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Medical Tactile Launches Wireless Breast Cancer Screening System

The product is designed to offer a low-cost, non-invasive screening method for clinical use in developing countries.

Medical Tactile, Inc. (MTI), with the support of The Pre-Mammogram Foundation and Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced that they have developed a pre-commercial SureTouch Wireless system that uses 3G-enabled tactile sensor technology for breast cancer screening. 

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Siemens Syphilis Assay Receives FDA Clearance

The ADVIA Centaur Syphilis Assay-1 is geared toward detection of syphilis antibodies.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has received FDA clearance for its ADVIA Centaur Syphilis Assay-1 for the detection of antibodies against Treponema pallidum, a bacterium known to cause the sexually-transmitted disease, syphilis.

Now, laboratories in the United States can further automate testing for this serious condition and drive additional workflow and efficiency gains by combining it with other infectious disease testing on the Siemens ADVIA Centaur family of high-throughput, random-access immunoassay systems.

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Abbott Announces Diagnostic Test for Prostate Cancer

The technology, acquired from Stanford University researchers, differentiates aggressive from non-aggressive PC.

Abbott announced today it has acquired an exclusive license for several novel biomarkers from Stanford University for use in developing a molecular diagnostic test that could satisfy a longstanding unmet medical need: differentiating aggressive from nonaggressive prostate cancer.

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ASTM International Publishes New WVTR Tests for Solid Oral Drug Packs

Test methods were developed by a Product Quality Research Institute working group after a 10-year program of study.
  
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Bandage Package Takes on Blood Cancer

Help Industries has introduced a package that combines adhesive bandages with a bone-marrow donor registry testing kit.

Help Remedies announces the launch of help I’ve cutmyself & I want to save a life, which supplements Help’s standard adhesive bandages with a bone marrow donor registry kit. By linking registry to a simple action, Help hopes to reduce barriers to donation and find matches for some of the 10,000 people in the U.S. who need bone marrow transplants each year.

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Westpak to Expand San Diego Lab Facility

The packaging and product testing facility is boosting the footprint of its facility by 4,000 sq. ft.

Westpak Inc., a Product and Package Testing Laboratory recently announced a 4000 sq ft expansion of its laboratory in San Diego, California.
 
“We are excited about the expansion of our facility and our ability to offer even more environmental testing services to our growing customer base in southern California, Mexico, and surrounding areas. This will assist us as we strive to decrease lead times while continuing to offer the same excellent test services and customer focus that has become our trademark in the industry” claims Craft.
 

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Mocon Launches Non-invasive Blister Gas Testing System

The OpTech -- O2 system is suitable for non-invasive, non-destructive thermoformed blister package testing.


MOCON Inc.a manufacturer of permeation instrumentation, is announcing new capability for its   OpTech – O2 system. 

Non-invasive, non-destructive thermoformed blister package testing is now possible due to the development of an optical sensor that will “fluoresce” or give off light directly related to the amount of oxygen present. OpTech – O2 technology is ideal for determining oxygen headspace and ingress in flexible and rigid packaging.

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HealthPack to Feature Expanded Standards Update

Speakers at the upcoming HealthPack event March 6-8 in Albuquerque will update attendees on industry-specific AAMI, ISO, ASTM, and ISTA standards.

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Plastic Technologies Inc. Opens Closure-Testing Lab

Plastic Technologies Inc. (PTI), a provider of package design, package development, rapid prototyping, pre-production prototyping, and material evaluation engineering services for the plastic packaging industry, is opening an independent closure-testing lab. It will be able to study plastic and metal closures for a broad variety of packaging applications.

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