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Emisphere second-quarter net loss increases to $13.7 million

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. today announced financial and operational results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.

16 Aug 2010

Liverpool scientists create new drug for malaria

As part of the -1.5 million project, researchers are now testing the drug to determine how the treatment could progress to clinical trials. The drug is made from simple organic molecules and will be cheaper to mass produce compared to existing therapies.

16 Aug 2010

Medco Health Solutions to acquire United BioSource Corporation

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and United BioSource Corporation today announced a definitive agreement under which Medco will acquire closely held UBC in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $730 million. The combination of America's leading advanced pharmacy with one of the world's most respected sources of post-approval drug and device research extends Medco's core capabilities in data analytics and research to further accelerate pharmaceutical knowledge – advancing patient safety and furthering evidence-based medicine.

16 Aug 2010

Politics and Health Reform: Democrats, Republicans trying to sway seniors

The Associated Press: Democrats, "running scared in an election year," are hopeful that a $250 check - to help seniors afford prescription drugs - will turn the tide of public opinion. "Democrats ... are trying to overcome older people's mistrust of the new health care law, which expands coverage for younger generations by cutting Medicare payments to hospitals and insurers. … Behind the hoopla, the reality is modest. The $250 check, for example, is just a fraction of what many people in the prescription coverage gap have to pay.

16 Aug 2010

State Roundup: Elderly inmates burden cash-strapped states; Drew University in LA faces financial troubles; Florida doctors opt not to break ties to AMA

The Associated Press reports on "the national surge in elderly inmates whose medical expenses are straining cash-strapped states and have officials looking for solutions, including early release, some possibly to nursing homes. ... That burden is becoming greater as the American Civil Liberties Union estimates that elderly prisoners — the fastest growing segment of the prison population, largely because of tough sentencing laws — are three times more expensive to incarcerate than younger inmates.

16 Aug 2010

Today's Opinions: Challenges for independent Medicare board; Lack of independent analysis of Medicare finances; Medical schools shouldn't fear restrictions on ties to industry

One of the most promising aspects of the new health-care reform is the creation of an independent board to recommend changes in federal health programs and a fast-track provision that would allow these changes to take effect automatically unless Congress comes up with alternatives that would save a similar amount (8/16).

16 Aug 2010

World's smallest ultrasonic transducers

Scientists and Engineers at The University of Nottingham have built the world's smallest ultrasonic transducers capable of generating and detecting ultrasound.

16 Aug 2010

KHN column: Medicaid cutbacks not the same as private insurance rescission

In his latest Kaiser Health News column, done in collaboration with The New Republic, Jonathan Cohn writes: "Everywhere you look, Medicaid seems to be in jeopardy.

16 Aug 2010

Indiana University installs new DeltaVision|OMX imaging system from Applied Precision

Applied Precision, along with Indiana University, are excited to announce the installation of a new DeltaVision|OMX imaging system in the Light Microscopy Imaging Center in Bloomington, Indiana.

16 Aug 2010

Cortex second-quarter net loss decreases to $0.04 per share

Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported a net loss applicable to common stock of approximately $2,454,000, or $0.04 per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, compared with a net loss applicable to common stock of approximately $2,778,000, or $0.06 per share, for the corresponding prior year period.

16 Aug 2010

WaferGen Biosystems second-quarter revenue increases to $432,000

WaferGen Biosystems, Inc., a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today reported financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.

16 Aug 2010

Titan Pharmaceuticals second-quarter net loss increases to $1.84 million

Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

16 Aug 2010

NeoStem second-quarter revenues increase 26% to $19.4 million

NeoStem, Inc. an international biopharmaceutical company with product and service revenues, global research and development capabilities and operations in three distinct business units, U.S. adult stem cells, China adult stem cells, and China pharmaceuticals is today providing results of its second quarter 2010.

16 Aug 2010

PLC Systems second-quarter total revenues decrease to $1,019,000

PLC Systems Inc., a company focused on innovative cardiac and vascular medical device-based technologies, today reported financial results for the three- and six month periods ended June 30, 2010.

16 Aug 2010

Bruker to acquire Veeco’s worldwide SPM and OIM instruments business for $229 million

Bruker Corporation today announces the signing of an agreement to acquire the Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) and Optical Industrial Metrology (OIM) instruments business from Veeco Instruments, Inc. for $229 million in cash. The transaction has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2010, pending regulatory review and subject to customary closing conditions.

16 Aug 2010

AMRI selected as inaugural winner of Pfizer Route Design Innovation Award

AMRI announced today that it has been selected as the inaugural winner of the Pfizer Route Design Innovation Award, beating out 40 companies who were invited to share innovative ideas for process chemistry and large scale Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient production. Pfizer will present the company with the award at the AMRI 2010 Integrated Drug Discovery Symposium to be held in Albany NY, October 13-14. AMRI will also receive an honorarium for its win.

16 Aug 2010

ARYx secures bridge financing, reports decrease in net loss to $3.6M for second-quarter 2010

ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has secured bridge financing to allow ARYx time and resources to potentially complete a transaction that could create significant value for stockholders. ARYx also released its financial results for the second quarter of 2010.

16 Aug 2010

Medforma unveils new Internet-based wellness platform

Nearly 80 percent of health care costs are spent on treating preventable diseases. And most of this burden falls on employers and employees. To help employers reduce these expenses while improving the health of their workforces, St. Paul-based Medforma Inc., today unveiled the next-generation of its Internet-based wellness platform called Health Portrait™.

16 Aug 2010

NIDA grants Selecta Biosciences $3M to develop nicotine vaccine for smoking cessation and relapse prevention

Selecta Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing synthetic nanoparticle vaccines and immunotherapies, today announced that it has been awarded a grant for $3 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), an institute within the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The grant is aimed at advancing the development of an enhanced therapeutic nicotine vaccine for the treatment of smoking cessation and relapse prevention.

16 Aug 2010

First Edition: August 16, 2010

Today's headlines reflect coverage of state health reform implementation issues as well as other emerging policy issues in the nation's health system.

16 Aug 2010