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Medical technology news
AdvaMed SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Advanced Medical Technology Association
ALung seeks approval for respiratory-assist device in China
5/23/2013
- MassDevice.com (Boston)
ALung Technologies is making moves to obtain regulatory approval for its Hemolung respiratory-assist device in China. To that end, the company has tapped Curative Medical to administer a clinical stud… Read More
News for the biotechnology industry
BIO SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Biotechnology Industry Organization
Biotech labeling law clears Conn. Senate
5/23/2013
- FoodSafetyNews.com
The Connecticut Senate voted 35-1 in support of legislation to label biotech food, making it the second legislative body to do so after the Vermont House approved a similar measure. The vote sends the… Read More
News for the food and drug law community
FDLI SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Food and Drug Law Institute
FDA seeks to regulate mobile app for urine analysis
5/23/2013
- FDALawBlog.net
The FDA is asking BioSense Technologies why the company did not submit its mobile application, the uChek Urine Analyzer, to the agency for 510(k) clearance. The app uses a mobile phone to analyze urin… Read More
WLF advises CMS to exclude medical textbooks from Sunshine Act reporting requirements
5/21/2013
Because medical textbooks are "educational materials that directly benefit patients," they should be excluded from Sunshine Act reporting requirements, according to the Washington Legal Foundation, wh… Read More
News about transfusion and cellular therapies
AABB SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: American Association of Blood Banks
7% of hospital drug errors involve blood thinners
5/23/2013
- Medical News Today
Anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs are involved in about 7% of medication errors in hospitals, according to a study in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Having pharmacists on patient rounds and using … Read More
Parents launch petition for autism, Fragile X funding
5/23/2013
- PharmaLive.com
Parents of children with autism launched an online petition urging the government and industry to help fund Seaside's work on a drug for autism and Fragile X syndrome. Roche Holding declined to exerci… Read More
News about health care innovation
HIT: Health Innovation Today
Published in partnership with: Greenway Medical Technologies
Population health management, ACO success hinge on data analytics
5/22/2013
- Health Tech Zone
- FierceHealthIT
An Institute of Health Technology Transformation report says the success of accountable care organizations and population health management lies in data analytics. The report offered recommendations t… Read More
Diabetes and obesity research news
TRI SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes
Focus obesity interventions on prediabetes, doctor says
5/19/2013
- Healio
Obesity interventions, including lifestyle modification, drugs and bariatric surgery, should focus on people with prediabetes, Dr. W. Timothy Garvey of the University of Alabama at Birmingham told End… Read More
News for the global pharmaceuticals industry
DIA Global SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Drug Information Association
Spanish medtech exports counter domestic slump
5/22/2013
- Clinica
Spain's exports of medical devices remain a bright spot in the nation's economy, growing 4.8% in 2012 to about $2.4 billion, and continuing a four-year trend in which medtech exports have increased 1… Read More
News affecting the tissue bank community
AATB SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: American Association of Tissue Banks
Provider of tissue-donor services expands in Fla.
5/22/2013
- Gainesville Sun (Fla.), The
RTI Donor Services, a not-for-profit group that prepares donated tissue for transplantation, has opened a new division in Alachua, Fla., to extend its reach to the other areas of the country. The orga… Read More
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