TearScience Lands $15M; Interrad Medical Raises $10M - Oct. 4, 2011

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Tuesday, October 04, 2011  |   |   |   |  CardioNexus Corporation is an affiliated company of Panasonic Healthcare dedicated to reducing cardiovascular disease through early detection and prevention. CardioNexus' flagship product, the CardioHealth® Station, is a new multi-modality initiative to advance cardiovascular health assessment for the prevention of heart attack and stroke. The advanced, automated features of the CardioHealth® Station enable physicians, especially primary care physicians and internists, to perform atherosclerosis imaging and cardiovascular risk assessment in their offices, without need for outside referral. For more information, please visit: www.cardionexus.com.   •  TearScience, Inc. Lands $15 Million to Bring Novel Dry Eye Treatment to Market More... •  Interrad Medical Announces Closing $10 Million Series C Round of Financing More... •  Medtronic, Inc. (MDT) to Add 200 New Jobs in Puerto Rico; Smiths Medical, Inc. 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