March 14, 2008 – Schering-Plough this week said the FDA Advisory Committee on Anesthetics and Life Support has recommended sugammadex for approval after reviewing data on the safety and efficacy of the medication.

The FDA is not bound by the committee’s recommendations, however, its recommendations are usually considered carefully before a final decision on approval is made.

March 14, 2008 - Maximus, a business unit of the infusion therapy firm Medegen Inc., this week introduced its MaxPlus Clear positive displacement connector, which provides complete visualization of the fluid path as a reminder to perform priming, disinfection and flushing to help reduce bloodstream infections and occlusions in patients receiving infusion therapy.

Maximus claims it is the only medical device manufacturer to currently offer a clear positive displacement connector.

March 14, 2008 - Data from Millennium Research Group’s (MRG) U.S. Interventional Radiology (IR) Marketrack indicates that in 2007, over 85 percent of liver cancer treatments performed in IR suites used transcatheter chemoembolization, a procedure that delivers chemotherapy agents directly to a tumor through minimally invasive means.

March 14, 2008 - SonoSite Inc. received a design award from the International Forum (iF) in the Health Care category for its S-Nerve ultrasound tool, part of SonoSite’s newly introduced S Series product line, designed to support the visualization needs of anesthesiologists performing regional anesthesia and is designed to function for the guidance of regional nerve blocks and central line placement.

March 13, 2008 – The University of Michigan Health System selected McKesson’s Horizon Medical Imaging PACS in an effort to improve efficiency of its radiologists, according to the university.

Horizon Medical Imaging system is designed to manage large data sets with adaptive image loading and intelligent 3D workstation integration.