Advanced multi modality system takes its place in new £100 million Cancer Care facility due to open in Spring 2012
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Government reports NHS use of scanners is “scandalous”
The NHS is not using high-value diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy equipment to its full capacity and is failing to meet patient needs as a result, according to a report from the Government’s Public Accounts Committee.
Covidien Launches World’s First Non-Absorbable, Uni-Directional Knotless Suture
Latest addition to the V-Loc(TM) wound closure device family unveiled at American College of Surgeons’ 97th Annual Clinical Congress
NEUROSURGICAL AND NEUROVASCULAR DEVICE MARKET TO GROW AT SIX PERCENT PER YEAR
Millennium Research Group believes the market for neurosurgical and neurovascular devices will grow to $240 million by 2016
UK MHRA Review of Medical Device Incidents Report Published
UK MHRA report shows 13% uplift in adverse incident reports year on year.
Scandal deepens as Olympus admits to $687M fee
Olympus Corp.’s $2.2 billion acquisition of Gyrus raises eyebrows after the technology giant admits to a $687 million payment to financial advisors mediating the deal.
New study into targeted molecular imaging probes for non-invasive detection of breast cancer lymph node metastasis.
Non-invasive Detection of Breast Cancer Lymph Node Metastasis using Carbonic Anhydrases IX and XII Targeted Imaging Probes.
BRIC Interventional Cardiology Market to Total $4.1 Billion by 2016
BRAZILIAN, RUSSIAN, INDIAN AND CHINESE INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY MARKETS TO GROW AT 11.5 PERCENT ANNUAL AVERAGE
Siemens: GB Rowing unveils its secret weapon
Siemens’ RAPIDPoint 350 Blood Gas Analyser used to gain valuable athletic performance data
Contactless sensors detect developing pressure ulcers
Medical-sensing technology could alert clinicians to the development of pressure ulcers in immobile patients before they form.
Innocoll Announces European Approval for CollaGUARD®, Surgical Adhesion Barrier
Innocoll Inc. has announced the approval of CollaGUARD surgical adhesion barrier for the prevention of postoperative adhesions following abdominal and pelvic surgery.
UK’s NICE Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme welcomes new external assessment centre
The Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme at NICE today welcomes the appointment of a new external assessment centre to support its guidance production and associated processes.
Gore Showcases New Endovascular Repair Simulation Technology at VIVA
Physicians Simulate Real Patient Cases Ushering New Era of Procedure Preparation
Gore Acquires Intellectual Property of NMT Medical, Inc.
Gore acquires CLOSURE I Trial Data: May Create Better Clinical Understanding of Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) in Stroke Patients
Scottish Diagnostic Devices Firm Axis-Shield agrees to £235m Alere Takeover
Diagnostics firm Axis-Shield has ended months of resistance to a takeover offer from US rival Alere.
PCI gains ground for left main and multivessel disease in new European Society of Cardiology revascularization guidelines
A new task force concludes that in certain settings Percutaneous Coronary Intervention can reasonably be considered as a treatment for both left main and three-vessel disease