Tiny super magnets could soon be saving your life
A discovery by Chinese researchers may soon change the way drugs are delivered in your body, making it possible for […]
BD Expands its Range of Prefilled Drug Delivery
With the aim to reduce medication and dosage errors and improved patient compliance to injectable drugs, two new prefilled drug […]
EHR The Holy Grail
[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] EHR and PHRs will be accessible from anywhere and at any time thanks to Cloud Computing 3.0
Technology News: May 2011
Health Application in Demand Straub Clinic and Hospital and Kauai Medical Clinic becomes the first healthcare facility centre to allow […]
Local Chemotherapy Delivery to Tumours
Royal Philips Electronics and Eindhoven University of Technology announced an important development in MRI-guided local drug delivery for cancer treatment. Image-guided drug delivery has been studied by scientists all around the world for almost a decade because it may enable a beneficial increase in tumor chemotherapy drug levels, thereby increasing treatment efficacy without an increase in adverse side effects. The joint research team has now demonstrated in pre-clinical studies that an improved local drug uptake in tumors is achieved, and that it can be visualised and measured in real time.
Device Innovations for Ophthalmic Surgery : Dr. Amarpreet Sawhney, I-Therapeuitx, Inc.,
I-Therapeuitx, Inc., a privately held company founded in November 2006, is involved in the development of ophthalmic therapeutic products using its proprietary hydrogel technology to address unmet needs in ophthalmology and ophthalmic surgery.
3M Expands Inhalation Portfolio with New Solutions for pMDIs
3M Drug Delivery Systems introduces two new innovations for inhalation drug delivery with pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDIs)
‘Getting High’ – on High Definition : Avinash J Trivedi, Sony India Pvt. Ltd.
Popularly known for its unprecedented leadership in consumer electronics segment, Sony also offers a wide range of products for high definition medical imaging, recording, storage, viewing and printing solutions.
NEWS REVIEW – WORLD
[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Greek scientists have developed heart attack calculator.
Engineering Bio-Medical Marvels : Dr. Rajat Aggarwal, Implants, University of Southern California
In addition to the routine clinical work, Dr. Agarwal is involved in the Artificial Retinal Implant project, being carried out in collaboration with Texas Instruments, which aims at developing a complex artificial epiretinal device in patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration, which will help these patients see again.
US based 3M is in talks with Indian pharma companies to license tech technologies
US-based $23-billion diversified technology firm 3M is in talks with top domestic pharma companies to licence drug delivery technologies.
US based 3M is in talks with Indian pharma companies to license tech technologies
US-based $23-billion diversified technology firm 3M is in talks with top domestic pharma companies to licence drug delivery technologies.
Polymed to buy US medical device firm for $20 mn
Disposable medical device manufacturer Polymed is reportedly set to acquire a US-based medical device company for around $18-20 million.
