Clinical News: Page 1239

Varian inks long-term U.K. pact

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The London Clinic will become the first hospital in the U.K. to offer cancer treatments from Palo Alto, CA-based Varian Medical Systems' RapidArc and Trilogy technologies.

October 29, 2007

S-CAPE chooses Matrox technology

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

S-CAPE of Reichenbach, Germany, is bundling Montreal-based Matrox Graphics' Matrox Equinox graphics extension units with its medical image viewers.

October 29, 2007

Vision RT nets FDA OK and several U.S. sales

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

U.K. radiation therapy developer Vision RT has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its GateCT and GateRT devices in the U.S.

October 28, 2007

European Commission delays MRI usage directive

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Commission has postponed for at least five years the implementation of the EU Physical Agents Directive, which was designed to protect workers from the potentially harmful effects of electromagnetic fields, including those produced by MRI systems.

October 28, 2007

Singer Watson operated on for brain tumor

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Oct 26 - The 40-year-old tenor, who has sold millions of records around the world, was admitted to the intensive care unit at the Alexandra Hospital in Cheshire after an MRI scan found the tumor. The former factory worker from Salford, who is known as The Voice, has sold some five million albums since his first big break singing to the crowd before a football match in 1999.

October 25, 2007

Siemens gets European OK for Dade Behring buy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions announced that it has received approval by the European Commission for the acquisition of U.S.-based laboratory diagnostics company Dade Behring.

October 24, 2007