Brandon Glenn is the Ohio bureau chief for MedCity News.
From loud conversations to carts moving through the halls to pages and nurse calls, the peace and quiet patients need to promote healing is often in short supply in hospitals. Aside from the obvious benefits to patient care that a quiet environment provides, hospitals have another reason to begin caring about quiet: their finances. Beginning […]
Medical device developer AxioMed Spine has received European regulatory approval to market its cervical spinal disc replacement device. The CE Mark for AxioMed’s Freedom cervical disc complements the earlier European regulatory approval for the company’s Freedom lumbar spinal disc replacement, according to a statement from the Cleveland-area company. AxioMed is currently selling the lumbar disc […]
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
Regenerative medicine startup Juventas Therapeutics has begun enrollment in a phase 2a trial of critical limb ischemia patients. The Cleveland-based company, which recently secured an important investment from Takeda Pharmaceuticals, is planning to enroll 48 patients and complete enrollment early next year, CEO Rahul Aras said. Juventas’ technology, called JVS-100, works by recruiting stem cells […]
Scott Shane seems to delight in sharing harsh realities about entrepreneurship and economic development. Shane, a Case Western Reserve University economics professor who authors a regular column for Business Week, castigates a culture that promotes a “naive view of entrepreneurship and starting businesses” in his 2008 book “The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That […]
Stem cell therapeutics developer Athersys’ (NASDAQ:ATHX) phase 2 clinical study investigating the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease with partner Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is expected to complete patient enrollment by the end of 2012. Top-line results of the inflammatory bowel disease trial are likely to be available in early 2013, Athersys CEO Gil Van Bokkelen said in […]
Biomarker test company Cleveland HeartLab made a splash recently at TEDMED, with about 500 conference-goers taking the company’s heart inflammation tests. Results of the TEDMED tests showed that 41 percent of those who submitted samples had high cholesterol or low HDL (good cholesterol), 28 percent showed evidence of hardening of the arteries and 12 percent […]
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What’s your trusted source for health information on the Internet? Cleveland Clinic hopes the answer more and more people come up with to that question is “Health Hub.” The renowned hospital launched the Health Hub site at the end of March “with little fanfare,” but still drew 16,000 visits in April without promotion. The Clinic […]
Consolidation in the U.S. drug distribution business continues as Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) has purchased a Chicago-area regional drug wholesaler, Dik Drug Company. The acquisition was first reported by Adam Fein at Drug Channels and confirmed to MedCity News in a statement from a Cardinal spokeswoman. Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal said it signed a definitive agreement to […]
Therapeutic hypothermia medical device maker Life Core Technologies, which makes an emergency brain-cooling device, has a new name: Cryothermic Systems. Employing the term “cryo” in the Cleveland-area company’s brand better aligns its name with the company’s products and “will accurately reflect the company’s vision for future growth within its market,” according to a statement from […]
Takeda Pharmaceuticals is a strategic investor in regenerative medicine company Juventas Therapeutics’ upcoming series B round of funding. Juventas’ CEO Rahul Aras discussed the investment during a panel at a meeting of the Ohio Venture Association on Friday. “If you think venture capital due diligence is difficult …” Aras joked, “I think [Takeda] called my […]
Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared for the first time a surgical device that can be assembled and disassembled inside a patient’s body, not a lot of people noticed. That’s probably because the manufacturer, a Cincinnati-based surgical products division of Johnson & Johnson called Ethicon Endo-Surgery, hasn’t yet launched the product — and […]
A recently launched website called mdCurrent India is hoping to become a top online destination for Indian physicians. A former executive with publishing company Advanstar is behind the site, which looks to be somewhat analogous to an Indian version of two Advanstar properties aimed at U.S. physicians and health providers — Medical Economics magazine and […]
Cardiology medical device company AtriCure (NASDAQ:ATRC) is aiming to begin in the fourth quarter a clinical trial investigating its AtriClip device in the treatment of stroke patients. Before that can happen, though, the Cincinnati-area company must complete development of a next-generation version of the AtriClip, a device used to exclude the left atrial appendage during […]
Estimates on the size of the U.S. market for treating cardiovascular disease vary, but few doubt the market is big and getting bigger. Americans afflicted with cardiovascular diseases like cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, arrhythmia and arteriosclerosis are expected to drive demand for devices that can treat and diagnose these often chronic conditions. “The aging of […]
Ever wondered what percentage of U.S. children eat fast food on a given day, or what percentage of weight gain over the last 30 years can be attributed to sugary drinks? If so, the Institute of Medicine has an infographic for you. The infographic is part of a newly released IOM report, “Solving the weight […]