December 23, 2020 Uncategorized

European Commission approves Roche’s Phesgo (fixed-dose combination of Perjeta and Herceptin for subcutaneous injection) for people with HER2-positive breast cancer

Subcutaneous administration is preferred by patients, physicians and healthcare providers, and is associated with a reduction in healthcare costs1,2,3 Treatment with Phesgo is over 90% faster, administered under the skin in just minutes compared to hours with intravenous (IV) infusion of Perjeta plus Herceptin4,5,6 Approval is based on results from the pivotal phase III FeDeriCa... Read more

December 16, 2020 Uncategorized

Luminex Corporation to Present at 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Luminex® Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary biological testing technologies, with applications throughout the life-sciences industry. Luminex Corporation to Present at 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX) today announced that Nachum “Homi” Shamir, Chairman, CEO and President, and Harriss Currie, Senior Vice President and... Read more

December 16, 2020 Uncategorized

GE Healthcare Powers First-of-Its Kind Virtual ICU, Creating Access to Critical Care Specialists throughout State of Oregon

CHICAGO, December 16, 2020 – GE Healthcare today announced a multi-year agreement with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Oregon’s only academic health center, that will allow OHSU to oversee and help provide care to ICU patients across eight hospital sites via a “Virtual ICU” (VICU), using the GE Healthcare Mural Virtual Care Solution. The... Read more

December 16, 2020 Uncategorized

BD Surpasses 1 Billion Injection Device Orders in Support of COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Around the World

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that it has received pandemic orders for needles and syringes totaling more than 1 billion injection devices to support global COVID-19 vaccination planning efforts. This milestone reflects commitments from governments across the world,... Read more

December 14, 2020 Uncategorized

WITec supports Albert Einstein Discovery Center with 5,000 Euros

This year, instead of sending Christmas presents to its customers, WITec GmbH is donating 5,000 Euros to the Albert Einstein Discovery Center Association. “As a manufacturer of microscopy systems from Ulm, and through our close connection to physics, it is especially important to us to help make the Albert Einstein Discovery Center a reality,” emphasized Dr.... Read more