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Passage of comprehensive health care reform legislation: AMCP praises Congress

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy congratulates Congress for passing historic, comprehensive health care reform legislation. The Academy is pleased that the final product will reflect a commitment to making quality health care available to millions of currently uninsured Americans. AMCP has long advocated for reforms that ensure safe, high quality, accessible and affordable health care services for all Americans.

23 Mar 2010

WHO H1N1 vaccine shipments headed to more developing countries

The WHO on Friday announced "it had delivered the first doses of H1N1 [swine flu] vaccine to Cuba, and a dozen countries in Africa would receive millions of doses in coming weeks," Reuters reports.

23 Mar 2010

Senate Parliamentarian set to rule as debate shifts to upper chamber

The Senate Parliamentarian Alan Frumin met with Democrats and Republicans Monday afternoon on a Republican challenge to Democrats' reconciliation legislation.

23 Mar 2010

Can-Fite BioPharma files patent application for treatment of Uveitis with A3 adenosine receptor ligands

Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company, traded on the TASE and developing anti- inflammatory and anti-cancer drugs, announced today the filing of a patent application, in conjunction with the United Stated National Institutes of Health (NIH), for the treatment of Uveitis with its A3 adenosine receptor ligands.

23 Mar 2010

States ponder impacts of health bill

News outlets examine how lawmakers from different states voted and what states have to gain and loss from the national overhaul.

23 Mar 2010

Walnuts affect genes related to prostate tumor growth: Study

Walnut consumption slows the growth of prostate cancer in mice and has beneficial effects on multiple genes related to the control of tumor growth and metabolism, UC Davis and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Western Regional Research Center in Albany, Calif. have found.

23 Mar 2010

Former Presidents Bush, Clinton visit Haiti to highlight need for aid

Former U.S. presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are visiting Haiti on Monday "to spotlight the dramatic need ahead of a critical March 31 U.N. donors conference in New York, where Haitian officials will ask for $11.5 billion in reconstruction help," the Associated Press/New York Times reports. "It is the first joint visit to the impoverished Caribbean nation for the two former leaders, who were tasked by President Barack Obama with leading the U.S. fundraising effort" after the January 12 earthquake according to the news service.

23 Mar 2010

Some industry groups see boon in health bill

The New York Times reports that the 32 million additional Americans who would be covered by health insurance by 2019 "would mean millions more Americans buying private health insurance and better able to pay for their hospital stays, doctors' visits, prescription drugs and medical devices. And some analysts said as the vote neared that the final legislation was shaping up as much kinder to the industry than many initially feared.

23 Mar 2010

Ultraviolet portion of sunlight may play bigger role in controlling MS: Study

For more than 30 years, scientists have known that multiple sclerosis (MS) is much more common in higher latitudes than in the tropics. Because sunlight is more abundant near the equator, many researchers have wondered if the high levels of vitamin D engendered by sunlight could explain this unusual pattern of prevalence.

23 Mar 2010

New understanding of cell in immune system may guide creation of effective flu vaccines: Study

A new understanding of a certain cell in the immune system may help guide scientists in creating better flu vaccines, report researchers from the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Immune Disease Institute at Children's Hospital Boston.

23 Mar 2010

What's next? Senate prepares to consider House-passed reconciliation fixes

The Washington Post: "The year-long battle over reshaping more than one-sixth of the U.S. economy will now move across the Capitol. The House's approval of the Senate's version of health-care legislation ... also will send to the Senate a 153-page package of amendments to that legislation." Democrats there will use the "reconciliation rule to try to pass the revisions based on a simple majority."

23 Mar 2010

IDT: Military application of Transcendental Meditation for preventing war and terrorism

A leading scientific journal in Pakistan, The Journal of Management & Social Science, recently published a paper titled "A New Role for the Military: Preventing Enemies from Arising-Reviving an Ancient Approach to Peace," indicating that the military application of the Transcendental Meditation technique has merit. The paper discusses how militaries worldwide could use the Transcendental Meditation- and TM-Sidhi- program, founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, as a non-religious and scientifically verified way to prevent war and terrorism. When used in a military context, these meditation practices are known as Invincible Defense Technology (IDT).

23 Mar 2010

Republicans sharpen attacks after health vote

Even before the final vote, Republicans began relentlessly assailing lawmakers who supported the legislation, suggesting Democrats are spendthrift and proponents of big government. … A fresh multimillion-dollar wave of television and radio advertisements was to begin Tuesday morning, with groups on both sides of the contentious health care issue trying to influence the lasting impressions about the long legislative debate.

23 Mar 2010

Pelosi, Emanuel, Clyburn among those Dems who played pivotal role in House health bill passage

The Hill: "Nancy Pelosi showed Sunday why she is one of the most powerful Speakers in history. In shepherding one of the most controversial bills through the House, Pelosi achieved what some thought what was impossible after Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts two months ago.

23 Mar 2010

Obama to sign Senate health reform bill Tuesday

President Obama will sign the Senate health care reform bill on Tuesday "aides said, in an effort to build momentum for the Senate to complete its fixes on the legislation," The New York Times reports. "The ceremony, scheduled to take place on the White House South Lawn, is expected to include members of Congress, doctors and nurses and ordinary Americans who will benefit from the bill" (Zeleny, 3/22).

23 Mar 2010

Nodality raises $15.5M to support launch of acute myelogenous leukemia test

Nodality, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of next generation personalized medicine tests in cancer and autoimmune disease, today announced it completed financing in which the company raised $15.5 million.

23 Mar 2010

Next step: Selling the health bill to the public before November

Politico reports on the next health care battle: using the bill just passed to gain congressional seats in the midterm elections. "Starting Monday, a coalition of progressive groups — from labor unions to health care advocates — will sink millions of dollars into television advertising and sponsor grassroots events in swing House districts thanking Democrats for passing the law and highlighting its importance for average Americans.

23 Mar 2010

Life Beyond Cancer Foundation launches new Web site to help cancer patients

The Life Beyond Cancer Foundation, formerly known as the US Oncology Foundation, announced today that it has launched its new Web site at www.lifebeyondcancer.org. Touting an array of resources for cancer patients throughout the United States, the foundation's mission is to help cancer patients and their families connect with financial assistance, support programs and other necessary resources that can help them on their cancer journey.

23 Mar 2010

How the Senate will tackle health reform now

Kaiser Health News staff writer Mary Agnes Carey offers a guide to some of the phrases being used as the health reform reconciliation bill moves to the Senate.

23 Mar 2010

GSK notifies regulatory authorities of the presence of PCV-1 in Rotarix vaccine

GlaxoSmithKline today confirmed that it has notified regulatory authorities of the presence of material from a virus called PCV-1 in its oral rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix™. PCV-1 does not multiply in humans and is not known to cause illness in humans.

23 Mar 2010