Category: Medicine

Past president of TOPRA and ELC GROUP Advisor speaks at International Regulatory Seminar in Ahmedabad 23 February 2012

December 7, 2011 by neondrum

ELC GROUP, the pan-European pharmaceutical regulatory affairs organisation, today announces that it will be hosting an international training seminar on 23rd February 2012 in Ahmedabad, India. The event will address the regulatory challenges for 2012 and their impact on marketing authorisation. As well as an overview of the latest changes in European Regulatory Procedures, the day will focus on the implementation of electronic submission of medical production information in the new EU requirements of the Pharmacovigilance legislation.

Developers of telecare solutions and mobile GPS alarms, Geonovo, win UK Trade & Investment Competitione

November 14, 2011 by neondrum

Geonovo Limited, the designers and manufacturers of the Romad RSP-100 have won first prize at a “Dragon’s Den” type competition held by the UKT&I on 31st October 2011 at Centerpoint in London. The prize; a stand place on the UK Trade & Investment exhibition area at the renowned Mobile World Congress Expo in Barcelona 2012. The format was for twelve contestants to deliver a three minute pitch followed by a grilling by a panel of industry experts handpicked by the UKT&I.

Rohde & Schwarz UK supplies vector network analysers for revolutionary breast cancer screening research

November 1, 2011 by neondrum

November 1st 2011 - Rohde & Schwarz has supplied high speed vector network analysers to Bristol University spin-out Micrima for the clinical trials of their revolutionary breast cancer screening technique.

MARIA (Multistatic Array processing for Radiowave Image Acquisition) is an ultra wideband radio system that can be used to detect tumours by generating high-resolution 3D images of the human breast. The technique which avoids exposing women to X-ray radiation, is fast and inexpensive. It is also expected to be better at identifying breast cancer in younger women.

Duke of York visits healthcare communication specialist DocCom

October 25, 2011 by neondrum

October 25th 2011 - Prince Andrew last week visited DocCom to find out how its healthcare communications model for the Facebook generation will save countless lives.

On a tour of the company's Bristol offices, the Duke of York met the team of medics and software developers behind the UK's first secure and private social networking platform exclusively for healthcare professionals.