September 30, 2008 - GE Healthcare (GE) has acquired MicroCal LLC, a provider of instruments for the study of molecular interactions in pharmaceutical, biomedical and life science research, as GE moves to expand its offering for protein science and drug discovery research.

September 29, 2008 – Allscripts Healthcare Solutions and Misys plc issued a statement that they have sufficient funding commitments in place to finance its proposed purchase of shares of Allscripts common stock upon obtaining $325 million in financing for the merger.

Misys stated that it has signed definitive agreements for $325 million of financing to replace its credit facility with Lehman Brothers. Misys stated that it will use the new credit facilities to fund a portion of the consideration for the proposed purchase of shares of common stock of Allscripts.

September 29, 2008 - OrthoView, an orthopedic planning solutions company, released its latest version 5.2 software designed with additions to its spine deformity assessment module.

September 29, 2008 - Siemens Healthcare’s new Ysio wi-D unit, its wireless portable digital radiography (DR), system was installed in York Hospital in the U.K. where physicians have already started examining patients.

The system can be used in bucky, on the table and stand, or removed completely to be placed underneath or next to the patient. The new system is installed in the Emergency Department for front line trauma and orthopedic examinations.

September 30, 2008 - INFINITT North America recently introduced Mammo Visualgate, a software product that allows mammography films to be digitized with the correct anatomical view image tags (RCC, LCC, RMLO, etc.) so the images can be presented with the same hanging protocol as the digital exams.

INFINITT North America recently introduced Mammo Visualgate, a software product that allows mammography films to be digitized with the correct anatomical view image tags (RCC, LCC, RMLO, etc.) so the images can be presented with the same hanging protocol as the digital exams.

The Mammo Visualgate software also populates the patient demographic and study identification fields directly from the Worklist (MWL), eliminating the need to key in the information manually.

September 2008

September 29, 2008 - Cardinal Health today revealed plans for a tax-free spin-off of its clinical and medical products businesses as a separate public company that will be led by current vice chairman and med-tech industry veteran David L. Schlotterbeck.

As a result of the spin-off, which the company anticipates to be completed by the middle of 2009, both companies are expected to benefit from enhanced management focus and sharper strategic vision, as well as better alignment of management and employee incentives with performance and growth objectives, said the company.

September 29, 2008 – OrthoView today released its latest version 5.2 software, which includes refinements and additions to its spine deformity assessment module.

September 29, 2008 - Philips is developing a system that uses ultrasound-activated microbubbles for chemotherapy drug delivery designed to increase the effectiveness and reduce the side effects.

September 26, 2008 - The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) disagrees with the GAO Report findings that payment cuts in advanced imaging services in 2007, due to the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), will only affect patient access to imaging on the national level.

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