Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from September 2004

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from September 2004

PerkinElmer gets FDA nod for multiple-marker newborn test.
September 2, 2004... On the border of western Georgia, a newborn receives tests for eight genetically based metabolic conditions--the state-mandated requirement--and she is found to have one of these, maple syrup urine disease. As the result of the testing, she...

Italian firm IMS to integrate, distribute iCAD software.(Report from Europe)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... iCAD (Nashua, New Hampshire), a maker of computer. aided detection (CAD) imaging technology and systems for the early detection of breast cancer and other medical applications, and Internazionale Medico Scientifica (IMS; Bologna, Italy), a...

GE Healthcare calls Vivid i 'visual stethoscope of future'.
September 2, 2004... GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) has unveiled what it touts as the "visual stethoscope of the future," a new, miniaturized cardiovascular ultrasound system it said was so small and lightweight that it will transform the way doctors see and...

Logical Images 'VisualDx helps ER physicians in diagnosis.(Logical Imaging Solutions Inc.'s product information, emergency room)
September 2, 2004... In an instance of a patient presenting at an emergency room (ER) infected with smallpox or suffering from skin reactions to chemical weapons or some other bioterrorist threat, at least one company is operating on the assumption that the...

Theseus imaging unit closed by North American Scientific.
September 2, 2004... North American Scientific (NAS: Chatsworth, California) reported earlier this week that its board has approved a management recommendation to cease all operations of its wholly owned subsidiary, Theseus Imaging (Cambridge, Massachusetts), on or...

TechniScan in $10M placement; NJ sets up life sciences fund.(Financings roundup)
September 2, 2004... TechniScan Medical Systems (TMS: Salt Lake City), a developer of ultrasound Imaging technology for diagnosis of breast cancer, has signed an exclusive agreement with the Maxim Group for a $10 million private placement of equity financing. ...

ChondroGene.(Financing roudup)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... ChondroGene (Toronto) reported raising $5 million through a brokered private placement in the U.S. Rodman & Renshaw (New York) placed 5,253,149 common shares at 95 cents a share for gross proceeds of about $5 million. Rodman was paid a 6%...

Infectech receives matching funds from Ohio State program.(Grants/contracts)(Infectech Inc., Ohio State University )(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Infectech (Sharon, Pennsylvania), a unit of Nutra Pharma (Boynton Beach, Florida), reported receiving a matching funds grant through a research proposal at Ohio State University (OSU; Columbus, Ohio). The grant amount was not disclosed. ...

Motion DNA.(Financing roundup)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Motion DNA (Scottsdale, Arizona) said its board of directors has approved a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of the company's outstanding common shares. Effective with the opening of trading yesterday, its common shares will trade under the new...

Inverness puts Markman info on web related to Quidel case.(Court report)(Inverness Medical Innovations Inc., Quidel Corp.)
September 2, 2004... Inverness Medical Innovations (Waltharn, Massa-chusetts), a manufacturer of rapid diagnostics for consumer and professional markets, reported that it has posted on its website, www.invernessmedical.com, transcripts from further Markman hearings...

Eastman Kodak opens Shanghai facility.(Briefly Noted)(Eastman Kodak Co.)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Eastman Kodak (Rochester, New York) reported the opening last month of what it termed a multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art facility in Pudong, Shanghai, China, to develop localized medical imaging and information solutions for Asia/Pacific...

Echo lab platform is unveiled.(TomTec Imaging Systems Corp.'s new technology)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... TomTec Imaging Systems (Munich, Germany), a developer of 2-D and 3-D ultrasound technology, has introduced a new off-line platform called Research-Arena that combines various advanced quantification capabilities in one solution. The...

Partnership on imaging-based analysis.(VirtualScopics, Chondrometrics, Dr. Felix Eckstein )(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... VirtualScopics (Rochester, New York) reported the formation of a partnership with Dr. Felix Eckstein and Chondrometrics (Munich, Germany) to further advance capabilities of imaging-based cartilage analysis for research and clinical studies. ...

Third Wave, 3M in agreement.(Briefly Noted)(Third Wave Technologies Inc., Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Third Wave Technologie (Madison, Wisconsin) and 3M Bioanalytical Technologies Project, part of 3M (St. Paul, Minnesota), signed a supply agreement that will provide Third Wave customers with the option of coupling the accuracy and ease of use...

San Jose gets two bioscience start-ups.(Briefly Noted)(Cytolution, Manoa Medical, San Jose Bioscience Incubator and Innovation Center )(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Bioscience start-ups Cytolution (San Jose, California) and Manoa Medical (also San Jose) are the first two tenants at the new San Jose Bioscience Incubator and Innovation Center in what will be a charter group of up to 20 young companies to...

BioVeris detection technology used at Olympics.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... BioVeris (Gaithersburg, Maryland) said that the NATO Response Forces (NRF) in charge of the security operations for the just-completed Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, purchased the company's detection products to screen for biological agents...

Neoprobe, Century Medical extend agreement.(Briefly Noted)(Neoprobe Corp., Century Medical Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Neoprobe (Dublin, Ohio), a diversified developer of oncology and cardiovascular surgical and diagnostic products, reported the extension of its current distribution arrangement with Century Medical (Tokyo) to provide sales coverage for the...

Schlicht named to lead ADA government affairs efforts.(James Schlicht, American Diabetes Association)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... James Schlicht has been named chief government affairs & advocacy officer for the American Diabetes Association (ADA; Alexandria, Virginia). In this newly created position, Schlict will be part of the association's "cabinet," comprised of five...

Analogic.(People in Places)(Analogic Corp. appointed Michael Brock )(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Analogic (Peabody, Massachusetts) has appointed Michael Brock managing director of B-K Medical, the company's clinical ultrasound subsidiary based in Denmark. Brock most recently served as president of GN Otometrics, a subsidiary of GN Resound...

Del Global Technologies.(People in Places)(Del Global Technologies Corp. appointed Mark Koch in place of Thomas Gilboy )(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Thomas Gilboy has resigned as CFO, secretary and treasurer of Del Global Technologies (Valhalla, New York). Mark Koch has been named the company's principal accounting officer and treasurer. Previously, Koch served as Del Global's corporate...

Centrex (Tulsa, Oklahoma) reported the issuance by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of a patent that covers the single molecule nucleic acid detection technology (SMD), which forms the core of Centrex's planned multi-channel biopathogen detection system.(Product Briefs)(Centrex Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Centrex (Tulsa, Oklahoma) reported the issuance by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of a patent that covers the single molecule nucleic acid detection technology (SMD), which forms the core of Centrex's planned multi-channel biopathogen...

DR Systems.(Product Briefs)(DR Systems Inc.'s picture archiving and communication systems)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... DR Systems (San Diego) said the FDA has cleared its PACS (picture archiving and communication systems) for diagnostic reading of digital mammography breast images. As part of the image diagnostic capability, mammography reading now can be...

Hemagen Diagnostics (Columbia, Maryland) reported that it received FDA clearance to market three new liquid stable reagents--Glucose, BUN and Calcium--for use on its clinical chemistry analyzers, through its Raichem division.(Product Briefs)(Hemagen Diagnostics Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Hemagen Diagnostics (Columbia, Maryland) reported that it received FDA clearance to market three new liquid stable reagents--Glucose, BUN and Calcium--for use on its clinical chemistry analyzers, through its Raichem division. The company said...

Lifeclinic International.(Product Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Lifeclinic International (Rockville, Maryland) reported the launch of its advanced health monitoring station, the LC500. In addition to the traditional blood pressure and weight assessments, blood oximetry and true body composition have been...

MediSpectra.(Product Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... MediSpectra (Lexington, Massachusetts) reported that the Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the FDA granted expedited review to its premarket approval application for the LUMA Cervical Imaging System. The LUMA device, designed to be...

Meridian Bioscience.(Product Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Meridian Bioscience (Cincinnati) reported that it has received FDA clearance to market ImmunoCard Toxins A&B, a new test for the diagnosis of a major cause of antibiotic-associated colitis. This test detects the most important toxins produced...

Richardson Electronics (Lafox, Illinois) reported S10(k) certification and the availability of a flat-panel Dome C5i system for displaying and viewing mammograms.(Product Briefs)
September 2, 2004... Richardson Electronics (Lafox, Illinois) reported S10(k) certification and the availability of a flat-panel Dome C5i system for displaying and viewing mammograms. The company said the Dome C5i, from Planar Systems (Beaverton, Oregon), exceeds...

Spectral Diagnostics (Toronto) and its joint venture research and development company, IDx, reported initiation of clinical testing for its rapid assay used for detecting human infection with the West Nile Virus, at a "major public health laboratory" in Canada.(Product Briefs)(Spectral Diagnostics Inc., IDX Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Spectral Diagnostics (Toronto) and its joint venture research and development company, IDx, reported initiation of clinical testing for its rapid assay used for detecting human infection with the West Nile Virus, at a "major public health...

TriPath Imaging (Burlington, North Carolina) said it has submitted new clinical data to the FDA to seek approval for expanded claims for its SurePath liquid-based Pap test.(Product Briefs)
September 2, 2004... TriPath Imaging (Burlington, North Carolina) said it has submitted new clinical data to the FDA to seek approval for expanded claims for its SurePath liquid-based Pap test. The claims are to include an out-of-vial option for testing for the...

Varian Medical Systems.(Product Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, California) said it is exhibiting X-ray products for the nondestructive testing market at the 16th World Conference on Non-destructive Testing this week in Montreal. New products that will be exhibited include...

With expedited review decision, MediSpectra eyes 2005 launch.(Luma Cervical Imaging Device)
September 9, 2004... MediSpectra (Lexington. Massachusetts) is hoping to launch in 2005 its Luma Cervical Imaging Device, its first and only product to date, winch is likely to be made easier by a decision by the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health...

Sessions focus on impact of diabetes on heart patients.(Report from Europe)
September 9, 2004... A session held during last week's congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC; Sophia Antipolis, France) in Munich, Germany, focused on the diabetic state of patients with coronary artery disease. Presenters demonstrated that in...

New ADA government affairs exec hits the ground running.(merican Diabetes Association, James Schlicht)
September 9, 2004... James Schlicht, recently named the chief government affairs & advocacy officer for the American Diabetes Association (ADA Alexandria, Virginia), says that of the many issues confronting people with diabetes one of the most widely overlooked,...

Emory study: 15 diseases lead U.S. healthcare cost explosion.
September 9, 2004... Insurers say that new, advanced healthcare technologies are fueling America's healthcare costs. The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed; Washington) replies that med-tech is altogether affordable, given the benefit of saving and...

Accelrys, Northrop Grumman partner on bioagent detectors.(Grants/contracts)
September 9, 2004... Accelrys (San Diego), a provider of software for computation, simulation and the management and mining of scientific data, reported a subcontract agreement with Northrop Grumman (Los Angeles) to assist in the research and development of...

CTI, Toshiba collaborating on PET/CT systems for Japan.(Agreements)(CTI PET Systems, Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc., positron emission tomography, computed tomography)
September 9, 2004... CTI PET Systems (CPS; Knoxville, "Tennessee), a unit of CTI Molecular Imaging, and Toshiba America Medical Systems (TAMS: Tustin, California), unveiled an agreement to jointly develop a line of integrated positron emission tomography...

Hemagen offers to exchange notes for stock, modified notes.(Financings roundup)(Hemagen Diagnostics Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... Diagnostic test kit developer Hemagen Diagnostics (Columbia, Maryland) said it has commenced an offer to exchange $6.09 million principal amount of its 8% senior subordinated secured convertible notes, due 2005, for common stock and modified...

LabOne in agreement with Humana.(Briefly Noted)(Lab Holdings Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... LabOne (Lenexa, Kansas) said it has signed an expanded, national agreement to provide laboratory testing services for Humana (Louisville, Kentucky). LabOne will provide its full laboratory services, including its widening esoteric menu, to...

Given Imaging comments on patient death.(Briefly Noted)(report on video capsule reaction)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... Given Imaging (Yokneam, Israel) commented on a report issued by a committee appointed by the Israeli Ministry of Health to investigate the death of an Israeli patient several days following his ingestion of Given Imaging's video capsule. The...

Sigma-Aldrich subsidiary in Justice Department agreement.(Court report)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis) said that one of its subsidiaries has reached an agreement with the Department of Justice to settle actions relating to alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. The subsidiary will pay $180,000 in civil penalties and...

Applied Imaging.(People in Places)(Barry Hotchkies resigned and replaced by Virginia Garcia)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... Applied Imaging (San Jose, California) reported the resignation of Barry Hotchkies as executive vice president and CFO. Hotchkies is leaving the company to pursue other interests. The company said Corporate Controller Virginia Garcia will be...

Compugen.(People in Places)(Noam Shani appointed)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... Noam Shani, PhD, has been named vice president of biology research and development for Compugen (Tel Aviv, Israel). Shani joins the company from Medgenics, where he served as vice president of research and development. Compugen is a...

LabOne.(People in Places)(John McCarty to resign from Lab Holdings Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... LabOne (Lenexa, Kansas) said that John McCarty has decided to resign from his position of executive vice president and CFO, effective March 31, 2005. LabOne provides risk assessment services for the insurance industry; diagnostic healthcare...

Chiron.(Product Briefs)(Procleix West Nile Virus Assay under clinical trials)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... Chiron (Emeryville, California] and Gen-Probe (San Diego) reported that testing with the Procleix West Nile Virus (WNV) Assay has been initiated under an investigational protocol on the Procleix Tigris System. The high-throughput, fully...

DR Systems.(Product Briefs)(picture archiving and communications system approved)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... DR Systems (San Diego) sad the FDA has cleared Its PACS (picture archiving and communications system) for diagnostic reading of digital mammography breast images. As part of the image diagnostic capability, mammography reading now can be...

Signet Laboratories.(People in Places)(Dr. Peggy Taylor, Arnold Kana appointed)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... Signet Laboratories (Dedham, Massachusetts) reported the addition of Dr. Peggy Taylor as vice president, production and development, and Arnold Kana as director, production and manufacturing. Taylor joins Signet following a seven-year tenure...

Wilson Greatbatch Technologies.(People in Places)(Thomas Hook appointed)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... Thomas Hook has joined Wilson Greatbatch Technologies (Clarence, New York) as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Hook most recently served as senior vice president of CTI Molecular Imaging and president of CTI Solutions, a...

Early screening for Alzheimer's gets support from Congress.(Alzheimer's Foundation of America )
September 16, 2004... WASHINGTON -- Presently, memory screenings to help predict the early signs of Alzheimer's disease are performed on paper. But computer-based screening methods are on the way, Eric Hall, CEO of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA; New...

Growth opportunities seen in mobile medical imaging sector.(Report from Europe)
September 16, 2004... The demand for mobile medical imaging equipment in Europe is growing, driven by the high price of fixed-location equipment and an increasing demand for digital modalities, Frost & Sullivan (London) said in a new report, "Strategic Analysis of...

More 'smart' pills on horizon for GI tract disease diagnosis.(SmartPill Diagnostics, gastrointestinal)
September 16, 2004... Other companies are following the example of Given Imaging (Yokneam, Israel), the maker of an endoscopic ingestible pill to diagnose diseases of the small bowel, and either have or are in time process of developing ingestible pills chat can...

Neuro researchers use fMRI in Williams syndrome study.(functional magnetic resonance imaging )
September 16, 2004... Neuroscientists at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH; both Bethesda, Maryland) have used brain imaging, specifically functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), to help reveal how...

Columbia study: full-body CT scans raise risk for cancer.
September 16, 2004... A new study cautions that people undergoing a full-body computed tomography (CT) scan in order to find tumors and other disease as early as possible may be raising their risk of getting cancer. According to findings published in the...

Glucon completes $14.8m round; HistoRx raises $1.5m in series A.(Financings roundup)
September 16, 2004... Glucon (Petach Tikva, Israel), developer of a continuous, non-invasive, glucose monitoring technology for home and clinical use, said Ascend Technology Ventures has invested $1 million in the company, concluding a Series C financing round that...

HistoRx (New Haven, Connecticut), which is focused on the development of new in situ digital diagnostic technologies for drug research and development.(Financings roundup)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... HistoRx (New Haven, Connecticut), which is focused on the development of new in situ digital diagnostic technologies for drug research and development, said it has raised $1.5 million in a Series A financing. Proceeds from the financing...

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings.(Financings roundup)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp. Burlington, North Carolina) said that no holders of its zero coupon-subordinated notes elected to exercise their option to redeem their notes on Sept. 11. LabCorp is a leading U.S. provider...

Epix Medical changes name.(Epix Pharmaceuticals )(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... Epix Medical (Cambridge, Massachusetts) said it has changed its name to Epix Pharmaceuticals to better reflect its focus on developing pharmaceutical products. Epix continues to trade on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker symbol EPIX....

EYCI buys Sight 4 Kids assets; invacare completes domus buy.(Deals roundup)(Eye Care International, Sight 4 Kids, Haverhill Technology Group)
September 16, 2004... Eye Care International (EYCI, Tampa, Florida) has signed a letter of intent with privately held Sight 4 Kids (New York) to purchase that company's assets. Sight 4 Kids owns the patent for its Photoscreener technology and performs vision...

Xtrana (Broomfield, Colorado) said it has terminated previously reported negotiations with Aduromed regarding a potential business combination between the two companies.(Deals roundup)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... In other dealmaking news: Xtrana (Broomfield, Colorado) said it has terminated previously reported negotiations with Aduromed regarding a potential business combination between the two companies. It said the determination to end...

PerkinElmer, Predictive Diag in biomarker discovery pact.(Agreements)
September 16, 2004... PerkinElmer (Boston), a provider of drug discovery, life science research and analytical solutions, and Predictive Diagnostics (PDI; Vacaville, California), a clinical proteomics company and wholly owned subsidiary of Large Scale Biology,...

Pittsburgh greenhouse invests in research for diagnostic assay.(Grants/contracts)(Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse)
September 16, 2004... The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG; Pittsburgh) has invested $99,999 to develop a diagnostic assay that will permit the early detection and treatment of women with ovarian cancer. The investment, which is provided under the PLSG's...

LifePoint in agreement with Poland's Trascom.(Report from Europe)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... LifePoint (Ontario, California), which focuses on noninvasive drug diagnostic technologies and solutions, has signed a definitive agreement with the largest distributor of traffic safety equipment in Eastern Europe, Poland-based Transcom...

EC regulation met by Serologicals.(Report from Europe)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... Serologicals (Atlanta) said it has implemented the new European Community (EC) No. 1774/2002 regulation for all of its North American facilities. The regulation establishes the requirements for importing animal by-products into the European...

Given Imaging comments on patient death.(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... Given Imaging (Yokneam, Israel) commented on a report issued by a committee appointed by the Israeli Ministry of Health to investigate the death of an Israeli patient several days following his ingestion of Given Imaging's video capsule. The...

Bioimagene.(Product Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... Bioimagene (Cupertino, California) reported the launch of virtual digital pathology products that it said will eliminate the "inefficient and laborious pathological analysis" of manually viewing images for life sciences researchers,...

Gamma Medica.(Product Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... Gamma Medica (Northridge, California) said that it introduced a new micro computed tomography (CT) system at the Society for Molecular Imaging annual meeting in St. Louis. The company said its new system, dubbed X-O, can perform full-body scans...

FDA.(People in Places)(Sheila Dearybury Walcoff )
September 16, 2004... Sheila Dearybury Walcoff has been named associate commissioner for external relations at the FDA. Walcoff most recently served as a senior associate with the law firm of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw (Washington). Prior to that, she was majority...

Imaging Diagnostic Systems.(People in Places)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... Janusz Ostrowski has been appointed vice president, international sales, for Imaging Diagnostic Systems (Fort Lauderdale, Florida). Ostrowski most recently was president of Klinicki St. Paul, a provider of independent imaging centers, which he...

Medical Services International.(Product Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... Medical Services International (Edmonton, Alberta) reported that the experimental use of its VScan Tuberculosis (TB) test kit has been extended in Chinese hospitals. The hospitals currency using the VScan TB test kit have received regulatory...

The University of Utah (Salt Lake City) has received U.S. patent No. 6,787,338 relating to methods of rapid nucleic acid amplification.(Product Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... The University of Utah (Salt Lake City) has received U.S. patent No. 6,787,338 relating to methods of rapid nucleic acid amplification. The university said issuance of this patent reinforces its patent portfolio in the area of real-time nucleic...

Xenomics.(White, V. Randy)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... Dr. V. Randy White has been named CEO of Xenomics (New York), an applied genomics company. White has more than 30 years of experience in the diagnostics industry with top management experience with National Health Laboratories Holdings,...

PSA innovator says era over; others cite new developments.(prostate-specific antigen)
September 23, 2004... Earlier this month, the same man who nearly two decades ago reported that serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) was proportional to stages of prostate cancer that could be determined through digital rectal examination came out and pronounced...

PET wins added CMS support for screening of Alzheimer's.(Positron emission tomography)(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
September 23, 2004... WASHINGTON -- Positron emission tomography continues to make headway as a diagnostic modality. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS; Baltimore) last week said it has expanded Medicare coverage of PET to include some Medicare...

Briefings set on opportunities for U.S. companies in Germany.(Report from Europe)
September 23, 2004... Invest In Germany (Falls Church, Virginia) has scheduled sessions titled "An Executive Briefing on Strategies For Success In Germany's Med-Tech Market" in three U.S. cities next week. The organization said the breakfast gatherings will...

NCI initiative aims nanotech to focus its power on cancer.(National Cancer Institute)
September 23, 2004... The National Cancer Institute (NCI; Bethesda, Maryland) last week formally launched its alliance for nanotechnology and cancer, a $144.3 million, five-year initiative to develop and apply nanotechnology to cancer prevention, detection,...

SeraCare completes purchase of Boston Biomedica divisions.(Deals roundup)
September 23, 2004... SeraCare Life Sciences (Oceanside, California) has completed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the BBI Diagnostics and BBI Biotech Research Laboratories divisions of Boston Biomedica (West Bridgewater,...

Ventana, TriPath in agreement on histology imaging system.(Grants/contracts)
September 23, 2004... Ventana Medical Systems (Tucson, Arizona) said it has signed a five-year global supply agreement with TriPath Imaging (Burlington, North Carolina). Ventana obtained exclusive rights to sell and distribute worldwide a Ventanabranded version of...

SEC okays shareholder sale of 30 million OmniCorder shares.(Financings roundup)
September 23, 2004... OmniCorder Technologies (East Setauket, New York) said the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declared effective its registration statement covering the resale by certain selling stockholders of just under 30 million shares of its...

Stratagene says Third Wave's claims in lawsuit 'lack merit'.(Court report)(Brief Article)
September 23, 2004... Stratagene (La Jolla, California) responded to a lawsuit filed by Third Wave Technologies (Madison, Wisconsin) in U.S. District Court in Madison, saying that while it has not yet been formally served with the complaint, it has reviewed the...

Kereos and Dow Chemical in agreement on imaging agents.(Agreements roundup)
September 23, 2004... Kereos (St. Louis), a biotechnology company developing targeted therapeutics and imaging agents for cancer and cardiovascular disease, and Dow Chemical (Midland, Michigan) entered into a licensing agreement to allow both companies access to...

Nanobac in agreement with space center.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
September 23, 2004... Nanobac Life Sciences (Tampa, Florida) reported the signing of a Space Act Agreement with NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC; Houston, Texas) to collaborate on research on nanobacteria and its nature and role in pathological calcification,...

NeoGenomics reorganizes operations.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
September 23, 2004... NeoGenomics (Fort Myers, Florida) reported that it is reorganizing its operations into four operating divisions to better reflect its business offerings. Clinical testing services will be offered through the Oncology, Prenatal and Molecular...

Study boosts pediatric non-surgical lung biopsies.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
September 23, 2004... A pediatric study published in the September Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, a publication of the Society of Interventional Radiology (Fairfax, Virginia), shows non-surgical needle biopsies in the lung were 91% successful in...

Arcturus Bioscience.(People in Places)(Brief Article)
September 23, 2004... Arcturus Bioscience (Mountain View, California) reported the appointment of its CEO and chairman, Thomas Baer, as consulting professor in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University. Baer will continue to lead Arcturus Bioscience...

Biosite.(People in Places)(Brief Article)
September 23, 2004... Robin Weiner has joined Biosite (San Diego) as vice president, regulatory and government affairs. She most recently served as vice president, clinical and regulatory affairs at Quidel, prior to which she was with Scripps Clinic and Research...