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(TRIMEDX: Indianapolis) -- TRIMEDX, an industry-leading, independent clinical asset management company delivering clinical engineering services, clinical asset informatics, and medical device cybersecurity, has launched Vigilor, independent cybersecurity services that are available to all health…
(Cablevey: Oskaloosa, IA) -- To promote food safety and sanitary compliance, processors increasingly seek the ability to clean-in-place (CIP), an automated method of cleaning the interior surfaces of tubular drag conveyors without disassembly. Now, with the advent of mobile tools like an innovative…
(Nikon Americas Inc.: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Americas Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Nikon Corp., has purchased the U.S. company Avonix Imaging LLC, of Maple Grove, Minnesota. Since 2015, Avonix has been a strategic X-ray CT (computed tomography) equipment manufacturing partner to Nikon Industrial…
(Novolyze: Washington, D.C.) -- Novolyze, a leader in food safety solutions and quality digitization technology, has upgraded its environmental monitoring program (EMP) to include advanced predictive analytics and machine learning. This latest upgrade will enable Novolyze’s technology to…
(ZEISS: Oberkochen, Germany) -- ZEISS Ventures is investing in life-science startup InSphero to further advance the adoption of 3D microtissues in research and drug development. InSphero AG, a pioneer in 3D spheroid and cell-based assays in pharmaceutical drug discovery and safety testing, has…
(ArisGlobal: Miami; Amplexor Life Sciences: Novo Mesto, Slovenia) -- ArisGlobal, a leading provider of life sciences software designed to automate core drug development functions with its end-to-end technology platform LifeSphere, has acquired Amplexor Life Sciences (LS), a global provider of…
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek medical sensors withstand the effects of autoclave cycles used to sterilize medical equipment prior to surgical procedures or other medical uses. According to the Centers for Disease Control, steam sterilization—as accomplished in an autoclave—is the most widely…
(Master Control: Salt Lake City) -- MasterControl, a leading provider of quality and manufacturing software solutions for the life sciences, today announced its first ever funding, a $150 million Series A round led by Sixth Street Growth. MasterControl has grown profitably for nearly 30 years, and…
(Husky Technologies, Bolton, MA) -- Husky Technologies, a pioneering technology provider delivering essential needs to the global community, was in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 8–11, exhibiting at Gulfood Manufacturing 2022. The Massachusetts-based company showed off its latest technologies,…
(Wittgas: Witten, Germany) -- Because leaky pharmaceutical packaging can endanger the shelf life and efficacy of packaged medicines, leak testing is a must. This can be easily and reliably done using Witt’s methylene blue test with the Leak-Master Easy.
As particularly sensitive products,…
(Canon Medical Systems: Tustin, CA) -- Canon Medical Systems USA Inc., Video Sensing Division, announces the new chip-on-tip video borescope camera for inspection applications in extremely tight spaces. The new SV-2000 provides full-color, high-resolution video or still-image capture. Rugged and…
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- In recent years, scientists have made great strides in their ability to develop artificial intelligence algorithms that can analyze patient data and come up with new ways to diagnose disease or predict which treatments work best for different patients.
The success of those…
(NIST: Boulder, Colorado)--In an effort to help speed the expansion of monkeypox testing in the U.S., the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has produced a material that can help ensure the accuracy of tests for the disease. NIST is making the material—which contains gene…
(LRQA: London) -- Manufacturers could be at growing risk of food fraud if they do not take the correct precautions when selecting new suppliers, according to global food safety assurance specialist LRQA.
With the pandemic, Brexit, and the war in Ukraine continuing to have a major impact on supply…
(ETQ: Burlington, MA) -- ETQ, part of Hexagon, has launched a new release of its award-winning, cloud-native QMS, Reliance NXG, allowing teams to create and edit Google Docs natively in Reliance. The company also launched its newest application, Quality Events, giving quality users the broadest set…
(MIT: Cambridge, MA)--A pop-up hearing aid exposition called HearWeAre... a travel agency that matches older and younger travelers for group adventures... an app that guides outgoing hospital patients through every step of the discharge process.
These are a few of the projects presented by…
(Qualio: San Francisco) -- Qualio, a trusted cloud quality management system for the entire life sciences ecosystem, announced significant growth during the first half of 2022, including expanded business and technology integration capabilities, and an enhanced consulting partner program.
“As the…
(NIST: Boulder, CO) -- In an emergency, first responders need to track assets, personnel, and other vital information in an unfolding situation. A new NIST prize challenge encourages developers to improve these incident command dashboards.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of…
(Greenlight Guru: Indianapolis, IN)--Greenlight Guru, pioneer of the Medtech Lifecycle Excellence Platform, has acquired SMART-TRIAL, maker of the first and only electronic data capture (EDC) platform designed for medical devices and diagnostics. SMART-TRIAL offers a comprehensive data collection…
(Exemplar Global: Milwaukee) -- Just like aviation flight simulators, the Audit Simulator provides opportunities to audit without risk. Using the simulator, trainee auditors have access to standards and/or checklists, evaluate evidence and comments, then make decisions and give their review on the…
First published Aug. 6, 2021, on MIT News.
Engineers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a small tabletop device that can detect SARS-CoV-2 from a saliva sample in about an hour. In a new study, they showed that the diagnostic is just as accurate as the PCR tests now used.
The device can…
(NIST: Boulder, CO)— The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a new prize competition to advance the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in first responder search and rescue operations.
Unmanned aircraft such as drones could be…
(Greenlight Guru: Indianapolis) -- Greenlight Guru, the leading medical device quality management software (MDQMS) platform, announces the launch of Greenlight Guru Academy, a learning resource providing free online training for medical device quality, regulatory, and product development…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Basingstoke, UK) -- A quick and easy culture-based method for the enrichment, detection, and confirmation of Salmonella species has been validated for the broadest range of food, animal feed, and environmental samples, and is ready to slot into standard laboratory…
(University of Rochester: Rochester, NY) -- Researchers in Rochester are developing an optical chip on a disposable card that can detect exposure to multiple viruses within a minute—including the coronavirus that causes Covid-19—from a single drop of blood.
Led by University of Rochester Medical…