Final call for Australian submissions -- Challenge closes 20th November 2011
Australia -- 28 October, 2011: GE is calling for final submissions for their $100 million global healthymagination Challenge aimed at accelerating innovation in breast cancer, ahead of the closing date later this month.
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PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE announced today the shipment of the Omnyx™ VL4 scanner to beta customers worldwide. To date, six Omnyx VL4 scanners have been shipped and are in operation for testing purposes. This marks a significant milestone in Omnyx's efforts to deliver a leading Integrated Digital Pathology solution. The Omnyx solution will be demonstrated at the upcoming Pathology Visions conference in San Diego
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Europe - October 27, 2011 -- GE Healthcare's latest commitment to improving patient care and the global healthcare delivery system was announced today in Milan, Italy as the Lombardia Ministry of Health (MoH) purchased 135 units of GE Healthcare's pocket-sized, ultrasound medical imaging device Vscan for use by general practitioners in the region. This effort by GE Healthcare and the Lombardia MoH is not only the first of its kind for Italy, but also unique to Europe.
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Cost reductions would bring residential and commercial solar closer to parity with retail electricity costs, reduce the need for outside subsidies
GE investing hundreds of millions of dollars to increase solar power across the grid from the utility to homes and commercial properties
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Head of New Product Development for Medical Diagnostics Ger Brophy Gives Talk
Princeton, NJ, October 26, 2011 --Ger Brophy, PhD, Head of New Product Development, GE Healthcare, Medical Diagnostics discussed diagnostics as the future of personalized medicine at the TEDMED 2011 Conference in San Diego, CA. During his talk, Brophy noted that while new drugs and targeted treatment have advanced the personalized medicine field considerably, realizing this paradigm depends on the development of powerful diagnostics -- some of which are available today.
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与中国妇幼保健协会签署意向书，探索共建乳腺癌筛查网络和信息化建设
2011年10月25日，北京 --- 今天，GE医疗中国首次推出针对乳腺癌防治的"粉红行动"，旨在通过提升乳腺癌防治公众意识、推进技术创新、促进筛查实施三大举措，形成全面整合的防治体系，助力实现乳腺癌的"早预防、早发现、早治疗"。作为促进乳腺癌筛查实施的重要组成部分以配合新医改的持续深入，GE医疗中国正式与中国妇幼保健协会建立战略合作伙伴关系，共同探索适合中国的乳腺癌三级防治体系及信息化建设，并将在广东省建立乳腺癌三级防治体系及信息化的试点，在试点的基础上不断完善标准化筛查流程，建立科学的管理机制，进而在全国进行项目技术和经验推广。GE医疗将在"健康创想"战略指导下，依托50年肿瘤治疗的先进经验，发挥技术和科研优势与中国合作伙伴一起共同推动中国妇女卫生事业的发展。