Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. said today that seven U.S. healthcare systems are picking up various products from the company’s Synapse enterprise imaging portfolio. The health systems includeHackensack Meridian Health and West Virginia University Health System – two of the largest healthcare networks in the mid-Atlantic region. Products bought include the Synapse 5 PACS, Synapse VNA, Synapse […]
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Study: Annual mammograms would prevent the most deaths
(Reuters) – Yearly mammograms starting at age 40 would prevent the most deaths from breast cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Monday in a challenge to more conservative recommendations that take into account both the harms and the benefits of screening. The study, led by Dr. Elizabeth Arleo, a radiologist specializing in mammography at Weill Cornell […]
BTG helps fund immuno-oncology drug-device research programs
BTG (LON:BTG) and the Society of Interventional Oncology said today that it expanded its immuno-oncology/interventional oncology research grant program. The group launched a second round of funding, designed help evaluate minimally invasive, image-guided therapies that use the body’s own immune system to treat cancer. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
Alzeca Biosciences raises $11m for Alzheimer’s diagnostic imaging agent
Alzeca Biosciences said today that it raised $11 million in a Series A round to fund the development of its MRI imaging agent designed for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The company touts its ADx nanoparticle as the first MRI contrast agent to target amyloid – a brain protein linked to […]
Liposomes triggered by ultrasound enable targeted pain-relief
Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have developed a technology to non-invasively trigger the release of nerve-blocking agents, helping to provide targeted pain-relief to patients as an alternative to addictive opioids. The team’s work was published yesterday in Nature Biomedical Engineering. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
Canadian court OKs Stryker’s $700m Novadaq buy
A court in Canada approved the pending, $700 million acquisition of Novadaq Technologies (TSE:NVDQ) by Stryker (NYSE:SYK). Mississauga, Ontario-based Novadaq, which makes a line of fluorescence imaging technology, said the Ontario Superior Court of Justice issued a final order approving the deal. Canadian and U.S. anti-trust regulators must still grant their approvals before the deal can be consummated, expected during […]
Varian Medical touts 1st commercial use of its HyperArc system
Varian Medical‘s (NYSE:VAR) said today that the 1st patient has been treated with its HyperArc high definition radiotherapy system at Negrar-Verona, Italy’s Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Cancer Care Center. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company’s HyperArc system is designed around its TrueBeam and Edge treatment platform, and delivers more compact radiation doses to fully saturate a […]
Mauna Kea wins FDA nod for CelioFlex Cellvizio miniprobes
Mauna Kea (ENT:MKEA) said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its CelioFlex UHD confocal miniprobes designed for use with its Cellvizio device in robotic-assisted surgery. The CelioFlex UHD probes are designed to provide visualization of body cavities, organs and canals during endoscopic, laparoscopic and robotic-assisted procedures, the Paris-based company said. “This new FDA clearance is […]
Siemens to update PET scanner systems in light of cybersecurity vulnerability
Siemens (NYSE:SI) is looking to update a select number of its positron emission tomography scanners to deal with cybersecurity vulnerabilities that could allow the equipment to be hacked. The systems, which run on Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) Windows 7, could possibly be exploited remotely by “an attacker with a low skill,” according to a US Dept. of Homeland […]
Arbitrator nearly doubles award in Verasonics $3m trade secret win against Alpinion
Ultrasound developer Verasonics is set to receive approximately double it’s initial $2.9 million reward after arbitration in a trade secret case against Alpinion Medical Systems, according to court documents. In June, a final arbitration award was issued for approximately $2.6 million in attorney’s fees and other expenses as well as $110,059 in arbitration fees and […]
Oncura Partners shareholders sue Analogic over claimed fraudulent acquisition scheme
Former Oncura Partners owners are seeking more than $24 million in a suit against Analogic (NSDQ:ALOG), claiming it engaged in a fraudulent scheme to avoid paying for Oncura after agreeing to acquire it in January 2016. In the suit, filed July 31, Oncura owners claim that Analogic agreed to pay for their shares in the business […]