ANNOUNCEMENT

These 11 companies will be featured in the MedCity ENGAGE Innovation Showcase June 5-6 in Washington, D.C.

Topic: diagnostics

GE offers an inside look at how it’s innovating in cancer care (video)

GE offers an inside look at how it’s innovating in cancer care (video)

May 20, 2013 10:34 am by | 0 Comments

Remember back in the fall of 2011 when GE committed $1 billion to cancer research and development? A new video put out by the GE Global Research Center commemorating National ... Read more
Angelina’s alternative: New test spots breast cancer risk at cellular level

Angelina’s alternative: New test spots breast cancer risk at cellular level

May 15, 2013 3:17 pm by | 0 Comments

There is a new screening for breast cancer that could have allowed Angelina Jolie to choose watchful waiting instead of a double mastectomy.Earlier this year, Atossa Genetics launched the ForeCYTE ... Read more
Putting market application up-front when developing clinical diagnostic devices

Putting market application up-front when developing clinical diagnostic devices

May 14, 2013 12:58 am by | 0 Comments

By Mike Dunkley and Mark WestThe field of diagnostic testing is going through a quiet revolution. Healthcare reform’s emphasis on results-driven medicine has put a greater urgency on early and ... Read more
Medtech investors explain the nuances of evaluating reimbursement risk

Medtech investors explain the nuances of evaluating reimbursement risk

May 8, 2013 1:22 pm by | 0 Comments

It’s not as simple as “Do I have a code?”A “early stage vs. late stage” panel at today’s MedTech Investing conference in Minneapolis talked about what questions they ask when ... Read more
Wow of the Week: Implantable blood-test-on-a-chip sends continuous readings to a cellphone

Wow of the Week: Implantable blood-test-on-a-chip sends continuous readings to a cellphone

May 4, 2013 8:00 am by | 2 Comments

The nano movement in medical devices has produced some pretty promising inventions, and here’s another to add to the list. Scientists in Switzerland have built an implantable blood testing chip ... Read more
Cleveland Clinic research spurs a device that could predict arrhythmia after cardiac surgery

Cleveland Clinic research spurs a device that could predict arrhythmia after cardiac surgery

April 30, 2013 9:03 am by | 0 Comments

The latest startup commercializing intellectual property developed by heart doctors at the Cleveland Clinic is hoping to give doctors a way to tell which patients might develop arrhythmia after cardiac ... Read more
MDxHealth: New test avoids false positives in prostate cancer screenings

MDxHealth: New test avoids false positives in prostate cancer screenings

April 22, 2013 2:33 am by | 0 Comments

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian biotech company MDxHealth said on Monday two presentations set to be delivered at a leading U.S. convention would confirm that its prostate cancer test helps urologists ... Read more
At-home testing for sleep apnea draws $32.2M from investors in Florida device company

At-home testing for sleep apnea draws $32.2M from investors in Florida device company

April 19, 2013 10:31 am by | 0 Comments

A medical device company hoping to move sleep apnea testing out of expensive and uncomfortable labs and into the realm of primary care has gotten a boost from at least ... Read more
Lilly to acquire 2 radiopharmaceutical tracers from Siemens to grow Alzheimer’s portfolio

Lilly to acquire 2 radiopharmaceutical tracers from Siemens to grow Alzheimer’s portfolio

April 17, 2013 8:02 am by | 0 Comments

CHICAGO, April 17 (Reuters) - In a move to shore up its lead in Alzheimer's diagnostics, Eli Lilly and Co on Wednesday said it will acquire two imaging agents from ... Read more
Wireless scanner combines 3D ultrasound and image processing in a hand-held device

Wireless scanner combines 3D ultrasound and image processing in a hand-held device

April 15, 2013 10:34 am by | 1 Comments

A hand-held, battery-operated device that integrates imaging and image processing technology could in the near future allow medical professionals to take 3D ultrasound images with minimal training and at a ... Read more
New blood test measures “everything ever linked to heart disease”

New blood test measures “everything ever linked to heart disease”

April 1, 2013 4:02 am by | 0 Comments

An advanced blood test measures not just good and bad cholesterol and genetic markers linked to heart attack, but several dozen other items that could indicate an increased risk of ... Read more
Cardiac biomarker firm get $2.6M to bring ST2 test for early signs of heart failure to labs

Cardiac biomarker firm get $2.6M to bring ST2 test for early signs of heart failure to labs

March 28, 2013 10:18 am by | 0 Comments

Cardiac diagnostics firm Critical Care Diagnostics Inc. has landed some new capital as it works with clinical laboratories to make its cardiac biomarker assay, ST2, available to physicians.The company announced ... Read more
New diagnostics firm asks: Can genes give clues about who’s at risk for antidepressant-related suicide and violence?

New diagnostics firm asks: Can genes give clues about who’s at risk for antidepressant-related suicide and violence?

March 18, 2013 4:12 pm by | 0 Comments

In the 25 years since Prozac hit the market, the drug class known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors has accumulated millions of users (1 in 10 Americans over the age ... Read more
This time, FDA says yes to Navidea Biopharmaceuticals’ Lymphoseek

This time, FDA says yes to Navidea Biopharmaceuticals’ Lymphoseek

March 13, 2013 5:41 pm by | 0 Comments

After more than a decade of development and a couple regulatory delays, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals (NYSE:NAVB) finally got the FDA approval it needs to begin marketing its radiopharmaceutical Lymphoseek.In a conference ... Read more
Three East Coast startups move to final round in health division at SxSW accelerator

Three East Coast startups move to final round in health division at SxSW accelerator

March 12, 2013 2:15 am by | 1 Comments

Three West Coast investors picked three East Coast healthcare startups to move on to the final round of the SxSW health accelerator in Austin on Monday.NeuroTrack, Docphin and Careport Health ... Read more