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AdvaMed SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Advanced Medical Technology Association
EU approves advanced mass spectrometers from AB SCIEX
5/24/2013
- MedGadget.com
AB SCIEX has earned the CE mark to market its API 3200 MD line of mass spectrometers in Europe. The devices can generate clinical diagnostic test results more quickly and accurately at a lower cost th… Read More
News for the biotechnology industry
BIO SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Biotechnology Industry Organization
Funding round brings in $20M for Alzheimer's drug developer
5/24/2013
- MedCityNews.com
Acumen Pharmaceuticals has pulled in $20 million in a Series A funding round from BVF Partners, NeuroVentures Fund and other investors. Proceeds will go toward preclinical development of the firm's Al… Read More
News for the food and drug law community
FDLI SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Food and Drug Law Institute
USDA issues final COOL rule; retaliatory tariffs feared
5/24/2013
- FoodSafetyNews.com
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a final rule Thursday that will mandate country-of-origin labeling for muscle cuts of beef. Mexico and Canada say this puts the U.S. out of compliance with th… Read More
WLF advises CMS to exclude medical textbooks from Sunshine Act reporting requirements
5/21/2013
Because medical textbooks are "educational materials that directly benefit patients," they should be excluded from Sunshine Act reporting requirements, according to the Washington Legal Foundation, wh… Read More
News about transfusion and cellular therapies
AABB SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: American Association of Blood Banks
Gloves do as well as full contact measures in MRSA prevention study
5/24/2013
- BeckersASC.com
Full contact precautions were no more effective than the use of gloves alone in halting the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to findings in the American Journal of Infe… Read More
Parents launch petition for autism, Fragile X funding
5/23/2013
- PharmaLive.com
Parents of children with autism launched an online petition urging the government and industry to help fund Seaside's work on a drug for autism and Fragile X syndrome. Roche Holding declined to exerci… Read More
News about health care innovation
HIT: Health Innovation Today
Published in partnership with: Greenway Medical Technologies
Population health management, ACO success hinge on data analytics
5/22/2013
- Health Tech Zone
- FierceHealthIT
An Institute of Health Technology Transformation report says the success of accountable care organizations and population health management lies in data analytics. The report offered recommendations t… Read More
Diabetes and obesity research news
TRI SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes
Focus obesity interventions on prediabetes, doctor says
5/19/2013
- Healio
Obesity interventions, including lifestyle modification, drugs and bariatric surgery, should focus on people with prediabetes, Dr. W. Timothy Garvey of the University of Alabama at Birmingham told End… Read More
News for the global pharmaceuticals industry
DIA Global SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Drug Information Association
Spanish medtech exports counter domestic slump
5/22/2013
- Clinica
Spain's exports of medical devices remain a bright spot in the nation's economy, growing 4.8% in 2012 to about $2.4 billion, and continuing a four-year trend in which medtech exports have increased 1… Read More
News affecting the tissue bank community
AATB SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: American Association of Tissue Banks
Provider of tissue-donor services expands in Fla.
5/22/2013
- Gainesville Sun (Fla.), The
RTI Donor Services, a not-for-profit group that prepares donated tissue for transplantation, has opened a new division in Alachua, Fla., to extend its reach to the other areas of the country. The orga… Read More
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