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Colorado BioScience Association Names Baxa Corporation 2005 Company of the Year
CBSA awarded Baxa Corporation its Company of the Year designation during BioWest 2005 in Denver, acknowledging operational excellence and commitment to giving back to the community as key to the recognition. Chairman and CEO Greg Baldwin accepted the award for Baxa at the Colorado Convention Center last evening. - November 09, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
2005 Colorado BioScience Association Awards Honor The Best of Colorado's Bioscience Industry
The Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA) is announcing winners of its 2005 Awards Program at a banquet currently underway at the Colorado Convention Center. Held in conjunction with the 2005 BioWest conference, the annual awards program honors the best of Colorado’s bioscience industry. - November 08, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
A Wheelchair Called Spazz Caused a Scandal! Why? “Think outside of the box” – says John Box
Colours N Motion recently launched its products in several European markets and some members of the media objected to the name of one of its wheelchairs, Spazz. Colours asks those of the disabled community and those who support us to join in our mission to break down the barriers of the past and rebel against all labels that hold us down. - November 08, 2005 - Med Services Europe GmbH
Cactus Botanics Introduces Sesamin 90%
Cactus Botanics, a leading raw material supplier, announces the completion of development and introduction to the market of Sesamin 90% HPLC, currently the only Chinese supply of this level. - November 07, 2005 - Cactus Botanics Limited
DDL Expands Intravascular Medical Device Testing Services - Offers “One-Stop” for Package, Product & Materials Testing
DDL is the only full service testing laboratory that allows medical device manufacturers to make “one stop” for their entire product, materials and package testing needs. - November 01, 2005 - DDL Inc.
Process Changes at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Result in Safer and More Efficient Nutrition Compounding
The introduction of the Baxa automated compounder and Monterey Medical Software allows a leading children’s hospital to minimize med errors, reduce man hours and improve clinical efficacy. - October 31, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Colorado BioScience Association Features Replidyne, iBalance Medical, BioWest 2005 and the Recent Bioscience Forum in the Fall 2005 Edition of The CBSA FOCUS
Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has published the third issue of its quarterly newsletter, “The CBSA FOCUS.” Featured articles in the Fall 2005 publication cover BioWest 2005, Coming Events, Executive Report, iBalance Medical, Regulatory Update, Replidyne, Bioscience Forum, and News Briefs. The newsletter helps further share the many success stories and highlights of Colorado’s medical device and biotechnology industries. - October 28, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
The Nutritional Institute, LLC Debuts New Line of High Energy Drinks and Supplements for This Years College Students
The Nutritional Institute, based in Grayslake, IL, debuts a new line of high energy drinks and whole food supplements that are all natural - for college students returning to school this year. Their Student Formula™, natural health products will be available in college bookstores around the country and on-line at www.studentformula.com. - October 24, 2005 - Nutritional Institute
Package Testing Services Lab – DDL - Named Top 50 Fastest Growing Company in Twin Cities
DDL testing services laboratory is included in the Twin Cities Business Journal Growth 50 and explains driving forces behind huge revenue increase. - October 24, 2005 - DDL Inc.
TimTec 10-year Anniversary
TimTec Inc. is expressing customer and business partner appreciation as the company marks 10-years anniversary on the market of early drug-discovery. - October 17, 2005 - TimTec Corporation
iTech Workshop and Medical Information Solutions Announce Partnership
iTech Workshop (iTech) and Medical Information Systems (MIS) announced a partnership that will enable delivery of complete expEDIum Products and solutions for Billing Service Bureaus, Healthcare Solution Providers, Clearinghouses, Hospitals and Clinics. - October 17, 2005 - expEDIum
E-Kanban According to Datacraft Solutions
The World of E-Kanban According to Datacraft Solutions - October 15, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
Automation.com Profiles Kanban
Kanban Profiled in Automation.com - October 15, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
TR Cutler Profiles Waste Elimination Throughout the Entire Production Process
Waste Elimination Profiled by TR Cutler throughout the Entire Production Process - October 14, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
AME Fall Boston Conference to Feature e-Kanban Presentation by Datacraft Solutions’ Marotta
e-Kanban Presentation at AME Fall Boston Conference to be delivered by Datacraft Solutions’ Marotta - October 14, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
Goldline Controls Select e-Kanban by Datacraft Solutions
Datacraft Solutions e-Kanban Selected by Goldline Controls. - October 04, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
Baxa Corporation Receives Design Award from Art Directors Club of Denver
The Graphic Design team at Baxa Corporation received a 2005 Environmental Design award for their “right equipment” trade show graphic. The award, sponsored by the Art Directors Club of Denver, recognizes design excellence from Denver metro area agencies and in-house graphics teams and was one of several presented at the ADCD Annual Show. - October 03, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Koyo & Datacraft Solutions e-Kanban Make Huge Impact
Datacraft Solutions e-Kanban Make Huge Impact on Koyo. - October 01, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
Datacraft Solutions: Barrier to Entry is ZERO
Barrier to Entry is ZERO with Datacraft Solutions. - September 30, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
Thomas R. Cutler Contributes to Time Compression Technologies Magazine in Continuing Lean Manufacturing Series
Continuing Lean Manufacturing Series in Time Compression Technologies Magazine. - September 30, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
SuperCharging DVD by Quantum-Touch Promises to Enhance Effectiveness of Practitioners of Energy Healing and Alternative Medicine
SuperCharging DVD by Quantum-Touch improves your Alternative Medicine practitice. - September 28, 2005 - Quantum Touch
Association for Manufacturing Excellence Conference to Feature e-Kanban
Association Conference to Feature e-Kanban for Manufacturing Excellence - September 28, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
e-Kanban by Datacraft Solutions Replaces Paper for Pacific Scientific HTL
Pacific Scientific HTL replaces paper for e-Kanban system. - September 27, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
Datacraft Solutions Profiled as One of the Best Ways to Cut Company Expenses
Best Ways to Cut Company Expenses, e-kanban, a paperless Solution by Datacraft Solutions. - September 25, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
e-Kanban by Datacraft Solutions Profiled by TR Cutler in Metalworking Production & Purchasing
Metalworking Production & Purchasing Profile e-Kanban by Datacraft Solutions - September 24, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
Sigma-Aldrich Introduces the MyriaScreen Diversity Collection for Drug Discovery
Sigma-Aldrich (NASDAQ:SIAL) is pleased to announce the availability of the MyriaScreen Diversity Collection of drug-like screening compounds. The collection, produced in collaboration with TimTec Inc. (http://www.timtec.net), is the result of careful evaluation, filtering, and refinement of selections from each of our screening compound collections. - September 23, 2005 - TimTec Corporation
Package Testing Lab DDL Urges Co’s To Contribute to Hurricane Relief Effort - DDL HR Director Shares Personal Hurricane Katrina Experience
Package Testing Lab DDL is urging companies nationwide to contribute to the Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts and is performing its own drive to raise funds. - September 22, 2005 - DDL Inc.
Ayurveda - Get Ready for a Huge Volcanic Eruption in the Healthcare Industry
Unknown to many, a volcano in the healthcare industry is getting ready to erupt, are you? By Amit Gadhia. ‘ayurveda’ versus ‘the big boys’ - September 21, 2005 - WorldofAyurveda.com
Fax Kanbans Fail the Lean Manufacturing Test
Lean Manufacturing Test Fails Fax Kanbans - September 14, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
Baxa Introduces New Oral and Enteral Liquid Dispensers with Purple Plungers to Increase Patient Safety
Specialized Baxa oral dispensers now have a purple plunger for immediate visual differentiation from IV syringes to prevent wrong-route administration errors. Oral dispensers are syringe-like devices with a unique tip configuration that cannot accommodate a hypodermic needle or actuate a needleless IV access port. - September 12, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
TR Cutler, Leading Manufacturing Journalist, Reveals Size of Lean Market including e-kanban
Lean Market Revealed including e-kanban by Leading Manufacturing Journalist - September 09, 2005 - Datacraft Solutions
Baxa Corporation Honored as Colorado Top Company
Baxa Corporation was recognized as a Top Company in an award ceremony held today at the Denver Center for Performing Arts. The annual competition, established by Colorado Biz magazine in 1988, highlights the best of Colorado businesses – those demonstrating financial and operational excellence as well as a commitment to giving back to their communities. - September 08, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Licensing Opportunity Available to Pharmaceutical Companies
Med Services Europe announced that it has obtained rights to out-license a portfolio of prescription pharmaceuticals. (www.MedServicesEurope.com) - September 08, 2005 - Med Services Europe GmbH
Package Testing Expert – DDL Inc. - Experiences Record Company Growth Due to Testing Services Expansion and Growing Suite of PackServices
Package Testing expert, DDL, is experiencing record company growth, which is being attributed to California expansion and DDL’s growing suite of PackServices. - September 08, 2005 - DDL Inc.
Baxa Repeater™ Pump Validated in Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour Sterilisation Tests
Baxa Ltd announces that their pharmacy peristaltic filling pump – the Repeater Pump (099E) – tested successfully through 26 gas sterilisation cycles at one cycle per day with hydrogen peroxide vapour. Bioquell (UK) Ltd, manufacturers of the Clarus® hydrogen peroxide gas generator system, performed the tests for Baxa at their Andover laboratory. The Repeater Pump exhibited no adverse effects on performance or accuracy of operations during the third-party testing. - September 07, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
DNAvision is the First European Pharmacogenomic Service Laboratory to Succeed ISO/IEC 17025 Audit
DNAVision laboratory, a BioVallée spin-off, announced today that it has succeeded an official audit under ISO Standard 17025. DNAVision will be the first full-service pharmacogenetic / pharmacogenomic DNA testing laboratory to receive this accreditation in Europe. ISO 17025 is an... - September 06, 2005 - DNAvision
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.