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MIT Robot Shows Promise to Speed Up Drug Development

The development of drugs to treat acute stroke or aid in stroke recovery is a multibillion-dollar endeavor that only rarely pays off in the form of government-approved pharmaceuticals. Drug companies spend years testing safety and dosage in the clinic, only to find in Phase III clinical efficacy trials that target compounds have little to no benefit. The lengthy process is inefficient, costly, and discouraging, says Hermano Igo Krebs, a principal research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.

11 Feb 2014

New Report Forecasts Significant Growth for Global Rehabilitation Robot Market

Worldwide rehabilitation robot markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the rehabilitation robots, active prostheses, and exoskeletons are used inside rehabilitation treatment centers and sports facilities providing rehabilitation for all patients with injuries or physical dysfunction.

11 Feb 2014

Robotic Exoskeleton Company, Ekso Bionics Announces Completion of Private Placement Offering

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., a robotic exoskeleton company, today announced that it completed its private placement offering as part of its January 15, 2014 announced alternative public offering ("APO"). Shares of the Company's common stock are currently quoted on the OTC Markets under the symbol "EKSO."

From Ekso Bionics 10 Feb 2014

Forecast Report on Global Service Robotics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Service Robotics Market - Forecasts to 2016" report to their offering.

7 Feb 2014

Forecast Report on Rehabilitation Robots, Active Prostheses, and Exoskeletons

Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report "Rehabilitation Robots, Active Prostheses, and Exoskeletons - Forecasts to 2020" to their offering.

6 Feb 2014

Sensory-Enhanced Prosthetic Hand Surgically Wired to Nerves of Amputee

Dennis Aabo Sørensen is the first amputee in the world to feel sensory rich information – in realtime – with a prosthetic hand wired to nerves in his upper arm. Sørensen could grasp objects intuitively and identify what he was touching while blindfolded.

6 Feb 2014

Health Robotics Announces Upcoming Schedule for Additional Regional Events

Health Robotics announced its upcoming schedule for additional regional events, [http://www.health-robotics.com/en/about-health-robotics/events/] inviting interested pharmacy professionals to visit the company’s Second Generation solutions at symposia in Albany [NY] and Houston [TX], to network with their peers and Health Robotics’ distributor’s personnel at the New York Pharmacy Technology Summit [March 21], and the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists [April 11-12], including setting up site visits to hospital peers utilizing Health Robotics’ solutions.

From Health Robotics 5 Feb 2014