Archive for May, 2010
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
The relative financial well-being of the healthcare industry is leading to a rebirth of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, notably in the European medical imaging market, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan. Drug makers, research labs, equipment manufacturers and healthcare technology companies have been the active acquirers, whereas hospitals, ...
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
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Swiss precision has its rewards. For MTG, a supplier of metal fabrication services to dental and medtech customers based in Brügg, Switzerland, that comes down to 20% year-on-year growth since it was founded in 1998. The company is profiled in ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
The first 100% coloured implantable-grade ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibre has been introduced by Netherlands-based DSM. The blue strand joins the company's Dyneema Purity family of fibres, which it describes as the strongest medical-grade fibres available. Dyneema Purity BLUE can be used to develop a high-strength suture alone or ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
As a response to rapid technological change, knowledge transfer and talent migration, many companies have started to look for new ways to increase the speed and effectiveness of their approaches to innovation. To provide a competitive edge, many are turning to “Open Innovation” (broadly defined as “how a company works ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Vermes Technik, a manufacturer of piezoelectric dispensing valves, has been spun out of the Woellner Group and has been renamed Vermes Microdispensing GmbH. The new stockholders for the company are Essemtec and Promess.
Vermes focuses on fast, accurate micro dispensing valves. The company's MDS 3000 valves series is used by a variety ...
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
A trans-Atlantic partnership between Canada’s National Research Council Institute for Biodiagnostics (NRC-IBD) and Switzerland’s Schmid & Partner Engineering AG (SPEAG) has produced a new software platform for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner design. The platform reportedly seamlessly integrates new tools for radio-frequency (RF) array design and postprocessing. Described as the ...
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
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From the Wire: Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed two new approaches for incorporating antimicrobial properties into microneedles – vanishingly thin needles that hold great promise for ...
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Maintaining precision dispensing when handling fluids that change in viscosity can be challenging. New technologies that provide companies with a means to overcome that challenge were addressed in a webinar sponsored by manufacturer of precision dispensing systems Nordson EFD and hosted by European Medical Device Technology. Dispensing expert Wim Stals, Nordson EFD's ...
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
We know that money can't buy you love. Apparently, it can't buy you innovation, either, according to the Innovation Index released jointly by consultancy Strategos and stock research company wRatings. Even though R&D spending among US pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies increased by 2% in 2009, when virtually every other sector ...
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
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Researchers in France have announced the development of the first functional glucose biofuel cell. Led by Philippe Cinquin, a team of scientists at Joseph Fourier University confined selected enzymes inside graphite discs ...
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
A cleanroom monitoring system developed by Veriteq, a Vaisala Co., provides a continuous record of data that is always available, even during network interruptions. Cleanrooms have traditionally used chart recorders to track conditions but these may not be adequate.
"Unfortunately, chart recorders are vulnerable to mechanical problems and other issues like ...
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
The incidences of counterfeit products that have reached consumers include condoms and dental material for use in fillings. Those found before entering the final stages of the consumer supply chain range from fake glucose test strips for use with insulin to corrective contact lenses, ac-cording to the United Kingdom’s Medicines ...
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