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Abbott announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the XIENCE™ V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease. | | Read more... |
The Center for Radiation Therapy of Beverly Hills became the first medical center in California yesterday to commence treating cancer patients with a revolutionary new technique utilizing RapidArc™ radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems | | Read more... |
GE Healthcare, a leading provider of maternal and infant care devices,
announced an innovative clinical education program, designed
specifically for physicians, midwives, nurses, residents and students
in obstetrics, to enhance their knowledge of fetal heart rate
monitoring. GE’s Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Interpretation
and Management education program, developed in partnership with Frank
Miller, M.D., FACOG and David Miller, M.D., FACOG, both leading experts
in the field of fetal monitoring, emphasizes the importance of using
standardized NICHD terminology to describe, communicate and interpret
abnormal fetal heart rate tracings. | | Read more... |
QIAGEN announced a significant expansion of its EpiTect product
portfolio for epigenetics, one of the most dynamic areas in life
sciences. With the five new products, QIAGEN now offers standardized
solutions covering all steps of epigenetic research processes in
molecular diagnostics, pharma and life sciences. By removing existing
bottlenecks in epigenetic research, the new products are expected to
advance progress in the development of new diagnostics and therapeutics
for cancer and other diseases. | | Read more... |
Carestream Health, Inc., announced that its newest version of KODAK
CARESTREAM Information Management Solutions (IMS) will be available
worldwide by the end of June. | | Read more... |
Elekta have created a 3-D Virtual
Clinic which offers radiation therapists, administrators, patients and
investors alike a unique opportunity to better acquaint themselves with
Elekta’s products and solutions and how they are interconnected.
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Cancer patients in eastern France now have access to advanced image-guided radiotherapy treatments with the arrival of the first Trilogy® linear accelerator in the country.
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UnitedHealth Group unveiled a new Web site dedicated to social
responsibility. The new Web site features UnitedHealth Group’s social
responsibility commitment to preventing disease and promoting health,
addressing racial and social disparities in health care, improving
medical knowledge, encouraging volunteerism, and fostering corporate
citizenship. The site builds on last year’s inaugural social
responsibility report and continues the company’s commitment to
accountability and transparency in all that it does. | | Read more... |
GE Healthcare today launched the company’s next-generation applications to expand the capabilities of the company’s SPECT/CT flagship: Infinia Hawkeye 4. The new software applications, offered as Volumetrix Suite, are on display June 14-18 at the 55th annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. | | Read more... |
Covidien , a leading global
provider of healthcare products, today announced the launch of
www.bariatrics4diabetes.com, an educational website focused on
bariatric surgery as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes.
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GE Healthcare announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated for priority review the New Drug Application (NDA) for AdreView. AdreView is a molecular imaging agent for the detection of neuroendocrine tumors in pediatric and adult patients. | | Read more... |
The newest generation of CARESTREAM Digital Dashboard that includes
proactive notification for system events via e-mail or text messaging
will be available worldwide on June 19. | | Read more... |
QIAGEN Asia to supply RNAi and related solutions to China’s premier provider for drug discovery and development services | | Read more... |
Hanoi, Vietnam – June 5 19, 2008 – QIAGEN was featured this week for its efforts to eliminate cervical cancer at the 14th annual Global Summit of Women in Hanoi, Vietnam. | | Read more... |
GE Healthcare and InSightec Ltd.
announced today that a new study suggests that women with clinically
significant uterine fibroids (UF) have poorer health status and more
associated health conditions than their counterparts. | | Read more... |
Abbott announced that it has submitted an application forSeizo Hanbai Shonin (Marketing Authorization License) to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)/ Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) to gain approval for its XIENCE™ V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System to treat coronary artery disease. | | Read more... |
Mindray Medical International Limited, a leading developer,
manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, today announced
the company and its employees have together made cash donations of over
RMB1.0 million through the Red Cross Society of China to help support
the Sichuan earthquake disaster relief. In addition, Mr. Xu Hang and
Mr. Li Xiting, Mindray's co-chief executive officers, together donated
a combined value of over RMB3.2 million in high-quality, portable
multi-parameter patient monitoring devices, which they purchased from
the company at distributor list prices. | | Read more... |
For the seventh year in a row, GE Healthcare has won Omega Management
Group’s prestigious NorthFace ScoreBoard Award™ for excellence in
customer satisfaction and loyalty in servicing anesthesia machines and
patient monitors. | | Read more... |
Elekta, the international medical technology group and developer of Gamma Knife® surgery, will now be able to deliver and install the advanced technology at new and existing customer sites in Japan.
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Gambro is extending a helping hand to the victims of the May 12 earthquake in the Sichuan region in China by donating dialysis equipment and necessary disposables to Intensive Care Units as well as Hemodialysis clinics across the affected region.
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GE Healthcare, through a collaboration with CenTrak, Inc. of Newton, PA, today announced the availability of a new RFID technology capable of dividing a room or segmenting a bay by creating radio frequency identification (RFID) “virtual walls.” | | Read more... |
ZOLL Medical Corporation, manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, today announced that it will display its range of resuscitation products—including the AutoPulse® Non-invasive Cardiac Support Pump and R Series™ Code-Ready™ defibrillator—at the 9th Scientific Congress of the European Resuscitation Council Stand #74 in Ghent, Belgium May 22-24th. AutoPulse Non-invasive Cardiac Support Pump | | Read more... |
One of Denmark's leading cancer centers has placed an order for three new treatment machines and nine advanced RapidArc™ volumetric arc therapy systems from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), the world leader in radiotherapy. | | Read more... |
Collaboration develops easy, interactive online walking program to provide consumers with a fun, easy way to achieve healthy living | | Read more... |
RapidArc Systems Acquired as Part of Major Linear Accelerator Order at World-Famous Cancer Hospital | | Read more... |
Merge Healthcare, a leading medical imaging software and services provider, today announced the release of Fusion PACS MX 3.0, featuring integrated Merge Mammo 7.10, Merge’s digital mammography application. | | Read more... |
Abbott Park, Illinois — Abbott today announced the launch of the StarClose® SE Vascular Closure System, a next-generation vessel closure device engineered to enable fast, safe and secure closure of the femoral artery access site following a catheterization procedure. StarClose SE is available in the United States and Europe.
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Mindray Medical International Limited, a leading China-based developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Datascope Corporation's patient monitoring device business pursuant to the terms of the definitive agreement entered into on March 11, 2008. | | Read more... |
Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today
announced that it has signed an agreement with Pinyons Medical
Technology Inc., a privately-held company based in Park City, Utah, and
its President and CEO, Shawn Fojtik, to acquire all assets related to
the Pinyons POWRSyringe Injector and POWRSyringe Monitor handheld,
manual injection and inflation devices. | | Read more... |
Patients Treated with XIENCE™ V in SPIRIT III Trial Experience Better
Long-Term Clinical Outcomes, Lower Rates of Stent Thrombosis than
Patients Treated with TAXUS | | Read more... |
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the world leader in the
science of heart valves, announced that the company will celebrate a
number of cardiac surgery milestones and product debuts at the 88th
annual meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS),
May 10-14 in San Diego. | | Read more... |
ZOLL's Medical Corporation , a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and
related software solutions, today announced that it will display its
range of resuscitation products—including the LifeVest® wearable
defibrillator and the AutoPulse® Non-invasive Cardiac Support Pump—in
Booth #529 at the Heart Rhythm 2008 Exposition in San Francisco May
15-17th. | | Read more... |
Siemens Healthcare is showing its Acuson S2000, the first ultrasound
system of the new product series S, at the ECR (European Congress of
Radiology) 2008 in Vienna. | | Read more... |
GE Healthcare today announced it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the company’s new 3.0T magnetic resonance (MR) scanner, the latest addition to GE’s Signa family of MR systems. | | Read more... |
The 3viseon™ 3D imaging workstation is a turn key solution which
enables large medical datasets, generated by CT and MRI scanners, to be
displayed as a three dimensional reconstruction using standard PC
technology. | | Read more... |
Smith & Nephew’s Endoscopy Division today announced the launch of the FOOTPRINT PK Suture Anchor, a system used to attach rotator cuff tissue to bone in the shoulder. | | Read more... |
Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) today announced it has received morethan 60 orders for its new RapidArc radiotherapy product for faster
image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). RapidArc orders
have been concentrated in North America but have also come in from
Europe and Asia since the product was introduced to the market in
January, according to the company. | | Read more... |
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company announced today that
it has completed the acquisition of Whatman plc, a global supplier of
filtration products and technologies. | | Read more... |
Boston Scientific Corporation today announced that it has been named U.S. Healthcare Supplier of the Year in the GHXcellence Awards for achievements in improving supply chain performance. The award recognizes Boston Scientific's successful use of electronic transactions to improve supply chain efficiency for customers and suppliers.
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GE Healthcare IT, a division of General Electric Company and a leading provider of clinical, financial and administrative information technology solutions, announced today that it has signed an agreement with the University of Tennessee (UT) Medical Center.
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Abbott Park, Illinois ( NYSE: ABT) and St. Paul, Minnesota — Smiths Medical MD will promote and distribute Abbott's FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System. Smiths Medical MDis the manufacturer of the CozMore insulin technology system and the Deltec Cozmo insulin pump. | | Read more... |
AVANT Immunotherapeutics , acting through its wholly-owned subsidiary Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Pfizer will be granted an exclusive worldwide license to a therapeutic cancer vaccine candidate, CDX-110, in Phase 2 development for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). This agreement also gives Pfizer exclusive rights to the use of EGFRvIII vaccines in other potential indications. | | Read more... |
London, United Kingdom -Euromed Networks today announced that it has signed a partnership with Philips Speech ecognition Systems, for the integration and distribution of the company’s SpeechMagic platform in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Euromed Networks’ digital dictation software MedSpeech now features Philips industrial grade speech recognition for accurate, convenient and efficient information capturing.
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Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE; TSX: MRG), a leading medical imaging software and services provider, announced today the release of eFilm Scan 2.0, an application designed to scan conventional medical films using third-party digitizers. | | Read more... |
Royal Philips Electronics, announced that it has signed a long-term research partnership agreement with the West China Hospital, an affiliate of the Sichuan University in Chengdu, China. | | Read more... |
Newly Designed Blood Glucose Meter Easier to Read and Offers Next-Generation Benefits that Can Help People Improve Their Diabetes Management | | Read more... |
LigaSure Advance(TM) Instrument for Laparoscopic Procedures | | Read more... |
CAS Medical Systems, Inc. a medical device company focused on innovative, non-invasive
monitoring that is vital to patient care, today announced financial
results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. | | Read more... |
Nonin Medical, Inc., a leading
innovator of physiological monitoring solutions, has long envisioned a
streamlined environment of interoperability with other medical
equipment. Nonin continues to actively invest and incorporate
innovative technologies that facilitate information flow without the
need of proprietary interfaces. | | Read more... |
Nonin Medical, Inc., in an effort to address rising healthcare costs
and promote the use of remote monitoring, unveiled the world’s first
fingertip oximeter with Bluetooth wireless technology at the American
Telemedicine Association (ATA) meeting in Seattle, WA. The
revolutionary Onyx® II, Model 9560 fingertip pulse oximeter is designed
for interoperability, meeting the requirements of the emerging Medical
Device Profile (MDP), IEEE11073 and Continua compliance standards.
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CIGNA HealthCare and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health System announced today that they have entered a seven-year agreement preserving access for CIGNA members to VCU Health System facilities including Medical College of Virginia (MCV) Hospitals, the region’s only Level 1 trauma center | | Read more... |
Baxter Healthcare Corporation today announced its V-Link Luer-activated device (LAD) with VitalShield protective coating, the first needleless intravenous (IV) connector to contain an antimicrobial coating, is now available for hospitals in the United States and Canada. | | Read more... |
For a limited period Progen Scientific is pleased to offer its range of
BioPette E electronic pipettes at discounted prices that are so good
you would expect them to be manual pipettes. | | Read more... |
Progen Scientific Limited is introducing a long term price promotion on
the TKA Smart2Pure range of systems for ultra pure water. | | Read more... |
Siemens' AMT Offers Real-Time Information via Pocket PCs and Web Portals, Setting the Stage for Better Patient Care, Cost Reductions, and Improved workflow. | | Read more... |
Progen Scientific Limited of Mexborough, South Yorkshire has teamed up
with Telstar to offer customers the new range of Top Tips newsletters
from Telstar. | | Read more... |
Leverkusen, Germany / Pittsburgh, PA, USA– Bayer HealthCare affiliate MEDRAD, Inc. announced today the completion of its tender offer for the outstanding shares of common stock of Possis Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: POSS). | | Read more... |
Healthcare veteran Peter A. McClennen appointed President, North America - bringing proven track record in growth and executive leadership | | Read more... |
Wright Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WMGI), a global orthopaedic manufacturer, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of INBONE Technologies, Inc., for an initial cash payment of $24 million, guaranteed minimum future payments of $3.7 million and potential additional cash payments based upon the future operational and financial performance of the company. | | Read more... |
Promoting the Critical Role of Laboratory Professionals and Addressing the Issues Facing Clinical Labs Worldwide | | Read more... |
Company Announces Update on Product Approval Pipeline | | Read more... |
New Data from SPIRIT II Show Continued Low Rates of MACE with XIENCE V
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CIGNA HealthCare announced an agreement continuing its member access to MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill., and Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Both MacNeal and Weiss Memorial are affiliated with Vanguard Health Systems, which also has hospitals in Arizona, Massachusetts and Texas. | | Read more... |
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of VersaMed Corporation, a provider of portable critical care ventilators for respiratory care. | | Read more... |
AtriCure, Inc. , a medical device company and leader in cardiac surgical ablation systems, has announced that its Coolrail™ linear ablation pen received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the ablation of cardiac tissue. Additionally, the first patient was successfully treated using the AtriCure Coolrail™ Linear Ablation Pen. | | Read more... |
Alsius Corporation , the worldwide leader in intravascular patient temperature management therapies, has received approval from regulatory authorities in China and Mexico to market its intravascular temperature management (IVTM(TM)) systems and catheters in those countries. Alsius IVTM(TM) provides cooling and warming therapy via a computer-controlled temperature regulation system that connects to Alsius' proprietary heat exchange catheters. | | Read more... |
Possis Medical, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of pioneering medical devices used in endovascular procedures, has announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed the Federal District Court's dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit that was filed June 5, 2005. | | Read more... |
Creates significant synergy opportunities by combining Mindray's leading China-based R&D and production platform and Datascope's strong US-based direct sales and service network Provides powerful platform for Mindray's international expansion in United States and Europe | | Read more... |
Siemens Healthcare has announced that the University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein (UC S-H) commissioned a consortium of bidders, including Siemens, Bilfinger Berger and HSG Technischer Service, with the construction and operation of the first particle therapy center (PTC) in Northern Germany. With overall costs of approximately 250 million euros, this represents the largest public private partnership project (PPP) ever launched in the German healthcare sector. | | Read more... |
Royal Philips Electronics has announced a new structure for its Healthcare Informatics business to align its entire portfolio of clinical information solutions including patient monitoring, enterprise and clinical image management, anesthesia information, | | Read more... |
To provide patients with greater access to quality, affordable and
convenient health care near their homes and at work, Walgreen Co.has
created a new Walgreens Health and Wellness division. | | Read more... |
Covidien a leading global provider of healthcare products, has announced that its Surgical Devices business unit has introduced three access products, VersaStep(TM) Plus 15mm, Visiport(TM) Plus with fixation and Versaport(TM) Plus RPF 15mm with fixation. The products are now available in the United States and are scheduled to be launched in other markets over the next several months.
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Future Generation Treatment from Abbott Shows No Thrombosis, Low MACE Rates Out to One Year in Preliminary Clinical Study of Thirty Patients | | Read more... |
DAPTACEL vaccine is licensed for the entire immunization series to protect against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis | | Read more... |
The Urology Clinic at the Klinikum Mansfelder Land & Pflege gGmbH
in Eisleben offers high-tech options for diagnosing and treating the
male and female urogenital tract. | | Read more... |
Now the innovative LIFE™ laser therapy for benign prostate hyperplasia
(BPH) is also available at the Klinikum Mansfelder Land & Pflege
gGmbH – For the first time, prostate tissue can be gently removed
without secondary bleeding – The therapy enables short treatment
durations, quick recovery and only slight post-operative risks – Since
January 1, 2008, in-patient treatment is reimbursed by statutory health
insurance providers | | Read more... |
Packed with new features and enhancements, Cardax FT V5.20, was
released on 2 April, 2008. Daniel McVeagh, Cardax Product Manager,
defines this version of Cardax FT as “delivering a great combination of
new technologies, smarter installation tools, and improved usability
for our valued customers”. | | Read more... |
March 13, 2008 - Abbott announced today the first two-year data for Crohn's disease patients with fistulas, which show that more than half of patients receiving HUMIRA® (adalimumab) had continued fistula healing. These data were presented at the European Crohn's and Colitis Organization (ECCO) Annual Meeting in Lyon, France. Fistulas are tunnels that form between the intestine and other parts of the body and are considered one of the most painful complications of Crohn's disease. Fistula healing in these studies was defined as complete cessation of fistula drainage. | | Read more... |
In response to the growing burden of cancer in the developing world, AstraZeneca, in partnership with Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Addis Ababa, The Ethiopian Ministry of Health and AXIOS, developed a framework two years ago for the first-ever programme to raise awareness, diagnose and treat breast cancer in Ethiopia. The interim results of this five-year initiative are reported in the March edition of Clinical Oncology*. | | Read more... |
Abbott has announced that it has received CE Mark (Conformité
Européene) approval for a 2.25 mm version of its XIENCE™ V Everolimus
Eluting Coronary Stent System, offering physicians a smaller stent
based upon the proven efficacy, positive safety results and excellent
deliverability of XIENCE V. The addition of the 2.25 mm stent to the
XIENCE V portfolio gives physicians access to a wider range of stent
sizes for treating a variety of patient types. | | Read more... |
Abbott has announced that it received approval from the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration for its fully automated HTLV-I/HTLV-II blood
screening test for use on the ABBOTT PRISM instrument. The test is
intended for use by laboratories to screen individual donations of
blood and plasma for antibodies to human T - lymphotropic virus Type I
and/or human T-lymphotropic virus Type II (anti-HTLV-I/HTLV-II). | | Read more... |
Abbott's FISH Technology Provides Analytical Tool with Potential to
Assess Clinical Response to Lung Cancer Treatment in Patients with
Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer | | Read more... |
The Institute for One World Health
(iOWH), the US-based nonprofit pharmaceutical company, together with
synthetic biology innovator Amyris Biotechnologies, and leading
pharmaceutical company sanofi-aventis today announced they have entered
into an agreement for the development of semisynthetic artemisinin, a
key ingredient in first-line malariatreatments. This partnership will
build on technology originated by Professor Jay Keasling at the
University of California, Berkeley. | | Read more... |
Siemens Healthcare announced , VERSANT(TM) 440 Molecular System has
been approved for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) for use with the VERSANT HCV RNA 3.0 assay for management of
HCV-infected patients undergoing antiviral therapy. The VERSANT 440
Molecular System represents the next generation in automated viral load
testing, providing laboratories with greater throughput and less
hands-on time, maximizing productivity to meet the evolving needs of
the clinical laboratory. | | Read more... |
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis group, has
signed a collaborative research and license agreement with the Statens
Serum Institut of Denmark (SSI), one of the world’s leading producers
of BCG and has for more than a century worked within the field of
prevention and control of TB, for the development and marketing of a
new vaccine against tuberculosis, a disease that causes the death of
two million people, worldwide, each year. | | Read more... |
GE Healthcare, the US$17 billion healthcare business of global
technology, media and financial services company, General Electric
company (GE), today announced that its Centricity Clinical Information
Systems (CIS), Centricity Anesthesia and Centricity Critical Care
received the CE-Mark as a medical device according to the European
Union Medical Device Directive | | Read more... |
The new biolitec LIFE™ Laser System for treating benign prostate
hyperplasia (BPH) at 23rd Annual Congress of the European Association
of Urology (EAU) in Milan – Portable laser system enables outpatient
treatment – Reduced treatment time and minimal post-operative side
effects – Since January 1st, inpatient procedure is reimbursed by
German statutory health insurance providers
Jena/ Germany, Milan/ Italy, March 18th, 2008 – www.biolitec.com - From
26 to 28 March 2008, the German biotech company biolitec AG introduces
its innovative BPH laser therapy LIFE™ (Laser Induced Flow Enhancement)
at the 23rd Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology
(EAU) to the international urology trade visitors in Milan. | | Read more... |
3mensio Medical Imaging BV today announced that the company received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance to market the 3surgery™ Vascular Imaging (VI) software.
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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc announced that Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and William Federici, Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the 2008 UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference at 3:00 p.m. | | Read more... |
Intelerad Medical Systems, a top rated PACS supplier to hospitals, imaging centers and teleradiology groups, is proud to announce that IntelePACS has been ranked number one in the KLAS year end 'Top 20' report card for the category of PACS for other physician practices. | | Read more... |
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has become the second Trust to deploy BIOQUELL's Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour ("HPV") bio-decontamination technology. In order to reduce hospital acquired infections the Trust is undertaking a 'deep clean' programme in line with the British government's initiative to carry out a national ward-by-ward clean. | | Read more... |
SunTech Medical's blood pressure technology (OEM NIBP) provides Xtreme Everest with vital blood pressure data | | Read more... |
December saw the completion of the move of the Surgical Handle manufacturing Department from "Unit 1" occupied for over 20 years to the new Cobb Works site opposite the main building in Owlerton Green, Sheffield. | | Read more... |
World-leading suppliers of second-user medical imaging equipment and devices Epoka Medic Mission will be attending Arab Health in Dubai from the 27th to the 31st of January 2008. | | Read more... |
The First World Congress on Controversies in Neurology was held in the beautiful and historically remarkable city of Berlin in September 2007. Its purpose was to encourage reasoned debate amongst practising physicians and researchers surrounding the many controversial issues emerging in neurology, with the aim of crystallising them into practical clinical conclusions. | | Read more... |
The congresses of the Movement Disorder Society have always been a platform for the discussion of various movement disorders, with stimulating presentations on current studies and types of treatment available. The first congress was held in 1990, and this year the Movement Disorder Society held its 11th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Istanbul (Turkey). | | Read more... |
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