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Molecular Devices has announced the launch of its
QBT Fatty Acid Uptake Assay Kit, the first assay kit that addresses the need
for a single-step, homogenous in vitro assay for fatty acid uptake for use in
high- throughput screening and metabolic disease research.
Genetronics Biomedical and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center have initiated a
Phase I clinical trial using Genetronics' MedPulser System to deliver plasmid
DNA to tumors with the aim of treating malignant melanoma.
Picture archive and communications systems (PACS) distributor Stentor has been
selected by MedAssets Supply Chain Systems as an approved vendor to provide
PACS to MedAssets member hospitals.
Inrad, a North American distributor of medical devices, and Stille, a Swedish
designer, manufacturer and distributor of surgical instruments, have signed
an agreement giving Inrad the exclusive rights to market, sell and distribute
Stille's surgical instruments to the U.S. healthcare markets.
Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) drug-coated Cypher heart stent may be better
than Boston Scientific's Taxus for repeat procedures to unclog some arteries,
according to a study in the Jan. 12 Journal of the American Medical Association.
Medtronic has made an additional $250,000 available through the Medtronic Foundation
for South Asia tsunami relief to match the generosity of its 32,000 worldwide
employees.
Thoratec, a world leader in products to treat cardiovascular disease, has announced
several additions and changes within the management team of its Cardiovascular
Division, which includes all of the company's VAD (Ventricular Assist Device)
and vascular graft product lines.
Sensant, the leading developer of silicon-based ultrasound imaging technology,
has received its first commercial order for its advanced Silicon Ultrasound
imaging probes from Italian imaging systems manufacturer Esaote.