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Social Security benefits play major role in leading older men to work longer: Study

The decline in the generosity of Social Security benefits for workers who recently reached their 60s has been the leading cause of the trend toward delayed retirement of older men, a new national study suggests.

5 May 2010

Merck reports non-GAAP EPS of $0.83 for first-quarter 2010

Merck & Co., Inc. today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2010. The company reported non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) earnings per share (EPS) for the first quarter of $0.83, which excludes purchase accounting adjustments, merger-related expenses and restructuring costs, as well as a tax charge related to the recently enacted health care reform legislation. First-quarter GAAP EPS was $0.09.

4 May 2010

LA BioMed receives $1.5M in grant to study contraceptive for men

As the birth control pill marks its 50th birthday this month, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute announced today that it has received $1.5 million in grant funding to study a contraceptive for men that uses a combination of two hormonal gels applied to the skin of the arm and abdomen.

4 May 2010

Cash crisis for infertility treatment prompting couples to go for multiple embryo implantations

With the rise in costs for fertility treatments, more and more Australian women are requesting their specialists to implant more than one embryo in their wombs. This is resulting in a rise in twin and triplet births.

3 May 2010

Foreign Policy examines global food security

One article, Robert Paarlberg, a professor of political science at Wellesley College, who has written a book about food security, argues that "[p]overty - caused by the low income productivity of farmers' labor - is the primary source of hunger in Africa, and the problem is only getting worse." Paarlberg writes about the need for "greater resources" to be put towards "farm technology, irrigation, and rural roads" in order to benefit small farmers in Africa.

3 May 2010

China Medical Technologies' AUTOMAGLIA 90 analyzer and Down Syndrome Screening receive SFDA approval

China Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading China-based advanced in-vitro diagnostic company, today announced that it received approval for its AUTOMAGLIA 90 fully-automated ECLIA analyzer as well as Down Syndrome screening kit from the State Food and Drug Administration of China.

29 Apr 2010

Takeda announces submission of azilsartan medoxomil NDA for hypertension to FDA

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) announced today that Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc., U.S., submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for azilsartan medoxomil (development code: TAK-491), an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) under investigation for the treatment of hypertension. Discovered by Takeda, azilsartan medoxomil is designed to lower blood pressure by blocking the action of a vasopressor hormone, angiotensin II.

28 Apr 2010

Reluctant Australian sperm donors forces fertility clinics to import from U.S.

With the shortage of sperm donors the Queensland Fertility Group, the largest fertility facility in Townsville has resorted to importing sperm from United States. This facility, some 1,300 Kilometers from Brisbane is reportedly paying $700-800 an ampule for the imported sperm. This is a new situation. Earlier the facility had a large number of donors of which a huge number were the university students but there has been a steady decline in donors with many north Queensland men, or even Australian men who are not prepared to donate.

27 Apr 2010

IntegraMed America's Vein Clinics business grows 20% in first-quarter 2010

IntegraMed America, Inc., the leader in developing and managing specialty healthcare facilities in the fertility and vein care markets, today announced strong results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

27 Apr 2010

Opinions: G8 summit; World Malaria Day; Family planning; Global Food Security Act

As G8 development leaders gather in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this week to discuss priorities for the upcoming summit, Josette Sheeran, executive director of the WFP, calls for world leaders to focus on the nutritional needs of mothers and children in developing countries in a Toronto Star opinion piece.

27 Apr 2010

Increase in number of mistakes made at fertility clinics

For many couples IVF is the last hope they have of having a baby and with some IVF clinics committing such blunders as implanting the wrong embryos or fertilizing the egg with the wrong man’s sperm, these hope can soon turn into a nightmare.

26 Apr 2010

Merck to market and distribute MBL's Td vaccine in the U.S.

MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Merck & Co., Inc. announced today that they have entered into an agreement that provides Merck with exclusive rights to market and distribute MBL's tetanus and diphtheria toxoids adsorbed (Td) vaccine in the United States, with the exception of Massachusetts, where MBL will continue distributing the vaccine.

21 Apr 2010

New report studies healthcare market in Europe and provides insights, analysis up to 2014

Healthcare has always been an area of utmost importance. It has significant economic relevance and has been allocated a higher percent of gross domestic product in many countries compared to most other sectors such as transport and communication, construction and education. Healthcare also has a huge impact on employment, for the fact that most related activities are provided by people.

20 Apr 2010

The AFA and IntegraMed partner to provide innovative fertility education programs

Patients dealing with infertility face many uncertainties, but now there is one place to find a comprehensive guide to almost every aspect of infertility treatment.

19 Apr 2010

Research shows general health spending offers better return in most affected areas

Eradicating smallpox was one of the greatest human accomplishments of the 20th century, but new research shows initiatives of this kind are not as good a use of health dollars as people might think.

16 Apr 2010

Survey investigates procurement procedures, expenditures and consumption of medical devices

Centralised purchasing of medical devices does not reduce prices and medical devices are often undervalued as analyses focus only on the short-term financial and economic perspectives.

16 Apr 2010

eSET program produces high pregnancy rates, minimizes multiple pregnancy risks

Every year thousand of families are created with the assistance of in-vitro fertilization. Many of those newborns are twins. While some may see this as a double blessing, it is important to understand that there are many potential risks associated with multiple gestation.

16 Apr 2010

Smith & Nephew's ALLEVYN highlighted at SAWC

The Advanced Wound Management Division of Smith & Nephew, Inc., a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew plc invites those attending the upcoming Symposium on Advanced Wound Care to visit the Smith & Nephew booth 301, to see the ALLEVYN™ difference with its unique triple-action technology and dynamic moisture control.

16 Apr 2010

Elective single embryo transfer for Canadian women under 35 most efficacious and cost-effective option

Many Canadian couples battling infertility turn to in vitro fertilization (IVF) to have a child. In Canada, IVF is not publicly funded, making the decision on the number of embryos to be transferred more complicated than in many European countries which link funding to elective single embryo transfer (eSET).

16 Apr 2010

Embryos with two mums to remove the risk of hereditary diseases: new research

New research published in the journal Nature, could pave the way to world’s first genetically modified human baby. The research involves making embryos with genes from one man and two women. There are hundreds or families around the world who are left childless or have serious ill babies because they carry genes for hereditary illnesses. This research may bring hope to such couples. According to scientists on the team, within the next three years these women will be able to avail such techniques. There has been skepticism regarding ethical issues attached to making of “designer babies”.

16 Apr 2010

Fertility News and Research

Social Security benefits play major role in leading older men to work longer: Study

Merck reports non-GAAP EPS of $0.83 for first-quarter 2010

LA BioMed receives $1.5M in grant to study contraceptive for men

Cash crisis for infertility treatment prompting couples to go for multiple embryo implantations

Foreign Policy examines global food security

China Medical Technologies' AUTOMAGLIA 90 analyzer and Down Syndrome Screening receive SFDA approval

Takeda announces submission of azilsartan medoxomil NDA for hypertension to FDA

Reluctant Australian sperm donors forces fertility clinics to import from U.S.

IntegraMed America's Vein Clinics business grows 20% in first-quarter 2010

Opinions: G8 summit; World Malaria Day; Family planning; Global Food Security Act

Increase in number of mistakes made at fertility clinics

Merck to market and distribute MBL's Td vaccine in the U.S.

New report studies healthcare market in Europe and provides insights, analysis up to 2014

The AFA and IntegraMed partner to provide innovative fertility education programs

Research shows general health spending offers better return in most affected areas

Survey investigates procurement procedures, expenditures and consumption of medical devices

eSET program produces high pregnancy rates, minimizes multiple pregnancy risks

Smith & Nephew's ALLEVYN highlighted at SAWC

Elective single embryo transfer for Canadian women under 35 most efficacious and cost-effective option

Embryos with two mums to remove the risk of hereditary diseases: new research

The Critical Role of Sample Storage in Drug Discovery and Development

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

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