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Health Market Science: Truly Accurate Provider Data for the Healthcare Market
“Signal-to-noise” refers to the ratio of accurate, useful information to false or irrelevant data. For Health Market Science, “no noise at all” is the only option. Health Market Science (HMS), based in King of Prussia, was founded in 1999 to solve one of the Read More...
NuPathe Reports Positive Phase III Results For Zelrix, A Novel Transdermal Patch For Acute Migraine
NuPathe Inc., a BFTP supported specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative products for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric diseases, today announced top-line results from the pivotal Phase III clinical trial of Zelrix™, a novel transdermal patch in clinical development for the treatment of acute Read More...
Cohera Medical Solidifies Funding Round, Looks Ahead to New Testing Phase
Patrick Daly, president and CEO of Cohera Medical, has led the company to a major funding round and developed plans for initial human testing on a biodegradable adhesive for plastic surgery procedures. It’s been an eventful couple of months for Patrick Daly and his team Read More...
Applied Computational Technologies Pioneers Dramatic Radiation Therapy Improvements
Applied Computational Technologies is developing a groundbreaking method for refining the speed and accuracy of radiation treatment planning. (L-R) Andy Holland, co‑founder and CTO; Kathy Blum, CEO; Jay McClatchey, co‑founder and vice president; Steve Morrisson, senior software engineer. Earlier this year, Kathy Blum started looking Read More...
InstaMed: A Thriving Business in Helping Health Care Providers Reduce Billing Costs
InstaMed has been able to grow its business consistently against the prevailing economic pessimism by delivering real value and sticking with a winning formula. Here’s something you don’t hear much these days: “We’re definitely seeing an upturn in business because of the economy.” This silver-lining Read More...
Immunicon: Sharpening the Focus on Cancer Diagnostics
In the complicated world of cancer diagnosis, bigger is definitely not better. Recognizing the power of small, one company—Immunicon—has developed a technique that can isolate testing down to a single cell in a tube of blood-utilizing nanotechnology. CellTracks Analyzer II, part of Immunicon’s suite Read More...
McKesson Corporation: Improving the Process of Medicine Distribution in Hospitals
The fifth-leading cause of death for Americans—not far behind cancer and heart disease—is medical errors by the U.S. healthcare system. Many of these deaths are due to medication-related issues in hospitals. McKesson Corporation (formerly Automated Healthcare) has developed hardware and software systems that receive, package, Read More...
Surgical Specialties: Acquisition Adds Fresh Ideas and Capital to a Growing Medical Business
There’s nothing like a sudden infusion of new ideas and resources to give a successful company an even rosier outlook on the future. That’s exactly what happened when Angiotech purchased Surgical Specialties in early 2006, and Pete Molinaro couldn’t be more optimistic. One of Read More...
