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HHS issues $153M for antineutropenia drug
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has awarded a contract to Cellerant Therapeutics to continue developing drugs to combat neutropenia.
September 2, 2010
Digisonics receives Veterans Affairs order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has taken an order for its DigiView CVIS PACS and structured reporting system from the Raymond G. Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albuquerque, NM.
September 2, 2010
Staggering rad work shifts improves patient care
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Putting staggered radiologist work shifts in place can improve communications between doctors regarding patient findings and, thus, improve patient care, according to a new study in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
September 2, 2010
Women of Mexican origin at higher risk for breast cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Women of Mexican origin in the U.S. are younger when diagnosed with breast cancer, and starting screening at age 50 as recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force would result in missed cancers in a third of this population, according to new research published online in the journal Cancer.
September 2, 2010
SPECT/CT for thyroid cancer helps avoid more imaging tests
By Wayne Forrest
Use of SPECT/CT can help avoid additional imaging tests for thyroid cancer evaluation and prompt changes in risk classification and treatment management among intermediate- and high-risk patients, according to a study in the September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
September 2, 2010
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Calypso signs European sales pact with Siemens
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Calypso Medical Technologies has signed a nonexclusive product distribution agreement with Siemens Healthcare for the sale of its Calypso system in Europe.
September 1, 2010
IBA inks Tc-99m deal, sells prototype
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA), the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission, and the National Institute for Radioelements have signed an agreement to secure the supply of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) beginning in 2015.
September 1, 2010
Elekta opens South Korean office
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has opened an office in Bundang, South Korea.
September 1, 2010
AECL's NRU resumes operation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) yesterday resumed operation of its National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, following unscheduled maintenance this week to repair the temperature controls for a moderator heat exchanger.
September 1, 2010
Covidien warns of Tc-99m shortfall
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare technology firm Covidien is warning its customers of shortages of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) generators in the first half of September.
September 1, 2010
Navix wraps up recapitalization
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiovascular imaging services provider Navix Diagnostix has completed a management-led recapitalization of the firm with private equity company Prospect Partners of Chicago.
September 1, 2010
FDA: No. of mammo sites drops again
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of mammography facilities accredited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration continued its slow decline in the FDA's most recent reporting period.
September 1, 2010
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