Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on April 3, 2015 Robert Cascella was previously CEO of Hologic. He joins Philips as the Dutch multinational increasingly focuses on what it calls HealthTech. Robert Cascella, who ...
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Hologic Inc. (Bedford, MA), a diagnostic and medical imaging equipment specialist, is defending itself against a hostile takeover from activist investor Carl Icahn, who know owns a 12.63% stake in the firm. Icahn recently announced his ...
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Hologic, a manufacturer of diagnostic and medical imaging systems, has obtained Health Canada approval for its Aptima HPV assay for use on the company's fully automated Panther system. Aptima HPV assay has been designed to detect ...
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Hologic, a manufacturer of diagnostic products, medical imaging systems and surgical products, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Aptima HPV 16 18/45 genotype assay for use on the company's fully ...
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Hologic has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its Single Energy (SE) femur exam, designed to visualize features associated with AFFs quickly and conveniently at the time of osteoporosis assessment. The quick ...
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Hologic's Aptima HPV assay has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use on its fully-automated Panther system, enabling laboratories to run multiple tests from a single specimen. A nucleic acid amplified ...
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Hologic, a developer of medical imaging systems and surgical products, has received approval for its Aptima HPV assay for use on its fully-automated Panther system from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The assay is a nucleic ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of diagnostics provider Hologic's new C-View 2D imaging software. C-View 2D images can now be used in place of the conventional 2D exposure previously required as part of a ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the use of Hologic's amplified nucleic acid assay on the company's fully-automated Panther system. Using endocervical or vaginal swabs and specimens, collected in Hologic's ThinPrep ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared VuCOMP's premarket approval (PMA) application for new version of M-Vu computer-aided detection (CAD) system. The new CAD system, M-Vu version 2, is designed for use in digital ...
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Hologic, a developer of diagnostic, medical imaging and surgical products, has purchased Gen-Probe for a total net purchase price of $3.8bn. Under the acquisition, Gen-Probe will now be integrated into Hologic as a subsidiary. Following ...
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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust' s research has revealed that the early births can be measured using a simple cervical swab. The swab will quantitatively measure the fetal fibronectin (fFN), a protein, which will help ...