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Sectra’s first-quarter interim report: Sectra completes mammography modality tra...

9/6/2011 2:00 AM EST - SECTRA

IT and medical technology company Sectra’s profit after net financial items for the company’s first quarter, May - July 2011, rose 25.6% to SEK 16.2 million (12.9), corresponding to a profit margin of 9.6% (7.5). The Group reports an operating profit of SEK 6.5 million (9.0) and net sales of SEK 169.3 million (172.8). Order bookings rose 13.8% to SEK 190.8 million (167.7).

Sectra and Philips complete modality transaction

9/1/2011 2:00 AM EST - SECTRA

Sectra (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: SECT B) has completed a mammography-modality deal with Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG). Philips will pay EUR 57.5 million in a cash-on-cash and debt-free basis and take over the acquired modality operation today, September 1, 2011.
“The deal with Philips will give us the resources we need to continue our efforts and expand our business. In Medical Systems, we can...

Sectra and Philips sign large mammography modality acquisition deal

6/27/2011 2:00 AM EST - SECTRA

· Sectra invites media, financial analysts and investors to an international press conference today, 11.30 a.m. CET, at Operaterassen in Stockholm, Sweden. It is also possible to participate by telephone or on the Internet, see details below. Sectra (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: SECT B) and Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) have signed an agreement under which Philips will acquire...

Sectra enters the Russian market with new partnership

6/22/2011 3:00 AM EST - SECTRA

The Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectrahas signed a distribution agreement with McBrothers, a leading medical technology company based in St Petersburg, Russia.
McBrothers represents a number of internationally renowned manufacturers of a wide range of state-of-the-art medical equipment. Through this partnership, McBrothers becomes a distributor of Sectra’s medical systems in the western regions of...

Sectra MicroDose Mammography examination

Sectra receives FDA clearance for MicroDose Mammography modality

5/4/2011 2:00 AM EST - SECTRA

First-of-its-kind technology enables women to benefit from significant reduction of radiation exposure Women in the US will now have the same opportunity as million of European women already have; to undergo mammography with significantly lower radiation dose. This is the result of FDA’s (Food and Drug Administration) clearance of the Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra’s digital mammography system,...

Breast screening centers in UK to improve service with region-wide PACS solution...

4/27/2011 3:01 AM EST - SECTRA

Fast and highly efficient reading of screening mammograms will improve the breast screening service to the women in the Kent region in UK. This will be achieved with a region-wide IT-solution, Sectra Breast Imaging PACS, managing all breast images from 270,000 examinations done each year by three breast screening centers in Kent.
By linking the hospitals’ mammography operations together, an efficient flow of...

Sectra MicroDose Mammography approved for sales in Russia

4/19/2011 2:40 AM EST - SECTRA

Healthcare providers in Russia can now offer women mammography with the market’s lowest radiation dose. This opportunity is a result of the Russian authorities’ approval of Sectra's digital mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography[1].
With its 140 million inhabitants, Russia has around 6,000 hospitals and clinics. Half of these perform mammography today, and a very small number of them use digital...

More women in Luxembourg to benefit from mammography with lowest possible dose

3/18/2011 4:00 AM EST - SECTRA

Luxembourg has invested in two additional digital Sectra MicroDose Mammography systems for their breast screening program. With this investment even more women in Luxembourg will benefit from mammography examinations with the lowest radiation dose on the market.
Three hospitals in Luxembourg made their first investments in Sectra’s unique, photon...

First order in North America for Sectra MicroDose Mammography

3/7/2011 3:00 AM EST - SECTRA

The women of Canada will soon benefit from low-dose mammography. Trillium Radiology Associates, which operates private diagnostic imaging facilities in Toronto and Mississauga, has invested in four digital mammography systems from the IT and medical technology company Sectra. The system was sold by Xtron Imaging Inc., Sectra’s new distribution partner for Canada.
Using Sectra’s mammography system, Sectra...

Sectra reveals initial clinical results of color mammography

3/3/2011 2:30 AM EST - SECTRA

The first clinical results from a research project focused on spectral (color) mammography shows promising diagnostic benefits for breast cancer. Published in the February issue of Radiology, the results will be presented at a symposium dedicated to breast cancer detection and ways of improving cancer detection with photon counting...
Single shot spectral imaging is enabled using Sectra’s unique photon counting...

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