Imperial College London's Institute of Biomedical Engineering Wins Top Prize For Innovation
The Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, has been honoured with a top prize for innovation at the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2009. The Institute was named overall winner in the category of "Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology". The awards were announced at a gala ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Thursday 15th October.
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Progress in the fight against communicable diseases in Europe
At an international meeting of European health experts, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) launched the third annual report on epidemiology showing that Europe is making progress in the fight against communicable diseases.
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JAC's EPMA Wins Technology Innovation Award
JAC have been presented with the 2009 European e-Prescription Systems Technology Innovation Award by Frost & Sullivan (F&S). The award was based on research by F&S's own analysts and recognises JAC for continuously innovating and upgrading individual disciplines of e-prescription technology.
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BMJ Group provides authoritative update on swine flu vaccination
The latest guidance on swine flu vaccination for healthcare professionals is now available. It will be published as a learning module on BMJ Learning and as a downloadable audio file on the BMJ's pandemic flu microsite.
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MarkMonitor Finds Online Drug Brand Abuse is Growing
MarkMonitor, the global leader in enterprise brand protection, today released the company's latest Brandjacking Index, which finds a parallel online system of pharmaceutical supply and demand fuelled by continued growth in listings for pharmaceuticals on business-to-business (B2B) exchange sites as well as increased traffic to illicit pharmacies.
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EU-funded researchers hunt down tumour killers using bacteria
Infamous bacteria impacting our lives are Salmonellae, usually found in chicken and eggs. But are they getting too much of a bad rap? EU-funded researchers in Germany may have actually succeeded in putting a positive spin on Salmonellae following the discovery that the bacteria can migrate into solid tumours and destroy them.
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EU Veterinary Week 2009
This year's edition of the EU Veterinary Week (28 September to 4 October 2009), organised by the European Commission in partnership with Federation of Veterinarians of Europe, aims once more to promote the work and the role of EU veterinarians for animal and public health.
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