November 17, 2009 – Following positive three-year data from the first 30 patients treated with a fully bioabsorbable drug-eluting coronary stent, Abbott is initiating a large-scale trial with about 1,000 patients from up to 100 centers in Europe, Asia Pacific, Canada and Latin America.

November 13, 2009 – A 48-patient IDE clinical trial conducted at seven sites in the U.S. and one site in India using the Harvest Technologies’ Bone Marrow Aspiration Concentrate (BMAC) System to treat patients with nonreconstructable critical limb ischemia (CLI) has completed enrollment.

November 13, 2009 – A new study, published in the Nov. 17, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, adds to a growing body of research seeking to evaluate and understand possible sex differences associated with anti-platelet therapies.

November 12, 2009 - To achieve the HITECH Act's goal of improving healthcare for patients by making it patient-centered, "information should follow the patient, and... should not get in the way," stressed David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., the national coordinator for health information technology, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, in a public statement issued today.

November 12, 2009 - Positron Corp. predicts an industry wide demand for cardiac PET imaging, as a result of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule increasing Cardiac PET reimbursement by 20 percent, while reducing coverage for SPECT by 36 percent.

November 12, 2009 – The first enrollments were made this week in the global Attain Success trial that will evaluate implant success, complication rates and procedure times in the market-released Attain Family of left-heart leads and delivery systems portfolio from Medtronic.