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Verde Technologies....is debuting its Deterra Drug Deactivation System, a self-contained pouch used to dispose of prescription medications....deactivate unwanted and unneeded opioids, antibiotics, transdermal patches and other prescription drugs, rendering them ineffective for misuse and safe for the environment,...

144 deaths related to surgical robots,..1,391 patient injuries and 8,061 device malfunctions …"Despite widespread adoption of robotic systems for …surgery, a non-negligible number of technical difficulties and complications are still being experienced during procedures,"...

Cornerstone Hospital Medical Center will host…InTouch RP-Vita, a state-of-the-art robot…known as Bentley…Physicians can connect to the robot via a PC, iPad or smartphone for clinical consults...with…access to supporting clinical documentation, patient data and medical imaging.

When it comes to innovation in the biopharma industry, the goal.. is to "break the possibility frontier."  ..."me-too" drugs do not expand the possibility frontier..."The era of ‘me-too’ drugs is on the downtrend."...

Propeller Health has received FDA clearance to sell two new devices to help chronic respiratory disease patients track their medication usage and better follow their recommended treatment regimens...individualized feedback for patients and their caregivers..

Washoe County Health Department worries heavy rain and flash flooding could raise the mosquito population and West Nile virus. So they fight back to prevent infectious spread with chickens..

adoption of robots to help in minimally invasive surgery grows, so, too, do technical difficulties and complications...researchers indicated that...rates are high because of procedure complexity, infrequent use of robotic devices and less expertise...

ongoing safety and cost concerns, Intuitive Surgical, the maker of the da Vinci surgical robot, is rebounding financially from last year's sales slump… sharply higher earnings in the second quarter as shipments of the devices picked up… company finances aren't out of the woods. Attorneys representing patients claiming they were harmed by the devices have filed dozens of product liability lawsuits.

Farmers...are growing plants in an unconventional way so they can "milk" them for rare molecules that could be used in medicines, cosmetics and agrochemicals... major companies,..BASF and Chanel, have teamed up with Plant Advanced Technologies in the hope of securing...the so-called biomolecules it extracts through the use of a patented technique.

Athenahealth today unveiled athenaText, a secure text messaging service integrated with athenahealth’s cloud-based EHR platform. It is available free…to every healthcare professional across the country. (HIPAA compliant text messaging)