Medical devices that used tainted heparin linked to deaths.
Steve Rusckowski, Executive Vice President and CEO of Philips Healthcare hailed the need for greater collaboration and investment to find solutions to the growing healthcare challenges facing the region.
People with no history of diabetes may have sustained high glucose levels even after surgery, and need treatment.
Partnership with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Boston Scientific plans to raise defenses before judge in July that were not heard by jurors.
AGA Medical Corporation, a medical device manufacturer, has agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty for making corrupt payments to Chinese government officials in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
Hospital Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, awards contract to Tampa-based FrontLine Medical Corp. for the maintenance and repair of endoscopes.
Antidote for chemotherapy allergy allows cancer patients to receive medicine safely.
GE Healthcare showcased a broad range of technological evolutions in imaging that help healthcare providers understand the molecular root of diseases and explore new paths for detecting, treating and monitoring illnesses earlier at the 44th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists in Chicago, IL.
GE to exclusively distribute Kryptiq's eScriptMessenger (eSM) in conjunction with GE's Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Centricity Practice Solution.
Boston Scientific Corporation has infringed three patents owned by Medtronic; federal jury awards Medtronic $250 million in damages.
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will leave post August 1.
Health officials in the U.S. announced plans for a new computer tracking system designed to help identify dangers from prescription drugs and medical devices on the market.
Malone to lead Toshiba's new leasing group to provide financing solutions for customers.
Introducing a breakthrough skin marker specifically designed for small field of view imaging in MRI
The Advanced Medical Technology Association expressed support for the revised Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2007, sponsored by Senator Charles Grassley and Senator Herb Kohl.
GE Healthcare, through a collaboration with CenTrak, Inc. of Newton, PA, announced the availability of a new RFID technology capable of dividing a room or segmenting a bay by creating radio frequency identification (RFID) "virtual walls."
Preliminary results from a biopsy of Senator Kennedy's brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe.
While the effects of stroke can be debilitating, this serious health condition is often preventable or treatable. In order to educate the public about stroke prevention and detection, New York Methodist Hospital recently hosted a free Stroke Alert Day.
NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program Clinical Researchers to Tackle the Most Puzzling Medical Cases
Novelis, Inc. is a privately held company with proprietary ultrasonic visualization and therapy technology for minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic devices.
City hospitals' infection rates fall dramatically.
DOTmed 100 company continues innovation in ultrasound instruments.
Direct-to-consumer drug advertising is coming under fire from another camp.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has passed the FY 2008 emergency supplemental appropriations bill that includes $275 million additional funds for the Food and Drug Administration.
Global leaders to bring enhanced imaging technology to EP market.
Leading stent in reducing major adverse cardiac events at two years patients treated with XIENCE V in SPIRIT III Trial experience better outcomes than Patients treated with TAXUS.
The Mayo Clinic's Office of Intellectual Property has signed a three-year research deal with Milan, Italy-based Sorin Group to work on a less invasive aortic heart-valve implant. The OVATIO ™ will be distributed in the United States by ELA Medical Inc, a Sorin Group Company.
New York Methodist Hospital makes announcement.
Petra Kempa has been appointed to the post.
A new IntelePACS™ contract has been signed by Intelerad Medical Systems.
A breakthrough instrument is in the works.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is the first U.S. medical center to offer the treatment approach.
The SimNewB, a new neonatal patient simulator developed through a strategic alliance between the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Laerdal Medical, features realistic newborn traits and lifelike clinical feedback that will help health care professionals learn to resuscitate newborns.
Careers and opportunities in the high-growth healthcare industry.
KaiserEDU.org awards students for essays advising next U.S. president on health priorities.
The First International Medical Device Compliance Congress will be held May 26 - 27, 2008 at the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel and Conference Center, Paris, France.
Company raises equity and strengthens board of directors.
Millions of Americans will head out for vacations during the 2008 summer season. Many will face unique challenges during their travels because they suffer from allergies and asthma.
President and CEO R. Scott Jones has stepped down.
Lawmakers hoping to keep Medicaid money flowing in their states went head to head with the White House.
Alphatec's license came from Scient'x intellectual property related to the DYNAMO System.
U.S. health regulators warned Philips Medical Systems of a number of problems with manufacturing procedures at an Ohio plant; the company has already resolved most of the complaints.
TomoTherapy Incorporated to acquire privately held linear accelerator manufacturer Chengdu Twin Peak Accelerator Technology Inc., based in Chengdu, China.
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the gift of a Defibtech automated external defibrillator (AED) to protect tourists visiting holy sites.
Boston Scientific and CryoCor, Inc. announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement to purchase CryoCor for approximately $17.6 million.
April 25 is a yearly commemoration of global efforts to fight malaria.
Under the threat of regulation by Congress, drug and medical industries will reveal more about their spending.
AngioDynamics announced that it has entered into asset purchase agreements with Diomed Holdings, Inc., Diomed, Inc. and Diomed Limited.
U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) received formal request.
