Biotech Business Week

Imaging - Imaging company unveils MultiVantage

Imaging - Imaging solution company introduces Mobile OR Gateway and Workstation

Imaging - LightSpeed VCT can capture images of the heart in as few as five beats

Imaging - Mayo Clinic to clinically validate and commercialize molecular imaging agent for use with PET

Imaging - Medical device company recaps radiofrequency ablation treatment presentations

Imaging - Medirad Scandinavia signs distribution agreement for CT dose reduction product

Imaging - New MRI technology may improve ability to diagnose two football-related knee injuries

Imaging - New PACS launched at RSNA meeting

Imaging - New system to boost service, wireless access to imaging results

Imaging - Partnership to explore dual source CT technology on Somatom Definition plus Ultravist

Imaging - Partnership to integrate CAD system with MRI for more detailed breast exams

Imaging - Study shows minor design modifications can enhance safety of implanted medical devices with MRI

Imaging - Teleradiology and PACS solution company unveils 3D Web PACS imaging

Imaging - Teleradiology company unveils multi-site radiology information system

Imaging - U.S. FDA issues approvable letter for blood-pool contrast agent Vasovist

Immunotherapy - EMEA committee grants positive opinion on product for immunodeficiency disorders

Infectious Diseases - Amphora selected for microbicide clinical trial

Infectious Diseases - Medical soldiers protect world borders from infectious diseases

Influenza - Biotech company introduces test for contagious canine influenza virus

Influenza - New flu A test achieves sensitivity targets

Influenza - Pharma company to supply additional 12 million doses of influenza vaccine to U.S. market

Information Technology - Analysis appliances introduces Sorcerer Protein Identification support subscription

Information Technology - Boston hospital to implement bed management solution to automate patient flow

Information Technology - Breast cancer foundation's interactive web site wins leadership awards

Information Technology - COPD trial to use radio frequency ID smart sensor labels

Information Technology - Chicago hospital selects mobile information system

Information Technology - Data management services provider adds secure x-ray processing, transfer service

Information Technology - Database provider integrates ComplyTrack with compliance training software

Information Technology - Information technology organization's Virginia-based pilot site to expand teleworking solution

Information Technology - Larger healthcare organizations more likely to use RFIDs, survey shows

Information Technology - Medical imaging company releases upgrades to virtual colonoscopy software

Information Technology - New Medicare drug plan information resource launched at CVS pharmacy web site

Information Technology - North Carolina children's hospital project receives donation of high performance cabling

Information Technology - Ohio hospital selects vendor to implement electronic health record

Information Technology - Online service launched to track spine-related medical information

Information Technology - Texas Ob/Gyn practice selects electronic medical record solution

Information Technology - Voice-recognition software chosen by radiology equipment company

Information Technology - Web-based radiology information system in place in four new imaging centers

Intra-Abdominal Infections - U.S. FDA approves new indication for Avelox (moxifloxacin HCl)

Leukemia - Tamibarotene used to treat relapsed or refractory acute promyelocytic leukemia

Lupus Nephritis - Transplant drug shows promise in treatment of lupus nephritis

Malaria - Partnership to expand international malaria advocacy

Managed Healthcare - Sunnylife Global partners to develop elderly living communities in China

Market Analysis - Blockbuster brands allocate 49% of marketing budget to advertising

Market Analysis - Report profiles metastatic breast cancer in the U.S.

Market Analysis - Three products are among the most promoted to managed care pharmacy executives

Marketing - Laser devices manufacturer announces sale of 50 systems to Spain-based clinic chain

Marketing - Managed care executives report Pfizer, J&J, Sanofi-Aventis contacted them the most in third quarter

Marketing - Siemens to offer information lifecycle products to healthcare market

Medical Devices - Advia Centaur CP Immunoassay System launched

Medical Devices - American Heart Association gives new rating to device that improves resuscitation rates during CPR

Medical Devices - Biventricular pacing in non-heart failure patients improves exercise and functional capacity

Medical Devices - Cartilage regeneration therapy developer reports net loss of $3M

Medical Devices - Developer of vascular suturing devices retains firm to market products in Asia

Medical Devices - ISO 13485:2003 certification granted for implantable medical device maker

Medical Devices - Imaging device developer changes name

Medical Devices - Independent study of digital pulse analyzer yields positive results

Medical Devices - Italian health office assigns higher formulary price premium to sirolimus-eluting coronary stent

Medical Devices - Medical device company updates website to be viewed in seven European languages

Medical Devices - Medical image analysis company to provide services for cartilage repair device clinical trial

Medical Devices - Medical laser maker launches customer training program

Medical Devices - New TaqMan Low Density Array Gene Signature panels launched for common drug targets

Medical Devices - New imaging device increases the speed of imaging more than 10-fold

Medical Devices - New line of chromatography systems launched for biomarker, drug discovery, and proteomics studies

Medical Devices - New platform launched for safety pharmacology studies

Medical Devices - New program to develop biosensors for diagnosis of infectious diseases

Medical Devices - Positive results reported from in vivo study of urinary catheter anti-infective coating

Medical Devices - Pricing simplified for Invisalign products

Medical Devices - Production to begin of non-pressurized oxygen system

Medical Devices - Research equipment provider introduces Innova CO-14 micro CO₂ incubator

Medical Devices - Russian-based companies sign agreement to ensure cobalt-60 for healthcare industry

Medical Devices - Schering AG completes evaluation of fluorescence dyes in mammography

Medical Devices - Separation of wires may affect small subset Sigma series pacemakers

Medical Devices - Three new features added to platelet aggregation profiler

Medical Devices - VA Medical Center of the Bronx acquires BVA-100 blood volume analyzer

Medicare - NDCHealth Medicare Part D eligibility solution available for testing

Medicare - U.S. CMS increases medicare reimbursement for measuring myocardial fractional flow reserve

Mental Healthcare - Research indicates marijuana use may increase risk of schizophrenia in at-risk adolescents

Mergers & Acquisitions - Acne medication licensing collaborations extended to include Italy and Spain

Mergers & Acquisitions - Acquisition of Lifespan vascular graft product line from Edwards Lifesciences completed

Mergers & Acquisitions - Acquisition of Targeted Molecules Corp. and financing terms approved by shareholders

Mergers & Acquisitions - Agreement signed to sell non-core assets to Pharmexa A/S for $12M

Mergers & Acquisitions - American Pharmaceutical Partners to merge with parent company

Mergers & Acquisitions - Biotech company signs asset purchase option agreement for Surgica Corporation

Mergers & Acquisitions - HealthpointCapital portfolio company acquires BioProfile

Mergers & Acquisitions - Investor group acquires services provider to medical device industry for $1.27 million

Mergers & Acquisitions - Laboratory equipment provider announces letter of intent to acquire Cryomastor Corp.

Mergers & Acquisitions - Medical device company completes acquisition of Apex Surgical

Mergers & Acquisitions - Medical devices company signs agreement to acquire Savacor, Inc.

Mergers & Acquisitions - Medical properties trust acquires seven medical office buildings for $84.1 million

Mergers & Acquisitions - Merger agreement to create safety medical needles technology company

Mergers & Acquisitions - Molecular Imaging and its atomic force microscopy technology acquired

Mergers & Acquisitions - Ohio company sells interest in Source Medical to Cardinal Health Corporation

Mergers & Acquisitions - Planned merger with VNU terminated

Mergers & Acquisitions - Real estate investment company acquires 126-bed California medical center

Mergers & Acquisitions - Serologicals' Celliance subsidiary assets acquired for $3.7 million

Mergers & Acquisitions - Swedish IT company becomes joint owner of Dutch medical imaging products distributor

Migraine - MT 100 migraine treatment receives approval in the United Kingdom

Nanobiology - Vitrobot, a new cryo sample prep tool for organic samples, introduced

Neuroscience - Study begins to examine potential Epstein-Barr virus connection with multiple sclerosis

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Companies collaborate to provide radiopharmaceutical component for NHL therapy

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Positive data announced on all evaluable patients in HuMax-CD20 NHL phase I/II study

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Phase III clinical trials of PF-3512676 for advanced NSCLC begins

Nucleic Acid Amplification - Nucleic acid extraction with COBAS AmpliScreen amplification is evaluated

Nutritional Supplements - AlphaMedica to act as brand manager for the launch of Resurgex products

Obesity Complications - Research shows obesity prevents injections from reaching muscle

Obesity Therapy - Continuous intravenous heparin infusion prevents peri-operative thromboembolic events

Oncology - Pericyte and endothelial precursor cell interactions bolster tumor vessels

Oncology - Study finds E3 ubiquitin ligase is an attractive oncology target

Ophthalmology - International Trachoma Initiative joins forces to eliminate trachoma in Ethiopia

Ophthalmology - U.S. FDA grants clearance for laser system, ophthalmoscope to treat retinal conditions

Optic Neuropathy - Therapeutic product developer to fund research into antiapoptosis compound

Orthopedics - U.S. FDA clears 510(k) premarket notice for family of bone void fillers

Osteoporosis - U.S. FDA approves new blood test to monitor osteocalcin levels

Otorhinolaryngology - Company signs agreement with Novation to supply laryngeal mask airway products

Ovarian Cancer - Biotech company announces phase Ib/IIa phenoxodiol plus docetaxel study plans

Oximeter - Visible-light spectroscopy clinical tissue oximeter is developed

Pain Management - New ActiPatch is thinner, more comfortable

Pain Management - Purchasing organization awards contract for disposable post-operative pain control pumps

Patents - European patent granted for controlled release drug delivery technology

Patents - Two new patents granted related to safety, compatibility of medical devices with MRI

Patents - U.S. patent allowed for first in class colon cancer drug compound

Patents - U.S. patent granted covering processes to make nanoparticle-based NanoScintillation Systems

Patient Safety - Pharmaceutical authentication company moves forward into commercialization phase

Patients - Rights acquired to patents for archiving and transmitting medical images

Personnel - Angiogenic therapy developer adds vice president of regulatory affairs

Personnel - Antibody-focused drug development firm appoints head of research

Personnel - Australian genetics firm appoints independent chairman

Personnel - Bioinformatics solutions provider appoints Martin Wells as international sales manager

Personnel - Biopharma company appoints Mark D. Erion as chief scientific officer

Personnel - Biotech company appoints Lawrence F. Bruder as CEO and expands senior management team

Personnel - Biotech company appoints three new members to scientific advisory board

Personnel - Blood collection device maker names Cheryl White VP of quality

Personnel - Cancer drug developer appoints new management team members

Personnel - Cancer stem cell therapy developer appoints Paul J. Hastings as president and CEO

Personnel - Cancer-focused biopharma names Thomas M. Estok as chief commercial officer

Personnel - Cardiovascular surgery company names Ralph Lazzara to scientific advisory board

Personnel - Cell therapy company appoints Dr. Mathilda Mandel to clinical advisory board

Personnel - Chemical company appoints Martin Babilas as CFO

Personnel - Chief medical advisor added to interventional cardiology company

Personnel - Compliance solutions provider appoints Petti as European director of financial services

Personnel - Concentra names Norman C. Payson, MD, as chairman of the board

Personnel - Daniel Boulais, Diane Lanctot named to board of genomics-based biotech company

Personnel - Data management company board adds Gary Haroian and Dennis Shaughnessy

Personnel - David P. King appointed chief operating officer of diagnostic technologies company

Personnel - Diagnostic test developer appoints Pattison and Woodrich to board

Personnel - Dieter Schwartmann named VP, Europe, by hand-carried ultrasound system company

Personnel - Dr. Ivan Labat joins biomedical company's restructuring team

Personnel - Dr. Jonathan W. Said joins CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics' scientific advisory board

Personnel - Drug development support company names Paul Lubetkin as general counsel

Personnel - Functional genomics firm appoints Daniel H. Farkas as VP of clinical diagnostics

Personnel - Genetic analysis products company announces three new hires for service business

Personnel - Home health company appoints Ed Blechschmidt to board of directors

Personnel - In-site health clinic, wellness center operator adds three executives to management team

Personnel - Interventional cardiology device maker appoints R. Chato Abad as chief financial officer

Personnel - Life science finance company hires Brent R. Lindberg to lead expansion in Europe

Personnel - Neuroscience company appoints Patrick Tremblay VP research & development

Personnel - Non executive director appointed at drug delivery company

Personnel - Noriko Ellen Okamoto named corporate ombudsman by products, services provider

Personnel - Peter Elliott, PhD, named senior VP, head of development of sirtuin therapeutics company

Personnel - Pharma company names Dr. Arnold S. Monto to scientific resource board

Personnel - PreHistin maker adds Thomas Stankovich as CFO to management team

Personnel - Reversing human aging scientist joins science board of anti-aging-focused biotech company

Personnel - Rex Osborn named director, business development, of IT software and services company

Personnel - Rich Matchett named sales account manager of generic pharmaceutical products company

Personnel - Senior VP, external affairs appointed at cancer research center

Personnel - Senior director of analytical quality services named to provide early drug discovery support

Personnel - Site director, technical director named for oral care research division

Personnel - Software company forms clinical advisory board for life sciences

Personnel - Spinal device maker announces appointments to research and IT positions

Personnel - Stephen K. Onody appointed CEO of natural antioxidant dietary supplement company

Personnel - Ted L. Sweet named VP of sales and marketing by medical claims software developer

Personnel - WellPoint, Inc. elects Larry C. Glasscock board chairman

Personnel - Whitney Stuart to join healthcare company's as VP of national accounts

Personnel - William J. Nydam named to board of directors of obesity management company

Pharmaceutical Research - Companies planning drug's lifecycle management strategy in phase II are more successful

Pharmaceutical Research - Pharma pricing report finds only industry's largest firms have dedicated pricing departments

Pharmaceutical Research - Study finds intense competition between 90,000 pharma sales reps

Pharmaceutical Research - Study reveals 89.4 million seek additional information after direct-to-consumer ad exposure

Philanthropy - $25 million gift to Canada hospital will establish research institute

Philanthropy - Hospital company raises over $3 million for Hurricane Katrina employee relief

Philanthropy - Maker of handheld imaging devices makes corporate gift to Johns Hopkins Center

Philanthropy - Microfinance organization receives $2.2 million grant to develop trans-African network

Product Licensing - Dermatology company in-licenses Australian rights to Vaniqa from Shire Pharmaceuticals

Product Licensing - PER.C6 licensing agreement inked with Tibotec

Product Licensing - Pharma companies announce license for drug to prevent transplant rejection

Professional Education - Educational content provider debuts online version of Schwartz's Principles of Surgery

Professional Education - Nonprofit forms Center of Excellence in Computational Biology

Prostate Cancer - Cesium-131 brachytherapy, external beam radiation therapy combined at Palmer center

Prostate Cancer - Metabolomics company selected for membership in U.S. NCI research group

Prostate Cancer - Sonablate 500 treats prostate cancer in Costa Rica

Prostate Cancer Therapy - U.S. FDA agrees to special protocol assessment amendment to D9902B IMPACT study of Provenge

Proteomics - Regulation of wild-type and Y1235D mutant Met kinase activation revealed

Proteomics - Researchers gain insight into protein-conducting channel across membranes

Pseudomonas Vaccine - Intranasal immunization impedes Pseudomonas binding to airway epithelial cells

Quality Assurance - Chinese biotech company earns good manufacturing certificate from Chinese SFDA

Quality Assurance - New book released as a resource for healthcare quality professionals

Respiratory Medicine - New recommendations issued for sinusitis diagnosis and management

Restructuring - Initial steps of pharma restructuring program to yield $3.5 to $4 billion in pretax savings

Schizophrenia - New drug application submitted for paliperidone extended-release tablets

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Condom safety device CSD500 dossier submitted for E.U. marketing authorization

Sleep Apnea - Procedure proven effective in controlling sleep apnea in 81% of patients

Smallpox Vaccines - Preclinical studies provide safety and efficacy evidence for smallpox vaccine candidate

Staffing - Children's National Medical Center signs supplemental nurse staffing contract

Staffing - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awards grant to study role of nurse leaders

Stem Cell Research - Stem cell bank company announces ISO 9001:2000 certification

Stem Cell Research - Veterinary stem cell therapy instruments launched with eye toward eventual human applications

Streptococcus Vaccine - Group A Streptococcus produce pilus-like structures containing protective antigens

Stroke - Estrogens may play key role as multiple targeting protectants against ischemic stroke

Stroke - Florida rehab center to offer treatment for vision loss caused by stroke, brain injury

Surgical Technology - Ascendra aortic heart valve replacement system launched

Surgical Technology - California cancer center performs 25 treatments with radiosurgery system

Surgical Technology - Carotid artery stenting improves cognitive speed, memory in some patients

Surgical Technology - Computed tomography-guided surgery treats hand condition

Surgical Technology - Vertex Reconstruction System now indicated for use in cranial stabilization

Tetanus Vaccine - Methods to measure IFN-gamma production after tetanus vaccination are compared

Tissue Engineering - CompacT SelecT chosen for study on automation of regenerative medicine products manufacturing

Tobacco Use Screening - U.S. CDC researchers find new use for NicAlert product

Transplant Medicine - Parvovirus testing may help diagnose potential infection in kidney transplant recipients

Transplant Medicine - Texas blood and tissue center forms donation partnership with banking system

Transplant Medicine - U.S. FDA clearance granted for Grafton Plus DBM Paste bone void filler

Type 1 Diabetes - New cell transplantation technique restores insulin production in diabetics

Type 2 Diabetes - Glumetza launched to Canadian physicians

Type 2 Diabetes - Study shows diabetes hurts local economies due to lost wages, lower spending

Type 2 Diabetes - U.S. FDA approves generic drug for diabetes

Uterine Fibroids - Trial shows high-intensity ultrasound treatment shrinks fibroids

Vaccine Development - Vaccine development for immunosuppressed may be possible

Vaccines - Phase I trial of C. difficile vaccine in elderly subjects begins