by David E. Williams Health Business Blog Text messaging isn't exactly big news. Most people have heard about it, even if they associate it only with teens who've given up talking on the phone or even meeting in person in order to spend their time texting. But text messaging has actually ... Read more

by Doug Cress Med Tech Sentinel Natus Medical ( BABY ) announced yesterday that it will acquire SonaMed , a privately held company based in Waltham, MA. SonaMed manufactures and markets the Clarity Screener for the screening of hearing loss in newborns. The company reported rev ... Read more

I was dreading this announcement, but its time has come. My career as a dentist is finally taking off and keeping me too busy to maintain this blog's full potential. Therefore, after a year and a half of surprising success I have no choice but to place BioHealth Investor(BHI) up for sale. BHI is ... Read more

by Michael Shulman BiotechBlitz Antigenics ( AGEN ) got a Russian approval for its cancer immunotherapy -- a cancer "vaccine" is the sexy, headline grabbing term. This also created a few seconds of buzz around two other immunotherapy companies, Dendreon ( DNDN ) and Cell Genesys ... Read more

by Richard Daverman, PhD ChinaBio Today Aida Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: AIDA ) is working on a new wide-spectrum antibiotic that was discovered by its recently acquired affiliate, the Jiangsu Institute of Microbiology Co., Ltd (JSIM). Wetimicin, which belongs to a new generation ... Read more

by David E. Williams Health Business Blog The Associated Press reports that most US states have implemented "drug recycling" programs or are considering doing so. The basic idea is to accept donations of unused drugs and re-dispense them to people in need. It sounds like a good idea on t ... Read more

by Doug Cress Med Tech Sentinel Nanogen and Thermo Fisher Scientific Partner to Provide Molecular Biology Products to the Research Market As the biomedical industry works to gain a better understanding of the molecular basis of disease, the need for specific methods to detect geneti ... Read more

by David E. Williams Health Business Blog The housing market's in a tailspin, gas and food prices are crazy and the "R" word is in the air. Retailers are seeing a drop in business and more people are taking public transportation. But you wouldn't know about any sort of slowdown if you di ... Read more

by Michael Shulman BiotechBlitz Are biotech's turning around? They are certainly beating the market and, frankly, worrying about FDA decisions is easier now than worrying about how much toxic waste is hidden on a bank's balance sheet. I have a good feel for the odds of whether Cell Gen ... Read more

by Richard Daverman, PhD ChinaBio Today China biopharma stocks listed on US exchanges weathered a difficult first quarter of 2008. The ChinaBio ... Read more