomoTherapy (Madison, Wisconsin) said it has partnered with Integra Radionics (Burlington, Massachusetts), a subsidiary of Integra LifeSciences (Plainsboro, New Jersey), to develop and distribute the InterFix radiosurgery kit.(Agreements)
October 18, 2007... TomoTherapy (Madison, Wisconsin) said it has partnered with Integra Radionics (Burlington, Massachusetts), a subsidiary of Integra LifeSciences (Plainsboro, New Jersey), to develop and distribute the InterFix radiosurgery kit. The kit includes...

Additional IP covers CompuMed automated joint testing method.(Patent watch)
October 18, 2007... CompuMed (Los Angeles), the developer of the OsteoGram bone-density screening system, reported receiving a U.S. patent for an automated method and system to assess the extent or progression of joint-damaging diseases such as osteoarthritis and...

BioForce Nanosciences (Ames, Iowa), a subsidiary of BioForce Nanosciences Holdings (Berkeley, California), reported receiving U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notice that its "protein nanoarray" patent (No. 6,573,369) has been upheld following a request for reexamination by a third party.(Patent watch)
October 18, 2007... BioForce Nanosciences (Ames, Iowa), a subsidiary of BioForce Nanosciences Holdings (Berkeley, California), reported receiving U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notice that its "protein nanoarray" patent (No. 6,573,369) has been upheld following...

Hologic (Bedford, Massachusetts), a provider of diagnostic and digital imaging systems directed towards women's health, reported that ISS, the independent proxy advisory service, recommends that Hologic stockholders vote for the company's proposed merger with Cytyc (Marlborough, Massachusetts).(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
October 18, 2007... Hologic (Bedford, Massachusetts), a provider of diagnostic and digital imaging systems directed towards women's health, reported that ISS, the independent proxy advisory service, recommends that Hologic stockholders vote for the company's...

Lab 21 (Cambridge, UK), a provider of health and environmental diagnostics, reported an exclusive license with Ark Therapeutics (London) for a test to measure autoantibodies to oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL), a predictive risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD).(Deals roundup)
October 18, 2007... Lab 21 (Cambridge, UK), a provider of health and environmental diagnostics, reported an exclusive license with Ark Therapeutics (London) for a test to measure autoantibodies to oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL), a predictive risk factor...

EyeTel Imaging (Columbia, Maryland) has filed for an initial public offering of up to $32.2 million with the Securities and Exchange Commission.(Financings roundup)
October 18, 2007... EyeTel Imaging (Columbia, Maryland) has filed for an initial public offering of up to $32.2 million with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In its SEC filing, the company said that it is offering 3.5 million shares of common stock and...

TomoTherapy.(Financings roundup)
October 18, 2007... TomoTherapy (Madison, Wisconsin), a company developing radiation treatments for cancer, said Thursday that its public offering of 8.5 million shares of common stock will be priced at $22.25 a share, placing the value of the stock sale at more...

Covidien in molecular imaging agreement.(International report)(Brief article)
October 18, 2007... NewSouth Innovations, the technology transfer arm of the University of New South Wales (UNSW; Sydney, Australia), and Covidien Imaging Solutions (St. Louis) have reported the signing of a license agreement to develop a radio-labeled molecular...

Clinical Data in Australian LQTS testing accord.(Victorian Clinical Genetics Services )(Brief article)
October 18, 2007... Clinical Data (Newton, Massachusetts) reported that its PGxHealth division has entered into a non-exclusive, sub-license agreement with Australia's Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS; Victoria) to provide genetic testing for familial...