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| Mar 28, 2014 | The 8 Best Ways to Market Your Healthcare Facility and Stand Out Online | 70% of consumers say that feedback about a product or service they find online is the #2 factor in deciding whether or not to do business with that practice. It is time to ensure your practice is listed in the right places with the most upd... |
| Mar 6, 2014 | New attack on HTTPS crypto might reveal if you’re pregnant or have cancer | Wikipedia reader comments 87 with 40 posters participating, including story author
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| Jan 28, 2014 | Lean launchpad and healthcare startups: Sometimes teams win when they fail | This post is part of our series on the National Science Foundation I-Corps Lean LaunchPad class in Life Science and Health Care at UCSF. Doctors, researchers and Principal Investigators in this class got out of the lab and hospital talked t... |
| Dec 23, 2013 | Medical device maker nets $4.7M to tackle peripheral artery disease complications | The Wayne, Pa.-based company has raised about $4.7 million from five investors, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among its investors are Quaker Partners and H.I.G. BioVentures, as well as angel inve... |
| Dec 3, 2013 | Software to interpret EEG for neurological disorders gets proof-of-concept funding | Dr. Christof Daetwyler of Drexel University College of Medicine produced an online teaching tool to improve physician interactions with patients using practice, assessment and feedback. The company is called WebPatientEncounter. The idea is... |
| Nov 29, 2013 | Gift Guide: Be Super-Healthy On A Shoestring Budget | Are you tired of watching expensive gadgets turn your friends into Abercrombie models? Well, my pudgy popper, we’ve got a holiday gift guide that’ll give you five more ab packs without breaking your piggy bank.
Standing Desk Vs. Cardboard B... |
| Nov 21, 2013 | Your turn, guys: Trak Fertility wants to help men keep tabs on their swimmers | The company’s Trak Fertility system includes an engine, a disposable test plate and seal, a sample collection cup and a dropper. A semen sample is collected in the cup, swirled around, put in the test plate with the dropper and sealed. Then... |
| Nov 12, 2013 | Atossa Genetics working toward new FDA clearance, 2014 product launches | “One is payable upon filing the 510(k) submission and one upon clearance,” Dr. Steven C. Quay, Chairman, CEO & President, said.
The company reported $7.7 million in the bank, which it estimates will provide six to 10 months of runway. R... |
| Oct 18, 2013 | Health IT deals help push software deals to 12-year high but life science struggles | Here were the biggest health IT deals for the quarter based on data from the MoneyTree Report and Mercom Capital Group’s Healthcare IT report.
Evolent Health raised $100 million. EHR provider Practice Fusion raised $70 million. MedSynergies... |
| Oct 8, 2013 | 'Sitting is the new smoking' — 60% of Americans suffer from Silicon Valley Syndrome | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
You are achy, your back hurts, you have trouble sleeping, and your head is pounding — you could have Silicon Valley syndrome.
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| Oct 8, 2013 | 'Sitting is the new smoking' — 60% of Americans suffer from Silicon Valley Syndrome | You are achy, your back hurts, you have trouble sleeping, and your head is pounding — you could have Silicon Valley syndrome.
“Personal posture trainer” startup LumoBack released the results of a study today that examined “Silicon Valley Sy... |
| Oct 3, 2013 | Mayo Clinic joins Arizona Furnace, a tech transfer-accelerator hybrid | The Furnace approaches the tech transfer centers at Arizona research institutions and asks to see their “unencumbered technologies,” Gordon McConnell, assistant vice president for ASU’s entrepreneurship and innovation group, said. McConnell... |
| Sep 30, 2013 | Three ways ThingWorx’s M2M software platform is helping disrupt healthcare | Such is the level of demand that ThingWorx formed a distribution agreement with global resellers JAL21 — a milestone it had not planned to meet until 2014. “Demand has been so big and opportunities are cropping up all over the place. We are... |
| Jun 17, 2013 | Applying neuromodulation to acute heart failure nets NC device startup a $13M series A | NeuroTronik is creating a device that cardiologists would use to stimulate a patient’s heart so that it could pump blood more effectively. This kind of treatment has the potential to shorten hospital stays and reduce the need for patients t... |
| May 14, 2013 | Google CEO Larry Page Reveals He’s Recovering From Vocal Cord Paralysis, Will Fund Research | In a post on Google+ today, Google CEO Larry Page discussed for the first time publicly the voice problems he’s been experiencing. It doesn’t sound like Page is experiencing life-threatening medical problems, but it has become a topic of in... |
| May 7, 2013 | The Southeast gets its first digital health accelerator | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| May 7, 2013 | The Southeast gets its first digital health accelerator | Interested in learning more about opportunities in digital health? HealthBeat, VentureBeat’s health conference takes place on May 20 and 21.
The Iron Yard has launched the Southeast’s first digital health accelerator, proving that innovatio... |
| Mar 18, 2013 | Nuclear Stress Test Produces Incident on Chicago Subway | This is pretty interesting. A gentleman on a Chicago Metra train got an entire train detained and searched by walking into the Metra system after a nuclear stress test, which the Mayo Clinic descibes as a way to measure "blood flow to ... |
| Mar 14, 2013 | $1M grant will help researchers develop “smart insulin” as a safer option for type 1 diabetes | Insulin, as a naturally occurring hormone, helps the body convert food into energy and maintain regular levels of sugar in the blood. In people with type 1 diabetes, the body attacks its own insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and leave... |
| Mar 2, 2013 | Wow of the week: Startup creates armband with gesture control to unleash the inner Jedi | Thalmic Labs was started last year by Aaron Grant, Matthew Bailey, and Stephen Lake who graduated from University of Waterloo Mechatronics Engineering in Ontario Canada and now employs 10. It’s currently part of Y Combinator’s winter 2013 c... |
| Jan 25, 2013 | Two startups try to break 10+ trend of search engine as starting point for health info | Here are a few other interesting tidbits from the Pew report:
35 percent of U.S. adults have surfed the Internet to determine the condition they are suffering. Pew researchers have a name for these folks: “online diagnosers.”
53 percent of ... |
| Nov 12, 2012 | Device startup aims to bring implantable solution to the problem of central sleep apnea | This novel therapy is meant to prove better clinical outcomes than the standard treatments, which include CPAP masks, drugs and other types of airflow devices.
Labosky said that data from a feasibility study showed that the remede device is... |
| Nov 8, 2012 | California startup developing catheter-based technology for mitral valve repair lands $32.5M | On its website, CardiAQ Valve Technologies (CVT), which has completed a first-in-man study, claims to have a unique transcatheter mitral valve repair technology.
“While several companies are attempting to develop percutaneous approaches to ... |
| Nov 1, 2012 | New anti-interferon alpha therapy for lupus nabs $5.8M, could start clinical trials next year | With the new money, Resolve will be able to advance its investigational lupus compound into clinical trials, which are expected to start in mid-2013, CEO James Posada said in a statement. The compound is currently in IND-enabling studies.
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| Oct 25, 2012 | Beam Brush brings dental hygiene to the world of the quantified self (video) | “We didn’t want to be one of a dozen companies chasing after helping people finding a doctor,” Frommeyer said.
Research has linked unhealthy gums to everything from cancer to heart disease to premature birth. Doctors and payers could become... |
| Oct 22, 2012 | “Life is a preexisting condition” says Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready in pitch for Obamacare (video) | Pearl Jam rocker Mike McCready, who is not shy about airing his views, has gotten into the political fray this election season with a video published Monday in which he makes a pitch for Obamacare.
The rocker, who suffers from Crohn’s disea... |
| Oct 4, 2012 | Mayo Clinic launches app to help people conquer fears and overcome anxiety | Anxiety Coach is based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy, that Mayo considers the most effective psychotherapy to manage human fears. The therapy puts a premium on confronting challenging situations to help overcome fear ins... |
| Sep 5, 2012 | Startup targeting enlarged prostate patients believes it can change the lives of men globally | Founder and CEO Michael Todd won’t reveal too many details about the procedure and the device except to say that it uses the transrectal approach to the prostate as opposed to a transurethral approach. Current surgical procedures also emplo... |
| Aug 24, 2012 | Mayo Clinic expertise travels to patients through growing electronic consultation program | After three hours of difficult labor, the new mother had a vaginal injury unlike any that Dr. Michael Brown had seen before. It wasn’t life threatening, but it was uncomfortable. The obstetrician turned to his computer and searched the medi... |
| Aug 3, 2012 | Sanofi-Aventis colorectal cancer drug secures FDA approval in important step for cancer unit | “Zaltrap isn’t likely to be a large medicine for Sanofi, but getting a cancer drug approved is important for them after a series of setbacks in oncology,” said Pierre Corby, an analyst at Aurel BGC in Paris.
Zaltrap was proven to extend lif... |
| Jul 31, 2012 | America: Why are you so afraid of skilled immigrants? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
One of the most contentious issues in the skilled... |
| Jun 24, 2012 | Make A Three-Minute Call, Help Develop A Test For Parkinson’s Based On Voice Recognition | At TEDx Edinburgh today, the BBC reports, mathematician Max Little has launched a new project that uses a speaker’s voice to help diagnose Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s, a devastating neurological disease that develops gradually and ofte... |
| Jun 20, 2012 | Startup tests mesh+microsponges as alternative brain aneurysm treatment | Aneuclose is pursuing several different approaches, but the one that is furthest along involves a mesh device. The idea is to insert the mesh or net into the sac of the aneurysm, fill up the mesh with microsponges and a contrast media or ot... |
| May 21, 2012 | Mayo Clinic is not ‘stupid’ for accepting advertising. It’s profitable | He went further in an email to me: “I think an experienced marketer would know that you can’t engage in any activity that jeopardizes your brand promise. There may be ways to use ads in a way to enable the clinic’s strategy, but I can’t vie... |
| May 16, 2012 | Are Your Exercise Workouts Effective? How Many Calories Do We Burn Through Cardio, Sports, and Yoga? | Tae Kwon Do |
| May 14, 2012 | Cleveland HeartLab at TEDMED (video) | Biomarker test company Cleveland HeartLab made a splash recently at TEDMED, with about 500 conference-goers taking the company’s heart inflammation tests.
Results of the TEDMED tests showed that 41 percent of those who submitted samples had... |
| May 14, 2012 | Ex-Yahoo CEO Thompson reportedly has thyroid cancer | reader comments 21 with 14 posters participating
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| May 1, 2012 | Facebook Wants Us To Save Lives Through Organ Donation, Will We Follow Through? | This morning, Facebook announced a new feature which lets users post to their Facebook timeline that they’ve chosen to be an organ donor. The idea is that friends will choose to share the story of their decision with friends, hopefully tapp... |
| Apr 30, 2012 | Telemedicine forecast: Mobile and clouds with a strong chance of video | The clinic at Cisco’s Silicon Valley headquarters also serves the company’s Research Triangle Park, North Carolina campus. And the connections don’t end there. Telemedicine gives Cisco employees access to medical specialists in North Caroli... |
| Apr 13, 2012 | Meridian Bioscience signs molecular diagnostics deal with major GPO | The illumigene product line is key to Meridian’s future as more customers look to molecular diagnostics, a means of analyzing the makeup of an organism at the genetic level.
The molecular tests Meridian is selling under the deal with Premie... |
| Apr 9, 2012 | Tiny chip is one of many in the running to replace biopsy in cancer detection | Microfluidic chips that capture cancer cells in the blood have been studied at multiple research institutions for a few years now, and other companies, including Veridex, a diagnostic subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson; CytoScale Diagnosti... |
| Mar 30, 2012 | Personalized medicine’s promise and challenges discussed at Duke forum | Green was among the speakers at a March 29 personalized medicine symposium at Duke University. Duke’s Center for Personalized Medicine coordinated the program entitled “At the Interface of Clinical Research and Clinical Medicine.” The sympo... |
| Feb 28, 2012 | AtriCure: Training surgeons for AF procedure takes on big importance | It’s easy to see why growing its U.S. business is important to AtriCure. In the fourth quarter, its U.S. revenue dropped 5 percent compared to the prior year. Contrast that with international revenue, which grew nearly 32 percent during tha... |
| Feb 27, 2012 | Meridian Bioscience gets FDA clearance for Legionnaires’ disease test | Cincinnati, Ohio-area Meridian said the test, called TRU Legionella, is an important addition to its respiratory product portfolio.
“This new assay solidifies our position as a leader in rapid, accurate testing methods for infectious diseas... |
| Feb 13, 2012 | Look beyond the ick factor and see the real life-saving benefits of stool | Hospitals administer a prophylactic antibiotic to patients to prevent wound site infection, but the side effect of that medication is that it wipes out bacteria in the GI tract. Some of these patients then acquire the so-called C.difficile ... |
| Jan 4, 2012 | Healthcare Field of Dreams In Idaho: Health System Opens Innovation Center | Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Dave Chase, the CEO of Avado.com, a patient portal & relationship management company that was a TechCrunch Disrupt finalist. Previously he was a management consultant for Accenture’s healthc... |
| Dec 21, 2011 | The 50 best Cleveland Clinic doctors. Ever. | Ranking the greatest doctors over 90 years is like comparing NFL quarterbacks. Who was better: Peyton Manning or Johnny Unitas? How can one physician from the 1920s compare to another in today’s era of healthcare reform and big health syste... |
| Nov 21, 2011 | Compression therapy firm Wright Therapy raises $1M | Compression therapy can be used to treat venous ulcers and lymphedema, swelling in the limbs caused by a blockage in the lymphatic system. A compression pump inflates a sleeve that’s placed on a patient’s limb and the inflated sleeve moves ... |
| Nov 7, 2011 | NPS Pharmaceuticals gets positive results with drug for endocrine disorder | Bart Clark, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic and an investigator for the REPLACE study, cheered the results: “Considering hypoparathyroidism is the only endocrine disorder for which we do not have an approved replacement hormone t... |
| Oct 7, 2011 | Cold plasma technology company aims to fight drug-resistant infections | “I’ve been doing wound-healing research for years and the application of this technology to wound healing could be phenomenal,” she said.
In addition to wound healing and disinfection, the device could also hold promise in treating biofilms... |
| Oct 5, 2011 | Abbott Vascular executive talks about new mitral valve clip | Abbott Vascular’s Ferolyn Powell talks about the company’s MitraClip technology, which is used to treat a common heart valve condition called mitral regurgitation.
The MitraClip device is designed to reduce significant mitral regurgitation ... |
| Sep 19, 2011 | TheraVasc’s clinical trial of PAD drug shows safety in diabetic patients | The company is reformulating a drug — sodium nitrite — for the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD), a condition in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the limbs. The condition often afflicts diabetics and can result in the... |
| Sep 15, 2011 | EndOclear using visual technology to help clean breathing tubes | EndOclear recently raised $500,000, according to federal regulatory filings.
The company was founded by Michigan cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Brad Vazales and is conducting studies to show efficacy of its technology, according to its website.... |
| Aug 23, 2011 | Cleveland Clinic launches heart blog | “TheBeatingEdge.com will be the source of breaking news from Cleveland Clinic’s heart program,” said Dr. Ben Barzilai, the medical director for the heart blog. “It will provide commentary from our heart experts on current issues. And it wil... |
| Aug 22, 2011 | Biomarker test firm Cleveland HeartLab closes $18.4M investment | The round was led by Excel Venture Management of Boston and HealthCare Ventures of Cambridge, Massachusetts, with participation from existing investors.
Cleveland HeartLab is a clinical reference laboratory that does an array of lipid and i... |
| Aug 9, 2011 | New C. diff test launched in Europe by Meridian Bioscience | The new test is intended for use by laboratories to screen patients with diarrhea for C. diff.
Meridian received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for another C. difficile test that detects the same antigen in May.
In March, the c... |
| Aug 2, 2011 | NeoChord raises $5M, seeks $11M for mitral regurgitation treatment | Mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve doesn’t close tightly enough such that blood flows backward into the heart and not out to the rest of the body. If the condition is not addressed, patients may be at risk of heart failure an... |
| Aug 1, 2011 | Parkinson’s disease monitoring is focus of Great Lakes NeuroTech | The kit includes a motion sensor worn on a patient’s finger to capture data on a prescribed series of movements, such as touching the nose and tapping the fingers. The tests provide a quantitative measurement of two major Parkinson’s sympto... |
| Jul 18, 2011 | Vascular Magnetics, a startup, spawns out of Children’s Hospital | Updated Tue., July 19: Updated in response to comment from Woodward: “We don’t use a stent coated with medicine – we use a temporary, catheter-borne targeting device made of the superparamagnetic steel. In the magnetic field, this device de... |
| Jun 24, 2011 | N.C. diagnostics firm LipoScience files for $86M IPO | LipoScience plans to use proceeds from its stock offering to expand its sales and marketing and fund continued R&D for new tests to supplement an already commercialized blood test to gauge the risk of cardiovascular disease. LipoScience... |
| Jun 3, 2011 | Venture capitalists in Ohio aim for Israeli med-tech | Through an innovative partnership with an Israeli technology incubator, Akron venture capital firm Everett Partners is hoping to bring several medical device firms’ U.S. headquarters to Northeast Ohio.
While no startups from the Targetech I... |
| Jun 2, 2011 | Akron venture firm aims for Israeli medical device imports | The model is somewhat similar to Cleveland venture firm Bridge Investment Fund, which also targets Israeli device firms with an eye toward luring its portfolio companies to the region. However, as the executives behind Bridge and Everett st... |
| May 12, 2011 | LifeServe Innovations changes target market for airway access device | The reason for the change is simple: It represents a larger target market, according to 23-year-old Chief Science Officer Rick Arlow, who’s enrolled in an M.D./Ph.D. program at Case Western Reserve University.
Arlow maintains that LifeServe... |
| May 11, 2011 | Ohio U. spinoff Sanuthera developing iPod-like tinnitus therapy device | As a bonus, the device can also be used as a hearing aid, meaning it can treat both tinnitus and hearing loss.
The young company recently got a boost when it received a $337,000 investment from TechGrowth Ohio, a state-backed venture develo... |
| May 10, 2011 | Meridian Bioscience gets FDA nod on new C. difficile test | The newly cleared test detects a common antigen produced by toxigenic and non-toxigenic forms of C. difficile. It’s intended for use by laboratories that want to screen patients with diarrhea for both forms of C. difficile.
The toxic form o... |
| Apr 18, 2011 | Mayo Clinic site’s information disappointing, incomplete | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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| Mar 7, 2011 | Neoprobe says Lymphoseek NDA to come next quarter | The company expects to publish the results of a phase 3 clinical trial that aims to show Lymphoseek’s superiority to vital blue dyes, which are currently used in lymphatic mapping procedures.
In the fourth quarter, Neoprobe lost $2 million,... |
| Mar 4, 2011 | Meridian Bioscience gets FDA OK on pediatric C. difficile test | An earlier version of the test, which the company calls the “illumigene,” was cleared for commercialization by the FDA in July. However, that clearance didn’t apply to children.
The test provides results within an hour and requires about tw... |
| Feb 10, 2011 | Critique of internet-based health advice gets serious | By Chris Seper
It’s hard to gauge the impact of The New York Times’ critique of WebMD. Is it just one columnist’s opinion? Or is it a signal that standards for online health advice are going to change?
Times columnist Virginia Heffernan cra... |
| Feb 8, 2011 | Mayo Clinic v. WebMD: Have standards suddenly changed? | Promoted
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| Jan 20, 2011 | Sans swine flu, Meridian earnings sink 32 percent | Swine flu fears pushed up demand for Meridian Bioscience Inc.’s (NSDQ:VIVO) rapid flu tests a year ago, but the absence of those concerns contributed to a 32 percent decline in the diagnostic test maker’s first-quarter earnings for fiscal 2... |
| Jan 20, 2011 | Where’s swine flu when you need it? Meridian Bioscience earnings drop 32% | Sales also dropped — but not as severely — down 12 percent to $37.3 million.
Nonetheless, the company maintained that its financial condition is “sound” and reaffirmed its previous earnings guidance. Meridian projects fiscal 2011 sales to b... |
| Jan 19, 2011 | Zyga wins FDA clearance for spinal fusion device | Spinal tools company Zyga Technology Inc. received Food & Drug Administration 5100(k) clearance for its SImmetry Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System.
The device is designed for minimally invasive surgery to eliminate lower back pain by stabi... |
| Jan 18, 2011 | FDA approves Zyga Technology’s spinal fusion product | Promoted
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| Jan 10, 2011 | Twitter ‘name squatter’ victimizes Meridian Bioscience | Promoted
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| Jan 5, 2011 | Biolyst wants $1m plus to franchise laser treatment for nerve disease | Promoted
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| Dec 27, 2010 | Compression therapy firm Wright Therapy aims for $500,000 fund-raise | Promoted
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| Dec 23, 2010 | GT Urological wraps up $4.6 million for urinary incontinence device | GT Urological LLC raised $4.56 million from the sale of equity, according to documents filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Overall, the company, based in Minneapolis, is seeking $5 million to develop a device that treats pa... |
| Dec 23, 2010 | GT Urological raises nearly $5m for urinary incontinence device | Promoted
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| Dec 22, 2010 | Medtronic wins PMA for Endurant aneurysm device | Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) won Food & Drug Administration approval for its Endurant stent for abdominal aortic aneurysms.
The Fridley, Minn.-based medical device giant’s device, which is delivered via catheter through the femoral artery,... |
| Dec 21, 2010 | Medtronic wins FDA approval for stent graft to treat abdominal aneurysms | Promoted
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| Dec 7, 2010 | Enlyton hopes to illuminate $3 million | Molecular imaging company Enlyton Ltd. is seeking a $3 million investment to get its cancer-detection technology into clinical studies.
The Columbus, Ohio-based company believes its targeting agent, an antibody called ATA-1, is better than ... |
| Dec 3, 2010 | Ohio molecular imaging firm hopes to improve cancer detection | But that’s a long way off. First, the company needs to test its antibody, a radiopharmaceutical that’s injected before undergoing scans, on humans in an imaging study. And before the company can initiate the study, it’ll have to ramp up pro... |
| Nov 19, 2010 | Medtronic study says aortic aneurysm stent effective at one year | Promoted
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| Nov 19, 2010 | Medtronic study supports efficacy of aortic aneurysm stent | Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) said Friday a pivotal clinical trial testing its experimental Endurant stent showed promising results for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms after one year.
The Fridley, Minn.-based company said results from the s... |
| Nov 12, 2010 | Medtronic’s research partnership: a roadmap to the future? | Promoted
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| Nov 11, 2010 | Meridian Bioscience dives on “disappointing” Q4 results | Diagnostics maker Meridian Bioscience Inc. (NSDQ:VIVO) capped a “disappointing” fiscal 2010 with fourth-quarter profits that fell below Wall Street’s expectations and sent its shares tumbling.
Fourth-quarter profits fell 40 percent to $5.3 ... |
| Oct 26, 2010 | Cleveland group sponsors Graft vs. Host Disease conference | Promoted
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| Oct 19, 2010 | NI Medical’s technology to be used in big European heart study | Promoted
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| Oct 12, 2010 | Heart monitoring firm Endotronix gets $250k JumpStart investment | In July 2008, the company licensed two patents for sensor technology from Cleveland’s NASA Glenn Research Center. The sensors can be implanted in the body, then wirelessly transmit findings to a hand-held or wearable device that transmits t... |
| Oct 12, 2010 | Endotronix gets $250,000 JumpStart investment | Endotronix Inc., which is developing wireless heart sensor technology licensed from NASA, received a $250,000 investment from JumpStart Ventures.
The funding from the Cleveland-based economic development group is part of a larger, undisclos... |
| Oct 7, 2010 | Aurum Dx: Using health IT to boost primary care | Akron Health IT startup Aurum Dx LLC likely can’t staunch the flow of doctors choosing other specialties over primary care, but the company hopes to provide a little help to primary care docs where they need it most: the bank account. By us... |
| Oct 7, 2010 | CleveMed founder: Home sleep tests reduce healthcare costs | CleveMed chairman Bob Schmidt thinks he has an answer for the trends of rising healthcare costs, fewer doctors to treat more patients and provider pay-cuts by the federal government: eHealth.
“eHealth” means different things to different or... |
| Oct 7, 2010 | eHealth: a remedy for what ails doctors… and U.S. healthcare | And for Schmidt’s Cleveland Medical Devices (CleveMed), it’s dreaming up diagnostic devices for sleep and movement disorders that can cut up to 90 percent of the cost of traditional tests — and even help primary care physicians find new rev... |
| Sep 30, 2010 | Meridian Bioscience gets Canadian nod for rapid C. difficile test | Meridian has experienced a rocky fiscal 2010, but expects to bounce back in 2011, CEO John Kraeutler said earlier this month. “In fiscal 2011, we expect to rebound from a very difficult fiscal 2010, a year in which we experienced a non-exis... |
| Sep 27, 2010 | Peripheral artery disease drug developer TheraVasc raises $1.8M | Promoted
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| Sep 16, 2010 | Harvard Hawking Online Cialis? Welcome to the New Era of “Web Snatchers” | Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Michael Markson, VP of Marketing for internet search engine Blekko, Inc. Previously, Markson was founder and VP of Business Development of news site Topix.
In the 1956 classic horror film In... |
| Sep 13, 2010 | Meridian Bioscience sees a brighter 2011 | As for fiscal 2010, Meridian reiterated its earlier guidance. The company expects sales at the low end of a $145 million to $153 million range, and diluted per-share earnings at the low end of a range between 70 and 80 cents.
“In fiscal 201... |
| Sep 13, 2010 | Meridian Bioscience optimistic about about FY 2011 | As it rounds out a “very difficult” fiscal 2010, diagnostic test maker Meridian Bioscience Inc. (NSDQ:VIVO) sees better things in 2011.
The Cincinnati, Ohio-based company released optimistic guidance for the upcoming fiscal year. It expects... |