April 25, 2007 - Alpharma Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, announced that it has received FDA clearance for the KADIAN 10mg strength capsule. The company expects to launch this new dosage strength in 2007.

This is the second FDA approval for a KADIAN line extension in 2007. In March, the company received FDA approval for a 200mg dosage strength which was launched in April 2007. KADIAN is Alpharma's branded extended release morphine sulfate product and is currently marketed in 20mg, 30mg, 50mg, 60mg, 80mg, 100mg and 200mg dosage strengths.

April 25, 2007 - A new line of antimicrobial respirators that meet and exceed CDC and WHO standards for protection against airborne illnesses such as Avian Influenza is available from The Safe Life Corp.

April 25, 2007 – Bycast Inc. today announced that it has entered into an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) software licensing agreement that will enable IBM to deliver IBM branded products based on Bycast StorageGRID software, addressing healthcare’s challenge to efficiently manage and archive data and other critical information assets with operational efficiency.

April 25, 2007 - Direct Medical Systems, LLC received FDA clearance to market its InnovaSound USB Ultrasound System, a Plug and Play ultrasound probe system equipped with standard ultrasound probe capabilities but without the six-figure price tag.

The computer requirements for the USB ultrasound system are USB 2.0 and an operating system of Windows XP or Vista with minimum of 1 Megaherts processor, 512 memory. This technology results in affordable ultrasound being available in non-traditional locations.

April 25, 2007 - Given Imaging Ltd., a manufacturer of capsule endoscopy, announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has granted a regulatory approval number for the company's PillCam SB capsule endoscope, allowing the company to market and sell the endoscopic pill in Japan.

April 24, 2007 - Color Kinetics Inc. announced a global licensing agreement with TRUMPF GmbH Co. KG, a $2 billion German manufacturing company.

TRUMPF will license Color Kinetics' patents to offer the iLED surgical light, which combines intelligent microprocessor control with LEDs to produce variable color temperatures of light. The license will also apply to any future intelligent LED-based medical lights that TRUMPF may develop. The agreement marks Color Kinetics' first in the medical lighting field, and the first related specifically to white light applications.

April 24, 2007 - AADCO Medical Inc. has developed a new sterilized disposable surgical drape, X-drape, made from AADCO's proprietary non-leaded composite radiation absorbing material, "X-Ban"and works within the sterile field to significantly reduce dose from scatter radiation, up to 98 percent.

April 24, 2007 - GE Healthcare recently announced it has received clearance from the FDA for the company's next-generation volume PET/CT application, PET VCAR (Volume Computer-Assisted Reading), created to help clinicians diagnose, stage, treat and monitor tumors and other lesions in the body.

PET VCAR offers several workflow enhancements for both single- and multi-exam review, including exam-to-exam auto-registration, tumor segmentation and quantification, and multi-planar image review.

April 24, 2007 - Eclipsys Corp. announced that PowerBANK Enterprise Edition, a solution for automating the functions of a hospital's blood bank, recently received FDA clearance. The system is a component of Eclipsys Sunrise Laboratory, a laboratory information solution (LIS) that helps increase productivity and decrease costs, providing efficient workflow and data management.

April 24, 2007- Dynamic Imaging today announced the launch of its PACS user group, Dynamic Imaging Associated Members Organized for Networking and Discussion (DIAMOND), designed to give PACS administrators, information technology directors and radiologists using IntegradWeb the opportunity to network, share information and communicate best practices.

Subscribe to
© Copyright Wainscot Media. All Rights Reserved.
Subscribe Now