January 13, 2012 — Varian Medical Systems has established its first education center in Tokyo, Japan, to train radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and technologists who work with Varian's cancer treatment systems.
January 12, 2012 – Varian Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for a new radiotherapy treatment planning tool designed to work with the company's Eclipse treatment planning software to reduce the amount of time needed for planning advanced treatments.