Cepheid Receives Grant to Develop Sample Processing and Amplification Methods for Detection of Bloodstream Bacteria

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced that, together with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), it has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop sample processing and amplification...

Atherotech Diagnostics Lab Announces 2012 Sponsorship Grant to National Lipid Association

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atherotech Diagnostics Lab announces its 2012 Sponsorship Agreement with the National Lipid Association (NLA). The agreement provides support in the form of a grant to further the NLAs mission of lipid education and management in clinical medicine and includes support of educational programs at regional conferences.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute SMARTT Program Awards AlphaCore Pharma Funding to Manufacture Potential Treatment for Familial Lecithin-Cholesterol Acyltransferase (LCAT) Deficiency

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AlphaCore Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company, and Advanced Bioscience Laboratories (ABL), a biomedical contract research and manufacturing company, today announce funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Science Moving towards Research Translation and Therapy (SMARTT) program, to manufacture...

EUR 1.0 Million Grant Awarded to Exosome Diagnostics and Ludwig-Maximilians-University from German Federal Ministry for Education and Research to Develop Biofluid-Derived

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

MUNICH, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Exosome Diagnostics GmbH, a subsidiary of Exosome Diagnostics, Inc., and the Department of Dermatology at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) announces the awarding of a EUR one million grant from the German Federal Ministry for Education...

CircuLite Awarded Grant from to Develop Right-Heart Circulatory Support System for Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

SADDLE BROOK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CircuLite, Inc. today announced that it has received a grant from the Cardiovascular Medical Research and Education Fund, Inc. (CMREF) to fund the development of a right-heart circulatory support system based upon CircuLites Synergy Micro-pump for the treatment of right heart failure due to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and other causes. The Synergy system...

AM Biotechnologies, LLC Receives Grand Challenges Point-of-Care Diagnostics Grant

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

HOUSTON AM Biotechnologies, LLC (AM Biotech) announced today that it has received a three-year, $1.7 million Point-of-Care Diagnostics grant through Grand Challenges in Global Health, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that seeks to engage creative minds across scientific disciplines including those who have not traditionally taken part in health research to work on...

Society Of Interventional Radiology Receives Support From Siemens Medical Solutions

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Receives Support From Siemens Medical Corporate Pledge of $200,000 Supports Major Fund-raising Initiative to Expand Minimally Invasive Medicine Into New Areas of Discovery

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AHRA and Toshiba America Medical Systems Announce 2011 Putting Patients First Grant Recipients

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helping hospitals, imaging centers and health systems develop or improve existing education and patient care initiatives in diagnostic imaging, AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management and Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. announced the seven recipients of the fourth annual Putting Patients First grant program.

California Institute of Technology and Integrated Diagnostics Researchers Receive Grand Challenges Point-of-Care Diagnostics Grant

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

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CytoSorbents, Inc. Awarded US Army SBIR Trauma Grant

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Sony and Maven Biotechnologies, LLC to Develop Smart Consumables for Novel Label-Free Detection

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

SALZBURG, Austria & MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sony DADC BioSciences and Maven Biotechnologies today announced a collaboration to develop and manufacture smart consumables for Mavens LFIRE detection platform.

LFIRE stands for Label-Free Internal Reflection Ellipsometry. It is a flexible and cost-effective, real-time imaging technology for performing cell-based assays and multiplexed...

One of the 10 Largest CRO???s Signs a 5 Year GrantPlan Agreement with to Reduce Investigator Grant Development Time and Enhance Overall Efficiency

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TTC, LLC today announced that one of the 10 largest CROs, recognized as a leading provider of global drug development services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, generic drug, and medical device companies, has signed a contract to gain access to GrantPlan, the largest database of current clinical investigator budgets. TTC now claims multiyear subscriptions with 10 of...

Kensey Nash Corporation Receives $1.9 Million NIH Grant for Tendon Product Research

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

EXTON, Pa., Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kensey Nash Corporation (Nasdaq: KNSY) today announced that it received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The NIH has awarded Kensey Nash Corporation a two-year, $1.9 million

MedTech IGNITE Program Awarded $50,000 Grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

BOSTON (November 1, 2011) The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center today announced that it has awarded a $50,000 grant to MedTech IGNITE, a business-coaching program launched in 2007 by MassMEDIC, the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council. The grant will allow the MedTech IGNITE Program to expand to new areas of Massachusetts, including the Pioneer Valley, Merrimack Valley, SouthCoast, and...

Stratatech Wins $4.6 Million Grant for Skin Substitute Trial

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stratatech Corp., a leader in regenerative medicine, today announced that the company has been awarded a $4.6-million grant by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to support the first human clinical trial of Stratatechs ExpressGraft antimicrobial skin substitute. The clinical trial will assess the safety and efficacy of the tissue as...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Awards $4.5 Million to International Research Group for Smart Artificial Pancreas Technology

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

(Santa Barbara, Calif. ) The National Institutes for Health (NIH) have awarded $4.5 million to a group of international diabetes researchers to engineer an artificial pancreas system that will monitor and adapt to the bodys complex real-time changes in behavior and physiology. This collaboration between physicians and researcher engineers aims to merge three key aspects of type 1 diabetes management...

Metabolomx Awarded $1.14 Million SBIR Grant from National Cancer Institute for Breath Analysis Test of Lung Cancer

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Metabolomx, a diagnostic company focused on breath analysis for the detection of cancer, today announced the Company was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The $1.14 million...

Grant Will Allow Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside to Continue Developing Implants that Degrade Naturally in the Body

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) -- Currently, medical implants used for everything from coronary stents to repairing a torn ligament are made with titanium alloys or stainless steel. That creates problems because those materials are permanent, causing clinical complications, and eventually leading to failure.

Huinan Liu, an assistant professor of bioengineering in the Bourns College of Engineering...

Spire Biomedical Awarded Grant for Dental Arch Wire Coatings

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spire Biomedical, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), announced today that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), has awarded Spire a nine-month Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Grant for $114,173, to develop coatings for dental arch wires used in orthodontics...

ChemImage Wins $1 Million to Commercialize Its Filter Technology

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChemImage announced today that it is one of six companies selected to receive up to $1 million in funding from the Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Materials Program, a program devoted to accelerating the development and growth of the advanced materials industry in Ohio. The award will be used to establish a manufacturing facility for its patented multi-conjugate...

MedShape Solutions, Inc. Receives SBIR Phase I Development Grant for Shape Memory Meniscal Repair Device

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

ATLANTA, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MedShape Solutions, Inc., the industry leader in innovative shape memory orthopedic devices, today announced that it has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant from the National Institutes of Health to assist in the research and development of...

Guided Therapeutics, Inc. Awarded Third Year Funding of National Cancer Institute Grant for LuViva(TM) Advanced Cervical Scan

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

NORCROSS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB & OTCQB: GTHP), developer of a rapid and painless testing platform that uses biophotonics for the early detection of disease, today announced that it was awarded $517,000 to fund the third year of a $2.5 million three-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The grant provides additional resources to help commercialize and...

EDAP TMS S.A. Partnership Wins EUR 2.4 Million Grant for Development of Innovative Imaging Solution for Focal Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

LYON, France, Aug. 24, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EDAP TMS SA (Nasdaq:EDAP), the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, announced today that its development partnership has been awarded a EUR 2.4 million grant for further development of Ablatherm-HIFU technology to incorporate improved imaging and diagnostic techniques in line with the focal therapy approach for treating localized prostate cancer...

Opko Health, Inc. Announces Research Grants from

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OPKO Health, Inc. (NYSE Amex: OPK) today announced the award of research grants in 2011 totaling more than US$1 million from the Mexican national technology and science council (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologa, CONACYT). The grants will be used by Exakta-OPKO, OPKOs wholly-owned Mexican subsidiary, to advance development of several research projects in ophthalmology...

Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation Reports Research Award Disbursements Have Topped $2 Million

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

Surge in applications necessitates funding cycle changes

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 31, 2011/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation reports that its research award disbursements have exceeded

Advanced BioMedical Technologies Inc. Awarded US Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Grant

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

NEW YORK, NY and SHENZHEN, CHINA--(Marketwire - May 27, 2011) - Advanced BioMedical Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ABMT) (PINKSHEETS: ABMT), developer and manufacturer of orthopaedic internal fixation devices, is delighted to announce that the...

Align Technology, Inc. Awards $165,000 as Part of Its University Research Award Program for Clear Aligner Orthodontic Therapy

Fri, 13 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 13, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Align Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALGN) today announced that a total of $165,000 in scientific research funding is being awarded to three universities in North America and three universities internationally for one- and two-year projects seeking to better understand orthodontic treatment with clear aligne

Medline Industries, Inc. Announces Call for 2011 Prevention Above All Discoveries Grant Submissions

Wed, 04 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

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ChemImage to Receive 2011 U.S. Army Achievement Award in Washington, D.C.

Tue, 03 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

PITTSBURGH, May 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChemImage Corporation will receive the U.S. Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 2011 Achievement Award on May 20 at the Pentagon Conference Center in Washington, D.C. for its real-time chemometrics and sensor fusion technology that enables the detection of chemical, biological and explosive threats.

MDxHealth Receives USD 1.1 Million European Grant to Progress Bladder Cancer Program

Tue, 03 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

DURHAM, NC, and LIEGE, BELGIUM - May 3, 2011 - MDxHealth SA (NYSE Euronext: MDXH), a leading molecular diagnostics company in the field of personalized cancer treatment, today announced that together with partner NovioGendix B.V., a molecular diagnostics company spun out from Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUNMC), the Netherlands, has received a USD 1.1 million grant from Eurotrans-Bio...

Expression Analysis Announces Recipients of Its Annual GWAS and Data Analysis Grant Co-Sponsored by Illumina, Inc.

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EA today announced this years recipients of its annual GWAS and Data Analysis grant: Elad Ziv from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Chunyan He from Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). The grant was co-sponsored by Illumina and selection of the recipients was made by an outside review panel and facilitated by the American Cancer Society...

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. Awarded Phase II NIH Grant for Rapid TB Test on DPP(R) Platform

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

MEDFORD, NY--(Marketwire - February 24, 2011) - Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCBB: CEMI) ("Chembio" or the "Company") has been awarded a three-year $2.9 million Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue development...

Life Technologies Announces Visionary Winners of the Ion Torrent PGM Grants Program in Europe

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT

CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE), today announced Dr. Angel Carracedo and Dr. Mark Pallen as the winners of the

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Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute Receives $1 Million Grant

Z Lens LLC Receives SBIR Phase I Award From SBIR

Alpha Source, Inc. Donates $2,500 to AAMI Foundation's Scholarship Fund

Boston Micromachines Corporation Awarded Grant From National Eye Institute to Further Adaptive Optics Retinal Imaging Instrument

mPhase Technologies, Inc. to Pursue STTR, SBIR and ARL Funding From the US Army

Heart Genomics Receives Loan Funding From Institute for Commercialization of Public Research

Philips and Mayo Clinic Land $16 Million CMS Grant to Improve Clinical Care

Becton, Dickinson and Company Announces Award to National Health Service Supply Chain Framework Agreement

Genalyte Inc. Awarded $500,000 SBIR Grant to Develop Multiplexed Assays for Early Detection and Monitoring of Type 1 Diabetes

The Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Fund to Grant Nearly $5 Million to Non-Profit Organizations in 2012

OJ-Bio Release: Biomedical Catalyst Fund Supports Next Stage Development of New Biosensor Device for Flu Diagnosis

International Awarded ???6 Million to Validate Pre-Eclampsia Early Detection Tests

American Board of Radiology Foundation Receives Grant From Varian Medical Systems for National Brachytherapy Registry

ViaCyte, Inc. (Formerly Known as Novocell, Inc.) Gets $10.1 Million State Stem Cell Agency Grant for Artificial Pancreas

Mediomics, LLC Receives Phase II SBIR Contract: Awarded $997,251 to Develop New In-Process Analyzer for Biologics

Rockland Immunochemicals Awarded Phase II SBIR Funding to Develop Akt/mTOR Signaling Pharmacodynamics Assay

DME Alliance, Inc. Engineering Consultants Awarded $2 Million BioDefense Contract

SPR Therapeutics, LLC & NDI Medical Awarded $2.77 Million Grant

Avita Medical Secures Additional Funding From U.S.

Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST) Announces $3 Million EUROTAPES Program Grant From European Union for Further Development and Advancement of Second Generation HTS Tapes

National Cancer Institute Awards PrimeraDx Grant to Develop B-Cell Lymphoma Panel on ICEPlex System

Salt Lake Community College Receives $825,000 Department of Labor Grant

Cook Medical Supports Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Science With CORE Research Grant

WaferGen Biosystems Awarded 1 Million Euro Grant by the Luxembourg Government to expand its European Operations

Fyodor Biotechnologies, Inc. Awarded Phase 2 SBIR Grant to Develop a Broad Urine-Based Diagnostic Test for Malaria

ChanTest Corporation Awarded $1 Million Grant for Predictive Assays Using Stem Cell-Derived Human Cardiomyocytes

Akonni Biosystems Awarded $500,000 Phase 2 National Science Foundation Grant to Develop Lab-on-a-Film??? Microarray Device

Florida Awards $530,000 in Grant and Tax Incentives for to Create Jobs

Dental Equipment-Maker Lands $39.5 Million U.S. Navy Contract

Highland Instruments, Inc. Announces Award of SBIR Grant for Clinical Evaluation of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Technologies

National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Kick Off $132 Million Effort to Create "Human on a Chip"

$65 Million Federal Grant Helps University of Washington Turn Lab Research into Medical Products

Sofie Biosciences Receives $1M Phase II SBIR Grant From the Department of Energy

Clydesdale Bank ??5 Million Funding to Support LAB21 Limited International Growth

Terumo BCT Awarded $3.5M Grant from the U.S. Department of Defense

Lantheus Medical Imaging Selected to Receive $300,000 Massachusetts-Israel Innovation Partnership Grant

Multiplicom Receives ???200,000 Grant for Novel Non-Invasive Pre-Natal Test

Covidien Funds Educational Grant to Support

Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc. Provides Grant to Support National Lipid Association, Sponsors 2012 Annual Scientific Sessions in Scottsdale, Arizona

Align Technology, Inc. Awards $220,000 as Part of Its University Research Award Program for Clear Aligner Orthodontic Therapy

DiaGenic ASA Awarded Research Grant of NOK 7.8 Million for Further Development of Tests for Early Detection of Alzheimer???s Disease

LeukoDx Receives Third Year Chief Scientist Grant for 50% of $1.15 Million R&D Budget

3D Biomatrix Awarded a Phase I STTR Award to Develop 3D Metastatic Prostate Cancer Assay

BioMarCare Technologies Ltd. and Receive $900,000 Grant from the BIRD Foundation to Support Joint Collaboration

NeuroSigma, Inc. Awarded National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant for Further Development of Its Thin-Film Nitinol Covered Neurovascular Stent

JumpStart Invests $250,000 in Life Core Technologies LLC

Virtual Radiologic Announces Second Annual RBMA Educational Scholarship