Ins and Outs

January 1st, 2009 Editors News

Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption… [Marcia Angell @ The New York Review of Books]

Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan… [WaPo]

Why Insurers Pay Certain Massachusetts Hospitals More … [WSJ]

Sun Sets on Drug-Company Pens in Doctors’ Offices … [WSJ]

The Year in Materials… [MIT Tech Review]

The Year in Biomedicine… [MIT Tech Review]

St. Jude Medical Acquires MediGuide… [St. Jude Medical ]
MediGuide flashbacks: Medical Position System (MPS) from MediGuide: GPS for Cath ; G-Wire: Visually Positioned Guidewire for Faster, Safer Procedures

St. Jude Medical Acquires Radi Medical Systems… [St. Jude Medical]

Same Genes Help Snails and Humans Tell Left from Right… [HHMI]

Scientists Reveal Structure of New Botulism Nerve Toxin Subtype… [Brookhaven National Laboratory]

Researchers engineer pancreatic cell transplants to evade immune response… [Albert Einstein College of Medicine]

Gold particles deliver more than just glitter… [MIT]

New “smart” materials for the brain… [Ecoles Polytechniques Fédérales de Lausanne]

Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home… [AP]

Interview with Robert Taub, the Hebrew student who sold his firm for $438 million… [Globes]

Human beings are born with numbers on the brain… [The Economist]

Foreign Accents, Alien Hands and Other Medical Oddities… [WSJ]

Ireland too grey for the burqa… [Times Online]

Upcoming conferences

february

25feballday27alldayField Service Medical 2019San Diego, CA, USA

27feballday28allday4th International Conference on Innovative and Smart Materials, 2019Berlin, Germany

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On behalf of Pulsus group, we take immense pleasure in inviting all the participants from all over the world to attend the Smart Materials conference entitled “4th International Conference on Innovative and Smart Materials” to be held in Berlin, Germany during February 27-28, 2019. The conference will be organized around the theme “Appreciating Innovative Smart Materials for a Smart Future” Smart materials are those materials which have properties to react to changes in their environment. This means that one of their properties can be changed by an external condition such as light, pressure, temperature. So Smart Materials are defined as “Materials that can significantly change their mechanical, thermal, optical, or electromagnetic properties, in a predictable or controllable manner in response to their environment” as there are many possibilities for such materials and structures in the manmade world many innovations are happening in the field of material science that are enough smart to help human beings in an any of the ways like structural health monitoring, self-repair, defence and Space, Nuclear Industries, Reducing wastes. Smart materials also have many applications in different fields of medicine and engineering and the rise in demand for the smart materials is enough to believe that there is a great scope for the smart materials in the future. So, this conference is about bringing out the new smart and innovative ideas from the people belonging to the material sciences from all over the world for the smart future. “Just keep in mind that acquiring pre-emptive knowledge about emerging technologies is the best way to ensure that we have a say in the making of our future.” Conference Highlights

Classification of Smart Materials
Smart Structures and Materials
Properties and Characterization of Smart Materials
Actuators and Sensors as Smart Materials
Robotics and Future
Automation and Impact
Shape Memory Alloys
Materials for green and smart food packaging
Smart Materials using Nano-technology
Smart Materials in Medical Sciences
Materials for regenerative medicine, drug delivery and cosmetics
Self-healing Hydro-gels
Smart Textiles in Clothing
Smart Combat Suits
Sun Exposure Monitoring Sensor
Materials for Safe Environment
Electrostrictive Polymers for Energy Harvesting
Carbon Fibre Reinforced Concrete ( CFRC )
Applications of Smart Materials
Future Scope of Smart Materials
Smart Materials in Global Market”

Time

february 27 (Wednesday) - 28 (Thursday)

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Pulsus Conferences

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march

07marallday08allday3rd Annual VR and Healthcare Symposium, 2019Tucson, AZ, USA

11marallday12alldayInternational Conference on Advanced Microbiology and Research , 2019Berlin, Germany

14marallday16allday8th International Conference on Neurological Disorders and Stroke 2019London, UK

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With great pleasure, AAC welcomes you to join the 8^th International Conference on Neurological Disorders and Stroke to be held on March 14-16, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. Stroke 2019 congregates the eminent scientist, Neurosurgeons, researchers, academics and dynamic experts from healthcare industries around the globe in the field of neurological science.

The vital goal of Stroke 2019 is to build up an efficient platform for the scientists, neurologists, research scholars, principal investigators, and industry experts to exchange their practical experiences in the field of Neuroscience and stroke. This forum will impart meeting and collaboration of the experts in neurology, physicians, researchers, and academics to endeavour new diagnosing techniques, management and prevention of stroke patients.

The location of the conference is a hub of top medical research centers and universities. On behalf of the organizing committee, we proudly invite you to this exciting event in London, UK and hope you will have satisfiable experts and academic interactive sessions.

Benefits of attending the conference

Stroke 2019 will provide you an excellent platform to have brainstorm idea for diagnosis and management of the stroke as well as the neurological disorders. Stroke 2019 will behold of professionals and experts from around the globe who will demonstrate their innovative research for the amelioration of neurological health.

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march 14 (Thursday) - 16 (Saturday)

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allied academies

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18marallday19alldayFuture Healthcare 2019London, UK

18marallday19alldayMiddle East Heart Congress 2019Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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“Middle East Heart Congress “ which will be held amid March 18-20, 2019 Dubai, UAE. Heart 2019 gathering aims to unite the most dedicated minds in the business, driving Physicians, Medical Practition ers, Surgeons, Nurses and scholastics everywhere throughout the nations to share thoughts and feature their accomplishments. Offering chance to find out about the unpredictability of the heart diseases, talk about interventional systems, take a glance through new and progressed cardiovascular practices and their proficiency and adequacy in the treatment of different cases, and comprehend neighborhood substances and viable imperatives in enhancing understanding consideration. Notwithstanding giving analysts a place to exhibit their discoveries and information, it will likewise help increment open commitment with science and group.

Occasions identified with cardiology have a wide extension scope throughout the world. These major logical occasions come up completely examined to proffer the best prospect for the academicians regarding joint efforts to embrace the International workshops to introduce their examination, and exchange experts, showing their items and administrations and B2B networking. The logical meetings incorporate oral and publication introductions, courses, and workshops from the experts working in the field of cardiology: clinical cardiology, heart devices, cardiac pharmacology. We are experienced coordinators of gatherings, displays, and workshops. Our meetings offer world-class content, extraordinary delegate understanding and remarkable systems administration openings in directing cardiology understudies, cardiologists, researchers, inquire about researchers, therapeutic specialists, driving restorative enterprises to champion proficient and social association with sister associations and effectively agree inside the examination and safe use of the solution with respect and morals.

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march 18 (Monday) - 19 (Tuesday)

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ConferenceSeries

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20marallday21alldayInternational Conference on Bioinformatics & System Biology 2019Singapore City, Singapore

25marallday26allday4th World Congress and Expo on Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Systems, 2019Milan, Italy

25marallday26allday2nd International Summit on Dermatology, 2019Milan, Italy

25marallday27alldayFDA Boot Camp 2019New York, NY, USA

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10% off with code D10-874-874AX01

This premier event is designed to provide professionals working in the life sciences space with a strong working knowledge of core FDA competencies.

In addition to providing a “101” training, our updated agenda offers advanced guidance sessions discussing the pathways to approval, a patent and IP overview for pharmaceuticals, post-approval issues, and recalls and withdrawals. In addition, each step of the process comes with strategies to apply this knowledge to real-life situations.

Experts at this event will help you:

COMPREHEND the structure of FDA
GAIN a practical working knowledge of clinical trial process for pharmaceutical products
MASTER the basics of the application and approval processes for drugs, as well as follow-on products such as ANDA’s and Biosimilars
RECOGNIZE the pivotal role of labeling, as well as promotions and off-label communications in drugs and biologics
APPRECIATE the complexities of pharmaceutical IP and the regulatory balance between brand name and generic products
UNDERSTAND the importance of cGMPs to the post-approval regulatory process
NAVIGATE the protocols of adverse events monitoring, signal detection, product withdrawals, and recalls

Register by January 18, 2019 for best rates plus save an extra 10% off with code D10-874-874AX01

Time

march 25 (Monday) - 27 (Wednesday)

Location

Park Lane Hotel New York

36 Central Park S, New York, NY 10019

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American Conference Institute

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26marallday27alldayMedical Imaging Convention - 2019 Birmingham, UK

26marallday27alldayThe European Neuro Convention - 2019Birmingham, UK

26marallday27alldayEuropean Oncology Convention - 2019Birmingham, UK

april

08aprallday09alldayWorld Congress on Neurology & Neurological Disorders 2019Toronto, Canada

08aprallday10allday6th World Congress on Human Genetics and Genetic Diseases, 2019Abu Dhabi, UAE

09aprallday11alldayMedTech Strategist Innovation Summit Dublin 2019Dublin, Ireland

22aprallday23allday2nd Annual Conference on orthopedics and Osteoporosis 2019Barcelona, Spain

24aprallday26allday8th Digital Marketing for Medical Devices WestSan Diego, CA, USA

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Built on a foundation of seven years of timely and informative content the 8th Digital Marketing for Medical Devices West conference is an integral part of ExL Events’ industry-leading Digital Marketing for Medical Devices series. Organizations, both large and small, will share insights on how they are communicating to their market about the groundbreaking devices they offer. This conference is designed to provide tactical presentations that can serve as a roadmap to implementing similar programming at your organization.

Top Five Reasons to Attend

1. Network with other medical device marketers who are facing similar challenges and opportunities so you can learn from one another in a more casual setting.

2. Learn about recent successes and failures presented by stakeholders who lived through them in order to identify new opportunities and proactively anticipate roadblocks

3. Participate in discussions around integrating sales and marketing to develop more cohesive outreach, reduce duplicative work and open communication to ensure departments are learning from one another

4. Demonstrate value in a meaningful way to key customer bases, whether they be financially-driven executives at hospitals, clinically-driven surgeons, and healthcare providers, or patients who are motivated by several different factors

5. Participate in the industry’s leading event series that provides you with unparalleled networking opportunities, insights you can’t get anywhere else, and access to vendors and solution providers who can help you develop and execute marketing strategies that stand out

LEARN MORE >>> https://goo.gl/W5U85k

Time

april 24 (Wednesday) - 26 (Friday)

Location

The Westgate Hotel

1055 Second Avenue San Diego, CA 92101

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ExL Events

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Microrobots Take Minutes to Detect C. diff in Stool Samples

Tandem's t:slim X2 Insulin Pump Classified as First Alternate Controller Enabled Infusion Pump

Vapotherm Releases Latest Precision Flow Hi-VNI Mask-Free Ventilation System

Wearable Respiration Sensors Made from Shrinky Dinks

Pipeline Flex Embolization Device Approved for Small and Medium Brain Aneurysms

Siemens Healthineers Powerful MAGNETOM Lumina 3 Tesla MRI Cleared by FDA

Cook Medical's Zenith Dissection Endovascular Stent for Aortic Tears FDA Approved

uEXPLORER Whole Body PET-CT Cleared by FDA for Clinical and Research Use

Vapotherm Releases Latest Precision Flow Hi-VNI Mask-Free Ventilation System

Man Receives World's First Wirelessly Powered Heart Pump

QT Medical’s Personal Cardiac Assistant Lets Patients Conduct Comprehensive ECGs at Home

Heart Implant Measures Left Atrial Pressure to Monitor Heart Failure

Digital Thermography and Machine Learning Team Up to Improve Burn Wound Care

Crescent Vision Dual-Camera Headband for Surgeons: CES 2019

Platform Wound Dressing, a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Device Doesn't Need Gauze or Foam

Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Lab Accelerator at CES 2019

Microrobots Take Minutes to Detect C. diff in Stool Samples

Graphene Biosensors to Detect Lung Cancer

Microrobots Swim Through Vessels, Deform to Snake Through Tortuous Passageways

Electronic Nanomesh Gently Hugs Beating Heart Cells

North American Rescue Audio Bleeding Control Kit: Product Review

Mobile Clinics for Disaster Zones and Low Resource Communities: Interview with CEO of World Housing Solution

Augmented Reality and Drones Help Remote Clinicians Assist First Responders in Emergencies

AT&T, Softbox and Merck Test Smart Drug Delivery Drones

Custom Tuned Hearing Aids from Comfort of Home: Interview with Adam Karp and Dr. Harvey Abrams of Lively

Innovative Skin to Electrically Power Prosthetic Devices

Highly Dexterous Prosthetic Arm Gives Users Sensations

BrainRobotics Introduces a Modular Smart Prosthetic Hand: Seen at CES 2019

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