Archive for January, 2010
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
An interministerial working group headed by Federal Health Minister Philipp Rösler is to draw up suggestions for health reform by the second half of 2010, states BVMed’s latest newsletter. The German medical technology industry association writes that according to experts’ opinion, the foundation of the reform should be a separation ...
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Bearing a promise to deliver “an elite level of engineering, manufacturing and customer service” to fluid handling applications in the life sciences, Gems Sensors & Controls announced the formation of the Gems Medical Sciences operating group at Lab Automation 2010.
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Swiss precision plastics technology company, forteq will showcase its custom moulding and development services at this year's Pharmapack/BIOMEDevice, which takes place next week at the Grande Halle de la Villete in Paris. The brand new BIOMEDevice event, which is co-located with Pharmapack, focuses on combination products. "This will be our second year at ...
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Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Research into terahertz technology at the University of Leeds has received a €2.5 million European grant, the university announced on 20 January. The Advanced Investigator Grant from the European Research Council is in recognition of the outstanding work conducted by Professor of Terahertz Electronics, Edmund Linfield. It is one of ...
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Exhibiting for the first time at Pharmapack in Paris next month, chemicals company and materials supplier Borealis will prominently feature its Bormed LE6609-PH formulation, which withstands steam sterilisation at temperatures greater than 110°C.
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
From the Wire: Dr Jeffrey Shuren has been appointed permanent Director of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). He previously served as Acting Center Director after the resignation of Dan Schulz in August 2009. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg appointed Shuren to the job on a permanent basis on ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
From the Wire: Using nanoparticle technology, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University have designed new particles that can cling to damaged artery walls and slowly release medicine, opening a front in the war against cardiovascular disease.
Called “nanoburrs,” the particles are coated with tiny protein fragments ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
[caption id="attachment_11760" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Chemical engineering graduate student Byung Hwan Chu displays a new sensor that could enable diabetics to measure glucose levels in their breath, replacing the finger prick method in wide use today. Image courtesy of University of Florida."][/caption]
A tiny new sensor could provide inexpensive diagnosis and treatment ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Here's some uplifting news amid the tragedy that is Haiti. According to a story filed by MSNBC and picked up by Wired, a US filmmaker who was buried under a pile of rubble owes his life to an iPhone app.
Dan Woolley was shooting a documentary about the impact of poverty ...
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_11729" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Samuel I. Stupp, director of Northwestern’s Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine (left), and Olle Larkö, dean of the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg sign an education and research exchange agreement at a ceremony in Gothenburg."][/caption]
The University of Gothenburg and Northwestern University have signed an ...
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
A fast, cheap and straightforward method to detect and identify pathogens (bacteria or fungi) present at even exceedingly low copy numbers in blood or tissue samples has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford, UK. They expect the technology to enable correct diagnosis and same-day initiation of treatment ...
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Following similar meetings in Paris and Rome, the International Medical Device Industry Compliance Conference moves to Berlin in 2010. The three-day event, which begins on 3 May, will include a focused discussion of current global compliance issues confronting the medical device and diagnostics industry.
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