Do the Swiss Have the Answer to America's Health Care Dilemma?
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the health care debate heating up in Washington, and with no apparent solution in sight, it has been suggested that America might want to take a page from the Swiss playbook. In a nutshell: Switzerland has a manda...EMH Swiss Medical Publisher Ltd. Selects Editorial Manager for Online Peer Review
NORTH ADOVER, Mass., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- EMH Swiss Medical Publisher Ltd. (Schweizerische Arzteverlag AG) and Aries Systems Corporation are pleased to announce an agreement to deploy Aries' Editorial Manager online peer-review system to journals published by EMH. The project will begin ...Euthanasia To Be Permitted In Swiss Hospital
Terminally ill patients will be assisted to commit suicide on the premises of a hospital in Switzerland, even though the conditions for euthanasia will be very strict. // This has been revealed by the University Hospital at Lausanne’s spokesman. The practice is legal in Switzerland. Until now, h...STAAR Surgical Generates Cash From Operations During Second Quarter
... The Company conducts a significant part of its activities outside the U.S. It receives sales revenue and pays expenses principally in U.S. dollars, swiss francs, Japanese yen and Euros. The exchange rates between dollars and non-U.S. currencies can fluctuate greatly and can have a significant effect on...Wanted: Orange County, California Licensed Pharmacy Technicians
...s Government Solutions Transportation Adecco S.A. is registered in Switzerland (ISIN: CH001213860) and listed on the swiss Stock Exchange with trading on virt-x (SWX/VIRT-X: ADEN) and Euronext Paris - Premier Marche (EURONEXT: ADE). Additional information is available at t...Wanted: Oklahoma City Licensed Pharmacy Technicians
...s Government Solutions Transportation Adecco S.A. is registered in Switzerland (ISIN: CH001213860) and listed on the swiss Stock Exchange with trading on virt-x (SWX/VIRT-X: ADEN) and Euronext Paris - Premier Marche (EURONEXT: ADE). Additional information is available at t...Life Sciences & Health Care Companies Unprepared for Information Security Risks: Deloitte Survey
...oitte.com to arrange an interview with Amry Junaideen. About Deloitte Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a swiss Verein, and its network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and independent entity. Please see www.deloitte.com/about for a detai...Roche Cardiac 200 Offers Rapid Cardiac Diagnostics for the Point of Care
...ystem. In 2008, sales by the Pharmaceuticals Division totalled 36.0 billion swiss francs, and the Diagnostics Division posted sales of 9.7 billion francs. Ro...luding majority ownership interest in Chugai, and invested nearly 9 billion swiss francs in R&D in 2008. Worldwide, the Group employs about 80,000 people...Immucor Appoints Chief Operating Officer
... Crouse's experience includes various leadership roles in both the U.S. and internationally. Prior to joining Millipore, Mr. Crouse worked at Roche, a swiss Exchange-traded leader in the pharmaceuticals and diagnostics industries, where he most recently led market development and government affairs for the...New Jersey Hospital Protects Patient Safety with Advanced Pharmacy Automation Solution
...nd, Swisslog currently employs over 2,000 staff in about 20 countries worldwide. The group's parent company, Swisslog Holding AG, is listed on the SIX swiss Exchange (security number: 1232462, Telekurs: SLOG, Reuters: SLOG.S). For more information, visit www.swisslog.com . Swisslog's Healthcare Soluti...First Swiss Patients Treated with the Percutaneous MitraClip(R) System
Use of the MitraClip(R) System Continues to Expand in the European Union MENLO PARK, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Evalve, Inc., the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today that the first series of patients have been successfully ...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 numer...ProFibrix Steps up Recombinant Fibrinogen Program With PER.C6(R) License From Crucell
... 13 /PRNewswire/ -- ProFibrix B.V., today announced that it has concluded a commercial license agreement with Crucell N.V. (Euronext, NASDAQ: CRXL ; swiss Exchange: CRX) for PER.C6(R), a unique human protein production platform. The PER.C6(R) platform allows ProFibrix to manufacture recombinant human fib...All-in-1 nanoparticle: A Swiss Army knife for nanomedicine
Nanoparticles are being developed to perform a wide range of medical uses imaging tumors, carrying drugs, delivering pulses of heat. Rather than settling for just one of these, researchers at the University of Washington have combined two nanoparticles in one tiny package. The result is the fi...Restoring a natural root signal helps to fight a major corn pest
...for an environmentally friendly growing of maize with minimized use of synthetic insecticides. The project was carried out within the framework of the swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR Plant Survival). ( Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci . USA, Early Edition, August 3, 2009) The Western ...Douglas-fir, geoducks make strange bedfellows in studying climate change
...rofessional journal, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Other authors include Carolyn Copenheaver of Virginia Tech, David Frank of the swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, and Matthew Stuckey and Rose Kormanyos of OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center. Sea surf...Parasitic worms make sex worthwhile
...ite makes sex advantageous for the snail, whose females favor asexual reproduction in the absence of parasites, say Indiana University Bloomington and swiss Federal Institute of Technology biologists in this week's Current Biology . The scientists' report represents direct experimental evidence for the...Study finds role for parasites in evolution of sex
...e sexual and asexual versions. They provide scientists with an opportunity to compare the two versions side-by-side in nature. Jukka Jokela of the swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Mark Dybdahl of the University of Washington and Curtis Lively of Indian University, Bloomington ...The SIB recognizes the next generation of bioinformaticians
... The SIB swiss Institute of Bioinformatics today announced the winners of the 2009 SIB Bes...h high accuracy. SIB 2009 Young Bioinformatician Award was funded by the swiss National Science Foundation **2009 SIB Best Graduate Paper** The win...7th annual [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference 'Molecular Evolution' June 18-19, 2009
... The SIB swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the Biozentrum of the University of Basel's 7th annual [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference "Molecular Evoluti...Swiss Initiative in Systems Biology launches new projects
...face between biomedical research and genomics. The swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) approved six RT...ill engage a total of 47 research groups from both swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH Zurich und E...one of the above-mentioned universities and to the swiss Institute for Bioinformatics. Each of the six app...Simulating pharmaceutical and personal care product transport
... have potential as an environmental risk assessment tool for PPCPs. A group of scientists from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, and Trent University, Canada, evaluated the MACRO model and an...George M. Whitesides receives inaugural Dreyfus prize in the chemical sciences
... he was awarded the National Medal of Science. International recognition includes the Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology, the Paracelsus Prize of the swiss Chemical Society, the UAA-Dhirumbhai Ambani Award of the National Academy of Science in India, and the Prince of Asturias Foundation's Award in Scienc...Jina Ventures Advises Swiss Pharma Contract on Strategic Sale to Covance Inc
NEW YORK, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Jina Ventures is pleased to announce the acquisition of clinical pharmacology and research company, Swiss Pharma Contract (SPC) by leading contract research organization, Covance Inc (NYSE: CVD ). Jina Ventures was the exclusive financial advisor to SP...Software ONE merges with Swiss firm
New Berlin, Wis. - In a move to increase its international presence, Software ONE , a software licensing specialist and Microsoft large account reseller, will merge with the Swiss firm Softwarepipeline, Inc . The merger, which will take effect July 1, will make Software ONE the first licensi...BD and FIND Achieve Milestone in Global Battle Against MDR-TB
...technology company, and FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics), a swiss foundation that develops, evaluates and accelerates the implementation of n... About FIND FIND, based in Geneva, Switzerland, is a not-for-profit swiss foundation whose mission is to drive the development and implementation of ...Roche Announces Back-to-Basics Approach to Diabetes Care - Simpler is Better
...08, Roche had over 80,000 employees worldwide and invested almost 9 billion swiss francs in R & D. The Group posted sales of 45.6 billion swiss francs. Genentech (United States) is a wholly owned member of the Roche Gro...BIO Visitors Bring Viral Preparedness to Atlanta
...ant in Zebulon, about 25 miles east of its RTP headquarters. Meanwhile, a history-making, 430,000-square-foot flu-vaccine plant is being built by swiss drug maker Novartis AG in Holly Springs, about 20 miles southwest of Raleigh. It's the largest biomanufacturing project under construction in th...Morphotek(R), Inc and Lonza Group Ltd Enter Into Manufacturing Services Agreement
...ts to the nutrition, hygiene, preservation, agro and personal care markets. Lonza is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland and is listed on the SWX swiss Exchange. In 2008, Lonza had sales of CHF 2.937 billion. Further information can be found at www.lonza.com . About Morphotek Morphotek(R),...Roche Announces Long-Term Commitment to Tackle Growing Epidemic of Diabetes
...08, Roche had over 80,000 employees worldwide and invested almost 9 billion swiss francs in R & D. The Group posted sales of 45.6 billion swiss francs. Genentech, United States, is a wholly owned member of the Roche Gro...Mouse Tissue Macroarray 1 from Novagen
Description:...zation. Strains: Mouse adult tissues (except eye) are from the strain NIH Swiss. Because of the retinal degeneration ocurring after birth in the NIH swiss background, adult eyes are prepared from the strain C57BL/6. Each slide contains 8 tissues: brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, pancreas and sp...