February 2, 2009 - CardiArc, Inc., along with Clinical Engineering Consultants Inc. (CEC) of Erlanger, KY, today said CEC will provide field service for the CardiArc HD-SPECT system. CEC also brings technical consultation with CardiArc on the field service manual. In addition CEC will sell the CardiArc system in the Ohio River Valley area.

February 3, 2009 - Cerenis Therapeutics SA, a privately held pharmaceutical company developing HDL-related compounds for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, has in-licensed intellectual property supporting an investigational new treatment of aortic valve stenosis (AVS) based on HDL therapy.

February 2, 2009 - An online survey of 1,888 physicians, medical group executives and staff, released today by Allscripts, concludes that U.S. physician groups are eager to accept a proposed multi-billion dollar package of government loans, grants and incentives designed to promote broader adoption of information technologies such as the electronic health record (EHR).

February 2, 2009 - Cook Medical’s new Advance PTX drug-eluting balloon was used in a live case transmitted from The Heart Center Leipzig/Park Hospital in Leipzig, Germany, at last week’s ISET 2009 International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy.

January 29, 2009 - GE Healthcare’s Mac-Lab IT hemodynamic recording and data management solution has received 2008 Category Leader designation in the “Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Professional Services” report, published in December.

January 29, 2009 - Ochsner Health System of New Orleans has deployed Agfa Healthcare’s IMPAX Data Center for image management and storage across its seven hospitals and 35 clinics.

January 29, 2009 - Boston Scientific Corp. said today it received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) to market its TAXUS Liberte Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System.