Virtual Radiologic has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all the outstanding common stock of NightHawk Radiology Holdings, a provider of radiology technologies to U.S. radiology groups, for a transaction valued at approximately $170 million.

The Cardiovascular Innovation Institute (CII), a partnership between the University of Louisville (UofL) and Jewish Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at Indiana University and Purdue University, have received a $2.03 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an implantable pump that seeks to improve the lives of patients with single ventricle heart disease.

The FDA's Radiologic Device Panel has voted that Hologic's pre-market approval (PMA) application demonstrated the effectiveness and safety of its Selenia Dimensions 3D digital mammography tomosynthesis system.

The Richmond-based nonprofit Virginia Health Information released a report that lists the average costs health insurance companies pay for 31 different medical procedures in Virginia.

Radiotherapy technology provider IntraOp has been selected by the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital of Mahidol University in Bangkok for its intra-operative electron radiation therapy system, the Mobetron.

GE Healthcare showcased its new tumor visualization and radiation therapy planning technology last week at the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) 29th annual meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

Capecitabine with concurrent radiation is as effective as concurrent 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) with radiation or fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy alone when used as adjuvant treatment in patients with gastric cancers, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology.

In an effort to shorten the time it takes for newly approved medical products to be covered by third-party payors and administered to patients, the FDA and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are considering a joint plan for overlapping evaluations of pre-market medical products.