The FDA is advising consumers not to use certain respiratory medications made by Canonsburg-based Mylan Inc. The FDA says the medications may have been the part of a shipment being transported on a tractor-trailer that was stolen in Tampa, Florida, on September 8, 2009. The alert involves the Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution and Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution. People who use the medications should check to see if they have any products that were received or purchased after September 8 and return them to the pharmacy where they were bought.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has ruled against the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)’s request on the expansion of Medicare coverage for carotid artery stenting. SCAI has 30 days to remind the CMS that the studies on the less invasive procedure for treating carotid stenosis that support of the kind of coverage SCAI is seeking have been conducted and published.

Logical Images Inc, the expert source for visual diagnostic decision support technology and consumer skin health information, has enhanced its popular online skin health and wellness resource to provide consumers with even more information and expert opinions on skin care and wellness issues. Skinsight.com (formerly VisualDxHealth.com) now offers users more consumer-friendly language, renowned expert opinions, in-depth images, enhanced content about general skin health, and detailed treatment information.

Silverlink Communications Inc has launched solutions focused specifically on the Medicare market. These services help health plans more effectively communicate with beneficiaries. This is especially critical when the enrollment season for the 2010 plan year opens in October 2009. Anticipated benefits changes are likely to cause confusion with Medicare recipients creating an opportunity for health plans to take a leadership role with clear information and guidance to their Medicare members and potential enrollees.

Integrated Medical Systems Inc has received CE Mark certification for its MedEx 1000(TM) “suitcase” intensive care unit (ICU). The MedEx 1000 is a portable unit intended to supply ICU functionality, such as physiological monitoring, electrocardiogram, invasive pressure monitoring, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring, temperature, blood oxygen saturation and heart rate, low and high rate infusion pumps, a fluid warmer and a ventilator with carbon dioxide monitoring capabilities, for adult and pediatric patients.  This certification permits the marketing, sale and use of the MedEx 1000 in Europe.