Common infections are associated with a significantly higher chance of stroke in children, but routine vaccinations may help decrease risk, according to preliminary research (abstract 39) presented at the American Stroke Association's ...
Medical technology company Cogstate Limited (ASX:CGS) has today announced its technology will be used in a large paediatric clinical trial in the United States. Under the contract worth approximately US$1.4 million over four years, the ...
Specialist Packaging Technologies will focus on customised pre-made pouches. Target markets include consumer product goods, retail food and beverage, personal care, pet products, and medical applications. The division will be headed up by ...
US-based AliveCor has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to sell its AliveCor heart monitor without prescription, previously available by prescription only. It is claimed to be the only FDA cleared mobile ECG ...
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The federal health law requires the plans to pay out at least 85 percent of their premium dollars on medical expenses,or refund the excess revenue to the government. Modern Healthcare:Medicare Advantage Plans Spent 86.3%Of Revenue On ...
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A simple adjustment to a powerful gene-editing tool may be able to improve its specificity.In a report receiving advance online publication in Nature Biotechnology,Massachusetts General Hospital(MGH)investigators describe how adjusting the ...
In the Sverdlovsk region medical glass production at full capacity will be released in 2018. According to a member of the Ural biofarmklastera, chairman of the board of the holding "Juno" Alexander Petrov, now the plant's management is ...
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Cannon Technologies,the global leader in data centre solutions,is pleased to announce the appointment of Glenn Conlon to the position of for Director of Business Development,Cannon Electronic Packaging. Based out of the UK,Glenn will be ...
Tegra Medical Tegra Medical announces the appointment of Mr.J.Mark King as its new Chief Executive Officer. BOSTON,MA,January 15,2014-Tegra Medical is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.J.Mark King as its new Chief Executive ...
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Hospital equipment maker Hill-Rom(Batesville,IN)plans on cutting approximately 350 workers,or 5%of its global workforce,to save roughly$30 million annually.The restructuring efforts include a downsizing of the firm's European manufacturing ...
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Nuvilex has announced that its subsidiary, Medical Marijuana Sciences, plans to use the proprietary cellulose-based live-cell encapsulation technology known as Cell-in-a-Box to develop treatments for serious and deadly forms of cancer. ...
Physio-Control has announced a merger agreement with Sansio, a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for the emergency medical services (EMS) and home healthcare markets, to expand data solutions portfolio. Through this ...
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Sectra, an international medical imaging IT provider, has obtained the ‘Best in KLAS’ award from the research firm with the same name in the ‘2013 Best in KLAS: Software and Services’ report for its acute care PACS. ...
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Flexible packaging provider SteriPack has announced the launch of two new medical pouches called PeelVent and TearVent. The new pouches have been designed to replace standard chevron peel and linear tear pouches with film to film and ...
Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn,MA,USA says that is has captured high-reliability(hi-rel)and commercial-off-the-shelf(COTS)sockets with several aerospace and defense suppliers such as Cobham,EADS,Herley and ...
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