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First Electrosmog Detector for Education
Seamless integration with ScienceScope Dataloggers the Electrosmog Detector is fully operational so you can monitor and keep a record of the ‘electrosmog’ data that is collected. - September 02, 2005 - ScienceScope
Exacta-Med® Oral Dispensers Eliminate Wrong-Route Errors And Inappropriate Clinical Line Connections
Baxa Corporation, a Denver-based manufacturer of medical devices and systems, offers the Exacta-Med Oral Dispenser specifically designed for safe oral liquid delivery. The Exacta-Med Dispenser’s design prevents the attachment of a luer needle hub and from engaging with a needleless connector, eliminating potential error from wrong-route oral liquid medication administration. Additionally, the dispenser is labeled “Oral Use Only,” further promoting patient safety. - August 31, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Nutrition Therapy and Continuous Infusion Case Studies From Baxa Corporation Now Available for Media Access at PublicRelationsNewsroom.com
Two case studies produced by Baxa Corporation are now posted on the Public Relations Newsroom Web site for media access. The first case details how a new Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) process minimizes medical errors and reduces man hours at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH). The second case focuses on the therapeutic benefits of continuous infusion of β-lactam antibiotics at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte, West Virginia. - August 31, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Cactus Botanics Leads in Drafting Quality Standards for Fucoidan Content
Cactus Botanics offers three specifications of Brown Seaweed with active ingredient Fucoidan and leads in drafting quality standards for assay of Fucoidan content. - August 29, 2005 - Cactus Botanics Limited
Hovione Expands its Range of Services in Particle Design Technology
Hovione has increased its range of services and multi-scale facilities in cGMP Spray Drying, an advanced particle design technology. Building on its accumulated expertise in all major areas of API development and cGMP manufacture, a full range of cGMP Spray Drying facilities operating at lab, pilot and industrial scale have now been installed at Hovione's API manufacturing plant in Europe and are currently being installed at Hovione’s Technology Transfer Centre in New Jersey, USA. - August 26, 2005 - Hovione
Baxa Corporation Named As Colorado Top Company Finalist
Baxa Corporation has been recognized as a finalist in coloradobiz magazine’s annual competition for Top Company. Established in 1988 by Colorado Business magazine (now coloradobiz), the Top Company competition recognizes Colorado’s most outstanding businesses in nine business categories. - August 25, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
TR Cutler, Contributing Editor for Food Quality Magazine Reviews Follett Ice’s e-Kanban System by Datacraft Solutions
Follett Ice’s e-Kanban System reveiwed by TR Cutler, Contributing Editor for Food Quality Magazine Reviews - August 19, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
ERP Not Required to Gain Lean e-kanban Functionality
Lean e-kanban requires no ERP to Gain Access for Functionality - August 17, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
Baxa Corporation Announces Compliance To The European Directive On Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment
Baxa Corporation, a Denver-based manufacturer of equipment that automates fluid dispensing for hospital pharmacies, announces its compliance to the European Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment Directive, or WEEE. The WEEE Directive aims to reduce the quantity of waste resulting from used electrical and electronic equipment and increase its re-use, recovery and recycling. Baxa is the 2005 recipient of two excellence in exporting awards. - August 15, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Two Colorado Companies to Present at Midwest’s Largest Biotech and Medical Device Event
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has selected two private companies from Colorado to present at the BIO Mid-America VentureForum – Longmont-based MicroPhage Incorporated and Aurora-based Thinc Pharmaceuticals. The conference takes place at the Minneapolis Hilton, September 21-23. - August 15, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
BioWest 2005 Expands to Feature Venture Capital Award
The Rocky Mountain Region's premier networking event and trade show for the biotechnology and medical devices industries has expanded to include the first annual $10,000 Faegre & Benson Venture Showcase Award, to be presented to the winning emerging biosciences company at the Venture Capital program on November 8, 2005. The award, sponsored by the law firm Faegre & Benson, is designed to help support growing biotech companies. - August 15, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
ScienceScope and Mobile Bristol
ScienceScope, one of the UK’s leading datalogging companies, are collaborating with partners on the ‘Mobile Bristol’ programme. Mobile Bristol is currently sponsored by Hewlett-Packard and the DTI. It is investigating how mobile devices and pervasive information technology can be used to enhance the ways in which residents and visitors experience and interact with their physical environment and with each other. - August 15, 2005 - ScienceScope
Atlanta Based All Medical Personnel Wins Two National Awards
Inter-City Temporary Services, a nationally recognized non-competitive member network comprised of a respected group of staffing industry professionals, has named All Medical Personnel “The Best Marketing Program” and “Best Place to Work” for 2004/2005. The “Best... - August 14, 2005 - All Medical Personnel
Package Testing Lab DDL West Expands Testing Services with Recruitment of Hazmat Testing Expert
DDL West package testing laboratory is expanding its testing services with the addition of Hazmat Expert, John Koch, to its team. - July 28, 2005 - DDL Inc.
Baxa Corporation’s CEO Greg Baldwin Tours Gregg Moss of 9News Through The Company’s Sterile Medical Device Manufacturing Facilities on “Where In The Town Is Gregg Moss”
As anchors say during the widely viewed 9News Denver regional broadcasts, “Gregg Moss took his Rambler on the road today.” This time to Englewood, Colorado, on the morning of July 22, 2005. He took viewers to the world headquarters of Baxa Corporation and toured the company’s state-of-the art, sterile medical device manufacturing facilities. CEO Greg Baldwin served as tour guide for Gregg Moss during three, early-morning business news segments on Denver’s NBC affiliate, 9News. - July 22, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Colorado BioScience Association Announces The Second Annual Issue of Bioscience Colorado Magazine
Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA) has released the 2005 edition of its annual four-color magazine, Bioscience Colorado. Published in collaboration with the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the magazine is distributed at international conferences, such as BIO and AdvaMed, to national site selectors and throughout the local community. The magazine includes articles on the Colorado bioscience industry, plus a directory of all Colorado life science companies. - July 21, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
CBSA’s Denise Brown Is Now Profiled at the Expert Information for Journalists Website
Denise Brown, Executive Director of Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), is now profiled on the Expert Information For Journalists website – Expert411.com. Brown provides expert perspective on the Colorado Bioscience Industry, including backgrounding regarding Colorado's biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device and agricultural biotech initiatives. She is also able to connect reporters to other individuals throughout the state for additional relevant information and expert commentary. - July 19, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Colorado BioScience Association Endorses Referendums C & D In Its Summer 2005 Edition of The CBSA FOCUS
Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has published the second issue of its quarterly newsletter, “The CBSA FOCUS.” Featured articles in the Summer 2005 publication cover Referendums C & D; PR Pharmaceuticals based in Fort Collins; and William W. Cimino, Ph.D., President of Sound Surgical in Louisville. Other topics covered include upcoming CBSA events, executive report, CBSA’s public policy process, regulatory update on compliance as a competitive advantage, and news briefs. - July 19, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Colorado BioScience Association and Biotechnology Industry Organization Jointly Sponsor August 9th Bioscience Forum
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) are jointly sponsoring the Bioscience Forum on Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. , on the Fitzsimons Campus. This educational event focuses on the outlook of the Bioscience Industry in Colorado. Keynote Speakers include The Honorable Bob Beauprez (R-District 7-CO), The Honorable Andrew Romanoff, Speaker of Colorado House, and The Honorable James Greenwood, President & CEO, BIO. - July 19, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Baxa Corporation’s Jeff Baldwin Provides Business Perspective To Denver’s 9News Regarding UK Terrorist Attacks
Jeff Baldwin, President and COO of Denver-based Baxa Corporation was interviewed by Mark Koebrich of Denver’s NBC affiliate, 9News, about the business ramifications for Colorado companies with holdings in the UK. Baldwin served as Managing Director of Baxa Limited, the company’s UK subsidiary for for two years prior to returning to the US as Chief Operating Officer. He had been to London the week prior, riding the Underground while attending meetings with Baxa hospital customers in the city. - July 14, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Sciencescope adds Microsoft certified ‘Designed for Windows XP’ logo
Sciencescope, the hardware and software UK Datalogging company, have as part of their ongoing commitment to Education attained the ‘Designed for Windows XP’ certification from Microsoft. Sciencescope has worked hard over the last few years to ensure that all Sciencescope’s wide range of datalogging hardware products meet Microsoft’s demanding standards. - June 27, 2005 - ScienceScope
Sciencescope Launches First UK Bluetooth Datalogger for Education
Sciencescope, one of the UK’s leading Datalogging Companies, is now shipping the Logbook WL, a fully compliant Bluetooth Datalogger. While building on their success of the Logbook ML and as part of their ongoing commitment to Education, Sciencescope is pleased to bring this advancement to the Education market. - June 27, 2005 - ScienceScope
Sciencescope Datalogger used in Sports Education
Sciencescope, one of the UK’s leading Datalogging Companies, will be attending the baaple and PEA Conference at Keele Conference Centre from the 6th-9th July 2005 and delivering a Workshop on the 7th July on “Using Data logging to support the PE National Curriculum”. This is the essential conference for everyone involved in physical education and school sport throughout the UK. - June 27, 2005 - ScienceScope
Baxa Corporation’s Brian Baldwin Wins 2005 Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award
Brian Baldwin, founder and Vice Chairman of Baxa Corporation, was selected as an Ernst & Young 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year in a ceremony last evening at the Donald Seawell Ballroom of the Denver Center for Performing Arts. Brian, the winner for the medical and health sciences category, joined eight other award winners in six different categories for the Rocky Mountain Region. - June 24, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Business Growth Sparks Quantum Touch Move from Hawaii
Explosive Business Growth Sparks Quantum-Touch Move from Hawaii. As much as they loved living in paradise on Kauai, the island simply got too small to contain the growth of Quantum-Touch. An energy healing technique that Alternative Medicine magazine called "a significant breakthrough," Quantum Touch is gaining huge popularity because it has been shown to reduce pain and complement traditional therapies to speed healing. - June 17, 2005 - Quantum Touch
Baxa Corporation’s Brian Baldwin Selected As Finalist For Ernst & Young 2005 Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards
Brian Baldwin, founder and Vice Chairman of Baxa Corporation, has been selected as a finalist for the Ernst & Young 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year® Awards. Nominated this year for the first time, Baldwin is one of 24 finalists in the Rocky Mountain Region selected from nearly 100 nominations by a panel of independent judges consisting of area leaders from business, academic and civic organizations. - June 15, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Awarded Best Sales Team In 2005 American Business Awards
Baxa Corporation, a medical device manufacturer focusing on hospital pharmacy applications, was awarded a 2005 American Business Award for Best Sales Team in a ceremony held June 6th at the New York City Marriott Marquis. The national American Business Awards is the only business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace. The third annual American Business Awards ceremony featured Ali Velshi, host of CNN’s The Turnaround, as Master of Ceremonies for the program. - June 08, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Sponsors Team In Courage Classic Fundraiser For Children’s Hospital
Baxa Corporation is sponsoring a bicycle racing team for the 16th annual Courage Classic ride to raise money for The Children’s Hospital of Denver. Baxa will provide financial support for the team, along with jerseys and riders. Team captain Jerrod Milton, Director of Campus Transition and Occupancy for the hospital’s new Fitzsimons facility, will lead 35 riders for Team Road Rage, including Baxa executives and associates. - June 01, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Colorado BioScience Association Debuts Quarterly Newsletter: The CBSA FOCUS
Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has published the first issue of its quarterly newsletter, “The CBSA FOCUS.” Featured articles in the Spring 2005 issue cover the Colorado Technology Survey; McKinley Medical company’s new pain management product targeting the plastic surgery industry; and Dr. Michael Bristow, noted professor, physician and founder of both the Myogen and ARCA Discovery biotech companies. - May 31, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Baxa Corporation Announces Direct Sales And Marketing Effort in Canada Beginning June 1
Baxa Corporation announces that it will be moving to direct marketing and sales in Canada as of June 1, 2005. For the past ten years, Baxa products have been sold through a distributor under the name of Baxa Canada. In that time, product marketing and technical support activities were done through the company’s corporate offices in Colorado. With its distributor contract expiring, Baxa decided to begin direct sales and marketing operations for all of North America from its US headquarters. - May 31, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Colorado BioScience Association Names Ed Wood Chairperson and Appoints Four New Board Members
Ed Wood, CEO of Summit Roundtable in Lakewood, CO, is the new Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA). He was appointed at the Association’s 2005 Annual Meeting held in April. Wood assumes chairperson responsibilities from Ralph (Chris) Christoffersen, General Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures, Boulder, CO, office. Vice Chairperson of the board is Jack Wheeler, CEO of Microphage, Inc., Longmont, CO. - May 30, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Baxa Corporation Receives Small Business Exporter Of The Year Award
Baxa Corporation was honored as Colorado’s Small Business Exporter of the Year at an awards ceremony held at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on May 25, 2005. The award was presented by the Colorado Small Business Administration, and accepted by Baxa President and Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Baldwin. - May 30, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Prime Technologies, Inc. Announces Version 5.4 of ProCalV5 Calibration Management Software
New version released of ProCalV5 calibration management software. - May 24, 2005 - Prime Technologies, Inc.
Family Business Experts Credits Family Business Synergy As Key To Baxa Corporation’s Success
Baxa Corporation is featured in a recently published “Family Business Experts” profile detailing the key to the company’s 30 years of success in product innovation and customer responsiveness. The company was selected as the featured family business for the Family Business Institute’s (FBI) top-ranked Internet site, because Baxa met criteria as both a positive family and a business success story. - May 23, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Awarded Colorado Governor’s Award For Excellence In Exporting
Baxa Corporation has been chosen to receive the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Exporting in an announcement made last week by Governor Bill Owens. The award honors Colorado companies that have made significant contributions to exporting during the past year. This is the second exporting award Baxa has received this year. - May 16, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Named Finalist In 2005 American Business Awards
Baxa Corporation has been selected as a finalist in the Best Sales Team category for the third annual American Business Awards. Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post (September 22, 2002), The American Business Awards are the first national, all-encompassing... - May 11, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Science & Biotechnology Combine to Unite Jerusalem
A conference scheduled for June 26-28 of this year will unite minds on both sides of the wall in Jerusalem. The conference, entitled “Basal Ganglia, Dopamine and Learning: Integrating Computational and Clinical Perspectives,” is a meeting of top neuroscientists from Europe, North America and... - May 10, 2005 - Alpha Omega
Baxa Corporation Honored With Two American Inhouse Design Awards In The National 2005 Competition Sponsored By Graphic Design USA
The Graphic Design team at Baxa Corporation was awarded two 2005 American Inhouse Design Awards from Graphic Design USA – a national magazine for design professionals – for their humorous and creative work on a three-part direct mail campaign for the company’s Rapid-Fill™ Automated Syringe... - May 07, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Features Exacta-Med® And Closed System Technology For Safe Handling And Administration Of Fluid Drugs At Interphex 2005
Baxa Corporation will present its proprietary systems designed to enhance the safety and efficiency of fluid medication handling and delivery at the 26th annual Interphex Conference and Exhibition -- April 26 – 28 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York. Its Exacta-Med products offer added value to packaged pharmaceuticals as part of a complete drug delivery system. - April 26, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Novatek Announces Addition of QSV Biologics to Prestigious List of Clients
Novatek International, known worldwide for leadership in pioneering 21 CFR Part II compliant solutions for the entire product life cycle of healthcare quality operations, is pleased to announce the addition of QSV Biologics to their prestigious list of clients. QSV Biologics, a leading contract... - April 03, 2005 - Novatek International
Baxa CEO Greg Baldwin Is Now Profiled at the Expert Information for Journalists Website and Available to Address Selected Business Topics
Greg Baldwin, Chairman and CEO of Baxa Corporation of Englewood, Colorado, is now profiled on the Expert Information For Journalists website – Expert411.com. Baxa Corp., a privately held company is a leader in serving hospital pharmacy systems for handling, packaging and administering liquid medications from oral to multi-ingredient IV. Baxa is a registered medical device manufacturer with the FDA and has sales in over 35 countries. - April 02, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Novatek Announces Addition of LifeNet to Prestigious List of Clients
Novatek International, known worldwide for leadership in pioneering 21 CFR Part II compliant solutions for the entire product life cycle of healthcare quality operations, is pleased to announce the addition of LifeNet to their prestigious list of clients. LifeNet, the nation's largest... - April 01, 2005 - Novatek International
Baxa CEO Greg Baldwin Joins Healthprolink Board of Directors
Greg Baldwin, Chairman and CEO of Baxa Corporation of Englewood, Colorado, has joined the Board of Directors for Healthprolink of Bellevue, Washington. Baxa Corporation, a privately held company, is a leader in serving hospital pharmacy systems for handling, packaging and administering liquid medications from oral to multi-ingredient IV. Baxa is a registered medical device manufacturer with the FDA and has sales in over 35 countries. - March 30, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Celebrates 30 Years of Product Safety and Innovation for Hospital Pharmacies
In March 1975, two entrepreneurs with experience in pharmacy sales and product development started Baxa Corporation, a medical device company focused on products that ensured patient safety. Thirty years later, the company’s first product – a dispenser dedicated to safe delivery of oral medications – is still the market leader, alongside a full line of devices and systems designed to streamline fluid drug handling, admixture and packaging activities in hospital and alternate-site pharmacies. - March 24, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Introduces Four New Microfuse® Infusion System Administration Sets
Baxa Corporation announces the addition of four specialty administration sets to the MicroFuse® Syringe Infusion System line. These new sets incorporate a T-site for the convenient administration of coronary vasodilators during myocardial perfusion imaging. Their design resulted from customer feedback on safety and ease of administration for this specialty cardiac application. - March 17, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Executive Recruitment Firm Wants To “Ask” What Questions You Have About How To Hire Enough Qualified Candidates
HireWorks, Inc. has announced the launch of its new site www.ASKhireworks.com. The objective is to foster uninhibited communication anonymously for professionals who have questions about hiring strategies and practices but may have been “apprehensive at voicing their thoughts” in a more public... - March 09, 2005 - HireWorks Inc.
Baxa Introduces New Amber Oral Dispenser Packaging For Ward And Bedside Applications
Baxa Corporation announces the release of new packaging configurations for its amber Exacta-Med(R) Oral Dispensers. Oral dispensers are syringe-like devices designed specifically to provide safe and accurate delivery of oral liquid medications, without the possibility of wrong-route administration through a patient’s IV or epidural line. Their amber coloring promotes further differentiation of oral dispensers from standard hypodermic syringes. - March 07, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Cleanrooms: A Question & Answer Document from Baxa Corporation is Now Posted on PublicRelationsNewsroom.com for Media and Professional Access
"Understanding Cleanrooms: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions," authored by Pat Hynes, VP of Global Quality for Metro Denver-based Baxa Corporation is now posted for media and professional access on PublicRelationsNewsroom.com. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) released USP 797 in January 2004 and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) published its 2004 alert on the health risks posed to those working with hazardous drugs. - February 27, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Expands Headquarters Facilities
Baxa Corporation announces the addition of a new building to its corporate headquarters in Metro Denver. The expansion provides a 15,000 square-foot facility accommodating the sales, marketing and technical support operations for the medical device manufacturer. Two years after the company built a state-of-the-art production facility in Englewood, Colorado, unprecedented business growth constrained the office and administration space. - February 27, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
"Understanding USP 797" and "Environmental Controls for Sterile Compounding" Technical Papers are Now Posted on PublicRelationsNewsroom.com
Two technical papers produced by Baxa Corporation – “Understanding USP 797” and “Environmental Controls for Sterile Compounding” are now posted for media and professional access on PublicRelationsNewsroom.com. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) released USP 797 in January 2004 and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) published its 2004 alert on the health risks posed to those working with hazardous drugs. - January 30, 2005 - Baxa Corporation