July 20, 2012 — The online clinical drug resource Drugs.com released first quarter 2012 U.S. prescription sales data for the top 100 drugs. Blood thinners, proton-pump inhibitors, antipsychotics and asthma therapeutic categories continue to remain top sellers.

July 20, 2012 — The ability to see inside the arteries of vascular disease patients in high resolution before and during stenting procedures can offer valuable information. A new study of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the Journal of Endovascular Therapy confirms the safety and feasibility of this imaging technique in the carotid arteries.

July 20, 2012 — Crux Biomedical announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its novel inferior vena cava filter (VCF) with bi-directional retrieval.

July 20, 2012 —Acusphere Inc. announced that it had completed the marketing authorization application (MAA) dossier for its lead product candidate, Imagify (perflubutane polymer microspheres) for injectable suspension, and is now starting the process of filing the MAA dossier with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to support the regulatory review of Imagify in the European Union.

July 20, 2012 — Sony Electronics is announcing the world's first medical-grade monitor, model PVM-2551MD, based on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. The new 25-inch monitor, which recently received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance, is expected to deliver significant benefits for a variety of surgical procedures and combines all the noted advantages of Sony's OLED technology: true-to-life color reproduction, high resolution and virtually no motion blur.

Each year, I find it interesting that some “new” technology being introduced by a vendor is actually an old, recycled idea.  

A Siemens information technology executive showed me a video from the late 1970s of him as a young man demonstrating a futuristic computer system. It stored radiology images and reports electronically to eliminate the need for paper medical records. It was an idea 20 years ahead of its time, when the concept of a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) was very foreign. 

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