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New drug protects against venous blood clots
In the EU blood clots are responsible for killing 544.000 people each year. Rivaroxaban, a new oral given anticoagulant drug from Bayer Healthcare, is significantly more effective Read more …
Inhaled TB vaccine
USA - A new tuberculosis vaccine successfully tested at the University of North Carolina (UNC) is easier to administer and store and just as effective as one commonly used Read more …
Lean principles
‘Lean Laboratory’ and ‘Lean Automation’ are vital ingredients for the efficient and productive running of today’s modern Pathology laboratories. Automation serves as an essential Read more …
The modern laboratory information and management system
Germany - Managing a lab for out- and in-patient care involves not only mastering increasing pressures in terms of efficiency and cost-optimisation, but also being au courant with Read more …
Clinical biology - It’s time for ‘Euro compatibility’
France - Clinical biology is faced with many internal and external developments, notably advances in medical science, automation, quality assurance, electronic data transmission, Read more …
Lab automation
The Netherlands - Automating a laboratory is a very individual process with varying demands and needs. In most cases, the new systems have to be matched with existing Read more …
Seven years of lab re-organisation
Barcelona, Spain - The Hospital Clinic is a tertiary level University Hospital that provides a broad range of services, from basic healthcare coverage to 550,000 people, to Read more …
The global Research and Development Centre for Life Science
Olympus, which recently opened the global Research and Development Centre for Life Science in Munich, will invest around euro 15m in this project. Read more …
Lab-cultured cardiac cells
Three types of human heart cells have been grown from cultures derived from embryonic stem cells, by a team of Canadian, US and UK scientists. Read more …
At home genomic tests for disease risk may be premature
The recent marketing of "at home" genomic tests for disease risk may be premature, according to Dr. Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH, Chief of the Clinical Genetics Service at Read more …
Improvement to therapeutic effects for seasonal rhinitis
Patients suffering from moderate to severe seasonal allergic rhinitis experience significantly improved therapeutic effects when combining nasal Azelastine spray with Fluticason Read more …
analytica 2008
Analytica, to be held in Munich for the 21st time, has become a leading international trade fair for instrumental analysis, laboratory technology and biotechnology, showcasing the Read more …
HIV
By Tamar Jehuda-Cohen PhD, Biomedical Engineering Department, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Read more …
Labs are vital
Labs are Vital is a global initiative managed in the United Kingdom by a steering group that includes the Royal College of Pathologists, Association of Clinical Pathologists, Read more …
Outsourcing, co-operation or centralisation
The complete takeover of hospital laboratories through private laboratory service providers is rapidly changing the nature of German laboratories. Taking a closer look at these Read more …
Is Lean right for your organisation?
By Maria Foster, Managing Director, Whitebridge Associates, Pittstown, NJ
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The Amsterdam Clinical Automation Conference
Automating a clinical laboratory is complicated and expensive. Read more …
Uniting the lab and radiology
Healthcare is in a dynamic state of change — and so is the healthcare industry, in which there is an increasing trend towards integrating scientific disciplines. Read more …
Specimen preparation – Leica expands product portfolio
Recently in February, Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany, acquired Bal-Tec AG, Liechtenstein-based manufacturer of optical instruments. This transaction will allow Leica to Read more …
New Optical Breast Imaging System
Advanced Research Technologies Inc. ("ART") announced the first sale of SoftScan® optical breast imaging system to the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Read more …
Advanced Laboratory For In-Orbit Science
Columbus was onboard NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis when it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 20:45 CET 7 Feb 2008. For this one-way trip to Read more …
Devlin respond to growing demand in Europe for infection control products, offering their “CleanKey” infection control keyboard in a variety of European languages. …
Knowing that good hygiene practice is critical to the prevention of cross contamination, New Style Healthcare services are introducing a range of unique hospital furniture to the …
To fight hospital infections and increasingly resistant bacteria Normeditec has developed Toul Mobile Laminar Airflow …
bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics (IVD), offers the most comprehensive diagnostic solution on the market to help hospitals and healthcare …