Parallel in Medical News

Orochem Technologies Acquires Oligonet, a Custom Oligo Synthesis Business

... Preparation tools that span liquid handling, parallel synthesis, parallel purification, and parallel processing. For further information visit ...

Transatlantic Regulatory Integration of Drug Approval Process Vital for the Global Pharmaceutical Industry, Notes Frost & Sullivan

... centralised procedure, price controls, and parallel trading. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's ... U.S. drug approval processes, price controls and parallel trading, biosimilars approval, and bi-lateral and ... varying price controls across member states, and parallel trading hinder the growth of the pharmaceutical ...

Helix BioPharma Reports on 2008 Annual General Meeting and Provides Corporate Update

... In addition, Helix is considering conducting a parallel confirmatory Phase I program in Europe, and is ... filings to seek approval to conduct two parallel confirmatory pivotal efficacy trials for this ... authorities. Helix projects that its parallel confirmatory efficacy trials for Topical ...

Frutarom Continues to Implement its Rapid Growth Strategy

... - Gross margin - 37.7% compared to 36% in parallel quarter - Operating margin - 12.5% compared to 9.5% in parallel quarter - EBITDA margin - 16.6% compared to 13.1% in parallel quarter - Cash flow from current activities ...

Pfizer Partners with REvolution Computing to Improve Medicine Production Pipeline

... parallel caret 'R' Software Provides Faster Analysis of ... partnership with Pfizer on the use of caretNWS, a parallel version of caret implemented using ... . The research showed that the parallel caret (caretNWS) software scales well on ...

Parallel Software Announces Integrated Credit Card Processing for MacPractice MD, DDS, DC and 20/20

... cost." John McMahon, President and CEO of parallel Software stated that "when he saw the ease of use ... and dentists. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska. parallel Software has been providing Macintosh integrated solutions since 1992. (C) 2001-2008 parallel Staffing Group, Inc. / All Rights Reserved. (C) ...

Uncover Best Measures for Ensuring Brand Safety in the Pharma Industry

... research, "Ensuring Brand & Health Safety from parallel Importation and Counterfeits," at ... the introduction of counterfeit drugs and illegal parallel imports into the U.S. drug distribution ... of drugs "Ensuring Brand & Health Safety from parallel Importation and Counterfeits" reflects the type ...

Virginia Bioinformatics Institute to develop petascale computer modeling capabilities

... in the years ahead. These improvements will make it possible to look in parallel at multiple diffusions and behaviors as they evolve and influence ... networks. The scaling will be achieved by developing innovative parallel algorithms as well as their implementations that will allow researchers to ...

Analysis of drug-eluting stents data demonstrates safety, efficacy in on-and-off-label use

... University Medical Center. Drs. Kirtane and Stone conducted two parallel meta-analyses examining DES vs. BMS use in both randomized, controlled ... presented at major cardiovascular meetings. "The findings from these parallel studies are striking," said Dr. Stone. The meta-analysis of 22 ...

Microlife WatchBP Invites Medical Professionals for a 'New way through together' at ESH Meeting

... Auditorium Device is related to ABP Measured parallel Oral by a Conventional ABP Monitoring ... Blue Hall Predictive of Ambulatory Blood parallel Oral Pressure than is Office Blood ...

Pitt, Berkeley researchers reconstruct seashells to model nervous system function

... and inhibitory activity: stripes perpendicular to the growing edge, bands parallel to the growing edge, and more complex "traveling wave" patterns such as ... that the same pattern is repeated day after day, yielding a stripe. Bands parallel to the growing edge form when pigment secreted on one day inhibit ...

New technique enables faster genetic diagnosis for hereditary diseases

... two powerful existing techniques − multiplex PCR and massive parallel sequencing − making it possible to screen all of a person's relevant hereditary matter at one time. Use of this parallel technology offers an affordable solution for molecular diagnostics of a ...

SCOLR Pharma, Inc. Announces Positive Top-Line Results From Pivotal Clinical Trial Evaluating Efficacy of Extended-Release Ibuprofen

... study medication. This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel group study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of multiple ... in the United States. The randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel group study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of multiple ...

Fish Oil Supplements Help With Heart Failure

... Study found a small but significant reduction in deaths; parallel study on cholesterol-lowering statin found no beneficial effect. ... But a cholesterol-lowering statin drug had no beneficial effect in a parallel heart failure trial. "This confirms what we've been seeing for a couple ...

ChemBridge Research Laboratories, Inc. (CRL) has Established an Industry Record and Benchmark in Hit-to-Lead Libraries Turn-around Time

... on-the-fly building block validation and protocol adjustment; one to three parallel synthesis steps across a very broad reaction range; high-throughput HPLC ... (the majority of whom are PhD's) also allow for rapid development of new parallel synthetic protocols and multi-step synthesis of intermediates and ...

Largest ever analysis of DES data demonstrates safety, efficacy in on-and-off-label use

... NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Drs. Kirtane and Stone conducted two parallel meta-analyses examining DES vs. BMS use in both randomized, controlled ... unpublished studies presented in the last year. The findings from these parallel studies are striking, said Dr. Stone. The meta-analysis of 22 ...

Drosophila drug screen for fragile X syndrome finds promising compounds and potential drug targets

... fruit flies have abnormalities in brain architecture and behavior that parallel abnormalities in the human form of fragile X syndrome. When ... The screening also identified other neural pathways that may have a parallel role in fragile X syndrome and could be targets for drug therapy. "Our ...

Scientists from Europe, Israel and the US develop robotic rats to aid in rescue missions

... research also suggest that the signals travel from the whiskers through parallel pathways that function within parallel closed feedback loops, constantly monitoring the signals they receive and ...

AspireHR Completes Phase 1 SAP HR Initiative for Shire Pharmaceuticals

... Chu, Project Oversight and partner at AspireHR, said, “Within a very short time span, we completed 7 rounds of conversion tests, 3 rounds of parallel tests, and 97 business scenario tests that yielded zero errors, making the information look as if it had always been in the SAP HR system.” ...

Compirion and Anderson Surgery Center Reduce OR Inefficiencies and Improve Finances

... off primary care. Postponement of primary care was creating an upsurge of more critical cases in need of surgery. Cases were now running longer and parallel staff was made available. A new metric was added: Severity of Cases. After six months of mentoring, piloting and implementing, the following ...

FDA Approves Sculptra(R)Aesthetic, a Facial Injectable for Correction of Nasolabial Folds and Other Facial Wrinkles

... for a natural correction." The FDA approval of Sculptra(R)Aesthetic is based on results from a randomized, comparative, evaluator-blinded, parallel group, multi-center study of 233 patients. Patients received Sculptra(R)Aesthetic or an approved human derived collagen for the treatment of their ...

Therapy should extend beyond childhood

... for the diagnosis and therapy of children with this rare metabolic disease were compiled by an international guideline group headed by Dr. Klker. parallel to this, the same working group carried out translational studies to examine new therapy approaches in a mouse model. ...

Itanium Solutions Alliance Selects Sweden's Kiwok as the 2009 Innovation Awards Winner for Humanitarian Impact

... the largest with more than 500 million unknowns, for improvement of design in industry. CESGA relied on Itanium-based HP Integrity servers with 1,024 parallel processors and 6TB of memory in attaining the first-of-its-kind solution. University of Warwick in the United Kingdom greatly improved the ...

Nurses Working More in Down Economy

... Faller continued: "However, based on our survey, we expect the vacancy rate to inch back up as nurses trim their hours or leave work altogether in parallel with economic recovery." About AMN Healthcare AMN Healthcare Services, Inc . is the largest healthcare staffing company in the ...

Young Adults Unaware of Threat of Infectious Disease and the Availability of Preventive Vaccines

... throughout the lifespan of an individual, not just in childhood. Experts say that overall lack of awareness and knowledge among adults runs parallel to lower vaccination levels. According to the latest National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Major NIMH research project to test approaches to altering the course of schizophrenia

... thus significantly speeding the transition between research findings and their use in real-world practice. Two research groups will work in parallel to develop and test potential intervention approaches. One group will be led by John M. Kane, M.D., of The Zucker Hillside Hospital and the ...

Gene Connections Key to Brain Tumor Growth

... in about 45 percent of glioblastoma cases, Bredel said. Oncogenes are genes that drive cancer growth. The amplification seems to happen in parallel with a decrease in function in another gene, ANXA7, located on chromosome 10, the researchers reported. A decrease in the function of ANXA7 shoots ...

Abbott and Oasmia Pharmaceutical Announce Exclusive Distribution Agreement for Paccal(R) Vet, a New Chemotherapeutic Agent for Dogs

... or stops growing completely) was 69.5 percent.(1) The studies also show that the pharmacokinetic and side-effect profiles in dogs are supported by parallel trials in humans. About Oasmia Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB develops second and third generation cancer drugs based on nanotechnology for ...

British Medical Journal Report Supports SCHS White Paper on Statins

... statin use," wrote the study's authors, led by Dr. Jasper Brugts of the Erasmus MC Thoraxcenter in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The BMJ findings parallel those of the June 29 white paper by the SCHS which found that research indicates statin use can not only help patients lower their cholesterol but ...

Aegis Living Was Created To Place People First in Senior and Assisted Living Communities

... Living 4 Life, Aegis is bringing to light an exclusive way to enhance and maximize life, health, and well-being through services and amenities that parallel world-class living. Living 4 Life is a wellness program that combines elements of mind, body, spirit and community to help maintain a long, healthy ...

Provocative New Nonfiction Addresses Spiritual Destiny

... ), R. Dahra Hargaalga Snr., Nigerian author, diviner and medium (Oboiro), engineer, metaphysician, economist and anthropologist, takes these parallel discussions to task, presenting a comprehensive theory about the causes of said cognitive differences and a means of reclaiming control. "Take ...

Is Your Teenager Using Prescription Drugs Behind Your Back? TestCountry Drug Test Panel Numbers Tally with NIDA Fact Sheet Reports on Prescription Drug A

... On the other hand, drugs containing buprenorphine are actually used for treating opioid addiction withdrawal. These trends coincidentally parallel the 2008 results of the annual survey made by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) through its Monitoring the Future (MFT) program. According ...

'Navigaitor' Helps Patients Walk Again

... and up and down inclines. Other rehabilitation devices do not provide this degree of freedom of motion," Dr. Fast said. "Unlike traditional parallel bars and treadmills, the patients' hands are free so it gives them a feeling of independence and confidence and the ability to recover more quickly. ...

SPECT provides high-quality images of small tumors

... tomography (SPECT) scans, said researchers at SNM's 56th Annual Meeting. Collimatorsdevices that filter a stream of rays so that only those traveling parallel to a specified direction are allowed throughare used in SPECT because it is not yet possible to focus radiation with such short wavelengths into an ...

Medizone Announces That Its AsepticSure(TM) Development Program is Reaching Objectives on Two Fronts

... extremely cost effective and adaptable to virtually any situation anywhere, leads me to conclude that AsepticSure will have a global reach." In parallel research recently conducted at BioZone Corporation, Medizone's engineering development partner, it was confirmed the AsepticSure(TM) hospital ...

FluxData, Inc. Introduces New Multispectral Camera with Embedded PC104 Computer

... streaming data to a central control center, or in a more exotic, peer-to-peer configuration where the cameras interact with and que each other, or parallel process each other's data. The optical system is based on the robust and successful FluxData FD-1665. The FD-1665 is a flexible 3-CCD camera ...

Arete Therapeutics Presents Positive Clinical and Preclinical Data for AR9281

... 150 enrolled patients will be treatment-naive for type 2 diabetes medications. The trial is evaluating two schedules of AR9281 and placebo using a parallel design to determine the feasibility of twice-a-day dosing. Each patient receives 28 days of treatment. Endpoints for the trial include safety, ...

VSP's Individual Plan Thrives in a Starving Economy

... and the rising market demand as employers look to cut costs in this difficult financial climate." MetLife also conducted a recent survey and, in parallel with VSP's recent findings, revealed that while 40 percent of employees were highly interested in a wider array of voluntary benefits, only 17 ...

Inspire Medical Systems Completes $17 Million Series B Financing

... of its Inspire II system designed to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Since this announcement, Inspire continued to implant patients into parallel clinical trials being conducted in the United States and in Europe with several implants in each location to date. Synergy Life Science ...

Sangamo BioSciences Presents Positive Phase 2 ZFP Therapeutic Data at ADA 2009

... DN. Subjects entering the SB-509-601 trial with a median ENFD of less than 18 fibers/mm, a value that separates moderate from mild DN, demonstrated parallel improvement between median sensory (sural) NCV (delta 1.0 M/s) and ENFDR at day 210 (delta =2.0 fibers/mm) with a multi-endpoint p value of 0.05. ...