8/30/2010
SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Andrew Van Ostrand, vice president of policy and research at the Health Industry Distributors Association, will give a luncheon keynote address at MEDTECH 2010 on the changing medical market as legislators implement new healthcare reform measures.
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8/4/2010
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Scientists at Litron Laboratories, a Life Sciences company located in Rochester, N.Y, have begun to explore how their technology could potentially aid in environmental disasters such as the recent BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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7/26/2010
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The State Medical Technology Alliance announced today that Heather Erickson, President of MedTech in upstate New York, and Joseph Panetta, President and CEO of BIOCOM in Southern California, have been appointed as co-chairs of the Alliance.
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7/22/2010
SYRACUSE, N.Y.—MedTech members attended an invitation-only breakfast hosted at SUNY Upstate Medical Center on Wednesday morning in honor of the visiting delegation of the International Institute of the Biomedical Sciences and Technology (IIBMST) for its inaugural two-day conference.
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7/21/2010
SYRACUSE, N.Y.—MedTech, the hub of Upstate New York’s bioscience and medical technology industry, will host its sixth annual bioscience leadership conference—MEDTECH 2010—on Monday, October 4 at The Lodge in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.
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5/20/2010
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Litron Laboratories announced today the launch of a new MicroFlow® kit that allows researchers to detect DNA damage in human blood.
Using these MicroFlow kits, researchers can assess the safety of drugs, chemicals and medical devices through a simple blood test. The measurements are critical because a higher level of DNA damage is thought to increase the likelihood of cancer.
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5/13/2010
Praxis Technology Inc. announced today that it successfully achieved ISO 13485 certification for design and development of medical devices from TUV Rheinland Management, reinforcing its leading position in the competitive medical device market.
Praxis Technology is a primary member of MedTech, the trade association that supports the growth and development of biomedical and pharmaceutical businesses in Upstate New York.
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5/5/2010
UTICA, NY—Document what you do and do what you document; that was Ted Wilson’s advice to a room of 40 quality systems and regulatory affairs professionals last week at ConMed Corporation in Utica.
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4/26/2010
ROCHESTER, NY—Thirty-five medical entrepreneurs and researchers attended this year’s fourth BioVenture Luncheon on April 14 at the Rochester BioVenture Center for two presentations about current drug research using enzymes and antibodies.
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4/22/2010
SYRACUSE, N.Y.—With the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enforcing tougher investigations and heavier fines, corrective and preventive action (CAPA) procedures are becoming a top priority for medical device, drug and biologics manufacturers—including those in Upstate New York.
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3/29/2010
ROCHESTER, NY—More than 30 entrepreneurs from leading regional biomedical companies attended the BioVenture Roundtable Luncheon on March 10, which focused on advances in the field of non-invasive medical devices. The third in a series of 2010 BioVenture Roundtable Luncheons, the event was held at the Lennox Tech Enterprise Center in West Henrietta and was free and open to the public.
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3/10/2010
SYRACUSE, NY— Bioscience companies from a 15-county region of Upstate New York will participate in a career exploration event next week to answer questions, network and provide students and professionals with insight to what the future may hold for a career in the life sciences.
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2/24/2010
SYRACUSE, NY—The first of four I-81 Pre-Seed Workshops (PSW), which help area researchers take their technology-based ideas from the conceptual phase to the beginning stages of a business plan, will be held Feb. 25–26 and March 5. The event, hosted by MedTech and The Technology Garden, is New York state’s 30th PSW since the program’s inception in 2004.
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2/19/2010
ROCHESTER, NY—More than 60 business professionals attended the BioVenture Luncheon Series: Implantable Medical Devices last Wednesday in Rochester. The luncheon offered an opportunity for early-stage companies, medical device inventors and medical researchers to engage in a dialogue around the inventing, designing and manufacturing of implantable devices.
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1/15/2010
SYRACUSE, NY—MedTech, the professional association that supports the growth and development of Upstate New York’s bioscience industry, announces the addition of Jill Zimmerman to its team as director of marketing and communications.
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1/15/2010
ROCHESTER, NY—Executive and senior-level thought leaders from the bioscience and medical technologies industry convened earlier this month at the MedTech Catalyst Forum to engage in dynamic roundtable discussions and explore collaborative technology and product development opportunities.
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