Press Releases

Mawi DNA Technologies (Mawi) has signed a distribution agreement with FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation, a leader in the biomedical industry, to deliver Mawi’s iSWAB biosampling technologies to Japan. “The collaboration with FUJIFILM Wako to provide iSWAB Microbiome-EL sample collection tubes for molecular testing of COVID-19 by PCR and LAMP based assay allows us to offer a valuable solution in the Japanese market,” said Atsushi Yanai, Asia Pacific Business D

InterSystems, a data technology provider dedicated to helping customers solve the most critical scalability, interoperability, and speed challenges, and Greater Houston Healthconnect (GHH) health information exchange (HIE) today announced the initial results of the largest COVID-19 outcome research study to date. Conducted using InterSystems HealthShare®, the study examines more than one million COVID-19 cases to identify comorbidities that may represent risk factors for severe illness or

Accuray Incorporated  announced today that Unicancer has selected three Radixact® Systems with the ClearRT™ helical fan-beam kVCT imaging and Synchrony® real-time delivery adaptation technologies to further their goal of providing truly personalized care to every cancer patient. The Unicancer team began leveraging the benefits of the TomoTherapy® helical radiotherapy delivery platform more than 15 years ago. The Radixact System, based on the TomoTherapy platform, ClearR

Asensus Surgical, Inc.  a medical device company that is digitizing the interface between the surgeon and the patient to pioneer a new era of Performance-Guided Surgery™, today announced Sapporo Medical University Hospital, located in Hokkaido, Japan, has entered into an agreement to lease and utilize a Senhance® Surgical System. “The Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science at Sapporo Medical University Hospital is an outstanding institution which i

The union representing more than 11,000 health care workers and 4,800 education support workers in Nova Scotia is calling on the provincial government and employers to take a balanced approach to implementing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, announced today by Premier Tim Houston and Dr. Robert Strang. “CUPE has always placed a priority on our members’ health and safety. Our members have the right to be safe at work, and people have the right to receive public services in a

AgNovos Healthcare, LLC and Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation announced today that the companies have entered into an exclusive option agreement to commercialize the AGN1 LOEP hip belt. Kits in Japan have closed. The set is used to perform minimally invasive surgery in the case of osteoporosis-related bone loss in the hip. AgNovos will receive up to $ 19.5 million in non-dilutive funds. If the AGN1 LOEP Hip Kit is successfully developed and commercialized, AgNovos will be entitled to a

KMC Systems, a leading engineering design and manufacturing company focused on the creation of complex medical instrumentation, and the medical division of Elbit Systems of America (“Elbit America”), today announced its opening of a new corporate innovation center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Elbit America’s corporate expansion to Cambridge is focused on creating a high-tech engineering design and innovation center as the company continues to expand its med

Bamboo Health, formerly Appriss Health and PatientPing, a healthcare technology solutions company focused on fostering care collaboration and providing information and actionable insights across the entire continuum of care, announced today that Monarch, a North Carolina statewide provider of comprehensive specialty mental health and human services, has expanded the scope of their partnership to include a Pings’ solution pilot for real-time admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) e-not

Kinomatic, a leader in surgical templating, recently launched a novel virtual reality based templating platform that allows surgeons to develop custom surgical plans for both knee and hip arthroplasty. The Kinomatic VR surgical planner is the first virtual reality platform specifically designed for orthopedic surgeons. This open platform can work with any implant system, and can be customized for various surgical techniques and surgical approaches. The company’s proprietary VR applicati

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, one of the world's largest pure-play in vitro diagnostics (IVD) companies, today announced the availability of Immediate Spin Crossmatch (ISXM) on the company's ORTHO VISION® and ORTHO VISION® MAX Analyzers to aid in detecting incompatibility between donors and recipients in blood transfusions. ISXM is a serological test used in blood transfusions to detect ABO blood type incompatibility between donor red blood cells and recipient serum/pl