Archive for October, 2012
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Kyoto University researchers have discovered that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) combined with a near-infrared (NIR) light irradiation technique generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) and kill cancer cells. CNTs have unique properties that can be exploited for diagnostics, thermal ablation and drug delivery.
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Heraeus Medical Components has announced the opening of its Medical Materials Development and Production Center in Singapore to support expansion of its regional R&D activities and production of materials and components. The company is following its customers in the cardiac rhythm management space, many of whom are relocating production to Southeast Asia, ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2012
Guest post from James Knott, Deal Executive, Catalyst Corporate Finance:
The mid-noughties saw a string of UK-headquartered multinationals exit the country in search of more profit-friendly territories.
This shift, which included a number of medical device companies, did not go unnoticed by the UK government, not least because large chunks of corporation ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2012
An undercover investigation by the British Medical Journal and The Telegraph exposed loopholes in the regulatory system for medical devices. The investigation detailed how Notified Bodies were willing to offer provisional approval or licensing for a hip implant product modelled after a MoM device banned in United Kingdom.
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Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Rapid prototyping is an essential component in the development and rollout of complex products. Therefore the Institute of Technical Education (ITE, Singapore), Hakko as a specialist for soldering technology and the Rapid PCB Prototyping division of LPKF Laser & Electronics signed an agreement to collaborate in training developers of printed ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Scientists at French research institute CNRS have assembled thousands of nano-scale machines that are capable of producing coordinated movement similar to human muscles. Led by Professor Nicolas Giuseppone of the University of Strasbourg, the research validates a biomimetic theory that has, until now, remained at the conceptual stage, according to ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
German innovation and technology association VDI/VDE-IT recently announced a collaboration with key European nanomedicine playersfunded by the European Commission. The partnership aims at identifying key areas for nanomedicine research and at establishing novel concepts for translation of nanomedical innovations into clinical practice. The project called NANOMED2020 started on 1 September 2012 ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2012
EU's health commissioner John Dalli resigned last week as a result of a fraud report. A businessman used his connections to Dalli to try to bribe tobacco company Swedish Match. The businessman asked for €60 million in return for influence over EU's tobacco legislation, Swedish Match said on Friday. The ...
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Friday, October 19th, 2012
At the international trade fair for plastics processing Fakuma in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Treffert debuted a laser system with a freely programmable six-axis robot for plastic marking and welding applications. The materials supplier develops masterbatches compatible with the laser-based welding and marking process. The company will hold live demonstrations through tomorrow, showing ...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2012
The European Union has released new information into fraud allegations related to former European Health Commissioner John Dalli, who resigned this week after the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) completed an investigation into the case. Tobacco producer Swedish Match filed a complaint in May 2012, saying that a Maltese businessman tried ...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2012
The current row over the single EU patent will further delay an idea whose time came several years ago. But you shouldn't let the stalemate in Brussels stop you from attending an English-language session on what medtech innovators need to know about patents at the Medica Tech Forum on November ...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2012
[caption id="attachment_29199" align="alignleft" width="300"] From left to right: Rob Bassil, Martin Dunne, Robert Woolston and Nick Mival.[/caption]
Product design bureau DCA Design International (Warwick, UK) has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of its achievements in international trade. Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire Martin Dunne, the official representative for the Queen ...
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