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VENTANA digital pathology software: finding and analyzing cancer with a click TUCSON, Ariz., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- When faced with cancer, getting an accurate diagnosis quickly is undoubtedly the most important part of a patient's treatment. To help with this, today's advanced anatomic pathology labs rely on sophisticated software to view a patient's tissue images within the context of their clinical history, share those images with specialists and colleagues, and perform...
TUCSON, Ariz., June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, today announced that it has signed a worldwide agreement with healthcare imaging expert Barco to provide Barco's leading diagnostic and clinical review display systems for use with the VENTANA Virtuoso image and workflow management system, offering a best-in-class, turnkey image viewing solution. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130603/LA24265) "This...
TUCSON, Ariz., March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For millions of patients, personalized healthcare, or fitting the right treatments to patients based on an individual's particular genetic make-up, means the difference between life and death. Our expanding knowledge of disease mechanisms and individual genetic variation, along with advanced testing technologies enables physicians to provide more precise diagnoses and targeted treatments for all patients, especially cancer patients....
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group and Biocare Medical, LLC (Biocare) today announced that they have entered into a non-exclusive license agreement to allow Biocare access to certain patents and materials related to p63 diagnostics in the research and IVD field. In parallel, Biocare and AsymmetRx Medical, Inc. (AsymmetRx) have settled their dispute as it relates to the p63 technology. As part of the...
TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, announced that a Congressional Briefing in Washington this week explored critical patient safety issues related to tissue slide processing that often get overlooked in US clinical and anatomic laboratories. Some of the most acute risk areas include patient specimen misidentification and cross-contamination?areas that many deem serious enough to warrant future reform of...
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, announced today that two of its leading Digital Pathology scientists will present the latest advancements in digital pathology multiplexing and algorithm assisted breast cancer testing at the Pathology Visions Conference in Baltimore, MD USA from October 28 - 31, 2012. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At this year's 29th Congress of the International Academy of Pathology (IAP 2012), Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, will unveil the latest versions of its Virtuoso digital pathology image and workflow management software and VANTAGE workflow solution for histology lab specimen tracking. IAP 2012, one of the premier pathology conferences worldwide, takes place September 30 through October 5, 2012 in Cape...
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, is introducing a first-of-its-kind fully-automated staining technique that will allow researchers to examine miRNAs and proteins related to cancer in the same section of tumor tissue. Detecting miRNAs and proteins together, in the context of the tumor microenvironment, allows researchers to visualize the association of oncogenic protein expression to those miRNAs...
TUCSON, Ariz., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, will join thousands of patients, families, providers, and consumer groups worldwide in observing World Patient Safety Day on July 25 in tribute to those who work to improve the safety and quality of healthcare, and in memory of patients and families who have suffered from medical error. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120717/LA41202) A Southern...
TUCSON, Ariz., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, today announces commercial availability of the VENTANA iScan HT slide scanner(1) in North America to be followed by Europe, the Middle East and Africa in July, 2012. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120613/LA23606) "The launch of the VENTANA iScan HT scanner is a significant milestone for the pathology industry. Digital pathology can increase diagnostic...
