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Rising alcohol prices driving the young towards illicit drug use

A latest study that spanned over two years revealed a link between alcohol prices and consumption of illicit drugs such as ecstasy. The study says that as alcohol prices have risen young people have ‘switched’ to the party drug ecstasy as an alternative.

26 Oct 2010

Glaxo to pay $750 million in defective drug settlement

GlaxoSmithKline Plc, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, has agreed to pay $750 million to settle a U.S. government false-claims lawsuit over the sale of defective drugs. The lawsuit first filed in 2004 by Cheryl D. Eckard, a former global quality assurance manager for the London-based company came to a settlement finally. Eckard, 51, said, “This is not something I wanted to do, but because of patient safety it was necessary.” Being the one to bring this to notice she would receive $96 million from the settlement money. She had warned the company earlier but was fired because of her efforts.

26 Oct 2010

Centene third quarter premium and service revenues increase 9.5% to $1.082 billion

Centene Corporation today announced net earnings from continuing operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, of $22.4 million, or $0.44 per diluted share; $0.48 from operations excluding a $0.04 charge for net investment writedowns.

26 Oct 2010

DKSH’s distribution centers achieve GMP/GDP certification

On the occasion of DKSH's Annual Logistics and Quality Seminar in Taipei, Business Unit Healthcare organized a Certification Award Ceremony to acknowledge the great success of the certification program. It was presided by Charles Toomey, Executive Vice President Business Unit Healthcare, and Dr. Eize de Boer from SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance).

26 Oct 2010

MSSNY names athenahealth as preferred EHR vendor

athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of web-based practice management, electronic health record (EHR), and patient communication services to medical groups, today announced that it has been named a preferred EHR vendor by the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY).

25 Oct 2010

Beijing CDC selects Sinovac as first priority supplier of seasonal influenza vaccine

Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today that it has been selected by the Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Beijing CDC) as one of the five manufacturers to supply seasonal influenza vaccine to the citizens of Beijing.

25 Oct 2010

Saint Francis HealthCare Partners and Phytel partner to achieve NCQA recognition

Saint Francis HealthCare Partners announced today that it has selected Phytel to help achieve NCQA recognition as a patient-centered medical home and will be rolling out Phytel's unique care coordination and population health management solution, Proactive Patient Outreach, in November.

25 Oct 2010

Transcend announces acquisition of Spryance

TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC. a leading provider of clinical documentation services to the U.S. healthcare market, announced today that it has acquired Spryance, Inc. and its subsidiaries on October 21, 2010.

22 Oct 2010

Six government drug control laboratories in MENA to join USP to improve quality of drugs

Six government drug control laboratories in the Middle East and North Africa will join together with the United States Pharmacopeial Convention in an effort to improve their capabilities to test the quality of drugs. The MENA Regional Laboratory Network aims to promote communication and exchange of information among participating countries, strengthen the performance and technical skill of the laboratories and their personnel, harmonize methods that facilitate approval of drugs across countries in the region, and help eliminate substandard and counterfeit drugs.

22 Oct 2010

New set of guidelines for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Screening

The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) has published a set of guidelines for best practice Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)/Screening (PGS) to give information and guidance to potential and existing PGD centres.

22 Oct 2010

Neoprobe submits BLA response letter to FDA to commercialize RIGS technology

Neoprobe Corporation, a diversified developer of innovative oncology surgical and diagnostic products, today announced that it has submitted a response letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its RIGScan technology Biologic License Application (BLA).

22 Oct 2010

New book focuses on clinical importance of online HDF technique

Hemodiafiltration (HDF) for the treatment of end-stage renal disease patients is predominantly performed in European countries and in Japan, with some differences in technique such as rate of blood flow and dialysis fluid delivery systems.

20 Oct 2010

Accium announces new pricing for AMS measurement service

Accium BioSciences, a leading provider of bioanalytical accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) services in North America, announced today new pricing for its AMS measurement service at $99 per sample. GLP-compliant service is now available at $115 per sample. The new pricing includes sample graphitization and AMS measurement services.

19 Oct 2010

Tylenol batch recalled due to strange smell

Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) commonly used over-the-counter painkiller Tylenol has been recalled again in some batches because of complaints of a musty or moldy odor in the product. The company is facing a U.S. congressional probe of quality control lapses in the past as well. The drugs recalled to date include the painkiller Motrin and allergy treatment Benadryl as well as this batch of 100,000 bottles of Tylenol.

18 Oct 2010

CoreLab offers state-of-the-art imaging solutions for DXA imaging sciences

CoreLab Partners, Inc, the global entity resulting from the merger between RadPharm Inc. and Medifacts International in February of this year, has launched a full suite of imaging service solutions and quality assurance processes as it relates to Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA).

15 Oct 2010

Study finds vaccination rates in decline for children covered by private health plans

A new report shows that vaccination rates among two-year-olds covered by private insurance plans dipped by almost four percentage points last year." At the same time, vaccination rates for children covered by Medicaid were edging up by less than 1%.

15 Oct 2010

Fear + worry = Fewer kids getting vaccinated

Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports on a new study by the National Committee on Quality Assurance. He writes, "After years of steady progress, the percentage of 2 year olds in private health plans being immunized dropped last year, according to a report released today by an industry watchdog group" (Galewitz, 10/13).

14 Oct 2010

First Edition: October 14, 2010

Today's headlines examine the Obama administration's efforts to work with insurers to keep coverage options for children, the latest campaign news on the health overhaul and a major government crackdown on a Medicare fraud ring.

14 Oct 2010

Various health groups examine cost, quality issues

The Air Force's top uniformed officer on Tuesday warned that growing healthcare costs could hurt other critical military needs. Schwartz said that the Pentagon pays $40 billion in healthcare costs for military members and retirees, and is expected to pay as much as $60 billion by 2015 about 13 percent of the entire Pentagon budget.

14 Oct 2010

Scientists unveil quality control mechanism of immune system to destroy pathogens

An Australian team of scientists has uncovered a quality control mechanism that must take place for our immune system to subsequently effectively destroy harmful viruses and bacteria.

14 Oct 2010

Quality Control News and Research

Rising alcohol prices driving the young towards illicit drug use

Glaxo to pay $750 million in defective drug settlement

Centene third quarter premium and service revenues increase 9.5% to $1.082 billion

DKSH’s distribution centers achieve GMP/GDP certification

MSSNY names athenahealth as preferred EHR vendor

Beijing CDC selects Sinovac as first priority supplier of seasonal influenza vaccine

Saint Francis HealthCare Partners and Phytel partner to achieve NCQA recognition

Transcend announces acquisition of Spryance

Six government drug control laboratories in MENA to join USP to improve quality of drugs

New set of guidelines for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Screening

Neoprobe submits BLA response letter to FDA to commercialize RIGS technology

New book focuses on clinical importance of online HDF technique

Accium announces new pricing for AMS measurement service

Tylenol batch recalled due to strange smell

CoreLab offers state-of-the-art imaging solutions for DXA imaging sciences

Study finds vaccination rates in decline for children covered by private health plans

Fear + worry = Fewer kids getting vaccinated

First Edition: October 14, 2010

Various health groups examine cost, quality issues

Scientists unveil quality control mechanism of immune system to destroy pathogens

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