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MEDICAL DESIGN TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE

MDT (Medical design Technology) magazine presents news of technology, applications, regulatory and industry news and innovative products for the entire team working on the design, manufacture and production of medical devices. MDT reaches design engineers, R&D and technical personnel who work at medical device manufacturers, in-vitro diagnostic and pharmaceutical manufacturing firms. MDT is published 9 times a year and is available in print or digital format.

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INTERNSHIPS IN MATERIALISE GROUP

With its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium and branches all over the world, the Materialise Group is best known for its activities in the field of rapid industrial and medical prototyping. Apart from having the largest capacity of rapid prototyping equipment in Europe, Materialise enjoys a worldwide reputation as provider of innovative software solutions. As such, Materialise has acquired the position of market leader for 3D printing and Digital CAD software in addition to being a major player in medical and dental image processing and surgery simulation. Moreover, through its unique .MGX division for design products, Materialise is currently opening the market for customized Rapid Manufacturing. The customer base includes all large companies in the automotive, consumer electronics and consumables sectors. Its medical and dental products are used worldwide by famous hospitals, research institutes and clinicians. Unique design shops all over the world rely on Materialise.MGX. The group has several subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and the USA, and employs over 700 people.

Internships

Materialise is a high-tech company with a broad domain of expertise, ranging from Rapid Prototyping, Software engineering & development, innovative biomedical R&D & planning sofware, product design.

They are proud to offer students a hands-on experience in one of these areas during an internship within their company.

Click here to see the list of internships in Belgium.

Click here to see the list of internships in malaysia.

you can send in a spontaneous application for an internship via this link.


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Products of Baxter International Inc

Baxter India, a subsidiary of Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX), was set up in India in 1997 to provide critical therapies for people with life threatening conditions. The company is headquartered in Gurgaon and has offices across the country. Over the subsequent 11 years the company's investments in India exceed $ 60 Million and it continues to seek opportunities for profitable growth in the fast evolving healthcare sector.

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PLANTECH MEDICAL SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED - INDIA

Plantech medicalsystems is a manufacturer of ophthalmic equipements like Refraction unit,Slitlamp,Operating microscope,operation table,doctor stool and motorised instrument table.

PRODUCTS

OPHTHALMIC• Plantech Refraction Unit Model PO-EU
• Plantech Chair Stand Unit CS 2000
• Plantech Chair Stand Unit CS 2000 (SL)
• Plantech Chair Stand Unit CS 04
• Plantech Vision Drum
• Plantech Doctors Stool
• Plantech Operation Table OPTB – 500
• Plantech Pre- OT Chair POT 06
• Plantech Slit Lamp SL 100
• Plantech Motorized Instrument Table
• Plantech Wheel Chair Accessible Motorized Table
• Plantech Phoroptor Arm
• Plantech Auto Chart Projector
• Plantech Phaco Stand

E N T PRODUCTS
• ENT EXAMINATION CHAIR


CONTACT DETAILS

Plantech Medical Systems Private Limited

58, Tirupati Ind. Estate,
Nr. Jay Bharat Rangshala Compound,
B/h. Amber Cinema, Saraspur,
Ahmedabad - 380024
Gujarat, India.

Tel : (079) 22748813, 22749913

Fax : +91 - 79 - 22760870

Email : info@plantechindia.com
sales@plantechindia.com

CAREERS IN AVANTTEC MEDICAL SYSTEMS

Established in 1995, Head quartered in Chennai, India, Avanttec is a leading global Application Software and Services provider in the Health Care Industry. Avanttec always has focus on customer-centric solutions. Besides leadership in Software Solutions, Avanttec has excelled in Equipment Maintenance & Services, Education & Training and Radiation Monitoring Services for Medical and Industrial Institutions.

Healthcare IT Division

Customer Support Engineers
Eligibility : Degree / Diploma Holders in any discipline

Minimum 2 to 3 years experience in Installation & Maintenance of PCs & Network is preferred

Software Developers / Programmers

Eligibility : Degree / Diploma Holders in any discipline

Minimum 2 to 3 years experience in .Net / Delphi Platforms. Knowledge in SQL / Oracle / PostgreSQL will be an added advantage.

Database Administrator

Eligibility : Degree / Diploma Holders in any discipline

Minimum 2 to 3 years experience in Design & Maintenance of SQL / Oracle / PostgreSQL.

Software Testing Engineers

Eligibility : Degree / Diploma Holders in any discipline

Minimum 1 to 2 years experience in Software Testing

Sales Executives / Market Research Executives

Eligibility : Degree / Diploma Holders in any discipline

Minimum 2 to 3 years experience in sales, preferably in Medical Equipments / Software Sales.

Medical Equipment Service Division

Service Engineers

Eligibility : Degree / Diploma Holders in Electrical / Electronics / Instrumentation / Bio-Medical Engineering

Experienced candidates are welcome for Senior Level Positions

Interested candidates may forward the latest updated Resume to jobs@avanttec.net


CONTACT ADDRESS

Corporate Office :
Avanttec Medical Systems (P) Ltd.
No: 14, R. V. Nagar
5th Cross Street
Anna Nagar East
Chennai - 600 102
India

Phone : + 91-44-26630553 / 4 / 5 / 6
Fax : + 91-44-26630557
E - Mail : 724365@avanttec.net
www.avanttec.net

CAREERS IN VEPRO

VEPRO is a name that represents complete solutions in medical technology. For nearly 25 years, VEPRO has been an IT-enterprise and PACS pioneer of the first order.

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If you are interested to work in VEPRO, Contact the following address :

VEPRO India, Chennai
Tel: +91 (0)44-2663-0553
E-Mail: mail.india@vepro.com

VEPRO AG - Germany, Pfungstadt
Phone: +49 (0)6157-800-600
E-Mail: mail@vepro.com

VEPRO Germany East, Neugersdorf
Phone: +49 (0)3586-390-500
E-Mail: mail.germany.east@vepro.com

VEPRO Benelux, Oreye-Bergilers
Phone: +32 (0)19-678-213
E-Mail: mail.benelux@vepro.com

VEPRO Italy, Milan
Phone: +39 (0)233-402-708
E-Mail: mail.italy@vepro.com

VEPRO France, Grasse
Phone: +33 (0)497-23-60-60
E-Mail: mail.france@vepro.com

VEPRO Turkey, Ergazi Ankara
Phone: +90 (0)312-284-65-00
E-Mail: mail.turkey@vepro.com

VEPRO China, Bejing
Tel: +86 (0)10-641-329-82
E-Mail: mail.china@vepro.com

VEPRO Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Tel: +55 (31)3293-7369
E-Mail: mail.brazil@vepro.com

VEPRO North America, Inc., Denver
Tel: +01 (303) 750-4931
E-Mail: mail.usa@vepro.com


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TRIVITRON HEALTHCARE TIEUP WITH BRANDON MEDICAL

British medical lighting company Brandon Medical has tied up with India's s Trivitron Healthcare to set up a manufacturing facility in India.

Brandon Medical is an producer of operation theater lights. As per the joint venture deal, Brandon will use Trivitron's Medical Technology park in Southern metropolis of Chennai to manufacture shadowless lights for use in operation theaters.

Mr GSK Velu, the managing director of Trivitron Medical said his company would own 51 percent stake in the joint venture with the rest being held by Brandon. The JV will launch cold and shadow halogen light and later will launch LED based lighting system.

With an investment of $2 million, the manufacturing facility will make 90 percent halogen lights and the 10 percent LED lights.

DESIGN ENGINEER JOBS IN STRYKER INSTRUMENTS

Company: Stryker Instruments
Address: IDA Industrial Estate, Carrigtwohill , Co. Cork, Ireland
Website: http://www.stryker.com/
Contact Information: +353 214 532 900Fax: +353 214 532 913

JOB DESCRIPTION

Designs, develops, modifies and evaluates medical devices used during orthopedic, spine, neuro, plastic and ENT surgery for the cutting of bone and soft tissue. Uses concurrent engineering and rapid prototyping techniques to reduce product time to market whilst adhering to regulatory requirements, project deadlines and product costs.

Responsibilities:

1. Development of medical device products from concept to production using concurrent engineering and rapid prototyping techniques to reduce product time to market.

2. Participation in multifunctional product development teams and liaison with marketing for the development and specification of new concepts for medical device products.

3. Will determine and implement design approaches and parameters and conduct feasibility studies on new designs.

4. Will analyze designs to establish optimum operating parameters, conduct experimental tests and evaluate the results.

5. Will select materials, components and equipment based on analysis of specifications, reliability and regulatory requirements.

6. Will aid in the development process by ensuring designs are cost efficient, manufacturable and reliable.

7. Liaison with manufacturing engineers, project engineers and supply chain personnel for the specification and sourcing of raw materials and suppliers.

8. Will assist end customers in resolving product related issues by (i.) Problem solving and troubleshoot product designs, (ii.) Product training, (iii.) Product design and development

Experience and Qualifications Required:

A candidate with a degree in an engineering discipline (Production, Industrial, Manufacturing Technology, Production Management) is required. The successful candidate will have a working knowledge of World Class Manufacturing in a regulated manufacturing environment.Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpersonal/communication skills are also required.

OTHER INFORMATION :

1.) For Website of stryker, click here.

2.) For employment with Stryker, visit the Careers section.

3.) For new product development or merger/acquisition proposals, send an email to ideas@stryker.com.

4.) If you are a student researching Stryker, learn about the Company and the financial performance.

CONTACT INFORMATION OF STRYKER

Worldwide Headquarters
2825 Airview BoulevardKalamazoo, MI 49002U.S.A.
Phone and Fax Contact:

Customer Service: 269 385 2600

Customer Service Fax: 269 385 1062

Stryker Biotech
35 South StreetHopkinton, MA 01748U.S.A.
Phone and Fax Contact: Customer Service: 508 416 5200 or 1 866 GRO BONE

Customer Service Fax: 508 416 5395

Stryker Europe, Middle East, Africa
Cite-CentreGrand-Rue 92, P.O. Box 15681820 Montreux, Switzerland
Contact Information: +41 21 966 12 01

Stryker Canada
45 Innovation Drive L9H 7L8Hamilton, ON Canada
Contact Information: 905 690 5733 x 2322 Fax: 905 690 5699

Stryker Australia Pty Ltd
8 Herbert Street St Leonards NSW 2065 Australia
Contact Information: +61 2 9467 1000 Fax: +61 2 9467 1010

Stryker Biotech, Osteosynthesis and Development Group Headquarters
One Broadway16th FloorCambridge, MA 02142

Stryker Communications
1410 Lakeside ParkwayFlower Mound, Texas 75028USA
Phone and Fax Contact:

Customer Service: 866 726 3705

Customer Service Fax: 408 754 2969

Technical Support: 866 841 5663

Technical Support Fax: 972 410 7594

Stryker Craniomaxillofacial
750 Trade Centre Way, Suite 200Portage, MI 49002U.S.A.
Phone and Fax Contact:

Customer Service: 269 324 5346 or 800 962 6558 (US only)

Customer Service Fax: 877 648 7114

Stryker Development
One Broadway8th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142U.S.A.
Phone and Fax Contact: Customer Service: 508 416 5752

Stryker Endoscopy
5900 Optical CourtSan Jose, CA 95138U.S.A.
Phone and Fax Contact: Customer Service: 408 754 2000-or- 800 624 4422 (US only)

Stryker Imaging
1410 Lakeside Parkway#600Flower Mound, TX 75028U.S.A.
Contact Information: 888 SYK IMAGEFax: 972 410 5010866 672 5757

Stryker Instruments
4100 East Milham AvenueKalamazoo, MI 49001U.S.A.
Phone and Fax Contact:

Customer Service: 269 323 7700 or 800 253 3210 (US only)

Customer Service Fax: 800 999 3811

Stryker Japan
25-3 Yoyogi 3-chomeShibuya-kuTokyo 151-0053, Japan
Phone and Fax Contact:

Customer Service Fax: +81 3 5352 9080

Technical Support: +81 3 5352 1789

Stryker India Pvt Ltd

C-5 First Floor

SDA Commercial Complex

New Delhi 110016

India
Tel : +91-11-2686-6740

Fax : +91-11-2696-6020

BAXTER INDIA & BAXTER INTERNATIONAL

Baxter India, a subsidiary of Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX), was set up in India in 1997 to provide critical therapies for people with life threatening conditions. The company is headquartered in Gurgaon and has offices across the country. Over the subsequent 11 years the company's investments in India exceed $ 60 Million and it continues to seek opportunities for profitable growth in the fast evolving healthcare sector. Baxter is not a pharmaceutical company; in fact it is a therapy focused integrated healthcare provider that assists medical professionals and their patients with treatment of complex medical conditions including kidney disease, hemophilia, cancer, trauma plasma proteins for treating immune deficiencies and clotting disorders, pain management products and a range of parental nutrition and intravenous infusion products.

Baxter is a world-leading supplier of Peritoneal dialysisa home therapy for people with end stage Renal Disease or irreversible kidney failure.. In 2002 Baxter india set up a CAPD solutions plant at Manesar, near Delhi . The facility is designed to International standards, using Baxter's patented Viaflex clear plastic technology.

Baxter India and Intravenous Solutions go hand in hand. The company is committed to help improve patients' quality of life and medical outcomes.

In 2002, Baxter India acquired the IV solutions business of Wockhardt, along with manufacturing assets and facilities in Waluj (Maharashtra) and Alathur in Tamil Nadu. The acquired sales and marketing team enables coverage of a wide spectrum of public and private hospitals across India. This acquisition catapulted Baxter to a leadership position in the estimated Rs.400 crore IV fluid market in India.

Baxter Healthcare, the Global company, is fully committed to research and development and continually pursues breakthrough technologies at their research facilities in the US and Europe.

Baxter is fully committed to contributing it's efforts to benefit the society where it operates. As a responsible corporate citizen, its employees have helped support a host of initiatives to benefit those who are impacted by our presence and those in need. Baxter along with Rotary International have supported the Government's Pulse Polio eradication program, as well as financial support to Concern International for projects to educate street children and creating AIDS awareness in the trucking community. Their plants have led a number of improvement projects to assist in clean drinking water, medical education and well being of children in the local community. The tragic events following the Tsunami on Boxing Day 2004 brought out the best in our employees who worked tirelessly to collect emergency provisions and donate these along with the IV solutions so desperately needed to tackle the medical emergencies that followed.

Corporate Office

Baxter (India) Pvt. Ltd.
2nd Floor, Tower-C, Building No. 8
DLF Cyber City, DLF Phase-II,
Gurgaon - 122002, Haryana, India
Tel. : +91 - 124 - 4500 200
Fax : +91 - 124 - 4263 505


BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC

Baxter International Inc. develops, manufactures and markets products that save and sustain the lives of people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. As a global, diversified healthcare company, Baxter applies a unique combination of expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to create products that advance patient care worldwide.

Corporate Address

One Baxter Parkway
Deerfield, IL 60015-4625
website : https://www.baxter.com

HCL LIFE SCIENCES & HEALTHCARE

HCL is one of the early movers in the Life Sciences and Healthcare space. The Life Sciences practice started in 2002 and within a short span of time has emerged as the fastest growing vertical at HCL with a y-on-y growth of over 100%.

HCL is the First Indian Company to have an ISO 13485 certification for design and development of medical devices.It has branches in various countries like US, Europe,Australia, NewZealans, Hongkong, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan. It is also one of the few offshore IT providers for the validation services. It has FDA compliant QMS. HCL is doing some high end work for designs across all classes of medical devices (class I,II, II) with focus on effective risk management flow for software hazard analysis, failure mode effect analysis and worst case and reliability analysis.

HCL has been delivering significant value for its Life Science customers through the integrated package of process management, software services and infrastructure management. On a continuous drive for improvement and exceeding client expectations, HCL has been focusing on new ways of value creation:

* Multi-Service Integration And Service Innovation
* Business Outcome Based Pricing
* Innovative Partnership Structures
* Forward Looking Customers

Industry Segments of HCL Life Sciences are Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medical Device, Healthcare Service Providers, Agri-business & ISVs

For more details, visit HCL HEALTHCARE & LIFE SCIENCES

For any career queries, visit HCL CAREERS

JOBS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Here are several web sites available to those searching for a job in the exciting field of biomedical engineering.

Minnesota has long been known to host numerous biomedical companies as is indicated by the University of Minnesota listing of more than 1200 biomedical engineering-related industries in Minnesota. Click here to see their MBBNet Industry database.

If your biomedical engineering job interest includes working anywhere in the U.S., you should look at the web site of Biomedical Engineering Network (BMEnet)

Perhaps your interest is in applying your engineering expertise to assist those who need rehabilitative engineering and assistive technology. This is also a very rewarding career path as your work directly benefits some of our society’s most grateful and needy people. If this sounds attractive, you might want to look for jobs at the web site of the Rehabilitative Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. Their site includes a job bank and they provide the means for application submission.

SINGAPORE - BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES HUB

Singapore government has the vision of being a hub for biomedical sciences. Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, Deputy Prime Minister And Minister for Defence, in his speech at the launch of the Life Science Joint Ventures Initiatives, said that “comprising pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology and healthcare services, Singapore aims to be internationally recognised as a biomedical sciences hub, carrying out innovative research in the basic, applied and clinical areas”.



The government tries to achieve this by setting up research infrastructure and attracting foreign scientists to do their research in Singapore, as well as laying out a set of permissive regulations on controversial research.

Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) was set up to foster world-class scientific research and human capital for a vibrant knowledge based Singapore , under the aegis of Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore. Its Biomedical Research Council oversees the development of biomedical industry in Singapore.

Visit A*STAR

In 2003, a new research complex, Biopolis, was opened. It is a $500 million investment funded by A*STAR and Singapore government. Conceived as the cornerstone of a much broader vision to build up the biomedical sciences industry in Singapore, the Biopolis is a purpose-built biomedical research hub where researchers and scientists from the public and private sectors are co-located.

Visit BIOPOLIS

Visit BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES in A*STAR

Visit Biomedical Sciences (BMS) in singapore


BIOPOLIS

Biopolis is an international research and development centre located in Singapore for biomedical sciences. It is located in One-North in Buona Vista, near Dover, and is close to the National University of Singapore, the Singapore Polytechnic, the Institute of Technical Education, the National University Hospital, the Singapore Science Park, Ministry of Education, and Fusionopolis. This campus is dedicated to providing space for biomedical research and development activities and promoting peer review and collaboration among the private and public scientific community.



Development of Biopolis

Phase One

Biopolis Phase One is a 185,000 m² (2,000,000 ft²) biomedical complex of seven buildings that were constructed from June 2003 to March 2004 at a cost of S$500 million. They are namely: Nanos, Genome, Helios, Chromos, Proteos, Matrix and Centros. Several government agencies, publicly-funded research institutes and research labs of pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies are located there.



Phase Two

Biopolis Phase Two was completed in October 2006, comprising two blocks, named Neuros and Immunos, which will house research on neuroscience and immunology respectively. The seven-storey 37,000 m² complex was designed and constructed over 18 months at a cost of S$70 million. The new addition increases the Biopolis research complex to a total of 222,000 m², or about half the size of Suntec City.

Fact Sheet of Biopolis

KEY BIOMEDICAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN SINGAPORE

1.) The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)
Biomedical Sciences And HealthCare Services
2.) Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR)
The Biomedical Research Council (BMRC)
3.) Bio*One Capital


LOCATION OF SINGAPORE

GE HEALTHCARE

GE Healthcare is a $18 billion (USD) unit of General Electric (GE). It employs more than 46,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. GE Healthcare is the first GE business segment headquartered outside the United States. In 2004, just before the completion of the $9 billion acquisition of U.K.-based Amersham plc, the formerly named GE Medical Systems was renamed GE Healthcare.

GE Healthcare has a broad range of products and services that include medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance improvement solutions, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies. These enable healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological diseases, and other conditions earlier. The company's vision for the future is to enable a new "early health" model of care focused on earlier diagnosis, pre-symptomatic disease detection and disease prevention.

From a brief period from the close of the Amersham acquisition in April 2004 - June 2005, GE Healthcare was organized into two primary business segments: GE Healthcare Technologies, led by Joseph Hogan, and GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences, the former Amersham business segments that were led by Peter Löscher. Those business segment names and organizations were formally dropped in June 2005.

PRIMARY BUSINESS UNITS

GE Healthcare currently has 6 primary business units:

1.) GE Healthcare Global Diagnostic Imaging, headquartered in Waukesha (suburb of Milwaukee), Wisconsin, USA

The Diagnostic Imaging business includes X-ray, digital mammography, Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance (MR) and Molecular Imaging technologies.

2.)GE Healthcare Clinical Systems, headquartered in Wauwatosa (suburb of Milwaukee), Wisconsin, USA

This business provides a range of healthcare technologies and services for clinicians and healthcare administrators. It includes ultrasound, ECG, bone densitometry, patient monitoring, incubators and infant warmers, respiratory care and anesthesia management.

3.)GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions (IITS), headquartered in Barrington, Illinois, USA

IITS provides clinical & financial information technology solutions such as departmental IT products, RIS/PACS (Radiology Information Systems/Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) and CVIS (Cardiovascular Information Systems), as well as revenue cycle management and practice applications.

4.)GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics, headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Medical Diagnostics researches, manufactures and markets imaging agents used during medical scanning procedures to highlight organs, tissue and functions inside the human body.

5.)GE Healthcare Life Sciences, headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden

This division produces technology for drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing and cellular technologies. It also makes systems and equipment for the purification of biopharmaceuticals.

6.)GE Healthcare Surgery, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

This provides tools and technologies for cardiac, surgical and interventional care, from cardiac catheterization labs, diagnostic monitoring systems, data management systems to mobile fluoroscopic imaging systems, navigation and 3D visualization instrumentation.

While it has offices around the globe, GE Healthcare has major regional operations in Buc (suburb of Paris), France; Hino & Tokyo, Japan; and Bangalore, India.

In 2003, GE Healthcare acquired Instrumentarium (including its Datex-Ohmeda division), a producer, manufacturer, and supplier of anesthesia machines and mechanical ventilators. To satisfy regulatory concerns in the United States and in Europe, GE Healthcare was forced to divest the Spacelabs Medical division of Instrumentarium. Currently, GE Healthcare owns 80% of all anesthesia machines in the United States and 60% of the machines in the world. The former Instrumentarium business was incorporated into GE Healthcare's Clinical Systems business segment.

In 2004, the former Amersham plc business segments were separated into the GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics and Life Sciences business segments.

Also in 2004, GE Healthcare along with other healthcare companies built a research reactor for neutron and unit cell research at GE's European Research Center near Garching (outside of Munich), Germany. It is the only such reactor currently in operation.

In 2005, Sir William Castell, CEO of GE Healthcare and former CEO of Amersham plc stepped down as CEO to become Chairman of the Wellcome Trust -- a charity that fosters and promotes human and animal research -- in the United Kingdom. Former GE Medical Systems CEO Joe Hogan became the overall CEO for the GE Healthcare business.

In September 2005, GE Healthcare and IDX Systems Corporation announced that they entered into a definitive, $1.2 billion merger agreement for GE to acquire IDX, a leading healthcare information technology (IT) provider. The acquisition was completed in January 2006. IDX was folded into GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions, which specializes in clinical information systems and healthcare revenue management.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE : http://www.gehealthcare.com/