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Igaki-Tamai stent (Kyoto Medical Planning Co.) Researchers in Japan and the Netherlands completed a 10-year study that found a stent that degrades and is absorbed into the blood vessel tissue to be safe for patients with coronary artery disease. The findings are published online ahead of print in the journal Circulation. Stents are . . . → Read More: Degradable Stent Found Safe for Long Term Coronary Treatment  Comments are closed  Regulations  Asia, biomedical, clinical trials, Europe, heart disease, Japan, life sciences, medical device Alcresta, in Newton, Massachusetts, has closed a $10 million series A financing round, the first funding installment after start-up. Investors are led by the venture capital firms Bessemer Venture Partners, Frazier Healthcare, and Third Rock Ventures. The company develops and commercializes enzyme-based nutritional products designed to improve the health of and manage disease for infants, . . . → Read More: Nutritional Enzyme Maker Secures $10M Early-Stage Financing One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance biomedical, biotechnology, entrepreneurs, equity, investment, life sciences, medical device, pharmaceuticals, venture capital (Photos8.com) A survey by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor shows nearly one quarter of grandparents in the U.S. of children age 1 to 5 say they keep their prescription medicines in easily accessible containers or locations. The findings were part of the hospital’s National Poll on Children’s . . . → Read More: Quarter of Grandparents Keep Meds Where Kids Can Find Them Daniel Hashim with samples of nanotube sponges (Rice University) Materials scientists at Rice University in Houston have devised a material that can absorb large quantities of oil by adding the element boron to carbon nanotubes. The Rice researchers, joined by colleagues in the U.S., Belgium, Japan, Spain, and Mexico published their findings Friday . . . → Read More: Boron Added to Carbon Nanotubes Produce Super Oil Sponge 5 comments - (Comments are closed) New products chemistry, energy, engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university, water Patient enters a PET scanner (National Institute of Mental Health) Piramal Healthcare, a pharmaceutical and drug discovery company in Mumbai, India, says it has acquired rights to the molecular imaging research and development portfolio of Bayer Pharma AG in Leverkusen, Germany. The company has formed a new subsidiary, Piramal Imaging SA, to manage . . . → Read More: Piramal Healthcare Buys Bayer Molecular Imaging Portfolio Comments are closed Intellectual property, Regulations Asia, biomedical, clinical trials, engineering, Europe, India, life sciences, medical device, pharmaceuticals Scanning electron micrograph image of MRSA bacteria (Janice Haney Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Molecular Detection Inc. in Wayne, Pennsylvania, a company developing tests for diagnosing infectious diseases, says it has completed a new $1.9 million round of series B financing, the second funding installment after initial start-up. All existing investors, . . . → Read More: Infectious Disease Diagnostics Company Lands Series B Funds One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance biomedical, biotechnology, entrepreneurs, equity, investment, life sciences, medical device, venture capital (NOAA.gov) A new challenge on InnoCentive seeks a process or technology that can quickly detect benzene and 1,3 butadiene gases in low concentrations in the air. The challenge has an award of $30,000 and a deadline of 4 June 2012. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts is a company the conducts open-innovation, crowd-sourcing competitions for . . . → Read More: Challenge Seeks Atmospheric Benzene, Butadiene Monitors One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance, Regulations cancer, challenge, chemistry, engineering, life sciences, physical sciences (Photos8.com) Rex Healthcare, a not-for-profit health care system in Raleigh, North Carolina, has unveiled Rex Strategic Innovations that offers funding for start-up companies and organizations, including venture capital financing. The program is also devising ways to help individuals and organizations develop ideas for improving health care into real-life goods and services. The initiative . . . → Read More: Not-For-Profit Hospital Starts $10M Health Care Venture Fund One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance biomedical, biotechnology, equity, health care, investment, life sciences, medical device, pharmaceuticals, venture capital Seismic test building (U.C. San Diego) Structural engineers at University of California in San Diego will begin two weeks of tests on a full-size building to gauge the impact of severe earthquakes on non-structural components, such as fire and elevator systems, as well as on medical facilities. The tests will involve a five-story . . . → Read More: Engineers to Conduct Seismic Tests on Fire, Medical Systems 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations, New products computer science, engineering, grant, health care, materials science, NSF, physical sciences, university Tsetse fly (Agricultural Research Service, USDA) The group Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), a non-government organization in Geneva, and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have agreed to collaborate on drug-compound screening for three neglected tropical diseases. The three diseases — leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and sleeping sickness — together affect nearly 10 million people . . . → Read More: AstraZeneca, NGO to Partner on Neglected Tropical Diseases One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations biomedical, Europe, life sciences, pharmaceuticals |
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