Regulatory: Page 268

Stacking the deck against virtual colonoscopy?
By Brian Casey
The studies come in fast and furious: Virtual colonoscopy is the next big thing in preventive medicine. Virtual colonoscopy isn't ready for prime time. Confused? So are we. Well, not really. This week's study in the Journal of the American Medical Association on virtual colonoscopy’s effectiveness -- or lack of same -- was, if anything, predictable. A research team led by a gastroenterologist found that, surprisingly enough, virtual colonoscopy conducted by inexperienced radiologists using old equipment and outdated techniques did not compare to the gold standard of conventional colonoscopy.
April 15, 2004
CompuMed nets second OsteoGram patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bone densitometry software developer CompuMed has received its second U.S. patent for its OsteoGram product.
April 12, 2004
Siemens gets FDA nod for CT systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Somatom Sensation 64 and Sensation Open scanners.
April 11, 2004
Lessons learned from an IT network outage
By Brian Casey
It is every IT manager's worst nightmare -- a network outage that brings down a hospital's entire data infrastructure for days. But while an IT network outage can be a major headache, it doesn't have to be a disaster, according to those who have been there
April 8, 2004
Cordis stent gets CE OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, has received CE Mark approval to market its Cypher Select sirolimus-eluting coronary stent in all member states of the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland.
April 7, 2004
Boston Scientific launches Sentinol
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, has introduced its self-expanding nitinol biliary stent system, Sentinol, to the U.S. market.
April 7, 2004
CMS expands outpatient reimbursement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized hospitals to receive special payments under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for three additional drugs and four additional services as new technologies in the outpatient setting.
April 5, 2004
Voxar scores 3-D patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three-dimensional-software developer Voxar has received a U.S. patent for its active presets technology, which automates the generation of 3-D images.
April 4, 2004
Schering gets Swedish approval for Primovist
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German contrast developer Schering has received marketing approval from the Swedish health authority MPA for its Primovist MR liver imaging agent.
April 4, 2004
Proxima receives clearance for new MammoSite catheters
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation-therapy developer Proxima Therapeutics of Alpharetta, GA, said it has received Food and Drug Administration marketing clearance for elliptical-shaped balloon catheters for its MammoSite catheter-based radiation treatment device.
March 31, 2004
Guidant completes stent trial enrollment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Guidant has completed enrollment in Spirit First, a clinical trial evaluating the Indianapolis-based firm's second drug-eluting stent system for the treatment of coronary artery disease.
March 31, 2004
Boston Life Sciences gets FDA OK for Altropane trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical firm Boston Life Sciences has reached an agreement with the Food and Drug Administration for the phase III clinical trial of its radioimaging agent Altropane.
March 31, 2004
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