Oregon-based radioisotope technology company Northwest Medical Isotopes (NWMI) announced late last week that there are plans to construct a facility for radioisotope production at the University of Missouri-owned Discovery Ridge Research Park in Columbia, Mo. {read more here}

In a corporate reorganization designed to streamline bureaucracy and add $1 billion to its balance sheet, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser unveiled a new strategic plan at a press conference yesterday, revealing that 16 business units will be reduced to nine, and healthcare will be given a large measure of autonomy to run itself. {read more here}

At a May meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council, Medtronic Senior Vice President for Medicine and Technology Stephen Oesterle said that within two decades, his company’s biggest competitor will be Google, MassDevice reported. {read more here}

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is often not reported in pulmonary CT angiography studies, requiring CAC assessment by radiologists in demographics at risk, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. {read more here}