Clinical News: Page 3182

Synarc completes IoDP purchase

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical imaging and molecular marker services provider Synarc has completed its acquisition of IoDP Medical Imaging Research, a Paris-based company that provides medical imaging services for use in clinical trials.

July 27, 2004

Medicare to ease LOCM restrictions

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to remove restrictions on payment for low-osmolar contrast materials (LOCM) as part of a program designed to provide new preventive benefits and raise physician payments for 2005.

July 27, 2004

Cook to begin U.S. trial for drug-eluting, non-coronary stent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Cook is readying a U.S. clinical trial of its drug-coated stent for use in a peripheral artery. The study will examine whether drug-coated stents can yield benefits in treating peripheral vascular disease similar to those produced in treating coronary artery disease, according to the Bloomington, IN-based vendor.

July 27, 2004

iCRco adds China distributor

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computed radiography and film digitizer vendor iCRco has signed an agreement with Shanghai Ascent Medical Equipment Technologies.

July 27, 2004

Calypso reports IDE progress at AAPM show

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Electromagnetic localization developer Calypso Medical Technologies has completed the second stage of an investigational device exemption (IDE) clinical study for its Calypso 4D Localization System.

July 27, 2004

NSECT may trump traditional imaging by spotting breast cancer before it manifests

By Shalmali Pal

Neutron-based molecular imaging could reveal breast cancer at the most basic level, long before anatomical changes are seen, according to a presentation Wednesday at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) conference in Pittsburgh.

July 27, 2004