A Filtration Collaboration: Delcath and Aethlon to Expand Cancer Treatment Options
Written on Jan 31, 2008
Aethlon Medical and Delcath Systems have agreed to jointly research and develop a new filtration cartridge for use in Delcath’s percutaneous hepatic perfusion (“PHP”) system.
PHP is a technology designed to isolate and deliver high doses of anti-cancer agents to specific organs, while...
Healthcare Reform 2008 – Evolution or Revolution?
Written on Jan 30, 2008
Event to be hosted by the Executive Council
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
8:00AM – 11:00 AM
Harvard Club of New York
27 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10019
It now appears certain that healthcare reform will be high on the political agenda next year. The upcoming Presidential and Congressional elections...
BioSphere to Market Microspheres in China
Written on Jan 30, 2008
Company eyes large opportunity in treating liver cancer
Rockland, MA-based BioSphere Medical reported this week that the Medical Device Department of the People’s Republic of China approved BioSphere’s Embosphere Microspheres for clinical use in treating vascular embolizations, arteriovenous...
[Video Profile] Interview with John Seaberg, CEO of NeoChord
Written on Jan 29, 2008
This interview with John Seaberg, CEO of NeoChord, is the first of many filmed earlier this month at the OMP Finance Forum.
NeoChord aims to significantly improve the surgical repair of mitral valve regurgitation through the use of minimally invasive surgical techniques for the implantation of artificial...
Bad Tasting Medicine a Thing of the Past?
Written on Jan 28, 2008
While some might consider forcing down terrible-tasting cough syrup a right of passage, this childhood trauma may soon go the way of chicken pox.
Aversive taste is a leading factor in patient noncompliance with many prescribed liquid formulations of antibiotics, resulting in lack of efficacy and emergence...
Breast Cancer Screening Co-Pay Could Hurt Insurers’ Bottom Line
Written on Jan 25, 2008
A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine found that a modest insurance co-pay was enough to deter many older women from getting potentially life-saving mammograms.
The study examined 366,475 women between the ages of 65 to 69 enrolled at 174 Medicare managed-care plans. Screening rates were 8.3%...
Luminex to Streamline Tyson’s Food Safety Network
Written on Jan 24, 2008
As Tyson Food’s Richard Bond led an initiative to cut costs and improve earnings, he no doubt eyed the costly but necessary food safety and animal health division.
The company announced yesterday that it will collaborate with Luminex to create faster, more accurate and cost-effective food safety and animal...
