Mark in Biological Technology

Unisense FertiliTech A/S Receives CE Mark of Approval for EmbryoScope(TM) Embryo Monitoring System

AARUHS, Denmark, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisense FertiliTech A/S ( http://www.fertilitech.com ) announces that the EmbryoScope(TM) Embryo Monitoring System and EmbryoSlide(TM) tray have received CE approval as class IIa medical devices for use in IVF. Unisense Fertilitech A/S also received the...

Nanopoint Applies CE Mark to Its cellTRAY(R) Imaging and Microfluidics Systems

HONOLULU, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanopoint Inc., an award-winning developer of Microfluidics and Live Cell Imaging products, today announced that effective immediately its cellTRAY Imaging System and cellTRAY Fluidics System are available to the European marketplace. Nanopoint's cellTRAY Imaging ...

STAAR Surgical Receives CE Mark Approval for KS-X Preloaded Hydrophobic Acrylic Lens Injector System

MONROVIA, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STAAR Surgical Company (Nasdaq: STAA ), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products, today announced that it has received CE Mark approval for its KS-X Preloaded Hydrophobic Acrylic Injector for use i...

EarlySense's EverOn(TM) System Receives FDA Clearance and CE Mark Certification

RAMAT GAN, Israel, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- EarlySense announced today that its EverOn contact-free patient supervision system has been cleared for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and has received a CE Mark certification from KEMA, a Dutch notified body, in accordance with the...

Amedica Receives CE Mark for Valeo(TM) Ceramic Spinal Implant System Incorporating CSC Technology

SALT LAKE CITY, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Amedica Corporation, an orthopedic implants company focused on silicon nitride ceramic technologies, announced today that it has received a CE (Conformite Europeene) mark for initial rollout of their spinal intervertebral spacers using novel CSC (cancellous-st...

Mpex Pharmaceuticals Names Mark Wiggins Chief Business Officer

- Wiggins Joins from Biogen Idec - SAN DIEGO, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Mpex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Mark Wiggins has joined the company as Chief Business Officer. Mr. Wiggins comes to Mpex from Biogen Idec, Inc. where he most recently served as Executive Vice President of ...

Immunotherapy-Based Provisional Patents Mark Significant Discovery

Quantum Immunologics announces the filing of two important provisional patent applications TAMPA, Fla., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Immunologics, Inc. (QI), a Florida-based company specializing in cancer immunotherapy, has recently filed two provisional patent applications relating to th...

SD Canada Announces CE Mark for ThyroChek(R) Adult and NeoNatal Tests

Rapidly growing thyroid test market expands to EU, LATAM and Africa SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Screening Devices Canada, Inc. announces the immediate availability of ThyroChek, the rapid test for elevated TSH, the first clinical indicator of hypothyroidism to countrie...

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Hires Mark Evashenk as Vice President of Clinical Operations

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today it has hired Mark Evashenk as Vice President, Clinical Operations. In this new position, Mr. Evashenk will assist in defining developmental strategy, guiding clinical protocol design and study conduct, and ...

Victhom Human Bionics Receives CE Mark for the Neurostep(TM) System, the World's First Fully Implantable Closed-Loop Neuromodulation Therapy for Treatment of Foot Drop

QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Victhom Human Bionics Inc., "Victhom" (TSX:VHB), announced today that its Neurobionix division has obtained CE Mark approval for its Neurostep(TM) System, the first ever approval for a closed-loop system (CLS) used on peripheral nerves. CE Mark represen...

Tissue Genesis Applies CE Mark to Its Adult Stem Cell Isolation System

HONOLULU, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Tissue Genesis, Inc., an innovator of advanced tissue engineering and cell therapy solutions, today announced that effective immediately, the Tissue Genesis Cell Isolation System will be available to the European marketplace. The Tissue Genesis Cell Isolat...

Sound Surgical Technologies Welcomes Dr. Mark Schafer as New Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Research & Development

LOUISVILLE, Colo., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Sound Surgical Technologies LLC, creator of the VASER(R) Lipo System, has recruited internationally renowned ultrasonic scientist Mark Schafer, Ph.D. as the company's new Chief Technology Officer and VP of Research and Development. "Dr. Schafer is a ...

ITGI Medical Received a CE Mark for its Second Pericardium Covered Stent - AneuGraft(R) - for Tortuous Vessels

OR AKIVA, Israel, September 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ITGI Medical, Ltd. (TASE: ITGI) a company engaged with research, development, manufacturing and marketing of heterologous tissue covered stents, announced that its second heterologous tissue covered stent - AneuGraft(R) received CE Mark ...

Angiotech receives CE Mark approval of HemoStream(TM) Chronic Dialysis Catheter

VANCOUVER, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANPI , TSX: ANP), a global specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company, today announced that it has received CE Mark approval to begin marketing the HemoStream(TM) Chronic Dialysis Catheter in Europe....

Tengion Appoints Mark Stejbach Vice President of Marketing & Commercial Planning

EAST NORRITON, Pa., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Tengion Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of neo-organs and neo-tissues, today announced that it has appointed Mark Stejbach as Vice President, Marketing and Commercial Planning. Mr. Stejbach brings more than twe...

The TPAA Names Mark Oelschlager President

ATLANTA, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Third Party Administrators Alliance (TPAA) announced today the appointment of Mark Oelschlager as its president. The TPAA is the nation's first alliance of third party administrators and provides lead generation programs, marketing tools and technical exper...

PAREXEL Promotes Dr. Mark A. Goldberg to Chief Operating Officer

BOSTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL ), a leading global biopharmaceutical services organization, announced today that it has promoted Mark A. Goldberg, M.D., to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dr. Goldberg previously served as President of ...

Samarion CEO Mark Rodgers Named CAST Commissioner

Rodgers Will Help Lead Charge for Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) to Expedite Emerging Technologies Transforming the Aging Experience WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Samarion CEO Mark Rodgers was recently named commissioner to the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST...

Cardium Announces InnerCool's New RapidBlue(TM) System Obtains CE Mark for Commercial Sale in Europe and UL certification

SAN DIEGO, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardium Therapeutics (Amex: CXM ) and its operating unit InnerCool Therapies, Inc., announced today that InnerCool's RapidBlue(TM) endovascular temperature modulation system conforms to the European Union CE Mark requirements for use in inducing, m...

ThermoGenesis Announces Receipt of CE Mark for MarrowXpress(TM)

Approval Allows Company to Begin Commercial Sales of Device in Europe RANCHO CORDOA, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ThermoGenesis Corp. (Nasdaq: KOOL ), a leading supplier of innovative products and services that process and store adult stem cells, today announced TUV has issued a...

Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Announces Addition of Mark T. Giles to its Board of Directors

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC, a clinical-stage drug-development company commercializing new drugs for the treatment of life-threatening unmet medical needs, today announced the addition of Mark T. Giles to its Board of Directors. (Photo: http:/...

Dilon Technologies Receives CE Mark for Medical Imaging System

Gamma Camera sales to be launched in Europe NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Dilon Technologies announced today that it has received CE Mark (Conformite Europeenne) approval for the commercial sale of the Dilon 6800 Gamma Camera in European Union member countries. The Dil...

BioMed Realty Trust Announces Retirement of Mark Riedy From Its Board of Directors

SAN DIEGO, April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR ) today announced that Mark Riedy will retire from its board of directors concurrently with the company's annual meeting of stockholders, scheduled for May 21, 2008. Dr. Riedy, the Ernest W. Hahn Professor of...

ES Vascular Receives CE Mark for its First Aortic Stapler for End-to-End Anastomosis Between Synthetic Grafts and Aorta During Open Repair of Aortic Aneurysmal and Occlusive Disease

HAIFA, Israel, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- ES Vascular Ltd. announced today that it has received a CE Mark approval for its Open Aortic Stapler (OAS) system for mechanical suturing technology of aortic synthetic grafts during open repair of AAA and other aortic reconstructions, enabling commercia...

Kingfisher Healthcare Receives European CE Mark for Next Generation Wound Healing Device

Innovative Device Utilizes Revolutionary Electrotherapy to Improve Healing of Chronic Wounds ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Kingfisher Americas, a healthcare company focused on improving patient quality of life, today announced that its parent compan...

Dr. Mark Nestor Presents on Pyratine-6(TM) at the South Beach Symposium

NAPA, Calif., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Senetek PLC (OTC Bulletin Board: SNKTY), a Life Sciences company engaged in the development of technologies that target the science of healthy aging, today announced that Dr. Mark Nestor presented on Pyratine-6(TM) at the 6th Annual South Beach S...

FCP Welcomes Mark Scherling

PHOENIX, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- First Choice Professionals, LLC., today announced the addition of Mark Scherling to its expanding Applications Services business unit. Mark will join FCP as Program Management Office and Siemens Practice Director. Mark brings thirteen years of Healthcare IT t...

AGA Medical Corporation Receives European CE Mark Approval for the AMPLATZER(R) Duct Occluder II

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- AGA Medical Corporation ("AGA") announced today it received European CE Mark approval for the AMPLATZER(R) Duct Occluder II ("ADO II"). AGA also announced the immediate availability and launch of the device in Europe. The ADO II expands the AGA family of oc...

Tryton Medical Receives CE Mark Approval for its Side-Branch Stent

Tryton's revolutionary Side Branch Stent obtains CE Mark approval based on unprecedented results in the Tryton 1 (First-in-Man Study) with No Side-Branch Restenosis in 30 patients. NEWTON, Mass., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Tryton Medical, Inc., the leading developer of stents desi...

Biosensors Receives CE Mark Approval for Its BioMatrix(R) Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent System

SINGAPORE, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- International Group, Ltd. (Bloomberg: BIG SP, Company or Biosensors), today announced that the Company has received Conformite Europeenne (CE) Mark approval for its BioMatrix(R) drug-eluting stent system, enabling commercialization of this product in the Euro...

Genzyme Receives European CE Mark for Single-Treatment Synvisc-One(TM)

Only Product of its Kind in Europe to Offer up to Six Months of Pain Relief in OA Knee Pain CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ ) announced today that it has been granted European approval through a CE mark for Synvisc-One(T...

Biomerica Introduces a New 15 Minute Home Test for Allergies to Cats and Receives CE Mark Approval for Home Use

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Biomerica, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BMRA) has introduced a new 15 minute home test for allergies to cats and announced that it received CE mark approval to market and sell the product directly to consumers through drug stores in the Eur...

Dendreon Promotes Dr. Mark Frohlich to Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer

SEATTLE, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN) today announced that the Company has promoted Mark Frohlich, M.D. to the position of senior vice president of clinical affairs and chief medical officer. Dr. Frohlich, a urologic oncologist with over a decade of onco...

Diamics Receives European CE Mark Approval for Its Pap-Map(TM) System for Cervical Cancer Screening

NOVATO, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Diamics announced today that it has received the European CE Mark (Conformite Europeene) approval for its Pap-Map(TM) System for cervical cancer screening. The CE Mark certifies that the product has met EU health, safety and environmental requirements th...

Angiotech Receives CE Mark Approval of Quill(TM) SRS MONODERM(TM), a New Rapidly Resorbing Suture Product Line

VANCOUVER, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANPI , TSX: ANP), a global specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company, today announced that it has received CE Mark approval to begin marketing the Quill(TM) Self-Retaining System (SRS) MONODERM(TM) ...

Basic Scientist Mark Roth Wins MacArthur Fellowship

Cell biologist receives $500,000 'genius award' with 'no strings attached' SEATTLE, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Mark Roth, Ph.D., a cell biologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, is among 24 recipients of this year's MacArthur Fellowships, a "genius" award given annually by the John D. ...

Millennium Biotechnologies Group, Inc. (MBTG.OB) Announces Appointment of Mark C. Mirken as its President and Chief Operating Officer

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Millennium Biotechnologies Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MBTG) announced today that Mark C. Mirken has been elected President and Chief Operating Officer of Millennium and its subsidiary Millennium Biotechnologies, Inc. Mr. Mirken brin...

Cardica Receives European CE Mark for C-Port Flex A System for Use in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Flex A System Facilitates Minimally Invasive and Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDC ) today announced that it has received European CE Mark (Conformite Europeenne) approval...

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Announces CE Mark Approval and Compliance with the IEC 61010-1 Standard for a Second PCT-based Instrument, the Barocycler NEP2320

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO ) today announced that it has received approval to CE Mark the Barocycler NEP2320, a patent-pending, lightweight, compressed air driven pressure cycling technology (PCT) instrument. The Company...

AGA Medical Corporation Receives FDA and CE Mark Approvals for the AMPLATZER Vascular Plug II

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- AGA Medical Corporation ("AGA") announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European CE Mark approvals for the AMPLATZER Vascular Plug II ("vascular plug II"). The AMPLATZER Vascular Plug II expands the AGA family of oc...