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Julio Palmaz, M.D., Inventor of the World's First Cardiac Stent, is the 2009 Recipient of the PTV Sciences Star of Texas Healthcare Award
Mark McClellan, M.P.A., M.D., Ph.D., Former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, will Serve As Honorary Chair and Keynote Speaker at the PTV Sciences Annual Meeting
PTV Sciences Announces Expanded Role for Stephen Slade, M.D. and an Increased Strategic Focus on Ophthalmology



Accumetrics, Inc.

Accumetrics, Inc. Forms Partnership with Grifols as Its Distributor in Spain, Portugal and Chile

Accumetrics, Inc. Announces GRAVITAS Trial 50 Percent Enrolled

Accumetrics, Inc. Announces Distribution Channels in Israel and Cyprus

Accumetrics, Inc. Announces 1000th Patient Enrolled in GRAVITAS Trial

Accumetrics, Inc. Announces United Kingdom Distribution Agreement with ELITech UK Limited

Gregory J. Tibbitts Appointed Chief Financial Officer at Accumetrics, Inc.

Cardiovascular Death and Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Receiving Coronary Stenting Are Predicted by Residual Platelet Reactivity to ADP Detected by a Point-of-Care Assay

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Alereon, Inc.

Ultrawideband: Down, But Far From Out

WiMedia and UWB: where to from here?

Alereon Receives FCC Modular Certification for Worldwide Wireless USB Half-MiniCard   

Alereon Powers IOGEAR Wireless USB Solution for Home and Office

Alereon AL5000 Family PHY Certified for WiMedia Bandgroup 6

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Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.

Most Successful U.S. Startups 2008: Apollo Endosurgery - BusinessWeek

Apollo Endosurgery Announces 510(k) Clearance for its Flexible Endoscopic Suturing System

Surgery Without the Slicing

The Bleeding Edge: The drugs giants are in trouble, but medical devices are blooming


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Asuragen, Inc.

Mirna Therapeutics Announces Dr. Frank Slack as Scientific Advisor

Gov. Perry Announces $5 Million Investment in Development, Commercialization of Cancer Treatment

Tiny RNA Has Big Impact On Lung Cancer Tumors

Chasing the Therapeutic Potential of miRNAs

Asuragen Signs Agreement with Biogen Idec to Pursue Companion Diagnostic Strategy

Mirna Therapeutics presents data at Keystone Symposium on MicroRNA and Cancer

Agilent Technologies Appoints Asuragen, Inc. as a Certified Service Provider for its aCGH and miRNA Microarrays

Mirna Therapeutics and UCSF Researchers Initiate Collaboration to Explore Therapeutic Potential of microRNAs

Mirna Therapeutics to Collaborate with M. D. Anderson on miRNA Prostate Cancer Therapeutics

Asuragen Initiates Launch of CE-Marked Molecular Diagnostic Products with the Release of the Signature® LTx v2.0 Leukemia Translocation Panel Assay in Europe

Asuragen, Inc. Launches a Multiplex qRT-PCR Assay for the Detection of BCR/ABL1 Fusion Transcripts

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BioForm Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFRM)
Merz to Acquire BioForm Medical

BioForm Medical Strengthens Its Board of Directors With Three Aesthetics Industry Veterans

BioForm Medical to Launch New 1.5cc RADIESSE(r) Volume Advantage Syringe and 0.8cc RADIESSE Moderate Fill Syringe; Announces Successful Results of RADIESSE Dermal Filler With Lidocaine Clinical Study

New Procedures to Drive Growth of $5 Billion Global Medical Aesthetic Industry

One Million Syringes of RADIESSE(r) Dermal Filler Have Been Shipped

338 Patient Pivotal Trial Demonstrates Safety and Effectiveness of Polidocanol Sclerotherapy Product for Varicose Vein Treatment

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BioMimetic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("BMTI") (NASDAQ: BMTI)

BioMimetic nears European patent on tissue healing products

Dr. Samuel E. Lynch Presides Over the NASDAQ Closing Bell to Celebrate the Initial Public Offering of BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. [BMTI]

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BioSurface Engineering Technologies, Inc. ("BioSET")
Brookhaven Lab and BioSET, Inc., Patent a Synthetic Peptide That Enhances Bone Growth

BioSET Announces Initiation Of Clinical Trials For AMPLEX Osteo-Promotive Bone Graft System For Spine Fusion

Tornier and Bioset Enter Synthetic Growth Factor Pact

Synthetic Peptide That Enhances the Effect of a Bone Growth Factor, BMP-2

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Cameron Health, Inc.
The rhythm of life

Cameron Health Commences Clinical Trial of the Minimally Invasive Totally Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator for Treatment of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Internal External Defibrillator: A new device may offer a safer way to jump-start ailing hearts

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Cardiva Medical, Inc.
Cardiva Medical, Inc. Receives FDA Clearance for the Catalyst III System

Cardiva Medical, Inc. Announces Presentation at the 2008 UBS Global Life Science Conference

Cardiva Medical, Inc. Announces Presentation at the BMO Capital Markets 2008 Focus on Healthcare Conference

Global Vascular Closure Device Market to Exceed $900 Million by 2013

Cardiva Medical, Inc. to Present at the 'Investment In Innovation (In3) Medical Device Summit' on June 18, 2008 in San Francisco, CA; Announces the Completion of Its Latest Phase in Its US Sales Force Expansion

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GlycoMimetics, Inc. ("GMI")
GlycoMimetics, Inc. Attracts $38 Million in Latest Venture Round

New Drug to Treat Sickle Cell Crisis Begins Pilot Study in Patients

GlycoMimetics, Inc. Awarded NIH Grant to Study Drug Candidate in Diabetes

GlycoMimetics, Inc. Completes Phase 1 Clinical  Studies of Lead Drug Candidate

GlycoMimetics, Inc. Selected to Present Preclinical Data on Lead Drug Candidate at 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology

GlycoMimetics, Inc. Commences Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Lead Drug Candidate

GlycoMimetics, Inc. to Present Results of Lead Candidate in Animal Models of Sickle Cell Disease at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

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IDEV Technologies, Inc.
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, A vessel to grow - Houston Chronicle

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Clears Way for Multicenter Clinical Trial of IDEV Technologies’ SUPERA Peripheral Stent

IDev(R) Technologies Inc. Announces Distribution Partnership with YMed Inc. for the VascuTrak 2(TM) Focal Force PTA Catheter

Wire-Interwoven Nitinol: A new class of stents may expand treatment options for patients with peripheral arterial disease

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InSite Vision, Inc. ("ISV") (INSV.OB)
InSite Vision Signs International Licensing and Distribution Agreement for AzaSite((R)) in Japan and Taiwan With Nitten Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd

InSite Vision Receives Regulatory Approval for AzaSite® in Canada

InSite Vision Announces Restructuring to Support 2009 Strategic Priorities

InSite Vision Announces FDA Advisory Committee's Unanimous Recommendation of Approval for New Ophthalmic Product Enabled by InSite's DuraSite(R) Technology

InSite Vision Announces Preliminary Results From Phase 3 Clinical Trial of ISV-502 for the Treatment of Eyelid Inflammation and Infection

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Intersect ENT, Inc. (formerly Sinexus)
Sinexus Changes Name to Intersect ENT, Initiates Pivotal Study

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LDR Spine USA, Inc. ("LDR")
1st Mobi-C® cervical artificial disc implanted in China

LDR Announces FDA Clearance of its ROI-A™ ALIF Device

LDR opens direct sales channel in Germany

LDR obtains approval in China for their Mobi-C® cervical artificial disc

LDR strengthens international position expanding Latin American presence

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On-X® Life Technologies, Inc.
On-X Life Technologies Doubles Manufacturing Space in Austin

Examination of hemolytic potential with the On-X(R) prosthetic heart valve

Austin-Based Medical Carbon Research Institute, LLC. Becomes On-X Life Technologies, Inc.

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Ortho Kinematics, Inc.
Gov. Perry: We Must Invest Wisely to Help Texans and Strengthen Our Economy

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OsteoBiologics, Inc. ("OBI") - Acquired by: Smith & Nephew
Smith & Nephew Acquires OBI, Inc.

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Tryton Medical, Inc.
TRYTON Announces Registry Evaluating Tryton Stent System for Left Main Disease and Celebrates 500th Implant

Tryton Celebrates 250th Implant of Innovative Side Branch Stent System

Tryton Announces First Patient Enrollment in E-Tryton 150 Registry

Tryton Medical introduces Side Branch Stent System in Europe

Tryton Medical Announces Two Key Hires and Relocation to Research Triangle Park, N.C

Tryton Medical Appoints VP Sales & Marketing EU

Tryton Medical Appoints President and CEO

Tryton Medical, Inc. Closes $14 Million Financing

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ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIOP)
ZIOPHARM Presents Positive Darinaparsin Clinical Data at ASCO's Prestigious Clinical Science Symposium

ZIOPHARM Presents Positive Data from Phase I Study of Palifosfamide in Combination with Doxorubicin at ASCO

ZIOPHARM Presents Positive Indibulin Translationaland Dose Scheduling Data at ASCO

ZIOPHARM Presentations at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

Market for Multiple Myeloma Therapeutics in the US to Reach $4.0 Billion by 2015

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