ISoft makes move on life sciences
ISoft has signed a marketing agreement with US company, CliniWorks, to market its AccelFind software to healthcare organisations across the world.
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Oracle Buys Phase Forward For €509m
Oracle has expanded its reach into the life sciences sector with the acquisition of life sciences applications software firm Phase Forward for €509m ($685m).
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Alert grows in Portugal
Alert Life Sciences has announced several successful implementations in its home country of Portugal. Earlier this month, the Basic Emergency Services (BES) at the Lisboa Norte Hospital Complex, in Santo António dos Cavaleiros in Loures, went live with Alert’s UBU solution. The implementation at the hospital complex, which sees around 300 patients a day, enables […]
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GE launches €167m innovation fund
GE has announced the availability of a €167m ($250m) equity fund that will make investments in highly promising and innovative technology companies across the world. The GE Healthymagination Fund, will invest in companies globally that have innovative diagnostic IT and life sciences technologies which are aligned with the strategic objectives of GE’s initiatives. The fund […]
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JAC and InterSystems get European awards
JAC and InterSystems have been presented awards for their work in the European health IT sector, by market analysts Frost and Sullivan. JAC were awarded The European e-Prescription Systems Technology Innovation award, which was presented to the company for its work throughout the UK. The award citation states: “The company’s innovative technology, coupled with uncompromising […]
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Cerner and Quintiles partner on trials
Cerner, the US healthcare IT giant, has announced a partnership with Quintiles, the biopharmaceutical services firm specialising in clinical trials management and data services to life sciences companies. The deal marks an important step for Cerner’s stated ambition to grow in the life-sciences and biopharma sectors. The deal will see Cerner and Quintiles provide biopharma […]
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Microsoft moves into genetic-data
Microsoft Corporation has made a move into genetic data management, following its acquisition of Rosetta Inpharmatics LLC, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co. The Rosetta technology will be used to add genetic and genomic data management abilities to Microsoft’s recently announced Amalga Life Sciences effort. The agreement calls for Microsoft and Merck to […]
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IBM teams with Google to mobilise patient data
New software to enable data to be easily moved from remote personal monitoring devices into Google Health personal health records announced.
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GE’s Centricity cardiology system wins award
GE Healthcare’s Centricity cardiovascular information system has won Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 ‘product line leadership’ award. The GE CIS system recognised is Centricity Carddas Xi². The CIS is designed to meet cardiologist’s needs for advanced data management and PACS capabilities in a common infrastructure for cardiology and radiology. According to GE Cardass provides a single […]
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