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George Botos

Mozilla Firefox Start Page - 0 views

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    Sentinelle Medical is now a Hologic company! Way to Go Cameron!
George Botos

Thermo Fisher pays $260m for Canada firm - Boston Business Journal - 0 views

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    Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a maker of scientific instruments and related technologies, has paid $260 million in cash to acquire Fermentas International Inc., an Ontario, Canada-based maker and distributor of enzymes, kits and reagents for molecular and cellular biology research.
George Botos

SonoSite buys VisualSonics for $71M - 0 views

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    Adult digital artery imaged with a conventional high frequency linear transducer (200 micron resolution). Image Source: SonoSite SonoSite, a developer of point-of-care ultrasound systems, today signed an agreement to acquire privately held Visualsonics, a Toronto-based company focused on high-frequency micro-ultrasound technology, in a transaction approximately valued at $71 million net of cash and debt.
George Botos

Datamonitor Research Store - Cannasat Therapeutics receives approval for name change - 0 views

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    Cannasat Therapeutics (TSX-V), a specialty pharmaceutical company, has received the shareholder approval to change its corporate name to Cynapsus Therapeutics.
George Botos

News: Investigators Identify Human Enzyme that Breaks Down Nanomaterials. - 0 views

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    An international study based at the University of Pittsburgh has identified a human enzyme that can biodegrade carbon nanotubes. Laboratory tests showed that it could also offset the potentially damaging health effects of being exposed to such nanotechnology.
George Botos

Judge Invalidates Human Gene Patent - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    A federal judge on Monday struck down patents on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer. The decision, if upheld, could throw into doubt the patents covering thousands of human genes and reshape the law of intellectual property
George Botos

Crackdown looms on generic drug prices - thestar.com - 0 views

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    Crackdown looms on generic drug prices
George Botos

Healthcare Reform Delivers a Rosy Outlook For... . The Changing Life Sciences Value Cha... - 0 views

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    With Healthcare legislation well on its way to ultimate approval and implementation, the winds are now calming and its becoming clearer what the tornado has left behind for the pharmaceutical industry. Many had feared it would result in permanent widespread damage, but it appears the storm may actually have carved a path toward greener pastures for the industry.
George Botos

FDA action may rain on iPhone's medical imaging parade - 0 views

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    Interest is booming in the use of mobile devices such as Apple's iPhone for image viewing applications. But that excitement may be dampened somewhat with a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to classify an iPhone image viewing application as a class III device requiring premarket approval.
George Botos

In Health Reform, Boons for Hospitals and Drug Makers - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Good news for pharma&biotech, the drug market just got bigger!
George Botos

Biotech, drug R&D grew in 2009 - Mass High Tech Business News - 1 views

  • Biotech, drug R&D grew in 2009
  • The R&D investments by PhRMA members and non-members in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors reached a record $65.3 billion in 2009, an increase of 1.5 billion
  • there are more than 2,900 medicines in clinical trials or awaiting review
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    The R&D investments by PhRMA members and non-members in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors reached a record $65.3 billion in 2009, an increase of 1.5 billion despite the recession
George Botos

Lux Research: Strategic advice for emerging technologies in nanotech, nanomaterials, so... - 0 views

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    Echologics, a MaRS client in the Water IT space is included in the Lux Innovation Grid
George Botos

Loblaws to put solar panels on some local stores - Retail - Local - Ottawa Business Jou... - 0 views

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    Loblaw Companies Ltd. plans to install rooftop solar panels on its Innes Road store in Orleans as part of a pilot project that could see the grocery chain outfitting up to 136 of its Ontario locations with the renewable energy technology.
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