MedTech Business - January 30, 2015
Mendor to Provide Services at Tampere Clinic
Finnish diabetes technology and solution company Mendor has signed a contract with the Finnish City of Tampere to provide Mendor ONE mobile health diabetes management solutions for people with type 1 diabetes at the Tampere diabetes outpatient clinic. Mendor ONE carries a cellular enabled blood glucose meter, cloud software to be used at the clinic […]
Drug Development Pharma - January 30, 2015
ILUVIEN Approved in Finland
The Finnish Medicines Agency and the Ministry of Health in Luxembourg have granted marketing authorization for Alimera Sciences, Inc.’s drug ILUVIEN®, used in the treatment of vision impairment associated with chronic diabetic macular edema (DME) considered unresponsive to available therapies. ILUVIEN is now approved for marketing in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the […]
Uncategorized - January 30, 2015
Math Theory Could Reduce MRI Scan Times
One of this century’s most significant mathematical discoveries may decrease the number of MRI measuring points to one-sixth of the current level, reducing patients’ exposure to radiation, speeding the imaging process and freeing up time for more scans. The theory of compressed sensing enables compressive sampling without having to look at the raw data first. […]
Pharma Business - January 29, 2015
Poll: Drug Price Debates to Increase
The results of BioSpace’s second Biotech Temperature Poll show that most respondents believe drug companies will be struggling to negotiate drug prices in 2015, as displeasure over high price tags starts to affect cancer drug pricing as well. The majority of respondents believed that drug makers will need to provide discounts in exchange for exclusivity, […]
Uncategorized - January 29, 2015
Danish Scientists Mapping Genomes
For the first time ever, Danish scientists have collected all the information from each of 30 people and mapped their genomes through GenomeDenmark, a research project dedicated to mapping the Danish genome. “We’ve pieced together their genome entirely from scratch — this only has been done on very few people across the globe,” explains Simon […]
Uncategorized - January 29, 2015
PSA Test Program in Sweden Could Save Lives
An organized prostate cancer screening program in Sweden focused on the men who have the most to gain would reduce the risk of dying from prostate cancer by more than 40 percent, according to studies at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Spontaneous prostate cancer screenings, which involve the PSA test, have been applied in […]
