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What should we make of the personalized medicine bandwagon?

By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD

As the dust begins to settle on last month's summit in the European Parliament on personalized medicine, the Maverinck asks in his latest column whether the hype and optimism is truly justified.

November 17, 2013

EU study charts path to cost-effective cardiac imaging

By Leo Cendrowicz

BRUSSELS - Imaging has brought unprecedented insight into cardiovascular disease, but health authorities need smarter and more cost-effective screening strategies to identify high-risk patients, according to a research project presented on Thursday at a special European Parliament hearing in Brussels.

November 11, 2013

EU committee trims medical device regulations

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Internal Market and Consumer Production Committee of the European Parliament on 17 October voted to exclude medical devices from the scope of the draft consumer product safety regulation.

October 20, 2013

EU pledges renewed support for personalized medicine

By Leo Cendrowicz

BRUSSELS - EU officials have vowed to work more closely with the medical imaging community to help roll out personalized medicine over the coming years. At a round-table gathering on 15 October, officials acknowledged that breakthroughs in technology presented medical opportunities too important to ignore.

October 15, 2013

U.K. hospital group fined after radiologist exposed to radiation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

United Lincolnshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust has been fined after an interventional radiologist was exposed to "significant" amounts of ionizing radiation.

October 7, 2013

IBA seeks FDA approval for proton therapy gantry system

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical firm IBA Molecular has submitted documentation to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a compact proton therapy gantry.

September 23, 2013