Great Basin Corporation Receives FDA 510(k) Approval for C. Difficile Molecular Diagnostic Test

Great Basin Corporation, a privately-held life sciences company developing sample-to-result molecular diagnostic solutions, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for its first molecular diagnostic test for Clostridium difficile (C.

Consumer Activity on Social Media Sites Dwarfs That of Healthcare Companies, Finds New PwC Study on Social Media in ...

NEW YORK, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Social media is changing the nature of healthcare interaction, and health organizations that ignore this virtual environment may be missing opportunities to engage ...

Vetted International Adds Support to Government Contractors with DNA Collection, Storage and Analysis

Vetted International, Ltd. continues its support of the Department of Defense by providing services to US contractors in the collection and storage of DNA.Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) May 13, 2012 Vetted International, Ltd. (http://www.vetted-intl.com) continues its support of the Department of Defense by providing services to US contractors in the collection and storage of DNA.Generally, all ...

Increasing Demand for Measurement of Hormones & Cancer Markers Drives the World Immunoassay Systems Market, According ...

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Immunoassay Systems markets. The global market for Immunoassay Systems is projected to reach US$13.2 billion by 2018, primarily driven by technology developments and fast expanding application possibilities. Aging population and subsequent growing need for timely diagnostic tests and robust demand from developing markets, Asia-Pacific ...

How Employer-Sponsored Insurance Drives Up Health Costs

A new study in Health Affairs is attracting attention for its depiction of how powerful hospitals are extracting ?steep payment increases? from insurers. But what the study really tells us is how much the exceptional cost of American health insurance is caused by our system?s original sin: the fact that, due to a quirk in the federal tax code, most of us don?t buy insurance for ourselves, but ...