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Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands launched the Gemini LXL, a new PET/CT scanner, and DoseAware, a new dose-reducing solution for interventional procedures at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2010 this week in Vienna.
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is collaborating with Microsoft to build on Philips Healthcare’s foundation of healthcare informatics and advanced clinical decision support offerings.
Molecular diagnostics company Biocartis has acquired Netherlands Royal Philips Electronics’ technology platform for fully-automated DNA/RNA molecular diagnostic testing designed for applications in a wide range of patient sample testing, including oncology and infectious diseases.
A loan agreement provided under the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Risk-Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF) has doled out a 10-year, EUR 200 million ($302 million U.S.) loan for finance research and healthcare development for image-guided intervention and clinical decision support systems to Royal Philips Electronics.
The Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre in Quebec has opened a new combined MRI/operating room suite for image-guided neurosurgery.
Philips Healthcare sales declined 4 percent for the fiscal 2009 third quarter (end-Sept. 30), as double-digit growth in emerging markets was offset by declines in U.S. sales of imaging systems, patient monitoring and clinical care systems.
Royal Philips Electronics scientists have reportedly developed a digital silicon photomultiplier technology that will allow photon counting in applications where ultra-low light levels need to be measured.
Royal Philips Electronics unveiled the PageWriter TC50 cardiograph at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Aug.29-Sept. 2.
Royal Philips Electronics and GlyGenix Therapeutics of Woodbridge, Conn., have formed a joint research agreement to explore the feasibility of using ultrasound technologies for gene therapy.
Royal Philips Electronics has released its Veradius digital x-ray system, a mobile C-arm with a flat-panel detector.
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Royal Philips Electronics is collaborating with Microsoft to build on Philips Healthcare’s foundation of healthcare informatics and clinical decision support offerings at the point of care.
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands and the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands have signed an agreement to jointly research new multimodality imaging solutions aimed at improving the early detection and treatment of cancer and neurological and cardiovascular diseases.
While Royal Philips Electronics recorded a net income of €260 million ($367.7 million U.S.) in the fourth quarter of 2009, compared with a net loss of €1.18 billion ($1.67 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2008, Philips Healthcare did not fare as well, especially in the U.S. market.
Barco has signed an agreement to acquire the Saronno, Italy-based display company FIMI, a fully owned subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics' Healthcare Business, in order to expand into new market segments, such as mobile point-of-care devices.
The European Union funded-HYPERImage research project has created hybrid PET/MR technology, according to a presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, this week in Orlando, Fla.
Dilon Diagnostics and Royal Philips Electronics have entered into a distribution agreement.
Royal Philips Electronics will integrate the MAQUET Magnus surgical table with Philips’ cardiovascular x-ray systems to create an efficient "hybrid operating room" environment for a full range of minimally-invasive and open surgical procedures. Philips made the announcement yesterday at the 2009 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting in San Francisco this week.
Royal Philips Electronics has entered into an agreement with Geisinger Health System, headquartered in Danville, Pa., to launch an eICU program.
Although Royal Philips Electronics Monday reported a 94 percent drop in profits for the 2009 second quarter--from €735 million ($1.3 billion U.S.) in 2007 to €45 million ($62.86 million U.S.)--the healthcare unit booked a much smaller decline from year-ago results.
Royal Philips Electronics has launched a new release of its portable ultrasound system for a range of applications including radiology, vascular, women's health, emergency medicine, regional anesthesia and critical care.
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