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Abbott amends Boston Scientific agreement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firm Abbott Laboratories said it has amended its agreement with Boston Scientific to acquire Guidant's vascular business, which is contingent on the closing of Boston Scientific's proposed acquisition of Guidant.
January 16, 2006
Boston Scientific raises Guidant offer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Boston Scientific has amended its offer to acquire interventional device firm Guidant of Indianapolis to $80 per share of Guidant common stock.
January 16, 2006
MRS helps predict if antidepressants will prevail in geriatric depression
By Shalmali Pal
Measuring cerebral metabolites with MR spectroscopy (MRS) could help mental health professionals tailor treatment regimens for elderly people with depression, according to Japanese researchers. They found that dysfunction in the frontal lobes is the most likely reason for cognitive impairment and possible depressive psychosis in an older population.
January 16, 2006
Prepless VC misses some diminutive flat lesions
By Eric Barnes
A rather gutsy clinical study by Italian radiologists pitted state-of-the-art chromoscopic high-magnification colonoscopy against prepless virtual colonoscopy. The researchers found that advanced colonoscopy did a better job of identifying flat lesions, particularly the smallest ones.
January 16, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Radiology Insider
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
January 15, 2006
Medrad goes direct in Belgium, Luxembourg
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European division of contrast injector technology firm Medrad has expanded its direct sales operation in Europe by establishing Medrad Belgium to provide direct sales, service, and support in Belgium and Luxembourg.
January 15, 2006
Guidant, J&J announce new purchase deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The stakes are rising in the bidding war for interventional device firm Guidant. Guidant and suitor Johnson & Johnson announced a new purchase deal on Friday that would see J&J pay $24.2 billion for Guidant.
January 15, 2006
IDC raises additional cash
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital radiography developer Imaging Dynamics (IDC) has raised an additional $5 million Canadian ($4.3 million U.S.) in a fund-raising effort with a group of underwriters first announced last week.
January 15, 2006
AuntMinnie.com MRI Radiology Insider
By Shalmali Pal
January 15, 2006
Step-and-shoot acquisition cuts CTA dose, improves images
By Eric Barnes
Low-pitch helical acquisition is effective for ensuring complete volume coverage and good phase registration over multiple cardiac cycles. But it packs a high radiation dose and lacks flexibility for irregular heart motion. Researchers have found a potential solution with a "step-and-shoot" acquisition mode for 64-slice CT scanners that can reduce even a modulated dose by 50% or more.
January 15, 2006
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Draxis radiopharmaceutical approved
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer Draxis Health has received FDA approval for its supplemental new drug application for sodium iodide I-131 oral capsules.
January 12, 2006
Boston Scientific ups Guidant bid
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firm Boston Scientific has sweetened its bid for Guidant in a move to make its acquisition proposal more competitive with a rival bid from Johnson & Johnson.
January 12, 2006
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