Eighteen medical communication companies (MCCs) received about $100 million from 13 pharmaceutical and one device company that released data in 2010, and all or most of the 18 MCCs were for profit, conducted continuing medical education ...
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Fewer people should take medicine to control their high blood pressure, a new set of guidelines recommends. Adults aged 60 or older should only take blood pressure medication if their blood pressure exceeds 150/90, which sets a higher bar ...
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Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of faulty breast implant maker Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) has been sentenced to four years in jail after a French court found him guilty of fraud-the maximum sentence for that charge. Mas was also fined ...
Foundation Medicine, a molecular information company, has announced the launch of its second clinical product, FoundationOne Heme, a fully informative genomic profile for hematologic cancers (leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma), as well as many ...
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has fully validated and granted accelerated assessment to Boehringer Ingelheim's application for European marketing authorization of faldaprevir, a potent second generation oral protease inhibitor. ...
Aerocrine, a medical products company, has announced that Japanese health authorities have approved the use of its FeNO-measuring device NIOX MINO as a tool for assessing patients with airway inflammation such as asthma. On 19 November ...
Medtronic is touting a potential advance in the cardiovascular space: a recent study that shows some of the smarter algorithms it is using in its pacemakers actually slow the development of atrial fibrillation. The MINERVA study, ...
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US-based Integra LifeSciences has announced the launch of Licox brain tissue oxygen monitoring system, which continually monitors brain oxygen partial pressure (PtO2) in patients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury or cerebral ...
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Foundation Medicine, molecular information company, has announced that results from a 24-month, multi-institution collaboration demonstrating the analytic validation of its cancer genomic profiling assay, FoundationOne, were published in ...
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Epsilon Imaging, a provider of workflow enhancing solutions for cardiology, has introduced EchoInsight visualization and analysis platform, a new application for right ventricle (RV) assessment. The EchoInsight visualization and analysis ...
Given Imaging, a manufacturer of gastrointestinal medical devices, has obtained an approval from the Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) for its third-generation PillCam SB 3 system, which can detect small bowel ...
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Genetic Technologies has received its clinical laboratory permit from the New York State Department of Health (DoH). Genetic Technologies received a positive Laboratory Evaluation Report with "No significant deficiencies" following an ...
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Our recent recommendation that you might want to skip the new weight-loss drug Belviq has generated a lot of buzz. To follow up, we commissioned two Dartmouth professors to look at the evidence and prepare a Drug Facts box for Belviq, ...
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Mendor, a Finland-based diabetes technology firm, has received CE Mark clearance for its diabetes management cloud-based platform, Mendor Balance. Delivering benefits to patients, health care professionals, payers and the pharma industry, ...
Cancer Genetics' wholly-owned subsidiary, Cancer Genetics Italia (CGI Italia) has entered into an agreement with Nikon Instruments for the distribution of oncology-focused DNA Probes proposed for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in ...