Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from September 2007

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from September 2007

Celera to acquire BHL for $195m, no word on split from Applera.(Deals roundup)
September 6, 2007... Celera (Rockville, Maryland), a business of Applera (Norwalk, Connecticut), has reported an agreement to purchase cardiovascular healthcare company Berkeley Heart Lab (BHL; Alameda, California) for $195 million in cash--a sign that Celera's...

Report indicates difficulties in definitive asthma assessment.(Disease/Disorder overview)
September 6, 2007... Although the number of deaths from asthma has dropped in recent years, this disease remains one of the most common health problems in the U.S., according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a unit of the National...

Calypte hails Kenya policy on citizen access to HIV testing.(International report)
September 6, 2007... Calypte Biomedical (Lake Oswego, Oregon), a maker of diagnostic tests for the rapid detection of antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), said it supports the guidance policy unveiled recently by the National AIDS Control Council...

Roche's cobas TaqScreen gets FDA okay for WVN screening.(As West Nile threat grows ...)
September 6, 2007... The 'Governator," Arnold Schwarzenegger, last week declared a state of emergency to prevent the spread of West Nile Virus in Colusa, Kern, San Joaquin and Glenn Counties in his state. Eight deaths have been reported this year in California,...

Abbott, Medica in worldwide pact for distribution of Cell-Dyn tech.(Agreements roundup)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Abbott (Abbott Park, Illinois) and Medica (Bedford, Massachusetts) reported that they have entered into an exclusive agreement for the worldwide commercialization of the Cell-Dyn EasyCell digital cell morphology system for use in hospitals and...

HistoRx (New Haven, California) reported that it has entered into a research collaboration with the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG; Philadelphia), a National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, Maryland)-funded clinical cooperative group.(Agreements roundup)
September 6, 2007... HistoRx (New Haven, California) reported that it has entered into a research collaboration with the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG; Philadelphia), a National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, Maryland)-funded clinical cooperative group. ...

E-Z-EM marketing EZ CHEM POC test for creatinine levels.
September 6, 2007... E-Z-EM (Lake Success, New York) has reported the launch of a new point-of-care device for conducting blood assays in patients who are scheduled to undergo computed tomography (CT) or MRI scans to test kidney function, specifically levels of...

RadNet to manage Nydic centers; HEI sells RFID assets to Smartrac.(Deals roundup)
September 6, 2007... RadNet (Los Angeles), a provider of diagnostic imaging services through a network of owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, reported that it entered into an agreement with a lender who had just foreclosed upon a chain of 20 imaging...

Society of Nuclear Medicine blasts CHAMP imaging cuts.(Roundup)
September 6, 2007... Another organization has chimed in on Congress's proposal to fund expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the House version of the CHIP bill, known as the CHAMP Act (Children's Health and Medicare Protection), has found...

RHIOs need ground-up approach.(Roundup)(regional health information organizations)
September 6, 2007... Some pursuits are replete with a particular kind of lesson, and the same holds for the pursuit of the regional health information organization (RHIO), which is currently the best hope for cobbling together an information technology (IT)...

Applera set to repurchase $600m in stock from Morgan Stanley.
September 6, 2007... Applera (Norwalk, Connecticut) reported that, pursuant to an authorization from its board disclosed in early August, it has entered into an agreement with Morgan Stanley for the accelerated repurchase of $600 million worth of its Applied...

CardioDynamics International (San Diego) reported completing the sale of its Vermed unit to Medical Device Partners (Regensburg, Germany), for $8 million in cash.(Deals roundup)
September 6, 2007... CardioDynamics International (San Diego) reported completing the sale of its Vermed unit to Medical Device Partners (Regensburg, Germany), for $8 million in cash. Additionally, CardoDynamics secured a five-year supply agreement for Vermed's ICG...

Coherent-AMT to distribute for Viking Systems.(International report)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Viking Systems (San Diego), a manufacturer of high-performance laparoscopic vision systems for use in minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures, reported signing an exclusive distribution agreement with Coherent-AMT (Cambridge, Ontario) to...

MTM distributes Carestream in Quebec.(International report)
September 6, 2007... Carestream Health (Rochester, New York) said that Medical Tronik Montreal (MTM; Laval, Quebec) has become the exclusive supplier for the company's digital medical imaging and information technology (IT) solutions in the province of Quebec. ...

Mexican marketing planned by Biomagnetics.(International report)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Biomagnetics Diagnostics (Orangevale, California) said it has met with Hector Garcia, owner of Laboratorio De Patologia Clinica Vallarta, a chain of 23 clinics in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. Clayton Hardman, president and CEO of the U.S....

HHS to dole out additional $75M to bolster efforts vs. influenza.(Grants)
September 6, 2007... U.S. Health and Human Services Department Secretary Mike Leavitt reported the department is making available another $75 million to states, territories and four metropolitan areas to help strengthen their capacity to respond to a pandemic...

ParagonDx (Morrisville, North Carolina), a developer of genetic and molecular diagnostics, has acquired the assets of Gentris Diagnostics (Morrisville, North Carolina), a subsidiary of Gentris.(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... ParagonDx (Morrisville, North Carolina), a developer of genetic and molecular diagnostics, has acquired the assets of Gentris Diagnostics (Morrisville, North Carolina), a subsidiary of Gentris. As a stand-alone company, ParagonDx will focus...

Edwards Lifesciences.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, California) reported the introduction of its Edwards PediaSat Oximetry Catheter, calling it the first real-time, continuous Scv[O.sub.2] monitoring device designed for children. This central venous catheter uses...

Merge Healthcare.(Product Briefs)
September 6, 2007... Merge Healthcare (Milwaukee) reported the creation of a new eStore affiliates program, which enables participating organizations to sell eFilm workstation and other eCommerce products offered through Merge Healthcare's eCommerce web site. The...

Sigma-Aldrich.(Product Briefs)
September 6, 2007... Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis) reported the introduction of the LentiExpress shRNA-based system for rapid high-throughput RNAi screening with minimal reagent preparation or optimization required. The addition of this technology to the Mission shRNA...

Vermillion.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Vermillion (Fremont, California) reported the publication of research that details how a protein biomarker called beta-2 microglobulin may aid in the diagnosis of peripheral artery disease (PAD). The findings, which suggest beta-2 microglobulin...

Whatman.(Product Briefs)
September 6, 2007... Whatman (Florham Park, New Jersey) said that it will provide DNA collection kits based on its FTA elute technology for a pharmacogenotyping study looking at genetic markers in prostate cancer. The international study is part of the Systemic...

CytoCore.(People in Places)
September 6, 2007... Dan McMahon has been named director of marketing for CytoCore (Chicago). McMahon previously worked for Baxter and Viasys in a marketing capacity. CytoCore is a medical device and pharmaceutical research company involved in the early detection...

VisEn Medical.(People in Places)
September 6, 2007... Tarif Awad, PhD, has been named director of external scientific collaborations of VisEn Medical (Woburn, Massachusetts). Awad previously was senior manager of pharmaceutical and industrial collaborations at Affymetrix. VisEn makes fluorescent...

Brain mapping, imaging efforts furthered by NIH, DoD grants.(IBMISPS annual meeting)
September 13, 2007... Washington -- The fourth annual meeting of the International Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society (IBMISPS; West Hollywood, California) was not the most heavily attended conference of the year, but the organization has yet...

Seegene launches test in U.S. for 18 pathogens using 1 tube.
September 13, 2007... In recent years, Americans have been warned each new flu season, beginning in the fall, that this year's strain of influenza might trigger a pandemic. But there's a problem here--so many types of flu, so many lung diseases, so many...

Trixell is expanding to meet demand for digital radiology.
September 13, 2007... Trixell (Moirans, France) says that it has boosted production capacity by 75% to keep up with worldwide demand for digital radiology (DR) detectors by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). With an investment of 15 million [euro] ($21...

Earlier lung cancer treatment is in reach with inReach scanning.
September 13, 2007... Not often do you hear lung airways referred to in the same breath with the term "road maps," but that's exactly what you get for a newly cleared device and system from superDimension (Minneapolis), called the inReach System. inReach offers...

Ventana in $29M Spring Bio buy; SafeStitch bought by Cellular Tech.(Deals roundup)
September 13, 2007... Ventana Medical Systems (Tucson, Arizona), a developer of tissue-based cancer diagnostics, reported that it has acquired Spring BioScience (Fremont, California), a developer and supplier of next -eneration rabbit monoclonal antibodies and other...

House votes 'for' patent reform, but Senate seems in less hurry.
September 13, 2007... The news wires have been abuzz with reports of the passage of the House version of the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (H.R. 1908), with a flurry of analyses of the bill making the rounds among industries reliant on intellectual property. But at...

Clarity Imaging launches mobile DEXA program for Texas docs.(Agreements)(dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, doctors)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Clarity Imaging International (San Diego) has launched its mobile DEXA program in Texas. Additionally, the company said it has amended its service agreement with Genesis Physician Group (Dallas), an independent physician association with more...

Biomoda (Albuquerque, New Mexico), maker of early lung cancer detection testing and other cancer diagnostic technology.(Agreements)
September 13, 2007... Biomoda (Albuquerque, New Mexico), maker of early lung cancer detection testing and other cancer diagnostic technology, reported an agreement with Quintiles Consulting (Rockville, Maryland) for regulatory consulting and design of clinical...

E-Z-EM (Lake Success, New York) reported that Amerinet (St. Louis) has added the company's EmpowerMR injector system to the nonexclusive purchasing agreement currently in place for its Empower line of CT injector systems.(Agreements)
September 13, 2007... E-Z-EM (Lake Success, New York) reported that Amerinet (St. Louis) has added the company's EmpowerMR injector system to the nonexclusive purchasing agreement currently in place for its Empower line of CT injector systems. This agreement is...

High Throughput Genomics (HTG; Tucson, Arizona), a provider of microplate-based gene expression assay technology and services for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, reported a collaboration agreement with the University of California at San Diego (UCSD; San Diego) Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism.(Agreements)
September 13, 2007... High Throughput Genomics (HTG; Tucson, Arizona), a provider of microplate-based gene expression assay technology and services for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, reported a collaboration agreement with the University of...

New EU medical device directives are implemented in 27 countries.(Report from Europe)
September 13, 2007... PARIS -- As of the first of the month, the newly revised European directives regulating medical devices have begun being adopted by the 27 EU member states and then progressively will be implemented in those countries. Full enforcement of...

Aperio's new patent covers new image pattern recognition method.(Patent watch)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Aperio Technologies (Vista, California), a provider in digital pathology for the healthcare and life sciences industry, reported that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted it patent No. 7,116,440 covering systems and methods for...

Enzo Biochem (New York) reported that it has filed an appeal of a summary judgment motion, in favor of Applera (Norwalk, Connecticut), by the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Enzo seeks recovery from defendants for past infringement of what it calls "three pioneering patents," all of which expired in 2004.(Patent watch)
September 13, 2007... Enzo Biochem (New York) reported that it has filed an appeal of a summary judgment motion, in favor of Applera (Norwalk, Connecticut), by the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Enzo seeks recovery from defendants for past...

Grant Life Sciences.(Patent watch)
September 13, 2007... Grant Life Sciences (Los Angeles) reported receiving notice from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that Patent No. 7,267,961--"peptides from the E7 protein of human papilloma viruses 16 and 18 for detecting and or diagnosing cervical and...

Amicas in several offerings to highlight Vision Series Financials.(Contracts)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Amicas (Boston) reported that it has signed three contracts for its modern Vision Series Financials product. In addition, Amicas said it will display the full breadth of its automation solutions for radiology and billing practices at the...

Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) reported that Empire Genomics (Buffalo, New York) has obtained a nonexclusive, worldwide license to a number of Affymetrix patents covering the manufacturing, use and sales of nucleic acid microarrays and related products and services for comparative genomic hybridization (CGH).(Deals roundup)
September 13, 2007... Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) reported that Empire Genomics (Buffalo, New York) has obtained a nonexclusive, worldwide license to a number of Affymetrix patents covering the manufacturing, use and sales of nucleic acid microarrays and...

RadNet (Los Angeles), a provider of diagnostic imaging services through a network of owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, has acquired three multimodality imaging centers in Victorville, California, for $3.3 million plus assumption of about $1.2 million of debt.(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... RadNet (Los Angeles), a provider of diagnostic imaging services through a network of owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, has acquired three multimodality imaging centers in Victorville, California, for $3.3 million plus assumption of...

NationsHealth (Sunrise, Florida) said it has acquired Diabetes Care & Education (DC&E), a provider of insulin pumps, pump supplies and blood glucose monitoring equipment.(Deals roundup)
September 13, 2007... NationsHealth (Sunrise, Florida) said it has acquired Diabetes Care & Education (DC&E), a provider of insulin pumps, pump supplies and blood glucose monitoring equipment. NationsHealth purchased all of the issued and outstanding capital...

NeoMatrix closes Series C for undisclosed sum.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... NeoMatrix (Irvine, California), developer of the HALO breast pap test, an automatic, noninvasive test designed to identify breast cancer risk, reported that it has closed a Series C round of equity financing for an undisclosed sum. The...

Health Discovery.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Health Discovery (HDC; Savannah, Georgia) reported that it has closed an equity investment of $2.1 million with a financial institution and other accredited investors. The company also reported that about $2.1 million of its previously issued...

TomTec unveils new 4D software.
September 13, 2007... TomTec (Munich, Germany) has introduced a new version of its 4D RV-Function software at last week's European Society of Cardiology congress in Vienna, Austria. The product was introduce a year after TomTec launched the first commercially...

VYOO test aims at sepsis detection.
September 13, 2007... SIRS-Lab (Jena, Germany) has launched VYOO, a novel DNA-based test for the detection of sepsis pathogens. Key information for a successful antibiotic therapy is provided within six hours, the company said. It said VYOO "combines precision,...

Smart Segmentation new from Varian.
September 13, 2007... Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, California) is demonstrating a range of products aimed at improving the speed and precision of radiotherapy at the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting, which runs through Thursday...

Pall.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Pall (East Hills, New York) reported that it has received all waivers required to be obtained by Sept. 6 under the terms of its recently concluded amendment and waiver relating to the company's $500 million revolving credit facility. The...

GlycoMark.(Product Briefs)
September 13, 2007... A study in the August 2007 issue of Pediatric Diabetes supports the use of the GlycoMark (Kannapolis, North Carolina) 1,5-anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG) blood test to evaluate therapy in children with diabetes, especially to target postprandial...

Molecular Profiling Institute.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... The Molecular Profiling Institute (Phoenix) said that they are now providing Mammostrat, a new moleculartargeted breast prognostic test, to breast cancer patients. The Mammostrat prognostic test uses five immunohistochemical biomarkers to...

Power3 Medical Products.(Product Briefs)
September 13, 2007... Power3 Medical Products (Houston), has concluded the initial phase of its international validation study of its blood serum biomarker test for Parkinson's diseases. The samples used in the study showed that the changes in the blood serum...

Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pennsylvania) said that it has added the ImageGrid archive appliance from Candelis (Irvine, California) to its accessory solutions product portfolio.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pennsylvania) said that it has added the ImageGrid archive appliance from Candelis (Irvine, California) to its accessory solutions product portfolio. The fully integrated multimodality storage drive is...

Whatman.(Product Briefs)
September 13, 2007... Whatman (Florham Park, New Jersey) said that it will provide DNA collection kits based on its FTA elute technology for a pharmacogenotyping study looking at genetic markers in prostate cancer. The international study is part of the Systemic...

Interleukin Genetics.(People in Places)
September 13, 2007... Thomas Gerson has been named CFO of Interleukin Genetics (Waltham, Massachusetts). In addition, the board appointed James Weaver as chairman of the board; and Nazneen Aziz was named VP of R&D. Gerson recently was CFO and VP of business...

Resonant Medical.(People in Places)
September 13, 2007... Joe Redfearn was named VP of global sales of Resonant Medical (Montreal). Redfearn joins the company from Stereotaxis. Resonant Medical makes 3-D ultrasound image-guided adaptive radiotherapy products.

Carbamylation believed to be a prime culprit in heart disease.
September 20, 2007... Curiosity as to why smokers are at an increased risk of developing heart disease has led Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) researchers, joined by other researchers, to a discovery of a marker that has the potential, they say, to be as important as...

Seno Medical touts its Imagio as aid to tumor classification.
September 20, 2007... Each year untold millions are spent by med-tech companies to develop screening devices for tumor detection. Neophyte med-tech company Seno Medical Instruments (San Antonio) has grabbed onto that technology wave with its Imagio system. As...

ACCP guidelines assure: benefit nil via lung cancer CT screening.
September 20, 2007... Doctors can recommend lots of ways for current and former smokers to improve their health--exercise, modify diet, get regular checkups, stop smoking--but low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) to screen for lung cancer isn't one of them. That...

Lung cancer experts butt heads over benefits of CT screening.
September 20, 2007... To screen, or not to screen (with CT)? That is the question that is being hotly debated by lung cancer experts. In another story covered in this week's issue of Diagnostics & Imaging Week (see story, left), the American College of Chest...

OpGen raises $23.6 million in equity financing, names chairman.(Financings roundup)
September 20, 2007... OpGen (Madison, Wisconsin) said that it has raised $23.6 million in equity financing. The round was led by CHL Medical Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Versant Ventures, with previous investor Mason Wells also participating. In...

AdvanDx (Woburn, Massachusetts) reported that it closed a $15 million Series C financing round from new investor bioMerieux (Marcy L'Etoile, France) and existing investors LD Pensions and SLS Venture.(Financings roundup)
September 20, 2007... AdvanDx (Woburn, Massachusetts) reported that it closed a $15 million Series C financing round from new investor bioMerieux (Marcy L'Etoile, France) and existing investors LD Pensions and SLS Venture. The company said that this latest...

ThromboVision.(Financings roundup)
September 20, 2007... ThromboVision (Houston), a biomedical diagnostics company, said it has completed a $4 million Series A convertible preferred stock financing, led by private equity firm National Healthcare Services and a group of private investors. The offering...

NAS to sell Nomos business to Best Medical for $3.6 million.(Deals roundup)(North American Scientific)
September 20, 2007... North American Scientific (NAS; Chatsworth, California) reported that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Nomos Radiation Oncology (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania) business to privately-held Best Medical International...

Nanogen.(Deals roundup)
September 20, 2007... Nanogen (San Diego) reported that it is evaluating strategic alternatives for its microarray business as part of an aggressive plan to achieve profitability. The microarray business includes the company's NanoChip instrument system and related...

NanoSensors.(Deals roundup)(Echo Therapeutics )(Brief article)
September 20, 2007... NanoSensors (Santa Clara, California) reported that it is parting ways with Dr. Ted Wong, its CEO/president, CFO and chairman and will become a shell company as the vehicle for the possible acquisition a new operating business. The company...

bioMerieux acquires Australian microbiology company BTF.(International report)
September 20, 2007... French in vitro diagnostics leader bioMerieux (Marcy L'Etoile, France) said it has acquired BTF Precise Microbiology (BTF; Sydney, Australia), along with its prized technology for testing food, water and pharmaceutical products. BTF has...

Symbion shareholders nix takeover bid.(International report)
September 20, 2007... Shareholders of Symbion Health (Melbourne, Australia) have rejected the A$2.9 billion ($2.4 billion) takeover bid led by Healthscope, extending a nine-month battle for more than 130 pathology laboratories and medical clinics in Australia. ...

GE OEC Surgery unit to distribute CompView NuBOOM video system.(Agreements)
September 20, 2007... CompView Medical (Beaverton, Oregon), a provider of audio-visual systems for healthcare environments, reported a partnership with GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) through its General Electric Healthcare OEC Surgery Division (GE OEC). GE...

Celera (Rockville, Maryland), an Applera (Norwalk, Connecticut) business, said it has entered into a research collaboration with Merck (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) to develop biomarker and pharmacogenomic tests for cancer patients.(Agreements)
September 20, 2007... Celera (Rockville, Maryland), an Applera (Norwalk, Connecticut) business, said it has entered into a research collaboration with Merck (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) to develop biomarker and pharmacogenomic tests for cancer patients. ...

Xenomics (New York), a developer of next-generation medical DNA diagnostic technologies, said it has signed a licensing agreement with Ipsogen SAS (Marseille, France), a molecular diagnostics company, for rights to develop research and diagnostic products for the stratification and monitoring of patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).(Agreements)
September 20, 2007... Xenomics (New York), a developer of next-generation medical DNA diagnostic technologies, said it has signed a licensing agreement with Ipsogen SAS (Marseille, France), a molecular diagnostics company, for rights to develop research and...

Dade Behring (Deerfield, Illinois) and Premier (San Diego) reported a three-year agreement for Dade Behring's MicroScan microbiology instruments and reagents.(Agreements)
September 20, 2007... Dade Behring (Deerfield, Illinois) and Premier (San Diego) reported a three-year agreement for Dade Behring's MicroScan microbiology instruments and reagents. Dade Behring will continue to offer Premier members access to its entire U.S....

Ultrasonix Medical (Richmond, British Columbia) said it has signed an agreement with Global Medical Imaging (GMI; Charlotte, North Carolina) for distribution rights in the Southeastern U.S.(Agreements)
September 20, 2007... Ultrasonix Medical (Richmond, British Columbia) said it has signed an agreement with Global Medical Imaging (GMI; Charlotte, North Carolina) for distribution rights in the Southeastern U.S. The agreement covers Ultrasonix customers in Maryland,...

Sysmex America.(Agreements)
September 20, 2007... Sysmex America (Mundelein, Illinois), a diagnostic instrument manufacturer and health information systems developer, reported a five-year Cost Per Reportable Result (CPRR) agreement with the Rocky Mountain Network, Veterans Integrated Services...

Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis) and Ingenuity Systems (Redwood, California) reported a partnership to develop a plan to enhance Sigma-Aldrich Web-based systems.(Agreements)(Brief article)
September 20, 2007... Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis) and Ingenuity Systems (Redwood, California) reported a partnership to develop a plan to enhance Sigma-Aldrich Web-based systems. The search capability will be available to researchers to enable them to locate and...

Affinity BioReagents, (Golden, Colorado) reported forming distribution agreements with Genesis Biotech (Hsintien, Taiwan) and Good Biotech (Taichung, Taiwan).(Agreements)
September 20, 2007... Affinity BioReagents, (Golden, Colorado) reported forming distribution agreements with Genesis Biotech (Hsintien, Taiwan) and Good Biotech (Taichung, Taiwan). The company said these agreements will add additional products to the...

CAS wins $2.8m SBIR grant for Laser-Sight technology.(Grants/contracts)
September 20, 2007... CAS Medical Systems (Branford, Connecticut), a device company focused on non-invasive vital signs monitoring, said it has been awarded a Phase IIb Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant by the National Institute of Neurological...

Akers Biosciences.(Contracts)(Brief article)
September 20, 2007... Akers Biosciences (ABI; Thorofare, New Jersey) said in addition to Monday's news about the U.S. Army placing an order for $2.5 million of BreathScan alcohol safety units, the U.S. Navy placed orders for the same products valued at $2 million,...

Vermillion back in NASDAQ compliance.(Briefly Noted)
September 20, 2007... Vermillion (Fremont, California) said that it received written notification from the NASDAQ Stock Market that the company has regained compliance with NASDAQ marketplace rules. As a result of achieving a market value of listed securities of the...

Saudi hospital in accord with Perkin-Elmer.(International report)
September 20, 2007... PerkinElmer (Waltham, Massachusetts), a major global developer of products for health sciences and photonics, has reported a multi-year agreement with the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), to support...

Central European distributor signed by Viking.(International report)
September 20, 2007... Viking Systems (San Diego), a manufacturer of laparoscopic vision systems for use in minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures, has expanded its international distribution network by adding a new partner, Biomedica Medizinprodukte (Vienna,...

Guerbet rebounds from production problems.(International report)(Brief article)
September 20, 2007... Guerbet (Villepinte, France), specializing in imaging contrast agents, reported a 12% gain in profits in the first half of 2007 as well as unveiling an ambitious plan to more than double production capacity. The announcement shows a strong...

Guardian Technologies International (Herndon, Virginia), developers of medical imaging and threat detection technology with applications for the healthcare and homeland security markets, reported entering an agreement to acquire exclusive rights to software technology expected to significantly speed the company's scheduled release of medical imaging Signature Mapping products.(Deals roundup)
September 20, 2007... Guardian Technologies International (Herndon, Virginia), developers of medical imaging and threat detection technology with applications for the healthcare and homeland security markets, reported entering an agreement to acquire exclusive...

Siemens (Munich, Germany) reported that the U.S. antitrust waiting period for its $7 billion cash tender offer for all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Dade Behring (Deerfield, Illinois) has been terminated.(Deals roundup)
September 20, 2007... Siemens (Munich, Germany) reported that the U.S. antitrust waiting period for its $7 billion cash tender offer for all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Dade Behring (Deerfield, Illinois) has been terminated. The...

Clinical Data.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
September 20, 2007... Clinical Data (Newton, Massachusetts) reported that its board of directors authorized a 3-for-2 split of the company's common stock in the form of a stock dividend of one share of the company's common stock for every two outstanding. The...