PreMD, a Toronto-based company that makes heart-disease and cancer screening tests, has signed a licensing agreement with big pharma for what’s being touted as the world’s first test to use skin cholesterol […]
Changes at Oncologix Reflect Med Tech Focus
Oncologix Tech, a former long-distance phone company that in January sold off its primary assets to focus exclusively on its medical device subsidiary, has taken steps to further its commitment to the […]
Strong Showing of Healthcare Firms on FSB 100
Fortune Small Business is out with its annual FSB 100, a list of the most successful small public companies in the U.S. Almost a quarter of the list (21 companies) is made […]
North Carolina Firm Puts New Twist on Brachytherapy
CivaTech Oncology, a startup based in Research Triangle Park, NC, that’s developing a device for delivering more consistent radiation to prostate-cancer patients, has raised $800,000 in an oversubscribed private financing. The funding […]
Cytori Forgoes Drugs for Devices
Cytori Therapeutics may be on to something. The San Diego firm is using stem and regenerative cell therapies to develop products for treating cardiovascular disease and performing reconstructive surgery. But unlike so […]
Molecular Diagnostics Have Edge in Med Tech Sector
Companies developing molecular and specialty diagnostics are poised to outperform other sectors of medical technology in the coming years, according to an article that ran over the weekend in the Milwaukee Journal […]
Seeking Partners for Melanoma-Detection Device
With its final pivotal trial moving along as planned, Irvington, NY-based Electro-Optical Sciences is actively initiating partnering discussions for its point-of-case melanoma-detection device. MelaFind is a handheld imaging device that emits 10 […]
Intuitive Inks Deal for New Position-Tracking System
Sunnyvale, CA-based Intuitive Surgical has signed a deal with Luna Innovations, of Roanoke, VA, whereby Luna will supply its shape-sensing and position-tracking system for integration into Intuitive’s products, including the popular da […]
