In the ten years since the term was coined, the development of open source software has moved from the garages of Silicon Valley to the mainstream. Many serious and valuable projects – from the Apache Server to MySQL databases – have been built using an open source model, which essentially promotes free and open [...]
CaridianBCT announced today that it has been awarded a grant as part of the US Department of Defense (DOD) Deployment Related Medical Research Program (DRMRP) to work on development of Mirasol Pathogen Reduction Technology (PRT) System designed to improve the safety of whole blood transfusions in trauma cases. The Mirasol PRT system uses riboflavin [...]
March 31, 2009 – 10:59 am
Today, Covidien announced the US launch of its Puritan Bennett 540 Portable Ventilator. The 9.9 lb device offers up to 11 hours of battery power depending on settings, and was designed to maximize ease of use and comfort for patients. The power indicator represents a significant advance from the former model in displaying [...]
iTi Solar of Boulder, Colorado announced that it has been selected to provide the first digital inkjet system for use in a solar cell manufacturing production line by Solarcoating Machinery GmbH of Germany. The inkjet product from iTi Solar, which focuses on advancing renewable energies through industrial inkject technologies, will be provided as part [...]
Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB:CGXP) announced that the NIH has awarded a $1.66M grant to researchers at the University of Utah to investigate the use of its Cerashield Coating in preventing infections on orthopedic implants. The research, to be led by Roy Bloebaum, PhD, a Research Professor at the University of Utah, will fund preclinical [...]
Boulder-based Collective Intellect announced today that it was chosen by MTV Networks to supply digital communications analytics across the network’s stable of properties, including MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon. Collective Intellect is a market intelligence firm that specializes in capturing data from social networks, blogs, and digital bulletin boards. The company, which has developed [...]
March 30, 2009 – 10:19 am
ARCA biopharma, Inc (Nasdaq: ABIO) announced the release of final results for the Phase 3 BEST trial of Gencaro(TM) (bucindolol hydrochloride) in patients with advanced chronic heart failure (CHF). Gencaro showed a near significant benefit on overall mortality (hazard ratio (HR) 0.87; p=0.053), the trial’s primary endpoint. The drug demonstrated a significant benefit [...]
March concludes with a CORE Colorado Clean Tech Initiative and a Northern Colorado Health and Research Coalition Program focusing on Gerontology. The week also sees the BMA’s monthly meetup.
Overcast skies: From an IT perspective, it’s nearly impossible to go to an investor conference these days and not here a pitch making reference to the “cloud,” a metaphor of amorphous definition which, broken down to its most basic elements, means “data or programming existing outside the confines of an individual user’s computer.” The cloud [...]
