Siemens Healthcare now offers the "Guardian Program" for a variety of its molecular imaging systems. The program is monitoring proactively and online the customer systems' performance on an ongoing real-time basis.
Agfa HealthCare's revenue decreased 5.2 percent compared to the first quarter of 2009. Due to the economic crisis, the seasonal effects in Agfa HealthCare's markets were even more important than usual, which resulted in a very strong end of 2009 and a lower top line in the first quarter of 2010.
Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG), and Electron, a leading Russian medical equipment manufacturer, announced a partnership for the development and production of innovative products specifically designed to serve the needs in the Russian healthcare market.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Republic of Kazakhstan has signed a contract for consultants' services with the Australian company Ocean Informatics Pty Ltd. within the framework of the World Bank-supported Kazakhstan Health Technology Transfer and Institutional Reform Project.
Siemens Healthcare is presenting its latest solutions for the early detection and treatment of breast cancer at the German Radiology Congress in Berlin. These Breast Care Solutions include a variety of imaging procedures, such as ultrasound, mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), supplemented by IT and laboratory diagnostic solutions.