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CTMM Becomes One of the World's Largest Public-Private Partnerships in Translational Medical Research

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, August 4 /PRNewswire/ -- With today's final approval of a research project into prostate cancer, the Dutch CTMM (Center for Translational Molecular Medicine) today announced the successful completion of 265 million euro funding for translational (bench-to-bedside) m...

Medigus and Tower Semiconductor Announce World's Smallest Medical Video Camera Based on Advanced CMOS Image Sensor

OMER and MIGDAL HA'EMEK, Israel, August 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medigus Ltd. (TASE: MDGS) a leading developer of endoscopic and visualization medical devices, and Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM , TASE: TASE: TSEM), a leading global specialty foundry, today announced successful s...

Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Herald New Agreement To Continue Forty-Plus Year Historic Relationship

New agreement outlines an increased level of commitment to clinical care, research and education NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University today announced a new ten-year agreement to continue t...

S.C. Medical Home Pilot for Diabetes Enrolls 1,110

COLUMBIA, S.C. and NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A patient centered medical home pilot project that could become a model for South Carolina has completed its first quarter with 1,110 patients enrolled. It is also attracting the attention of S.C. physicians no...

Accent on Aesthetics Plastic Surgery Medical Center Selects Artefill to Meet Growing Patient Demand for a Longer Lasting Dermal Filler

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Howard Rosenberg, M.D., a board-certified plastic surgeon and Medical Director at Accent on Aesthetics Plastic Surgery Medical Center, has selected Artefill, the first and only FDA-approved microsphere-enhanced collagen filler for...

Single Port Surgeries Now Performed at University Medical Center at Princeton

Advances Trend Toward Less-Invasive Approaches PRINCETON, N.J., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Advancing the trend toward ever less invasive surgery, University Medical Center at Princeton ( www.princetonhcs.org ) is now performing laparoscopic surgery by way of a single incision through the belly ...

WORLD'S First Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant Performed at Saint Barnabas Medical Center

LIVINGSTON, N.J., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Transplant surgeon, Stuart R. Geffner, M.D., Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Surgery, Saint Barnabas Health Care System Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division, is the first in the world to use the Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci(TM) Surgical System...

Top Medical Research Centers Form Velos Advisory Group for Service-Oriented Architecture

- Objectives Include Interoperability, Collaboration, Clinical Research Advancement - SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, one of the nation's leading centers for cancer care and research, has been instrumental in establishing a Velos A...

CardioVascularCS.Org, a division of EndoVascular Forum, Inc., Partners with Complex Interventional Cardiovascular Therapy (CICT) to Extend Electronic Medical Care Advancement

CardioVascularCS.Org and CICT collaborate by reconstructing cardiovascular clinical experiences presented virtually at the annual CICT conference BOSTON, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The EndoVascular Forum, Inc. (EVF), an IC Sciences Company, and its partner Complex Interventional Cardiovascular T...

Spirus Medical Announces Complete Examinations of the Small Intestine by Physicians Using Endo-Ease(TM)

CHICAGO, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirus Medical, Inc. ( www.spirusmed.com ), a leading developer of diagnostic and therapeutic advancement systems for gastroenterology, urology and gynecology, announced that physicians using its Endo-Ease(TM) line of devices have performed complete examinations o...

Aethlon Medical to Present at the 2009 RedChip Small-Cap Investor Conference on June 16, 2009

SAN DIEGO, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AEMD) announced today that the Chairman and CEO, James A. Joyce, will present at the 2009 RedChip Small-Cap Investor Conference and Health Information Technology Summit being held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. M...

Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute and Inverness Medical Innovations to Develop Commercial Test to Detect Early Alzheimer's Disease

MORGANTOWN, W.Va., May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) and Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (Inverness, NYSE: IMA ) of Waltham, Massachusetts, a global leader in rapid diagnostics and health management, announced today that they will work...

Theranostics Health Announces Involvement with Major Academic Medical Center in Study Funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R)

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Theranostics Health, Inc. (TH) is pleased to announce its involvement in a five-year clinical research study funded by the Susan G. Komen Foundation. TH's collaborator, Duke University , was the recipient of a Promise Grant, part of over $25 million of inve...

New Phase 3 Study of Tapentadol Immediate Release Tablets Published in Current Medical Research and Opinion Journal

Data Confirm Tapentadol Efficacy and Tolerability for Acute Pain Patients RARITAN, N.J., May 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It is estimated that up to 30 percent of all people who have surgery experience gastrointestinal side effects, such as nausea and vomiting. The use of opioid pain medicin...

U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Proposed 'RESUS' Clinical Trial in Trauma Patients Remains on FDA Hold

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Biopure Corporation (Nasdaq: BPUR ) announced today that the Food and Drug Administration has advised the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) by letter that it may not initiate a clinical trial of Biopure's oxygen therapeutic Hemopur...

Creighton Medical Laboratories First to Offer New Cancer Test

OMAHA, Neb., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Creighton Medical Laboratories, based at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, announced today that it has become the first clinical laboratory worldwide to offer a new and more effective testing method for cancer. The method, called SNP arra...

PLC Medical Systems to Demonstrate RenalGuard(R) at EuroPCR 2009

Live Case Demonstrating RenalGuard To Be Presented FRANKLIN, Mass., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PLC Systems Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLCSF), a company focused on innovative cardiac and vascular medical device-based technologies, today announced that it will demonstrate its RenalGuard Sy...

Perceptive Informatics Introduces Medical Imaging Methodology to Accelerate Development Decisions About Alzheimer's Treatments

BOSTON, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perceptive Informatics, the industry's leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL ), today announced that it has developed a robust medical imaging methodology for Central Nervous System (CNS...

Tufts Medical Center Researchers Create a New Predictive Model for Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

BOSTON, April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at Tufts Medical Center have created a formula for predicting how likely it is that individuals with certain genetic profiles and lifestyle behaviors will develop advanced Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), a potentially blinding conditi...

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Appoints Dr. Patrice P. Rioux as Chief Medical Officer

NOVATO, Calif., April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. ("Raptor" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: RPTP) today announced the appointment of Patrice P. Rioux, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Medical Officer ("CMO"). Dr. Rioux will be responsible for the clinical and regulatory a...

PEAK Surgical Announces Completion of First PRECISE Clinical Study, Receipt of Medical Design Excellence Award for PEAK(R) Surgery System and Achievement of Over 1,000 Surgeries Using PEAK PlasmaBlade(TM)

- Company Reports Significant Uptake of PlasmaBlade by U.S. Surgeons Since Product Launch - PALO ALTO, Calif., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- PEAK Surgical, Inc., a medical device company that has developed a new tissue dissection system based on a proprietary technology, announced today several mil...

Torax Medical Launches Pivotal Clinical Study of New Acid Reflux Treatment

ST. PAUL, Minn., April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Torax Medical Inc., a medical device company focused on the minimally invasive treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has commenced a pivotal clinical trial of its LINX(TM) Reflux Management System. The trial, which is being conducted at 15 le...

B. Braun Medical Inc. to Demonstrate Infusion Systems Technologies at HIMSS 2009 Interoperability Showcase

Integrated Solution's Electronic Health Record Capability Highlighted BETHLEHEM, Pa., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) said its Outlook(R) Safety Infusion System , DoseTrac(TM) Infusion Management Software and DoseLink(TM) Interfaces successfully completed ...

U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Resubmits IND Application for Proposed 'RESUS' Clinical Trial in Trauma Patients in the Out-of-Hospital Setting

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Biopure Corporation (Nasdaq: BPUR ) announced today that the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) has submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a revised investigational new drug (IND) application to conduct a clinical trial of ...

Walter Reed Army Medical Center offers HIFU for Qualifying Men with Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer in a Phase III Clinical Trial

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Walter Reed Army Medical Center is the latest institution to be added to a number of academic centers involved in a clinical trial that is investigating the safety and efficacy of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) using the Sonablate(R) 500 for the ...

Varian Medical Systems to Exhibit Cancer Treatment and X-ray Imaging Technologies at China Med Exhibition

Varian to showcase products ranging from treatment planning software for radiation therapy to flat panel detectors for filmless X-ray imaging BEIJING, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR ) will showcase the full spectrum of the company's cancer treatme...

YM BIOSCIENCES ANNOUNCES NIMOTUZUMAB PRESENTATIONS TO BE MADE AT THE 100TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH AND EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

MISSISSAUGA, ON, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - YM BioSciences Inc. (NYSE Alternext US:YMI, TSX:YM, AIM:YMBA), an oncology company that identifies, develops and commercializes differentiated products for patients worldwide, today reported that its poster entitled, "Binding properties of the ant...

Premier Research Expands its Medical Device Operations to the United States

PHILADELPHIA, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier Research Group Limited, the international clinical services group, is pleased to announce that it has expanded their medical device operations to include full coverage in the United States. Their dedicated medical device group has been offering clinic...

Terumo Heart, Inc. Reports Clinical Progress in the DuraHeart(TM) U.S. Pivotal Trial as NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center Implants First Patient

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Terumo Heart, Inc. today announced that NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Medical Center recently became the second U.S. center, and first in the Northeast, to implant the DuraHeart(TM) Left-Ventricular Assist System as part of the DuraHe...

Dermatologists Caution That Severe Cases of Psoriasis Can Be Associated With Other Serious Medical Conditions

SAN FRANCISCO, March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the surface, the thick, red, scaly, itchy plaques of psoriasis -- which have been shown to have a significant negative impact on a person's overall quality of life -- may not appear to pose a serious health risk for patients. However, a growing ...

Prescient Medical Achieves Milestones in Clinical Studies of vProtect(TM) Luminal Shield

100% Technical Success, No Peri-procedural Complications Reported With Coronary Device DOYLESTOWN, Pa., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Prescient Medical, Inc. reached a crucial milestone in February by completing the enrollment of 30 patients in the first phase of its first-in-human clinical trial f...

Impact Medical Solutions Announces Initiation of Pilot Clinical Trial and Listing on Frankfurt Stock Exchange

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Impact Medical Solutions, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IMSU), a medical technology company, announced today that it has commenced a pilot clinical study of the Company's proprietary information technology platform, Muscle Pattern Recognition...

IlluminOss Medical Announces First Human Case Utilizing a Unique, New, Minimally Invasive Technology for Fracture Repair is Performed at Medical Hospital del Trabajadar in Santiago, Chile

Patient Has Mobility Immediately and Makes Rapid Recovery after Procedure Utilizing IlluminOss(TM) Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- IlluminOss Medical today announced that one of the leading surgeons in Chile, Dr. Sebastian von Unger, has perform...

Transgenomic and Power3 Medical Complete Agreement for Exclusive License of Neurodegenerative Biomarker Test

Targets Diagnosis and Early Detection of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases OMAHA, Neb. and HOUSTON, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TBIO) and Power3 Medical Products, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PWRM) today announced they have finalized a transaction,...

Foreign Medical Devices are in High Demand in Russia

LAHTI, Finland, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The demand for medical devices has been increasing in recent years in Russia. Demand for imported high-tech medical devices is so high because local manufacturers concentrate mainly on inexpensive low-tech products. The medical devices and equipment i...

Oridion Announces Significant Medical Studies Presented at STA

JERUSALEM and NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, February 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oridion Systems Ltd. (SIX Swiss Exchange: ORIDN). During the recent annual meeting of the Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA) San Antonio, Texas, major new findings from numerous medical research projects demonst...

AGA Medical Corporation Launches Web-Based Stroke Education and Awareness Program Featuring Professional Football Player Tedy Bruschi

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- AGA Medical Corporation today launched a web-based stroke education and awareness program featuring Tedy Bruschi, a professional football player who suffered a stroke in February 2005, subsequently recovered and returned to his career. The unique online educati...

Impact Medical Solutions Announces Appointment of New Director and Corporate Update

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Impact Medical Solutions, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IMSU), a medical technology company, announced today that Mr. Mark A. Billings has joined the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Billings is a founding Partner at Atwater Financial Group...

Omeros Receives $3.1 Million Milestone Payment from The Stanley Medical Research Institute for Schizophrenia Program

SEATTLE, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation today announced that it was awarded $3.1 million in a second tranche of equity and grant funding from The Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI) to support late-stage preclinical development of the Company's proprietary product candidates for ...

ProUroCare Medical Inc. Announces Pricing of Equity Offering

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ProUroCare Medical Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PUMD) announces the public offering of 3,050,000 units at $1.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one redeemable warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exe...