Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has declared that "the NHS cannot be the last man standing as the rest of the economy embraces the technology revolution". Expert predicts government NHS data-sharing plans spell end for patient privacy NHS ...
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BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, is proud to accept its successful award to NHS Supply Chain’s National Microbiology Framework Agreement. NHS Supply Chain provides patient-focussed ...
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Medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) has completed the acquisition of California-based Safety Syringes. The acquisition is expected to expand BD's healthcare worker safety offering as Safety Syringes develops ...
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IDG News Service - Medical technology company Stryker has seen high performance and minimal downtime since selecting a virtualised product from Citrix to speed distribution of updates for its JD Edwards (JDE) ERP platform, according to ...
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Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) December 21, 2012 -- Chuck Gallagher, international Business Ethics expert was the featured keynote speaker at the Medtronic – Culture of Ethics and ...
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Medical technology company Cyberonics has implanted 100,000th patient using its Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) therapy system. Using implanted medical device, the CE-marked VNS therapy system delivers pulsed electrical signals to the vagus ...
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Medical technology company MagForce is planning to raise approximately€33.5m as part of its restructuring plan to safeguard its long-term existence. Under the restructuring plan approved the company's Supervisory Board,MagForce's ...
Antares Pharma has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Otrexup, a combination product to deliver methotrexate methotrexate (MTX) using Medi-Jet technology. Antares Pharma president ...
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Paladin Labs, Somaxon Pharmaceuticals' licensee, has obtained Health Canada approval for Silenor new drug submission. Silenor, a low-dose doxepin oral tablet formulation, is developed to treat insomnia and symptoms such as frequent ...
ProMining Therapeutics and Roche have collaborated for the discovery of small molecule therapeutics against type 2 diabetes mellitus. According to the deal, ProMining will use its CavitIIRx platform in the discovery programme and will ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Quidel's non-instrumented molecular diagnostic assay, designed for the detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile (C difficile) bacterial DNA. The AmpliVue C. ...
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Elekta has gained 510(k) clearance for its Clarity 4D Monitoring software, allowing US medical centers to deploy a new way of minimizing the uncertainty caused by prostate motion during radiation treatment. Clarity 4D Monitoring ...
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Teleflex has completed the acquisition of Hotspur Technologies, a developer of catheter-based technologies, for an up-front payment of $15m. The acquisition will add a new technology to Teleflex's product portfolio, which is designed ...
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Immunomedics has developed two new classes of bispecific antibodies, DOCK-AND-LOCK (DNL) complexes using its patented platform technology that enables site-specific conjugation of two self-assembling modules. The bispecific antibodies ...
Edwards Lifesciences has purchased Dutch-based BMEYE, a developer of non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring technology, for $42m. The non-invasive technology, which can be used in the surgical, intensive care, emergency room and ...