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Baltimore hospitals buying, consolidating doctors' practices in bid for efficiency

Hospitals and other systems in the Baltimore area are "buying practices, forming management agreements or structuring joint ventures with primary care practices that cannot afford to buy necessary electronic health records systems, hire more support staff or add another physician" in a bid to consolidate primary care in the area and lower overhead, the Baltimore Business Journal reports. For many doctors, the cost of doing business in a small, office-based setting is becoming prohibitive.

3 May 2010

Acucela to present data on ACU-4429 oral visual cycle modulator for dry AMD at Retina International meeting

Acucela, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing new treatments for blinding eye diseases, announced today that Ryo Kubota, M.D., Ph.D., Acucela's chairman, president and chief executive officer, has been invited to participate in Retina International's annual Scientific & Medical Advisory Board meeting being held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on May 3, 2010.

3 May 2010

Today's Opinions and Editorials: The end of insurance rescissions, lessons from the health care rollout and the deficit panel's tough decisions

A lot of people laughed when Sue Lowden, the Nevada Republican running for the U.S. Senate, suggested last month that people start paying for their medical care with chickens. I didn't (Jonathan Cohn, 5/3).

3 May 2010

Calif. doctors say e-health saved lives; in Mich., doctors visit patients online

Reuters/The Washington Post: An electronic medical system first introduced in 2007 has shown a 20 percent drop in hospital deaths -- the equivalent of about 36 lives saved -- over 18-months at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto California, doctors there have found. The system, a computerized physician order entry, or CPOE, allows "doctors to relay prescriptions to pharmacists without delay, and without the need for the pharmacist to decipher doctors' scrawl."

3 May 2010

States decide on risk pools as first major health law decision

Politico reports that establishing high-risk insurance pools, the first major decision after the enactment of health care reform, "has come and gone with the decisions so far made mostly along party lines." Many Democratic governors "decided to help the Department of Health and Human Services by creating the pools themselves with federal funding.

3 May 2010

Curis completes enrollment in Phase I clinical trial of CUDC-101 HDAC, EGFR and HER2 inhibitor

Curis, Inc., a drug development company seeking to develop next generation targeted small molecule drug candidates for cancer treatment, today announced that it has successfully completed enrollment and treatment of the last patient in its Phase I clinical trial of CUDC-101, Curis' first-in-class HDAC, EGFR and HER2 inhibitor.

3 May 2010

As doctors frustration with Medicare payments grows, a few opt to leave the system

American Medical News reports on doctors' frustrations with the Medicare program and looks at the practice of Juliette Madrigal-Dersch, an internist in Marble Falls, Texas, who "decided to see Medicare patients only on a private-contracting basis. That means neither she nor her patients can claim any payment from Medicare. It also means she can charge what her services actually cost, not just what the government says it will pay. She also can choose not to charge anything, as is her policy for patients age 90 and older."

3 May 2010

BioTime acquires ES Cell International

BioTime, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of human stem cells and regenerative medicine, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the Singapore company ES Cell International Pte Ltd.

3 May 2010

Anesthesiologist group to-decertify physicians who help with lethal injections

The American Board of Anesthesiologists "has quietly decided to revoke the certification of any member who participates in executing a prisoner by lethal injection," according to The Washington Post. The decision "reflects its leaders' belief that 'we are healers, not executioners,' board secretary Mark A. Rockoff said. Although the American Medical Association has long opposed doctor involvement, the anesthesiologists' group is the first to say it will harshly penalize a health-care worker for abetting lethal injections.

3 May 2010

Spectros, Philips Electronics enter patent sale agreement covering multispectral pulse oximetry technology

Spectros announced today that it entered into a patent sale agreement with Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. ( PHG). Under this agreement, Philips purchased a patent related to technology for multispectral pulse oximetry, an approach first developed and patented by Spectros.

3 May 2010

Penwest Pharmaceuticals reports net income of $3.9 million for first-quarter 2010

Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co. today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Compared with the first quarter of 2009, first quarter 2010 revenues increased sharply to $8.8 million, and operating expenses decreased by 20%. The Company had net income of $0.12 per share for the first quarter of 2010.

3 May 2010

Stealth interventions may help people eat better, exercise more: Study

How do you get college students to eat better? A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that a "stealth" strategy of raising the students' awareness of environmental and social issues related to food can persuade them to eat more veggies and less ice cream.

3 May 2010

Investment report on Spectrum Pharmaceuticals

MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

3 May 2010

TGRD presents positive results from Phase 3 studies of azilsartan medoxomil for lowering SBP at 25th ASH

Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc., U.S., (TGRD U.S.) today announced results from pivotal phase 3 studies of azilsartan medoxomil (development code: TAK-491), an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB), demonstrating greater 24-hour systolic blood pressure (SBP) reduction compared to commonly prescribed ARBs olmesartan medoxomil and valsartan.

3 May 2010

Implementation of quality improvement intervention reduces medication use in premature babies: Study

A new study by Pediatrix Medical Group researchers has found that the implementation of a quality improvement intervention significantly reduces the use of a large number of medications in premature babies across a broad neonatal intensive care network.

3 May 2010

First Edition: May 3, 2010

Today's headlines include analysis of how this year's health reform debate is shaping other national policy initiatives and the upcoming mid-term elections.

3 May 2010

SARcode presents positive results from Phase 2 study of SAR 1118 ophthalmic solution at Dry Eye Summit

SARcode Corporation, a privately-held biotechnology company focused on developing a novel class of lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) antagonists, today announced results of a 230 patient Phase 2 proof-of-concept study evaluating topical SAR 1118 ophthalmic solution in the treatment of aqueous deficient dry eye (keratoconjunctivitis sicca).

3 May 2010

African-Americans less likely to have varus thrust, more likely to have valgus thrust than Caucasians

A recent study determined that African-Americans were less likely to have a varus thrust, but more likely to have valgus thrust than Caucasians. Varus thrust is visualized during gait as the worsening or abrupt onset of varus (bow-legged) alignment as the leg accepts weight, with a return to less varus and more neutral alignment during lift-off of the foot and the swing phase of gait.

3 May 2010

Sleep problems in children and adolescents with ASDs associated with daytime behaviors: Report

Reports have suggested that sleep problems in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders are associated with challenging daytime behaviors.

3 May 2010

Decrease in hospital-wide mortality rates associated with CPOE system: Researchers

Researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine have shown for the first time that a significant decrease in hospital-wide mortality rates can be associated with implementation of a computerized physician order entry system.

3 May 2010

Research News and Research

Baltimore hospitals buying, consolidating doctors' practices in bid for efficiency

Acucela to present data on ACU-4429 oral visual cycle modulator for dry AMD at Retina International meeting

Today's Opinions and Editorials: The end of insurance rescissions, lessons from the health care rollout and the deficit panel's tough decisions

Calif. doctors say e-health saved lives; in Mich., doctors visit patients online

States decide on risk pools as first major health law decision

Curis completes enrollment in Phase I clinical trial of CUDC-101 HDAC, EGFR and HER2 inhibitor

As doctors frustration with Medicare payments grows, a few opt to leave the system

BioTime acquires ES Cell International

Anesthesiologist group to-decertify physicians who help with lethal injections

Spectros, Philips Electronics enter patent sale agreement covering multispectral pulse oximetry technology

Penwest Pharmaceuticals reports net income of $3.9 million for first-quarter 2010

Stealth interventions may help people eat better, exercise more: Study

Investment report on Spectrum Pharmaceuticals

TGRD presents positive results from Phase 3 studies of azilsartan medoxomil for lowering SBP at 25th ASH

Implementation of quality improvement intervention reduces medication use in premature babies: Study

First Edition: May 3, 2010

SARcode presents positive results from Phase 2 study of SAR 1118 ophthalmic solution at Dry Eye Summit

African-Americans less likely to have varus thrust, more likely to have valgus thrust than Caucasians

Sleep problems in children and adolescents with ASDs associated with daytime behaviors: Report

Decrease in hospital-wide mortality rates associated with CPOE system: Researchers

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