Newly Ratified ZigBee Health Care Profile Now Available for Public Download

Public availability will spur innovation in telemedicine to help people live healthier, independent lives

SAN RAMON, California, April 5, 2010 – The ZigBee(R) Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless
solutions for use in energy management, residential, commercial and consumer
electronics applications, today announced the Board of Directors has ratified
ZigBee Health Care and made the standard [...]

West Wireless Health Institute Names Dr. Joseph Smith to Serve as Chief Medical and Science Officer

Prominent Cardiologist and Medical Device Innovator to Lead Institute's Medical Charter

SAN DIEGO, April 5, 2010 – The West Wireless Health Institute (WWHI) today announced Dr. Joseph
Smith has been named chief medical and science officer. He will be
responsible for leading the Institute's medical research and clinical-focused
activities and will assume the role immediately. Smith brings with [...]

The CPM Resource Center Launches Web-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines

Point of Care Guidelines(TM) Supports New and Emerging Meaningful use Requirements for Care Coordination and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, April 5, 2010 – The Clinical Practice Model Resource Center (CPMRC)
(www.cpmrc.com/), an Elsevier company and leader in developing
clinical practice guidelines for healthcare, today launched its first
Web-based version of Point of Care Guidelines(TM) (www.cpmrc.com/).
The online edition [...]

Breast Augmentation With Autologous Fat Stem Cells

Clinic DDr. Heinrich Leads in Breast Augmentation With Autologous Stem Cells

VIENNA, Austria, April 6, 2010 – Whereas US and European medical centers are still beginners in breast
augmentation with stem cell-enriched autologous fat, Viennese New Cosmetic
Surgery and anti-aging expert DDr. Karl-Georg Heinrich is well-versed in this
revolutionary method. In his Clinic DDr. Heinrich, he has been [...]

Frost & Sullivan: Orphan Drugs to Create Paradigm Shift in the Pharmaceutical Industry!

LONDON, April 6, 2010 – The economic recovery process has proved difficult for the pharmaceutical
industry. Factors like patent expiry, dry pipeline, and strict approval
guidelines have slowed down the attractive drug discovery and industry
growth. Coupled with an investment risk in new therapy or molecules, this
creates a challenge for the industry to overcome. However, in the [...]

Daiichi Sankyo Submits First New Drug Application for Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor, Edoxaban

Innovative Once-Daily Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor Submitted for Approval in Japan

TOKYO, April 6, 2010 – Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited announced today that it has
submitted a New Drug Application to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
in Japan seeking approval of the anticoagulant, edoxaban, for the prevention
of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after major orthopedic surgery.
[...]

Clearstone Hires Quality Assurance Leader

TORONTO, April 6, 2010 – Clearstone Central Laboratories, a leading global provider of clinical
laboratory and centralized cardiac services for clinical trials, today
announced the appointment of Rose Buot as Vice President of Global Quality
Assurance. She will report directly to Clearstone CEO Lewis Cameron and work
from the company's Baillet-en-France laboratory, near Paris, France.

[...]

Accumetrics, Inc. Announces Completion of GRAVITAS Trial Enrollment

SAN DIEGO, April 6, 2010 – Accumetrics, Inc., a privately-held developer and marketer of the
VerifyNow(R) System, the first rapid and easy to use point-of-care system for
measuring platelet reactivity to multiple antiplatelet agents, announced that
it has completed the enrollment phase of its landmark clinical trial,
GRAVITAS (Gauging Responsiveness with A VerifyNow(R) Assay Impact on
Thrombosis And Safety). [...]

U.S. Market for Dental Operatory Equipment 2010 Report Now Available on ReportsandReports

DALLAS
ReportsandReports Announce it Will Carry the U.S. Market for Dental Operatory Equipment 2010 Market Research Report in its Store.

Browse the complete Report on:?? www.reportsandreports.com/market-reports/us-market-for-dental-operatory-equipment-2010/
The combined U.S. market for dental operatory equipment and practice management software was valued at $1.6 billion.
This market includes
Dental imaging systems,
Furniture and cabinetry,
Curing lights,
Autoclaves,
Microscopes
Practice management software
The dental imaging market is segmented into:
Intraoral [...]

Global Dental Consumables Market Report Now Available on ReportsandReports

DALLAS
ReportsandReports Announce it Will Carry the Global Dental Consumables Market Research Report in its Store.

Browse the complete Report on: www.reportsandreports.com/market-reports/global-dental-consumables-market/
Dental consumables form the largest segment of the dental industry, and also hold significant potential for further growth due to the increasing incidence of oral disease and growing awareness about oral care. The growth of the [...]

Gerresheimer Strengthens Business in Russia

DUSSELDORF, Germany, April 7, 2010 -

– Representative office in Moscow opened
– New support base intensifies marketing and sales
– Russia's pharma market growing dynamically

Gerresheimer AG has set up a sales office in Moscow. The new
representation centre will intensify the [...]

Research Reveals That Overnight Contact Lenses Halt Short-sightedness in Children

LONDON, April 7, 2010 – Over the past 30 years, short-sightedness has increased
significantly and now affects 42% of the population(2). As short-sightedness
is inherited, it is now it a key health issue facing families; however, the
results from a major new study into myopia control(1) have revealed that if
children are fitted with special overnight contact lenses, [...]

Cepheid Announces European Launch of GeneXpert Infinity-48 System at the 20th Annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)

Cepheid Also to Host Integrated Symposium 'The Medical & Public Health Impact of Rapid Molecular Testing'

SUNNYVALE, California, April 7, 2010 – Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) will initiate European launch of its newest
addition to the GeneXpert(R) family of molecular diagnostic testing systems,
the GeneXpert Infinity-48, at the 20th annual European Congress of Clinical
Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) [...]

MarketsandMarkets: In-Vitro Diagnostics BRIC Market Worth $7.3 Billion by 2014

DALLAS, Texas, April 7, 2010 – According to a new market research report, 'In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD)
Market in BRIC (2010 – 2014) ', published by MarketsandMarkets
(www.marketsandmarkets.com), the IVD market in BRIC is expected to be
worth US$7.3 billion by 2014, growing at a CAGR of 19% from 2009 to 2014.
Market growth is driven mainly by the [...]

Film for Thought Course ‘Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy’ is a First of its Kind in the College of Direct Support Curriculum

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 7, 2010 – The College of Direct Support (CDS), an Internet-based college
for direct support professionals managed in partnership by MC
Strategies/Elsevier and the University of Minnesota's Research and Training
Center, has introduced a new genre of courses into the CDS Curriculum – "Body
& Soul: Diana & Kathy".

The story and [...]

Immupharma PLC: Best Drug Development Company, Europe – 2010

LONDON, April 7, 2010 – Dimitri Dimitriou, CEO of Immupharma, discusses the company's unique
achievements and assesses what lies ahead in The New Economy's latest video
interview, available to view here:

www.theneweconomy.com/video/473/
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NeuroTherm Acquires Smith & Nephew Interventional Spine Pain Management Assets

Purchase further expands NeuroTherm's reach into the US$5 Billion Global Interventional Pain Medicine Market

WILMINGTON, Massachusetts, April 7, 2010 – NeuroTherm announced today that they have acquired the Smith & Nephew PLC
(NYSE: SNN; LSE: SN) Interventional Spine Pain Management assets from Smith &
Nephew's subsidiaries. The acquired product line includes several innovative
interventional spine pain products including [...]

Lasarow Speaks at Buckingham Palace

LONDON, April 8, 2010 – Avi Lasarow, managing director of Trimega Laboratories, was invited to
speak recently (30.3.10) at a Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) event at
Buckingham Palace, attended by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

Trimega were invited to speak as a Charter Member of the DofE.
The event was a 'Celebration of [...]

First Studies of Fossil of new Human Ancestor Take Place at the European Synchrotron

Despite its Recent Discovery, one of the Best-Preserved Hominid Fossils has Already Been Analysed with Synchrotron Light

GRENOBLE, France, April 8, 2010 – Prof. Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand (South
Africa) has discovered a new species of early human ancestor in one of the
best-preserved skeletons of an hominid, dated around 1.9 million years [...]