Month: April 2008

Innovative Biosensors Inc (IBI), Rockville, Md, and ATCC (American Type Culture Collection), Manassas, Va, have forged a research and development partnership aimed at developing a rapid and portable test to detect Avian (H5N1) influenza virus.

Nuance Communications Inc, Burlington, Mass is in the process of acquiring eScription, a provider of computer-aided medical transcription technology.

During a period in which the number of emergency department visits rose significantly, the proportion of uninsured patients visiting the ER dropped slightly while visits by affluent patients and those who usually get care in a doctors office rose sharply, according to a study published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.