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Acceleware taps new sales VP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image and data processing software developer Acceleware has named Shawn Lorenz as vice president of sales.
January 16, 2008
NSF lawsuit filed against Tyco, Mallinckrodt
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A lawsuit has been filed against Covidien (formerly Tyco Healthcare Group) and its Mallinckrodt subsidiary of Hazelwood, MO, on behalf of a patient who asserts that she developed nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) after being administered the MRI contrast agent OptiMark.
January 15, 2008
Maryland law out-Starks Stark; last chance to take personality survey
By Brian Casey
January 14, 2008
Minrad makes two exec appointments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Minrad International has named Charles Trego Jr. as its new chief financial officer (CFO) and executive vice president, effective March 3.
January 14, 2008
International Isotopes taps COO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioisotope manufacturer International Isotopes has named James Mayer as chief operating officer (COO).
January 14, 2008
Foundation Radiology Group buys Oryx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) has acquired radiology practice management firm Oryx Medical Services of Roanoke, VA.
January 14, 2008
Stark, raving mad? Physicians say Maryland's self-referral laws too broad
By Kate Madden Yee
To the dismay of Maryland orthopedists, urologists, and emergency surgeons, a trial court in that state has upheld a self-referral law that virtually out-Starks the Stark law by banning nonradiologists from referring for in-office imaging. Nonradiologists argue that Maryland is overstepping the federal rule and that the law diminishes patient care by taking clinical procedures that are part of standard practice out of the hands of specialty doctors.
January 14, 2008
New U.S. budget funds nuclear medicine programs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) budget for fiscal 2008 will include $17.5 million for nuclear medicine research programs.
January 13, 2008
Siemens loses first round in Saint-Gobain suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A federal court in Wilmington, DE, has rebuffed Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, in its legal bid to halt Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, a division of Cie. de Saint-Gobain of France, from marketing scintillation crystals used in PET scanners.
January 13, 2008
Hologic files suit against SenoRx
Women's imaging vendor Hologic of Bedford, MA, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Cytyc, have filed a lawsuit against Aliso Viejo, CA-based SenoRx.
January 10, 2008
Cordis wins heart stent patent appeal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis of Miami Lakes, FL, has won an appeal in its patent battle with Medtronic and Boston Scientific over who owns heart stent patents, Reuters reported.
January 10, 2008
OIG won't penalize rural hospital for free radiology reports
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has decided not to penalize a rural hospital for receiving free radiology reports, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR).
January 10, 2008
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