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Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs - Digital Innovation Europe

For our innovative Tech Hub, based in the heart of Berlin, we are currently seeking a Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs - Digital Innovation Europe. The successful candidate will primarily provide device regulatory subject matter expertise in the assigned regional Tech Hubs and regulatory guidance for technologies that are of interest to Amgen.

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UK Public and Healthcare Professionals Embrace Connected Care

An international report published by Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) reveals that our beleaguered NHS is more integrated than we realise and, in contrast with some other countries, both the public and HCPs are positive about the benefits offered by connected care technologies.

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Novel Software can Recognize Eye Contact in Everyday Situations

"Until now, if you were to hang an advertising poster in the pedestrian zone, and wanted to know how many people actually looked at it, you would not have had a chance", explains Andreas Bulling, who leads the independent research group "Perceptual User Interfaces" at the Excellence Cluster at Saarland University and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics.

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Philips Completes Acquisition of The Spectranetics Corporation

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of The Spectranetics Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNC), a U.S.-based global leader in vascular intervention and lead management solutions. Spectranetics' financial results will be consolidated as part of Philips’ Image-Guided Therapy business group as of August 9, 2017.

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Senior Portfolio & Innovation Manager (m/f) for Digital Ecosystem

We at Siemens Healthineers are committed to helping healthcare providers globally to succeed in today's dynamic environment. We are inspired to transform the way things are done - because we want what is best for our people, our customers and ultimately the health of mankind.

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New Noninvasive Method of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring

Researchers from Klinikum Stuttgart and the University of Erlangen, Germany, report preliminary findings that show a noninvasive method of monitoring intracranial pressure (ICP) that could rival the gold standards of invasive intraventricular and intraparenchymal monitoring. To date no noninvasive method of ICP monitoring has proved adequate to replace invasive ones. The new noninvasive monitoring device uses advanced signal analysis algorithms to evaluate properties of acoustic signals that pass through the brain in order to determine ICP values.

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Digital Marketing Business Manager

The purpose of Digital Marketing Business Manager role is to lead the development and implementation of Digital Channel marketing solutions as a part of the patient engagement. You will be responsible to drive, implement and follow up digital projects from A to Z and to provide business solutions and support tools for our target groups as well as to support, evaluate and implement new channels in the marketing area.

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Allscripts to Acquire McKesson's Enterprise Information Solutions Business

Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX), a global leader in healthcare technology, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire McKesson Corporation's (NYSE:MCK) hospital and health system IT business, Enterprise Information Solutions, for $185 million in cash, subject to adjustment for net debt and working capital.

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Improving Students' Academic Performance - There's an App for That

A mobile learning app that uses game elements such as leaderboards and digital badges may have positive effects on student academic performance, engagement, and retention, according to a study published in the open access International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia developed a fully customizable app that allowed lecturers to push quizzes based on course content directly to their students' devices in order to motivate them, increase their competitiveness, and keep them engaged with the course.

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North West Trusts Take 'Giant Leap' in Connecting Diagnostics Across Hospitals

Two NHS trusts in the North West of England have taken the lead in breaking down barriers between diagnostic departments and frontline clinical staff, in a move that healthcare professionals say is changing how they can view and diagnose patients, and that is improving collaboration between hospitals across the region.

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