Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from September 2005

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from September 2005

Biosite gets Triage BNP test waiver; Olympus test cleared.
September 1, 2005... Biosite (San Diego) reported that the FDA has granted a Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendment (CLIA) waiver for its Triage BNP test, which it said would result in "substantially expanding" physicians' access to the test, designed for the...

DermTech's EGIR designed to identify diseases through skin.
September 1, 2005... What started out as a clinical research organization in 1996 evolved last year into an early stage biotechnology company called DermTech International (San Diego). As a new player in the field of theranostics, DermTech focuses on its...

Third Wave secures 'first' in companion diagnostic to drug.
September 1, 2005... Third Wave Technologies (TWT; Madison, Wisconsin) said the FDA has cleared the company's Invader UGT1A1 molecular assay for in vitro diagnostic use, making it the first pharmacogenetic test to be approved by the FDA for use as a companion...

Power3 discovers new breast cancer protein biomarkers.
September 1, 2005... Power3 Medical Products (The Woodlands, Texas) said it has discovered a group of breast cancer protein biomarkers in preliminary studies of blood serum, and the company's hope is that it will lead to an early screening test for breast cancer...

Medtronic gets FDA approval for its CardioSight service.
September 1, 2005... Medtronic (Minneapolis) said the FDA has approved its CardioSight Service, a service for cardiologists monitoring heart failure patients to provide better care over time in order to adequately address problems when they arise. The service...

R2 Technology-Sectra accord involves ImageChecker results.(International report)
September 1, 2005... R2 Technology (Sunnyvale, California), which focuses on computer-aided detection (CAD) for the earlier detection of breast cancer and other medical conditions, has entered into a collaboration with Sectra (Linkoping, Sweden) to provide R2's...

Biophan sets revised $30m for new development group effort.(Financings roundup)
September 1, 2005... Biophan Technologies (West Henrietta, New York) reported the formation of the Biophan Business Development Group, a new unit designed to capitalize, it said, "on the company's extensive intellectual property portfolio through expansion of...

Sentenced health CFO says should have told Scrushy 'no'.(Court report)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... A judge last week sentenced the first CFO of HealthSouth (Birmingham, Alabama) to three months in prison for his role in the $2.7 billion overstatement of earnings by the rehabilitation/medical services chain. In a plea bargain, Aaron...

Misonix (Farmingdale, New York), a developer of ultrasonic technology, reported that a jury in the District Court of Boulder County, Colorado, has ruled against Sonora Medical Systems, 90%-owned by Misonix, in the amount of $460,000.
September 1, 2005... Misonix (Farmingdale, New York), a developer of ultrasonic technology, reported that a jury in the District Court of Boulder County, Colorado, has ruled against Sonora Medical Systems, 90%-owned by Misonix, in the amount of $460,000. The case...

Immucor.(undergoes investigations of overpayments made )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Immucor (Norcross, Georgia) reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a formal order in its previously reported investigation of over-payments made by the company's Italian subsidiary to individuals associated with...

iCAD, MagView in partnership; 1st Canon DR sale in Canada.(Grants/contracts)
September 1, 2005... iCAD (Nashua, New Hampshire), a provider of computer-aided detection (CAD) solutions, reported a technology partnership agreement with Applied Software (Burtonsville, Maryland), which conducts business as MagView. Under the terms of the...

Beckman Coulter (Fullerton, California) reported that it has entered into a supply relationship with Princeton BioMeditech (PBM; Monmouth Junction, New Jersey).(Grants/contracts)
September 1, 2005... Beckman Coulter (Fullerton, California) reported that it has entered into a supply relationship with Princeton BioMeditech (PBM; Monmouth Junction, New Jersey). PBM will supply a range of rapid diagnostic tools used at the point of care to...

Hitachi Medical Systems America (Twinsburg, Ohio) reported that three-year, multi-source purchasing agreements for ultrasound systems have been signed with Novation (Irving, Texas).(Grants/contracts)
September 1, 2005... Hitachi Medical Systems America (Twinsburg, Ohio) reported that three-year, multi-source purchasing agreements for ultrasound systems have been signed with Novation (Irving, Texas), the supply company of VHA (also Irving) and the University...

Guardian Technologies International (Herndon, Virginia) reported the completion of a licensing agreement for Guardian's FlowPoint RIS/PACS product.(Grants/contracts)(Loma Linda High Field Open MRI and Diagnostic Center )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Guardian Technologies International (Herndon, Virginia) reported the completion of a licensing agreement for Guardian's FlowPoint RIS/PACS product with Loma Linda High Field Open MRI and Diagnostic Center (Loma Linda, California). The...

Ingen moving forward on acquisition of InfraredMed.(Deals roundup)
September 1, 2005... Ingen Technologies (Calimesa, California) said negotiations for the acquisition of InfraredMed--which have been under way for several months--are moving forward. Scott Sand, chairman and CEO, said he planned to meet with Victor Yannacone of...

Nonlinear Dynamics (Newcastle, UK), a provider of bioinformatics solutions, and Waters (Milford, Massachusetts) reported in advance of the 4th HUPO annual world congress a co-development and co-marketing agreement.(Agreements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Nonlinear Dynamics (Newcastle, UK), a provider of bioinformatics solutions, and Waters (Milford, Massachusetts) reported in advance of the 4th HUPO annual world congress a co-development and co-marketing agreement. The agreement, described by...

SIRS-Lab (Jena, Germany) has entered into a collaboration agreement with Biosite (San Diego) for the evaluation and potential commercialization of sepsis markers.(Agreements)
September 1, 2005... SIRS-Lab (Jena, Germany) has entered into a collaboration agreement with Biosite (San Diego) for the evaluation and potential commercialization of sepsis markers. SIRS-Lab will provide access to selected biomarkers for sepsis. Biosite will then...

FDA to study Rosetta Resolver for gene expression.(Briefly Noted)
September 1, 2005... Rosetta Biosoftware (Seattle) reported that the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) will evaluate the Rosetta Resolver system for gene expression data management and analysis. CDER will use the Rosetta Resolver system in...

Abaxis granted CLIA waiver.(Briefly Noted)(Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Abaxis (Union City, California), a manufacturer of point-of-care blood analysis systems, reported that the FDA has granted waived status under CLIA regulations for three additional analytes--ALT (alanine aminotransferase), AST (aspartate...

Epix Pharmaceuticals.(Product Briefs)
September 1, 2005... Epix Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, Massachusetts), a developer of pharmaceuticals for MRI, reported the publication of results of the first and second of four MS-325 (gadofosveset trisodium) Phase III clinical trials, MS-325-12 and MS-325-13, in...

Inovise Medical.(Product Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Inovise Medical (Portland, Oregon) reported the introduction of Audicor 200, its next-generation combination heart sound and electrocardiogram technology intended for the diagnosis of heart failure and acute myocardial infarctions by...

Longport.(Product Briefs)
September 1, 2005... Longport (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania), a medical technology specialist in high-resolution ultrasound imaging, reported the development of additional dermatology probes for its Episcan-I-200 system. The new probes, which are fully compatible with...

Masimo.(Product Briefs)
September 1, 2005... Masimo (Irvine, California) said the FDA has cleared the Masimo SET (Signal Extraction Technology) LNOP Blue sensor, which the company termed "an important milestone for care of cyanotic infants and children." The clearance of the sensor is for...

Toshiba America Medical Systems.(Product Briefs)
September 1, 2005... Toshiba America Medical Systems (TAMS; Tustin, California) has introduced the Famio ultrasound system, a high-end, gray-scale 2-D system. TAMS said, "superior image quality is achieved through Famio's smart technologies, including the Digital...

CeMines.(People in Places)
September 1, 2005... Pauline Gee, PhD, has been named vice president and general manager of the BioSystems Division of CeMines (Golden, Colorado). Shee previously was vice president of predictive biology for MDS Pharma Services and will be responsible for...

Varian Medical Systems.(People in Places)
September 1, 2005... Timothy Guertin has been named president and chief operating officer of Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, California), and Dow Wilson has been promoted to executive vice president for the company. Guertin is a 30-year veteran with Varian,...

Cardiac Science and Quinton merge after shareholder ok.(Deals roundup)
September 8, 2005... Cardiac Science (Irvine, California) and Quinton Cardiology Systems (Bothell, Washington), two companies that make a variety of cardiology products, said Sept. 1 that they had completed their merger, plans for which originally were revealed six...

SpinX Tech adding $12.5m for 'programmable microfluidics'.(SpinX Technologies)
September 8, 2005... SpinX Technologies (Geneva, Switzerland), a privately held company that has developed a programmable labon- a-chip platform, reported securing $12.5 million (EUR 10 million) in a Series B round of financing. The round was led by Bio Fund...

TopSpin completes $8m IPO; AMDL offering generates $1m.(Financings roundup)
September 8, 2005... TopSpin Medical (Tel Aviv, Israel) reported completing an initial public offering (IPO) on the Tel Aviv stock exchange, raising $8 million at a $35 million valuation. Prior investors, including Pitango VC, Giza VC, Israel Seed Partners,...

NIH finalizes its new ethics guidelines, featuring changes.(National Institutes of Health)
September 8, 2005... WASHINGTON -- Pulling back slightly from an earlier plan, the National Institutes of Health (NIH; Bethesda, Maryland) last month unveiled final conflict-of-interest regulations covering its employees, which turned out to be less restrictive...

Third Wave: status of PCR tech 'galvanized' by $5.3m verdict.(Court report)
September 8, 2005... Third Wave Technologies (Madison, Wisconsin) reported that a federal jury has found life science research provider Stratagene (La Jolla, California) liable for willful patent infringement, and that it has awarded Third Wave $5.3 million in...

Name now is Monogram Biosciences.(ViroLogic Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 8, 2005... ViroLogic (South San Francisco, California) reported that it is changing its name to Monogram Biosciences. Effective Wednesday, the company's common stock began trading under the Nasdaq ticker symbol MGRM. The contingent value rights will trade...

SonoSite, Siemens in pacts with Novation on products.(Grants/contracts)
September 8, 2005... SonoSite (Bothell, Washington), which focuses on handcarried ultrasound, said it has signed a three-year, dual-source supply agreement with Novation (Irving, Texas) for portable and vascular access ultrasound equipment and accessories. ...

Alpha Innotech (San Leandro, California) reported that it has entered into a license and supply agreement with GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin).(Grants/contracts)
September 8, 2005... Alpha Innotech (San Leandro, California) reported that it has entered into a license and supply agreement with GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) to develop, manufacture and supply a line of imaging systems to GE Healthcare. Alpha said...

Dentsply International (York, Pennsylvania) entered into a long-term collaborative agreement with IDMoS Dental Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of IDMoS plc (Dundee, Scotland) for the commercialization of IDMoS' detection and monitoring technology.(Grants/contracts)
September 8, 2005... Dentsply International (York, Pennsylvania) entered into a long-term collaborative agreement with IDMoS Dental Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of IDMoS plc (Dundee, Scotland) for the commercialization of IDMoS' detection and monitoring...

Cancer patients on New Zealand's South Island now have access to the latest in radiation therapy treatment after the installation of a new linear accelerator from Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, California).(Grants/contracts)
September 8, 2005... Cancer patients on New Zealand's South Island now have access to the latest in radiation therapy treatment after the installation of a new linear accelerator from Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, California). Christchurch Hospital...

Bayer to donate blood glucose monitors, test strips as aid.(Hurricane Katrina relief efforts)
September 8, 2005... Healthcare giant Bayer (Pittsburgh) reported that it is preparing to ship more than 45,000 Ascensia BRIO blood glucose monitors and Ascensia EasyFill test strips to help meet the needs of Hurricane Katrina victims with diabetes. Bayer will...

The volunteers and staff of the American Cancer Society (Atlanta), the American Diabetes Association (Arlington, Virginia) and the American Heart Association (AHA; Dallas) reported that they would jointly contribute $1 million.(Hurricane Katrina relief efforts)
September 8, 2005... The volunteers and staff of the American Cancer Society (Atlanta), the American Diabetes Association (Arlington, Virginia) and the American Heart Association (AHA; Dallas) reported that they would jointly contribute $1 million to the...

Baxter Healthcare.(Hurricane Katrina relief efforts)(Brief Article)
September 8, 2005... Baxter Healthcare (Deerfield, Illinois), through its charitable foundation, reported that it is donating $1 million toward the relief. The Baxter International Foundation also will be matching qualifying contributions by Baxter employees,...

BD.(Hurricane Katrina relief efforts)
September 8, 2005... BD (Becton Dickinson; Franklin Lakes, New Jersey) said that it is donating $500,000 in relief efforts. It said that the donation would be split equally between the American Red Cross and the United Way Hurricane Response Fund. BD serves...

Novo Nordisk.(Hurricane Katrina relief efforts)
September 8, 2005... Novo Nordisk (Princeton, New Jersey), which focuses on diabetes care, said it is donating $1 million in addition to providing insulin products and advanced delivery devices to help relief efforts. The company has designated one-half of the...

Quest Diagnostics.(Hurricane Katrina relief efforts)
September 8, 2005... Quest Diagnostics (Lyndhurst, New Jersey), a provider of diagnostic testing services, has pledged $50,000 to the American Red Cross. Quest employees have established a special relief fund, which the company will match up to $200,000.

iCAD results positive in study published in Cancer journal.
September 8, 2005... iCAD (Nashua, New Hampshire), a provider of computer-aided detection (CAD) solutions that are designed to enable healthcare professionals to identify cancer and other life-threatening conditions earlier, said that its Second Look CAD system was...

Chinese joint venture for Positron.(International report)
September 8, 2005... Positron (Houston), a manufacturer of positron emission tomography (PET) scanners, reported the formation of a joint venture with Neusoft Medical Systems (Shenyang, China.) The joint venture will be called Neusoft-Positron Medical Systems...

Medical Services' marketing contacts.(International report)
September 8, 2005... Diagnostic test provider Medical Services International (Edmonton, Alberta) said it has been approached by another company, not involved in the medical industry, seeking an introduction into China for the marketing of its products for the oil...

AMDL.(Financings roundup)(Brief Article)
September 8, 2005... AMDL (Tustin, California), a developer of tests for the early detection of cancer and other serious diseases, reported that it has conducted the second closing of a combined Regulation D/Regulation S private offering of shares and warrants. The...

Intermagnetics General.(Financings roundup)
September 8, 2005... Intermagnetics General (Latham, New York) reported increasing its syndicated credit facility from $130 million to $200 million with expanded commitments from Wachovia Bank as principal agent, JP Morgan Chase, KeyBank and Comerica. The...

Microvision.(Financings roundup)
September 8, 2005... Microvision (Bothell, Washington), a developer of light-scanning technologies, said it has completed the private placement of 285,714 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 64,373 shares of common stock for $1.5 million before issuance...

Medtox Scientific.(Financings roundup)(Brief Article)
September 8, 2005... Medtox Scientific (St. Paul, Minnesota) reported that the holders of warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 609,220 shares of the company's common stock exercised such warrants prior to their expiration in July and August. The company...

Invitrogen.(People in Places)
September 8, 2005... David Onions, PhD, has been promoted to the newly created position of chief medical officer of Invitrogen (Carlsbad, California). Onions joined Invitrogen in 2003. He was a founder and director of Q-One Biotech--which was acquired by Invitrogen...

Molecular Diagnostics.(People in Places)(Brief Article)
September 8, 2005... Dr. David Weissberg was appointed CEO of Molecular Diagnostics (Chicago), replacing Denis O'Donnell, MD, who voluntarily stepped down as a director, president and CEO as part of a company restructuring. Weissberg has helped to build several...

1,000th PET installation for Siemens.(Briefly Noted)
September 8, 2005... Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pennsylvania) reported the 1,000th installation of its positron emission tomography (PET) technology. The sale of the hybrid PET/ computed tomography (PET/CT) system to Florida Radiation Oncology Group...

Kodak Molecular Imaging Systems.(Product Briefs)
September 8, 2005... The Kodak Molecular Imaging Systems (New Haven, Connecticut) unit of Eastman Kodak (Rochester, New York) has introduced two new digital imaging systems for in vivo molecular imaging research in fields such as cancer, heart disease or drug...

Roche Diagnostics.(Product Briefs)
September 8, 2005... Roche Diagnostics (Pleasanton, California) said the results of the ALTS (ASCUS/LSIL Triage Study for Cervical Cancer) clinical trial, which were published in the July 20 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, support the use of...

Siemens Medical Solutions.(Product Briefs)
September 8, 2005... Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pennsylvania) said that more than 80% of clinical research published to date on cardiac computed tomography (CT) has involved Siemens CT technology, with three 64-slice studies published in peer-reviewed,...

Solectron (Milpitas, California), a provider of electronics manufacturing and integrated supply chain services, said it partnered with diabetes management company Insulet (Bedford, Massachusetts) to manufacture the OmniPod Insulin Management System, which debuted at the recent American Association of Diabetes Educators meeting.(Product Briefs)
September 8, 2005... Solectron (Milpitas, California), a provider of electronics manufacturing and integrated supply chain services, said it partnered with diabetes management company Insulet (Bedford, Massachusetts) to manufacture the OmniPod Insulin Management...

Tecan US.(Product Briefs)
September 8, 2005... Tecan US (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) said that IDEXX Laboratories has developed and validated its HerdChek Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Antigen EIA Test Kit using Tecan's Freedom EVO 150 liquid-handling platform with a...

vasamed.(AcQtrac impedance cardiography non-invasive hemodynamic assessment system)(Brief Article)
September 8, 2005... vasamed (Minneapolis), a developer of non-invasive, hemodynamic assessment technology, said it has made initial customer shipments worldwide of its new AcQtrac Impedance Cardiography (ICG) Non-invasive Hemodynamic Assessment System. The company...

FDA releases draft guidance relating to CLIA waivers.(clinical laboratory improvement amendments)
September 15, 2005... The FDA has released its draft guidance for industry and staff concerning recommendations for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) as it relates to those tests that will be eligible for a CLIA waiver. The current...

APNS submits pre-IDE for AD test as first step toward okay.
September 15, 2005... Applied NeuroSolutions (APNS; Vernon Hills, Illinois) has moved a step closer to becoming the first company with an FDA-approved diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease (AD) with its disclosure that it has submitted a pre-IDE (Investigational...

Adlyfe is awarded UK grant for prion disease test work.(International report)
September 15, 2005... Adlyfe (Rockville, Maryland), a privately held firm focused on early diagnostics for animal and human brain diseases, reported being awarded a $650,000, two-year grant from the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) for...

Virtual colonoscopy coverage ok in some cases in 4 states.
September 15, 2005... Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance (WPSI; Madison, Wisconsin) reported that four states in the Midwest have been selected as locales where virtual colonoscopy, or colonography, will be covered by Medicare when an attempt at traditional...

Insight may offer $250m in notes; Medscience enters $10m offering.(Financings roundup)
September 15, 2005... InSight Health Services (Lake Forest, California), a nationwide provider of diagnostic imaging services, reported that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $250 million principal amount of its senior secured floating...

InforMedix Holdings.(Financings roundup)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2005... InforMedix Holdings (Rockville, Maryland) reported that it closed on interim convertible debt financing of $650,000, and that it has entered into a term sheet agreement with a private investment fund for additional equity financing of up to $4...

Correlagen, Boston hospital in agreement on gene testing.(Grants/contracts)
September 15, 2005... Correlagen Diagnostics (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and Children's Hospital Boston (Boston) reported the signing of a collaboration agreement intended to accelerate the adoption of clinically useful gene testing in patient care. Correlagen...

Acacia Research (Newport Beach, California) said that its CombiMatrix (Mukilteo, Washington) group has entered into a global distribution agreement with VWR International (VWR; West Chester, Pennsylvania) to distribute CustomArrays and CatalogArrays for CombiMatrix.(Grants/contracts)
September 15, 2005... Acacia Research (Newport Beach, California) said that its CombiMatrix (Mukilteo, Washington) group has entered into a global distribution agreement with VWR International (VWR; West Chester, Pennsylvania) to distribute CustomArrays and...

GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) reported that Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy, Ohio), a non-profit 139-bed community hospital.(Grants/contracts)
September 15, 2005... GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) reported that Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy, Ohio), a non-profit 139-bed community hospital, has purchased GE's Centricity Enterprise PACS for its main facility and four outpatient sites. GE will...

Nihon Kohden (Tokyo), a global manufacturer of medical electronic equipment and the leading provider of cardiology equipment in Japan and China.(Grants/contracts)
September 15, 2005... Nihon Kohden (Tokyo), a global manufacturer of medical electronic equipment and the leading provider of cardiology equipment in Japan and China, and Inovise Medical (Portland, Oregon), a privately held cardiac diagnostic company, reported the...

SonoSite (Bothell, Washington), which focuses on hand-carried ultrasound devices, said it has signed a distribution agreement for the veterinary market with Aloka Co.(Grants/contracts)
September 15, 2005... SonoSite (Bothell, Washington), which focuses on hand-carried ultrasound devices, said it has signed a distribution agreement for the veterinary market with Aloka Co. (Tokyo), a manufacturer and distributor of ultrasound systems. The agreement...

Caliper in pact to acquire NovaScreen Biosciences.(Deals roundup)
September 15, 2005... Caliper Life Sciences (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) reported that it has entered an agreement to acquire NovaScreen Biosciences (Hanover, Maryland), a privately held life science services company that provides screening, profiling and assay...

RoseStreet Labs (Phoenix), an emerging wireless sensor company, reported the acquisition of breath acetone-monitoring technology.(Deals roundup)
September 15, 2005... RoseStreet Labs (Phoenix), an emerging wireless sensor company, reported the acquisition of breath acetone-monitoring technology from Dow Chemical (Midland, Michigan). The technology, which provides rapid feedback of dietary and metabolic...

Gen-ID name change okayed.(Pacific Sunset Investments changes its name to Gen-ID Lab Services )(Brief Article)
September 15, 2005... Pacific Sunset Investments (Huntington Beach, California) reported that a name change to Gen-ID Lab Services has been approved. Hector Veron, president, said, "We knew there was a confusion in the market as to what business model the company...

Court rejects Nellcor appeal in patent dispute with Masimo.(Court report)
September 15, 2005... A U.S. appeals court in Los Angeles has upheld a $164.2 million verdict against Nellcor (Pleasanton, California), a business unit of Tyco International (Pembroke, Bermuda), in a lawsuit filed by rival Masimo (Irvine, California) concerning...

Nichols Institute Diagnostics (NID; San Clemente, California), a manufacturer of diagnostic test kits and systems, reported that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California reversed part of a jury verdict and ruled in favor of NID in its patent infringement case against Scantibodies Clinical Laboratory and Scantibodies Laboratory (both Santee, California).(Court report)
September 15, 2005... Nichols Institute Diagnostics (NID; San Clemente, California), a manufacturer of diagnostic test kits and systems, reported that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California reversed part of a jury verdict and ruled in favor...

CE mark for OsteoGram system.(International report)
September 15, 2005... CompuMed (Los Angeles), developer of computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) solutions for the healthcare industry, said it has received approval to use CE marking to market its OsteoGram system throughout the European Union, following an audit...

Focus in license accord on new SARS virus test.(International report)
September 15, 2005... Focus Diagnostics (Herndon, Virginia) reported a license agreement with Primagen Holding (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) to develop polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection for human coronavirus NL63, a newly identified virus related to sudden...

Biophan.(Financings roundup)
September 15, 2005... Biophan (West Henrietta, New York) reported that Biomed Solutions (also West Henrietta), a longtime investor and supporter of Biophan, has made a $1 million equity investment in the company. Biophan CEO Michael Weiner is the manager of Biomed...

Molecular Diagnostics.(Financings roundup)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2005... Molecular Diagnostics (MD; Chicago) reported that since being named CEO, Dr. David Weissberg has increased his holdings in the company by 1.75 million shares. Weissberg, who replaced Denis O'Donnell, MD, as president and CEO as part of a...

ViroLogic now Monogram Biosciences.
September 15, 2005... ViroLogic (South San Francisco, California) reported that it has changed its name to Monogram Biosciences. The company's common stock has begun trading under the Nasdaq ticker symbol MGRM. The contingent value rights will trade under the...

Hopkinton location for Boston Life.(Boston Life Sciences Inc. )(Brief Article)
September 15, 2005... Boston Life Sciences (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) reported that it has relocated to new headquarters in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and subleased its former headquarters on Newbury Street in Boston. The company said it anticipates that the...

E.K. Guard begins patient enrollment.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2005... E.K.Guard (New York), a company that combines medical technologies and services to bring doctors and healthcare closer to patients wherever they are located, reported the beginning of patient enrollment for its new cardiac emergency service....

Affymetrix.(Product Briefs)
September 15, 2005... Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) launched GeneChip-compatible Applications Program, providing customers with a broad spectrum of software solutions for biomedical research and development integrated with the company's GeneChip platform....

Avitar.(receives patent for fluid collection device )(Brief Article)
September 15, 2005... Avitar (Canton, Massachusetts) said it has received a patent for its oral fluid collection device to be used for DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based testing. U.S. patent No. 6,926,678, titled "Sample Collection and Delivery Device,"...

Beckman Coulter.(Product Briefs)
September 15, 2005... Beckman Coulter (Fullerton, California) has launched its Integrated Cytometry Solution (ICS), which combines the company's FC 500 flow cytometer with the new FP 1000 sample processing system. The company said the new solution, now being shipped...