June 2005
Renal Solutions Receives FDA Clearance
Renal Solutions has received clearance from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to begin commercialization of the Allient® Sorbent Hemodialysis System in chronic and acute hemodialysis applications. The company also received approval of an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) for the initiation of a home hemodialysis clinical trial. Pete DeComo, CEO, expressed his pleasure with the "broad label indication for use in chronic and acute hemodialysis as prescribed by a physician." For more information, read the full release.
Jun 23 | Permalink
Haley Systems Introduces OEM Program
At the Securities Industry Association Technology Management Conference, Haley Systems announced the immediate availability of the Haley OEM Program, and introduced it's first OEM Program customer, Croesus Finansoft®, a leading provider of securities software. The OEM Program provides independent software vendors (ISVs) the industry's leading business rules technology, pre-packaged training and support services, co-marketing programs and co-selling benefits with no upfront costs. Visit Haley's website for more information on the OEM Program.
Jun 22 | Permalink
Imago Wins Governor's Award
Imago Scientific Instruments has been awarded the first ever Governor's Small Business Technology Transfer Award from the state of Wisconsin. The award recognizes a company which has taken an idea and developed a business that provides high-quality jobs in the state. Congratulations!
Jun 15 | Permalink
BodyMedia Featured at MEMS Executive Congress
BodyMedia has been selected as a panelist at the MEMS Executive Congress being held in Pittsburgh on September 20, 2005. The MEMS Executive Congress brings together a wide range of top business leaders from a diverse spectrum of industries. Attendees will hear from keynotes and panelists who bring unique perspectives of how to successfully integrate innovative technologies into commercially-viable products. BodyMedia will share some of the challenges and benefits of integrating MEMS in its products. For more information or to register visit www.memscongress.com.
Jun 15 | Permalink
BodyMedia a Keynote at Healthcare Unbound
The Second Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference and Exhibition will take place in Boston July 11 & 12. The program will focus on remote monitoring, home telehealth and pervasive computing technologies, and will address the shift from traditional healthcare delivery to more consumer-driven approaches. "Healthcare Unbound" is defined as "technology in, on and around the body that frees care from formal institutions." Register for the event at www.tcbi.org.
Jun 14 | Permalink
Draper Triangle Funds Unitask, Inc.
Unitask, Inc., a leading provider of software products to help organizations make the Oracle E-Business Suite easy, recently completed a $2.5 million venture capital financing deal co-led by Draper Triangle and Early Stage Partners. This investment marks the first round of funding for the growing software company, which will use the funds to accelerate product development and expand sales and marketing. For more information on Unitask, read the full release.
Jun 14 | Permalink
Hans Witt Moves from Board to CEO at Haley Systems
Hans Witt, who spent 30 years in the technology sector working for the likes of IBM, Microsoft and Intel, recently left the board of directors at Haley Systems to become the company's President and CEO. Haley Systems builds the technology to help businesses automate their programs, rules and policies. Under Mr. Witt's direction, the company plans to triple revenue while continuing to add staff in inside sales, marketing and engineering. For more information about Haley Systems and Mr. Witt, please read the article in the Pittsburgh Business Times.
Jun 14 | Permalink
Congressman Murtha Increases Funding for Diabetes
Congressman John Murtha is expanding his campaign against diabetes by directing additional funding to education, outreach and research projects through the fiscal year 2006 Defense Appropriations spending bill. Included in the bill is funding for several diabetes-related projects including the rural health project by CERMUSA and research on a non-invasive glucose monitoring device by BodyMedia.
Jun 14 | Permalink
PTI Works with Yale to Further Cancer Treatment
Precision Therapeutics has partnered with researchers at the Yale School of Medicine to combine PTI's ChemoFX assay with Yale's apoptosis assay to distinguish drugs that can stop the growth of and/or kill cancer tumors. The test will help physicians predict whether a cancer patient will respond to a specific drug. Recruitment for the clinical study wraps up this month, and results will be available about this same time next year.
Jun 7 | Permalink
Imago Thinks Small to Go Far
An article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel relates the story of how Imago's Chief Technology Officer, Tom Kelly, left the safety of a tenure-track position at the University of Wisconsin to concentrate full-time on making the company a success. Beginning with the Local Electrode Atom Probe, or LEAP, microscope, Imago plans to create the tools necessary to futher develop the next generation of nanotechnology applications.
Jun 7 | Permalink
BodyMedia Rolls Out bodybugg™
BodyMedia and Apex Fitness Group, the health club industry's leading provider of programs for weight loss and fitness, announced today their national roll-out of the bodybugg™, an intelligent calorie management system. The bodybugg measures an individual's total calories burned continuously and over long periods of time which, when uploaded to the bodybugg website, creates a "dashboard" of the wearer's progress that the wearer can use to help modify eating and exercise habits. Its ability to precisely monitor total energy expenditure, combined with the website's ability to automatically estimate calories consumed based on body mass changes, removes the need for individuals to log their caloric intake or exercise. For more information, read the full press release or see the article in the New York Times.
Jun 2 | Permalink
