Latest Varian Medical Systems Stories
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With increasing public scrutiny and regulations regarding product safety and sustainability, manufacturers are taking the initiative to ensure they are protecting the health of both their consumers and the environment. Varian Medical Systems, a leading manufacturer of medical devices, is one such company that embarked on a mission to understand the chemical composition of its products, enabling it to redesign its components...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) today announced it has booked a $77 million order with Saudi Particle Therapy Centre LLC to equip a new proton therapy facility at the King Fahd Medical Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Varian will equip the new center with a ProBeam(TM) system for five treatment rooms as well as two TrueBeam(TM) medical linear accelerators. Equipment delivery and installation is expected to commence in spring 2013...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) today is reporting results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 with net earnings of $0.79 per diluted share, down 1 percent from the year-ago quarter. Revenues for the quarter were $625 million, up 8 percent from the year-ago period. Including $48 million in proton therapy backlog, the company ended the first quarter with a $2.5 billion backlog, up 14 percent from the end of the first quarter in fiscal...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), the world leader in radiotherapy, is spotlighting its family of advanced treatment machines and integrated software solutions at the 2012 Arab Health Congress and Exhibition over the next four days. The Varian exhibit (Sheikh Saeed Hall, Booth No. S3-E40) focuses on latest developments and future innovations in Varian's complete line of medical linear accelerators - including the...
BANGALORE, India, Jan. 18,( )2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctors at BGS Global Cancer Institute at BGS Global Hospitals in Bangalore have begun delivering advanced radiotherapy treatments using the first clinical TrueBeam(TM) STx medical linear accelerator in Asia. A 57-year-old female patient with a brain metastasis received whole brain radiotherapy and this will be followed by stereotactic radiosurgical boosts to the lesion using the fast and precise system. "The whole procedure, the...
AHMEDABAD, India, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A 65-year-old breast cancer patient has become the first person in India to be treated using the fast and precise TrueBeam(TM) radiotherapy treatment system from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR). In a treatment carried out at HCG (Health Care Global) Ahmedabad, the patient received accelerated partial breast irradiation which allowed her treatment course to be completed in a week instead of the usual five weeks required with...
TOKYO, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), a world leader in radiotherapy equipment and software for the treatment of cancer, has established its first education center in Tokyo, Japan, to train radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and technologists who work with Varian's cancer treatment systems. In addition, the company has established a clinical contact center (Help Desk), to provide phone support for Varian's customers in Japan. These services...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a new radiotherapy treatment planning tool designed to work with the company's market leading Eclipse(TM) treatment planning software to reduce the amount of time needed for planning advanced treatments. "In order to create a customized treatment plan, a clinician must take the patient's anatomical images and identify and outline the tumor and nearby...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) announced today that it will report results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 following the close of regular trading on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. The news release will be followed by a teleconference available to all interested parties at 2:00 p.m. PT. The news release and a link to the conference call webcast will be available on the company website at: www.varian.com/investor. To...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Clinicians at one of New Zealand's leading hospitals have delivered more than 300 radiotherapy treatments using a newly-installed TrueBeam(TM) device in the first month of its implementation. The TrueBeam system from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) adds to Wellington Hospital's radiotherapy capabilities and enables fast, precise and efficient treatments. The first patient in the country - and the southern...
