The hedge fund manager Neoprobe Corp. (NYSE Amex:NEOP) investors love to hate isn’t eager to take credit for the cancer diagnostics company’s free-falling stock price.
Giving up intellectual property to hospitals: The pros and cons
Researchers at universities, similar to employees of medical device companies, are accustomed to assigning patent rights to their institution in an employment agreement signed during the hiring process. What may not be as obvious is that many non-academic hospitals are now including intellectual property (IP) rights in their physician employment agreements.
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Imaging CRO to play role in vascular study on last Atlantis shuttle flight
Imaging clinical research organization ImageIQ will participate in a vascular research study being performed on the last flight of the space shuttle Atlantis.
The Cleveland-based company will acquire and analyze images used in a study of space flight-induced vascular changes in the lower leg, according to a statement from ImageIQ.
Specifically, the study will examine a therapy that’s designed to prevent space flight-induced bone loss in mice.
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Personnel: Case Western Reserve professor appointed to MetroHealth board
A Case Western Reserve University professor of healthcare finance has been appointed to MetroHealth System’s board of trustees.
J.B. Silvers was appointed to the board of the county-subsidized health system by Cuyahoga County Executive Ed Fitzgerald, Crain’s Cleveland Business reported.
Silvers’s research has focused in the areas of financial management and health services, which is not likely to have escaped notice.
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Feeding tube maker Applied Medical Technology gets FDA warning letter
Feeding tube manufacturer Applied Medical Technology received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for manufacturing and design issues at its suburban Cleveland location.
The FDA cited seven specific violations it found in an April inspection of the medical device company’s Brecksville, Ohio, manufacturing facility.