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AMP Starts on Positive Note
November 20, 2009 11:14 AM by Matthew T. Patton
KISSIMMEE, FL -- Christmas decorations next to palm trees are a fun treat for your Philadelphia-based reporter at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center in Kissimmee, FL, where opening remarks for the 15th Annual Meeting of the Association for Molecular Read More...
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Biotest and Premier Announce Partnership
October 15, 2009 11:24 AM by Amanda Koehler
Biotest Diagnostics Corp., Rockaway, NJ, announced a multi-year agreement with Premier Purchasing Partners L.P., the group purchasing unit of Premier Inc., Charlotte, NC, for its advanced serology solutions, including traditional blood bank reagents, Read More...
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Abbott Acquires Solvay
September 30, 2009 11:06 AM by Kerri Penno
Abbott, Abbott Park, IL, has announced a $6.6 billion definitive agreement to acquire Solvay's pharmaceuticals business and full global rights to the fenofibrate franchise. The acquisition will provide Abbott with a large and complementary portfolio of Read More...
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Test Helps Tailor Therapy
September 23, 2009 2:38 PM by Amanda Koehler
The Journal of Clinical Oncology recently released study results from the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. In this study, researchers found the use of a blood test helped doctors tailor therapy to metastic Read More...
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New Strips From Quantimetrix
September 22, 2009 2:43 PM by Kerri Penno
Quantimetrix Corp., Redondo Beach, CA, a company specializing in liquid quality control and urinalysis, has announced several newly added urine reagent strip values to its Dipper, Dropper, Dropper Plus and Dip&Spin inserts. Values for Accutest, Accustrip, Read More...
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Company Honored
September 15, 2009 11:13 AM by Kerri Penno
Medical Precision Plastics Inc., Warminster, PA, an ISO-certified custom plastic extruded tubes manufacturer, has received an Export Achievement Certificate award from the United States Department of Commerce. Medical Precision Plastics has also received Read More...
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FDA Clears Vermillion's OVA1
September 14, 2009 1:00 PM by Kerri Penno
The FDA has cleared Vermillion Inc.'s (Fremont, CA) OVA1 test to help detect ovarian cancer in pelvic masses requiring surgery. OVA1 identifies women who will benefit from referral to a gynecological oncologist for surgery, despite negative results from Read More...
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Merger Alert
June 30, 2009 12:55 PM by Kerri Penno
ViraCor Laboratories, which specializes in molecular diagnostic testing for infectious diseases; and IBT Laboratories, a clinical-diagnostics and biomedical-research laboratory specializing in immunology and allergy assays, today announced the companies Read More...
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Data Presented on VITROS Systems
June 11, 2009 1:41 PM by Kerri Penno
At the 18th IFCC-EFCC European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, data will be presented on Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' two in vitro diagnostic systems recently introduced to the market. The award winning VITROS 5600 Integrated System Read More...
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Technology Transfer
May 18, 2009 3:44 PM by Kerri Penno
This afternoon, students and other ASM attendees were invited to a career options symposium, where three presenters offered information on three different microbiology career paths: technology transfer, clinical microbiology and microbiology in the military. Read More...
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Pancreatobiliary Tract
April 15, 2009 3:56 PM by Kerri Penno
Barbara A. Centeno, MD, senior member and director of cytopathology, Moffitt Cancer Cente; and professor, University of South Florida College of Medicine, kicked off the general session with a discussion of diagnostic cytology of the exocrine pancreatobiliary Read More...
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Small World
April 1, 2009 12:50 PM by Kerri Penno
You have until Apr. 30 to submit images taken through the light microscope for consideration in the 35th Annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. Nikon Small World celebrates the world's best photomicrographers who showcase advanced scientific Read More...
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Tweeting Results
March 30, 2009 9:48 AM by Amanda Koehler
This weekend I attended HealthCamp Philadelphia , an open forum, barcamp-style conference on healthcare and social media. This was the first type of gathering in the Philadelphia region, although there are other HealthCamps across the country. Phil Baumann, Read More...
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Rightful Place
January 23, 2009 11:36 AM by Kerri Penno
"We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise healthcare's quality and lower its cost." President Barack Obama made this promise just 3 days ago during his inauguration address and, as with his plans to examine Read More...
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Free Webinar Tomorrow
April 30, 2008 8:44 AM by Amanda Koehler
We received the following e-mail from Swisslog: Swisslog presents Free Webinar to Clinical Laboratory Professionals featuring Pneumatic Tube System Product Manager, John Kennedy Swisslog Healthcare Solutions (Denver, CO), a provider of hospital material Read More...
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