Molecular imaging technique uses ultrasound and microscopic bubbles to target cancer cells

An imaging technique combining ultrasound and specially modified contrast agents may allow researchers to noninvasively detect cancer and show its progression, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM). The technique enables researchers to visualize tumor activity at the molecular...

Cleveland Clinic/Microsoft Pilot Promising; Home Health Services May Benefit Chronic Disease Management

Project with Microsoft HealthVault Shows that Technology May Improve the Way Healthcare is Delivered CLEVELAND, March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The use of at-home medical devices to connect doctors and patients via the Internet can help patients and their physicians work more efficiently together to manage chronic conditions, according to research at Cleveland Clinic. In December 2008, Cleveland Clinic and Microsoft collaborated on a pilot project that pairs the hospital's electronic medical...

Wisconsin Announces Top Companies to Watch

Yesterday, Wisconsin's Department of Commerce announced their top 30 companies to watch in 2010.  The purpose of the award is to honor second-stage companies that demonstrate high performance in the marketplace, exhibit innovative products, services or processes, or otherwise make their company "worth watching."  Among these companies were numerous pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies whose focus are chronic diseases. The list included the following: EraGen...

Outsourcing: Cloud Computing and Data Security

With the proliferation of many web based applications, blogs, social media sites, media sharing sites, and web-collaboration tools, much of today’s data resides on web servers. With this data architecture, information, materials, and media can be accessed from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Data can be gathered on demand, with limited usage and storage on hardware and software at the local level. This allows access from multiple people, and does not require everyone to...

FIPNet Supported by Cloud Computing

My colleague Brian discussed the FIPNet model in his last post as a structure for drug development and as a model for allocating “core” and “non-core” competencies among various partners to assure that your business has best practices throughout the entire drug development lifecycle. Today, I would like to talk about how “cloud computing” has accelerated and facilitated the viability of the FIPNet model.  If you have used Facebook, Linkedin, Salesforce, Google Apps. or other...

Pfizer Selects ChemAxon’s Markush Platform

BUDAPEST, Hungary, January 22 /PRNewswire/ -- - Pfizer Globally Licenses ChemAxon's Platform For Markush Structure Searching And Enumeration ChemAxon - a leading provider of cheminformatics software for the life sciences industry has entered into agreement with Pfizer to provide...

LUMEDX receives ACC-NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG software vendor certification

The American College of Cardiology has certified LUMEDX, a leading provider of integrated cardiovascular imaging and information systems, as an ACC-NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG software vendor. The new ACC-NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG is a unified registry collecting data for patients with acute myocardial infarction. LUMEDX’s Export to ACTION Registry-GWTG solution collects data at the point of care and submits it electronically to the ACC-NCDR, streamlining registry...

State of Vermont implements Upp Technology’s emergency management software

Upp Technology, a global provider of IT staffing services, implemented its irms|EM™ (Emergency Management) software for the State of Vermont within three weeks of selection of the solution. The software helped the State’s RSS (Receive, Stage, & Store) Warehouse become operational following just one day of training and distribute more than 2,000 piece of H1N1 Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) inventory to hospitals throughout the...

Tibotec Virco Virology BVBA acquires Ground Zero Software’s LAB TRACKER HIV EMR system

Tibotec Virco Virology BVBA today announced the acquisition of LAB TRACKER(TM) HIV, a customized electronic medical record (EMR) system, from the company Ground Zero Software. LAB TRACKER(TM) HIV is a full-service, scalable software platform designed to meet the complex disease-management needs of health care providers who are treating people living with...

Abbot announces definitive agreement to acquire STARLIMS Technologies for $123 million

Abbott announced today a definitive agreement to acquire STARLIMS Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of laboratory information management systems, for approximately $123 million in...