In a pair of articles, CQ HealthBeat reports on the role the Innovation Center could play in reshaping Medicaid and the latest on the timeline for grants from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the VENTANA Companion Algorithm p53 (DO-7) image analysis application using the VENTANA iScan Coreo Au scanner and VIRTUOSO software.

MEDIAN Technologies, a leading medical imaging software solutions developer and a service provider for image interpretation and management in oncology clinical trials and clinical routine, announced today it will demonstrate its Lesion Management Solutions -LMS- clinical application portfolio together with Canon at ITEM, April 13-15, 2012 in Yokohama, Japan.

Sunshine Biopharma Inc. is pleased to announce that it has recently received notification that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a "Notice of Allowance" for the patent application covering its lead anti-tumor compound, Adva-27a. The allowed claims protect Adva-27a and extensively cover various formulations, derivatives and cancer ...

The journal Computers in Biology and Medicine has published an article on the new IT application BootstRatio, created by IDIBELL researchers. The application allows online statistical analysis of data from gene expression*. Researchers at the Human Molecular Genetics group at IDIBELL, led by Dr. Virginia Nunes, had a problem ...

The journal Computers in Biology and Medicine has published an article on the new IT application BootstRatio, created by IDIBELL researchers. The application allows online statistical analysis of data from gene expression. It is accessible through http://regstattools.net/br and any scientist is already to use it. ...

Cloud solutions company eLink Business Innovations, Inc., today announced a new personnel management application that integrates with LexisNexis background check services to help simplify new employee screening.

Healthper, Inc., a social game-based health engagement and achievement platform, announced today the launch of a mobile application for Apple mobile devices.

Pharmspective, LLC today announced the release of its first knowledge management application - ClearView - specifically developed to analyze provisions in the health care reform law and their impact on key pharma customer decision makers who influence product adoption.

S1 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (S1) announced today that it has submitted its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Phase I-b clinical studies of SIP-104 (Lorexys). Lorexys is the Company's lead drug candidate for the treatment of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) and Female ...

Florida Atlantic University's Charles E.Schmidt College of Medicine recently closed its application process for the second round of admissions to its new medical school. The college has received nearly 3,000 applications from prospective students in Florida and throughout the country for 64 positions in its next class, doubling the number ...

A team of researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have developed a web application to test the visual intelligence of Facebook users through the social network. The new platform will enable researchers to test different cognitive skills and to obtain large amounts of data that determine what parameters ...