Category: Technology & Devices
New Options for Storing Medical Imaging Data
UNITED STATES – Mach 7 Technologies, an enterprise clinical image management solutions provider and IT solutions provider Logicalis have signed an agreement to co-market offerings, vendor-neutral archiving and cloud archiving solutions to healthcare IT professionals, empowering them to own, share, […]
Your tongue can reveal health secrets
UNITED STATES – A new computer software that analyses the flow and balance of positive and negative energies in your body by scanning one’s tongue has been developed. Invented by a team of researchers from the University of Missouri, the […]
Beijingers could drink seawater in three years
CHINA – The shortage of drinking water has long been a threat to the development and future of the country’s capital, but a recent report suggests turning seawater into fresh water could turn the tide to an old problem in […]
Abbott, Syngene To Open First Nutrition R&D Center In India
INDIA – Health care company Abbott and Syngene, a subsidiary of Indian biotechnology company Biocon, announced plans to establish its first nutrition research and development center in India. The Abbott Nutrition R&D Center at Biocon Park in Bangalore will focus […]
Critical Diagnostics Extends Its Asia Pacific Reach
Critical Diagnostics, a U.S.-based biomarker company focused on cardiovascular diseases nnounced that it has added two distribution partners in the Asia Pacific region for its Presage ST2 Assay. These appointments come on the heels of three distributor deals announced in […]
Sonic Healthcare to buy some Healthscope assets
MELBOURNE – Sonic Healthcare Ltd. announced that it is taking over some of private equity-owned Healthscope Ltd.’s Australian operations for US$99.4 million to expand its pathology business. Sonic Chief Executive Colin Goldschmidt said in a statement the acquisition of the […]
Taking the dental horror off with Water Laser
BIOLASE Technology introduced a new line of all-tissue lasers, the Waterlase MDX, at the annual Chicago Dental Society Winter Meeting. Two models of the Waterlase MDX are available. The 8-watt Waterlase MDX 300 improves on BIOLASE’s time-tested Waterlase MD platform […]
Motorola, IDA to launch mobile healthcare services in Asia
SINGAPORE – Motorola Solutions Asia Pacific announced that it will soon bring to market a number of local mobile healthcare services together with its partners. This is a result of its collaboration with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), […]
Philippines’ medical tourism hold on to rosy outlook
PHILIPPINES – The country’s medical tourism market is anticipated to reach US$491 million by 2013, growing on back of modern technology and improved healthcare infrastructure, according to market research firm, RNCOS. The Philippines has been emerging as an important medical […]
