Press Releases by Category Health & Medicine
InDex Pharmaceuticals Granted Japanese Patent for Novel Treatment of Steroid-Res …
Stockholm, October 24, 2012 – InDex Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has been granted a Japanese patent by the Japan Patent Office (JPO). The patent provides protection for the use of Kappaproct® and other DNA-based immunomodulatory sequences (DIMS) for the treatment of steroid-resistant inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, asthma, emphysema, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The patent, entitled “Immunostimulatory Method” covers the use of a broad range…
FMR1 Gene May Control Women’s Fertility Life Cycle, According to Research
October 23, 2012 (New York, NY) – A new study presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in San Diego, CA, offers further evidence that the fragile X mental retardation 1 gene (FMR1 gene) may play an important role in controlling women’s fertility life cycles.
The study, conducted by researchers from the Center for Human Reproduction (CHR), a leading fertility center in New York…
QUBYX Announces Reseller Partnership with Shareden Group
10/23/2012, Nice, France - QUBYX Software Technologies Ltd., a display calibration solutions provider, and Shareden Group, Inc., a Healthcare IT consulting company, have announced that they have signed a reseller partnership agreement. The agreement allows Shareden Group to offer QUBYX medical imaging solutions as a part of their extensive product portfolio.
“We believe the partnership with Shareden Group will become an important step in our further expansion to American market,” says…
New Ottobock website presents combinations of liners and closure systems
The socket is a highly individual part of a leg prosthesis, since it constitutes the link between the residual limb and the prosthesis. Running, bending or standing – movements occur in the socket during all activities. To ensure the greatest possible wearer comfort, it is therefore important to tailor the combination of liner and closure system to the specific needs of the user. In order to present a quick overview…
MedSpace Offers Furnished Medical Office Suite With Flexible Lease Options at Fo …
BOCA RATON, Fla. – MedSpace Practice Solutions, a company providing fully furnished medical office suites with flexible lease options, has opened a 2,100 square foot suite available at Fountains Center in central Boca Raton.
Located within the busy medical/professional office and retail park, which is ideally positioned at the intersection of Powerline Road and West Camino Real, the suite is being leased to only one practice or single practitioner at a…
VAXIMM completes enrollment of first oral cancer vaccine trial
Basel (Switzerland), Mannheim (Germany), October 22nd, 2012 – VAXIMM AG, a Swiss-German biotech company focusing on oral cancer vaccines, announced today that it completed enrollment in the first clinical trial of its investigational oral therapeutic cancer vaccine VXM01. The randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind Phase I/II dose escalation study enrolled 45 patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer at the Heidelberg University Hospital (Heidelberg, Germany). In addition to standard-of-care treatment, the patients received several…
Market Leader of Test and Measurement goes medical
Nürnberg, October 18th 2012 : GOSSEN METRAWATT, leading global supplier of test and measurement systems is has launched SECULIFE, a product range developed for the use in medical enviroments and applications.
SECULIFE is divided into the area of security testsystems and functional testsystems. They allow accurate measurements according to the international mandatory standards for medical devices and the necessary documentation. Depending on the device and measuring task extensive possibility for…
With reverse osmosis, treated water is a basis for treatments and medication for …
Patients who find their way to a naturopathic practitioner are often disappointed by conventional medicine or feel the intuitive desire to change something in themselves, which is subconsciously clear only to them. In fact, the first healing measure in such cases as indefinite ailments is to clean the body from the inside. So that the prescribed treatments work well, consumption of filtered water has been proven effective.
For small quantities as…
SFL Selected as Finalist in the British-Swiss Business Awards
SFL Regulatory Affairs & Scientific Communication Ltd (SFL) has been selected as a finalist in the second annual British-Swiss Business Awards.
Basel, Switzerland, October 19, 2012 -- SFL Regulatory Affairs & Scientific Communication Ltd (SFL) is proud to announce that the company has been selected as a finalist in the second annual British-Swiss Business Awards, which recognize companies for the outstanding contributions they have made to bilateral trade and investment between…
Health care stakeholders join forces with developers to build new apps for healt …
On 3-4 November 2012 web and mobile developers meet health professionals, patients and other health care stakeholders at the Health 2.0 Berlin Code-A-Thon 2012 to create innovative solutions and build brand new prototype applications for improved health and wellness in only two days.
What if a smartphone app could check for signs of sleep apnea and help patients and their families sleep more soundly? Or what about an app that lets…
TRUMPF at MEDICA 2012
At MEDICA 2012 TRUMPF will be showcasing its latest solutions for optimizing patient care procedures in and around operating rooms and intensive care units. TRUMPF’s innovations make the work of surgeons and medical care staff easier, more ergonomic and more efficient.
Novelty: floating OR tabletop
Making its debut at the trade fair in Dusseldorf is a brand new OR tabletop that will significantly improve patient handling during surgery: Carbon FloatLine. Made…
Review developments in combat casualty response | Battlefield Healthcare
Many key developments in healthcare have their origins in the battlefield where the treatment of injured troops has led to innovations throughout history which continue today.
The hospital at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan is at the forefront in developments in trauma surgery. Last year it handled 8,000 casualties, many of them with extremely serious injuries.
Incredibly, US and British army medics now expect to save 90% of those patients, the highest figure…
Ignoring the Body Clock – Harmful for Health and Weight
Working late at night, irregular eating times and hardly enough sleep – these are the basic features of the term “social jetlag”, which was invented by Professor Till Roenneberg from the University of Munich. For this kind of jetlag, it is not necessary to travel in different time zones. If the work schedule prevails over, and thus upsets the body clock, we experience the effects of the disruption to the…
Meet with over 120 senior early drug developers to discuss maximising drug inves …
The Early Drug Development Summit is taking place on 3rd-4th December 2012 at the Hotel Palace Berlin, Germany and attracts Europe's most senior early drug developers together to meet, network, and learn.
Debate about smart deployment of drug development processes and platform technologies to help maximise new product value and increase the likelihood of new drugs being approved by regulators quickly.
Participating in pre-arranged one-to-one meetings, benchmarking and sharing strategies on…
Health Information Technology: Electronic Medical Records and Beyond
From mobile health applications to medication adherence algorithms, electronic medical records (EMRs) will have a significant impact on the future of health care. Panelists from health service, ICT, pharma, and health care policy will discuss EMR opportunities and challenges on October 17, 2012, 6:30 p.m., at the German Center for Research and Innovation New York. Follow live on Twitter @gcri_ny (hashtag #EHRs).
Electronic medical records (EMRs) have the potential to transform…
mivenion to establish Rheumascan at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
About 5% of the patients attending primary care physicians intermittently suffer from swelling and tenderness of the hand joints. In many cases, inflammatory joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis are the main cause of the disease symptoms and, without treatment, may lead to poor outcome and lifelong suffering. In recent years there is increasing evidence that early diagnosis and treatment of arthritis may effectively stop the progression…
SMi’s 5th Social Media in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Connectivity, Engagement …
Over the last decade, social media has become integrated into every aspect of business in every industry. The pharmaceutical industry, however, has very traditional methods of research and business development, and in many ways is slow to begin the transition into the online community.
SMi Group presents their 5th event in their highly successful series: Social Media in the Pharmaceutical Industry. This conference will allow for key leaders in social media,…
Reliance on a Soother Interrupts Toddlers’ (and Parents’) Sleep
The soother. It’s one of those devices many parents turn to when their toddler won’t sleep. But according to one internationally renowned child sleep expert, using soothers at night can actually make it harder for toddlers to learn the skills needed for sleeping through the night.
Dana Obleman, author of The Sleep Sense Program, says soothers can easily become “sleep props” – items a child relies on to go to…
Egyptian Ministry of Health invites Diapharm to exchange knowledge
Cairo (EG), Muenster (DE), 11 October, 2012. At a 3-day workshop in Cairo, pharmaceutical service provider Diapharm (www.diapharm.com) presented the European regulations on medication demarcation areas to representatives of the Egyptian Ministry of Health. Currently, Egypt is revising its legislation regarding medical products, nutritional supplements and self-medication products and is considering, at least partially, taking into account EU legislation. The objective is to improve the availability of safer products.
“Diapharm provided…
The programme for the 4th Annual Food Manufacturing & Safety Summit is now being …
This food and beverage industry summit is taking place on 11th-12th February 2013 at Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin Noordwijk, Netherlands.
Meet with over 150 senior food and beverage professionals from across Europe to discuss the improvements of productivity, achieve continuous improvement and maximise food safety and quality whilst reducing costs.
Speaker announcement -
Karl Douglas, Lean Director at Carlsberg will be presenting a wider approach to lean throughout production, logistics and…
Irish Students Can Now Concentrate Better
An International Facility Manager and E-Senza Technologies control room quality in Irish schools with wireless sensors
In Central Europe people spend on average 90% of their time indoors. This may be their own home, office, cinema, car or school.
In classrooms a healthier indoor climate for students and teachers is achieved best by ventilation of the rooms. Air circulation is quite important because humans exhale CO2 (10 to 200l/h) and emit…
Victory Over Stroke Event Set for November 9, 2012, in Sarasota, FL
The Stroke Association of Florida has announced its Third Annual “Victory Over Stroke” Sarasota event, scheduled for Friday, November 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Gulfcoast Event and Conference Center, 4740 Cattlemen Road in Sarasota, Florida.
The program is free, and offers free screenings for stroke-related risk factors. “The goal of Victory Over Stroke is to raise awareness about stroke symptoms and the critical need to call…
Patients Treated At BioTech Laser Pain Centers Need Not Worry About Fungal Menin …
Dallas, Texas – BioTech Medics, Inc., (Pinksheet symbol: BMCS) According to the latest CDC report, as many as 13,000 patients may have been exposed to fungal meningitis from tainted spinal steroid injections, authorities said Monday. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said eight people had died and 105 people in nine states had been sickened by fungal meningitis, a rare but potentially deadly inflammation to…
SMi’s 4th annual COPD: Novel therapeutics and Management Strategies conference
SMi’s 4th annual COPD: Novel Therapeutics & Management Strategies conference held on the 22nd & 23rd October in London will address therapeutic and management strategies for COPD with an international mix of key opinion leaders in this ever expanding field. It will also provide a comprehensive overview of successful clinical trial design and exacerbation management methods alongside identifying novel targets for COPD therapy, thus paving the way for COPD management…
Adelphi’s First Green Expo to Showcase Sustainability
Adelphi University is pleased to announce the Green Expo 2012 on Friday, October 12, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Ruth S. Harley University Center Ballroom, 1 South Ave, Garden City, NY, 11530. This event, sponsored by Campus Sustainability Committee is part of Family Weekend at Adelphi from October 12- 14. Families who are visiting their students over the weekend are most welcome.
One of the…
Curetis Completes Enrollment for its EU Trial As Planned
- Prospective multi-center trial enrolls 800 patient samples in 7 months -
Holzgerlingen (Germany), October 9, 2012 -- Curetis AG today announced it has completed enrollment for the European clinical trial of its Unyvero™ Pneumonia Application on schedule. More than 800 patient samples were collected until September 30, 2012. Data analysis will be completed in early 2013. Subsequently, results will be published in a major, peer-reviewed journal.
The trial will compare the…
CGIRB Corporate Trainer speaking at Barnett Clinical Summit
October 8, 2012, Research Triangle Park – Copernicus Group IRB (CGIRB), a leading independent institutional review board, announced today that Corporate Trainer Sydney Douglas will be speaking at this week’s Barnett Clinical Summit in Cambridge, Mass.
The four-day summit, which begins tomorrow, is a premier information-sharing forum covering issues of key importance to clinical research professionals. The event includes formal presentations from leading experts, case studies, breakout discussion groups and…
Akhil Bharatiya Terapanth Yuvak Parishad Mega Blood Donation Drive Bhilwara in T …
The noble act of Voluntary Blood Donation undoubtedly creates an egalitarian, caring and compassionate society.
In India every year October 1 is observed as National Voluntary Blood Donation Day and for 2012 the theme is “Somewhere Someone Needs You. Your Blood Donation is precious”. According to World Health Organization – WHO, a country needs a minimum stock of blood equal to 1% of its population which means India needs…
Well Known Interventionist Ken Seeley Throws His Hat in the Sober Living Ring
Ken Seeley has always prided himself in being one of the most well-respected interventionists in the country, yet somehow that success alone just wasn’t enough.
Palm Springs, CA, October 03, 2012 -- Ken Seeley has always prided himself in being one of the most well-respected interventionists in the country, yet somehow that success alone just wasn’t enough.
Seeley aspired to ensure that those people he helped get into treatment and many others…
SYNERGY HomeCare Awards Caregiver of the Year
San Jose Home Care Caregiver Marleen Murillo Wins National Caregiver Recognition
National in-home care provider SYNERGY HomeCare Friday night presented Marleen Murillo with the Caregiver of the Year award. The award, given at the Franchisor’s Annual Franchise Meeting is the highest honor a caregiver can receive within the company.
When SYNERGY HomeCare began soliciting nominations for Caregiver of the Year, Carrie Casillas, owner of SYNERGY HomeCare of San Jose, immediately submitted Marleen’s…
VAXIMM receives grant to expand pipeline of oral cancer vaccines
Basel (Switzerland), Mannheim (Germany), October 2nd, 2012 – VAXIMM AG, a Swiss-German biotech company focusing on cancer vaccines, today announced that its German subsidiary VAXIMM GmbH has been awarded a grant from the leading-edge BioRN cluster “Cell-based and Molecular Medicine” to expand its oral T-cell vaccine technology platform. The cluster competition is a program of Germany´s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to promote top-notch innovation in Germany.
VAXIMM’s lead…
Curetis AG Signs Up BioLine LLC as Exclusive Distribution Partner for Russia
- Partners to start registration process and market launch in Russia -
Holzgerlingen, Germany, September 27, 2012 -- Curetis AG today announced that it has signed up BioLine LLC as an exclusive distribution partner for Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belorus. BioLine is a major player in these markets and distributor for global companies such as Becton Dickinson, Leica Microsystems and many others.
BioLine is preparing the registration of the Unyvero™ Solution and…
Curetis AG Chooses Mediphos as Exclusive Distribution Partner for the Netherland …
- Partners prepare market launch and clinical evaluation project -
Holzgerlingen, Germany, September 26, 2012 -- Curetis AG today announced that Curetis and Mediphos have closed an exclusive distribution agreement for the Netherlands. Mediphos is an experienced independent distributor with a clear focus on molecular diagnostics and an emphasis on microbiology-based applications.
Under the agreement, both companies will prepare the market roll-out of Curetis´ Unyvero™ Solution and the Unyvero™ P50 Pneumonia…
Lunatic past gets only UK resident into final Stages of international speaking a …
St Albans, UK. Adam Shaw, aka The Heart Guy, is the only person from the UK left in an international speaking and writing competition. His place in the final 20 of The Next Greatest Speaker and Author competition was sealed with his account of watching a man burn to death when he was 10 years old.
His personal story of growing up within the grounds of a psychiatric hospital has…
Clinical CRO ICRC-Weyer Ready For Increase In Advanced Therapy Trials
ICRC-Weyer’s recent participation in the NanoKTN biotechnology meeting in Berlin proved to be both informative and successful. The event which took place at the British Embassy in Berlin on September 5th, 2012 was attended by two members of the ICRC-Weyer team. The meeting provided a platform for biotech companies and service providers from the UK and Germany to present their work in the field of regenerative medicine and engage in…
Scope eKnowledge Center to present new services at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012
Scope eKnowledge Center, a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, will be exhibiting several new and enhanced services at the upcoming Frankfurt Book Fair, October 10 to 14, 2012.
Scope will be presenting the following recently launched services:
ConSCIse™: A unique keywords-based, technology platform-powered content abstraction solution offering high-quality, competitive abstracts and keywords;
AuthEntik™: A technology platform based Author Data Management solution for parsing, standardizing and disambiguating author data…
How web and mobile technologies will change healthcare as we know it
On November 6–7 2012 leading health IT experts meet in Berlin for the Health 2.0 Europe conference to discuss the latest technologies for improved delivery and outcomes in healthcare.
European populations are aging, degenerative as well as chronic diseases are on the rise. As a result, healthcare systems are struggling with ever growing costs. At the same time patients are becoming more and more informed and demand better health care services…
Cerbomed GmbH at the 35th Congress of the German Society of Neurology
ERLANGEN/HAMBURG, Germany, September 24th, 2012 – Between September 26th and 29th, 2012 the medical device company cerbomed GmbH from Erlangen, Germany will present the transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (t-VNS) at the 35th congress of the German Society of Neurology in Hamburg.
Participants will get first-hand information about the new therapy option for patients suffering from difficult-to-treat epilepsies, depression and pain.
About t-VNS
Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation is addressed to…
Dr. Eckhard Meiners to head Management Board of TRUMPF Medical Systems
Ditzingen (Germany), September 24, 2012 – On October 1, 2012 Dr. Eckhard Meiners will take over as Chief Executive Officer of the medical technology company TRUMPF Medical Systems.
The 51-year-old has worked at TRUMPF since 2000. From 2000 to 2003 he headed the Sales and Marketing Departments at TRUMPF Lasertechnik GmbH, and starting in 2003 was the Manager of Export Sales for TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH. In 2006 he took…
Study proves: Healthy and active lifestyle increases workplace productivity
Health is surely the most important aspect of life. A health-conscious, active lifestyle does not only have a positive influence on personal well-being, but has also a high impact on workplace productivity. This is the conclusion of a comprehensive US study, which investigated the eating and exercise habits of nearly 20,000 employees in relation to their work day. Published in the October 2012 issue of the “Population Health Management Journal”,…
TRUMPF launches new TruLight 5000
The next generation of the TruLight 5000 multi-functional surgical light from TRUMPF Medical Systems is available with new features as of October 2012.
Adjustable color temperature and pattern size
Thanks to the latest technology cool white and warm white LEDs, the new TruLight 5000 has variable color temperature settings of between 3,500 and 5,000 Kelvin – which means that the contrast enhancement can be individually controlled. Another new feature is the…
Latest developments in techniques and procedures used in the identification and …
Microbiological contamination of products and processes in a lab and manufacturing environment continues to be a major problem to the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological industries and its regulators. The potential impact of such contamination can be enormous, and does not only create health and safety problems but can also cost companies millions in lost product revenue.
Regulators will endeavour to ensure that the safety of the health care consumer is never…
US Personalized Cancer Whole Genome Sequencing Market to Post 17.7% CAGR
According to a new report by RNCOS, the US Personalized Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Market has begun to mushroom and is expected to have a significant growth rate owing to the immense role it has been shown to play in personalized cancer treatment. Though still in infancy, players are actively strengthening their sequencing portfolio. Most players now provide variety of options extending from a coverage of >30x to de novo…
Dirk Hellhammer receives Lifetime Achievement Award in New York
On September 11, 2012 Dirk Hellhammer, PhD, Professor at Trier University and member of the DAaCRO’s Scientific Advisory Board receives the “Lifetime Achievement Award” of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) in New York, USA. For the second time, an European scientists is being honored by receiving this award. At the same time Dirk Hellhammer received a honorary membership of this society.
Professor Hellhammer studied at the University of Wuerzburg…
Curetis and Heraeus Medical Collaborate on the Development of New Unyvero™ Diagn …
- Joint development of cartridge for orthopaedics, wound and surgery infections -
Holzgerlingen and Wehrheim (Germany), September 20, 2012 -- Curetis AG and Heraeus Medical GmbH have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop a novel Unyvero™ cartridge for the detection of pathogens and antibiotic resistances in implant & tissue infections (ITI). One key application area will be in orthopaedics, e.g. to diagnose infections after knee and hip replacement surgeries.
Under…
Ken Seeley Communities Hires Bryan Wilmoth as Program Director
Effective August 1st, 2012, Bryan Wilmoth has been serving as the Program Director for Ken Seeley Communities. KSC is the Transitional Living branch of Ken Seeley’s drug and alcohol recovery organizations.
Palm Springs, CA, September 20, 2012 -- Effective August 1st, 2012, Bryan Wilmoth has been serving as the Program Director for Ken Seeley Communities. KSC is the Transitional Living branch of Ken Seeley’s drug and alcohol recovery organizations.
Wilmoth brings with…
Intelligent InSites Again Named One of the Top 100 Best Places to Work in Health …
Modern Healthcare magazine recognizes Intelligent InSites as one of the top healthcare employers in the country.
Fargo, ND, September 20, 2012 -- Intelligent InSites Inc., the leading provider of enterprise real-time location systems (RTLS) software helping hospitals improve patient care and increase healthcare efficiency, was named for the third time as one of the Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine
The recognition program, now in its…
MARR Named ‘Top 10 Volunteer Opportunities in Atlanta’ by GreatNonprofits.org …
Atlanta, Ga. – September 19, 2012 – GreatNonprofits.org, a leading website in which users can find, review and share information about nonprofit organizations in local communities, recognized MARR as one of the top 10 volunteer opportunities in Atlanta. Volunteers and interns in the Atlanta area compiled the list of favorite charities, and every nonprofit included in the list had to earn an overall score of 4 (or greater) out of…
How web and mobile technologies will change healthcare as we know it
On November 6–7 2012 leading health IT experts meet in Berlin for the Health 2.0 Europe conference to discuss the latest technologies for improved delivery and outcomes in healthcare.
Berlin, September 10, 2012 – European populations are aging, degenerative as well as chronic diseases are on the rise. As a result, healthcare systems are struggling with ever growing costs. At the same time patients are becoming more and more informed and…
US Cancer Vaccine Market Analysis
RNCOS has recently added a new Market Research Report titled, “US Cancer Vaccine Market Analysis” to its report gallery. Cancer vaccines are highly researched today owing to growing cancer incidences and an urgent need to control and prevent the massively penetrating disease. Amongst the highest incident cancers, prostate cancers are high in males and breast cancer in females. The introduction of Merck’s Gardasil bought great attention to cancer vaccines. US…
