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Concert to advance CTP-499, C-21191 into Phase 2 trials for diabetic nephropathy and spasticity

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the advancement of two programs from its DCE Platform. CTP-499 is progressing into Phase 2 clinical trials for diabetic nephropathy and C-21191 has been selected as a lead candidate for spasticity.

20 Jun 2011

Patients who receive poorly co-ordinated care more likely to report medication, treatment errors

Patients who received poorly co-ordinated care or were unable to afford basic medical costs were much more likely to report medication, treatment or care errors, according to an international study published in the July issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

20 Jun 2011

Two thirds of women with breast cancer more likely to die from cardiovascular disease

Breast cancer accounts for almost a third of all cancer cases reported in women. However advances in the treatment for breast cancer, and early detection, have improved the chances of survival from the disease.

20 Jun 2011

Australians getting fatter but living longer and smoking less: Health report card

Experts formulating a report on Australia’s health related figures say that Australian men and women are living longer than ever thanks to a drop in deaths from notorious diseases and cancer, but the rising weight has left the door open to a host of new health problems. The key finding of a major study released today was that excess weight carried by one in four children and more than 60 per cent of adults was contributing to an increase in chronic diseases across the country.

19 Jun 2011

Study evaluates impact of medication adherence, comorbidity on workforce productivity

A new study suggests that while medication adherence is a critical element in reducing the impact of illness, employers should view it as just one of multiple components that are needed in strategic employee disease-management initiatives.

18 Jun 2011

Negative-pressure wound therapy does not promote healing: Research

Negative-pressure wound therapy probably does not promote healing. This is the conclusion of Frank Peinemann and Stefan Sauerland's meta-analysis in the current edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.

18 Jun 2011

Surgery plus exercise and diet might help reduce weight in obese people

Each year more than 200,000 people with morbid obesity undergo gastric bypass surgery, but research shows that more than half of patients regain at least 20 percent of the weight lost.

18 Jun 2011

Celgene announces data from REVLIMID plus rituximab Phase II study on malignant lymphomas

Celgene International Sàrl announced that clinical data from a Phase II study, conducted by investigators from the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, evaluating the combination regimen of REVLIMID plus rituximab (R2) in untreated, advanced stage, indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, were presented at the 11th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma in Lugano, Switzerland.

18 Jun 2011

Research roundup: Kids on Medicaid have trouble seeing a specialist; safety in outpatient facilities; community health center patients linking to electronic health care

In this study, researchers posing as parents sought specialty care for children in Cook County, Ill., to examine access opportunities for families on Medicaid. They found a major disparity between children with public insurance versus private insurance -- 66 percent of the callers saying the children were insured by Medicaid were denied an appointment, compared to 11 percent with a private plan.

18 Jun 2011

Careful, well-designed studies needed for evaluating patients with MS: SIRF panel

Evaluating patients with multiple sclerosis who have narrowed jugular and azygos veins-and the value of widening those veins with angioplasty-warrants careful, well-designed research, noted members of a Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation's Research Consensus Panel.

17 Jun 2011

Scientists reveal complex protein mechanism that regulates genes linked with cancer

Scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and at IRB Barcelona reveal the mechanism of action of a protein that is essential for life and is associated with disease.

17 Jun 2011

Most US counties are falling behind in life expectancy

While people in Japan, Canada, and other nations are enjoying significant gains in life expectancy every year, most counties within the United States are falling behind, according to a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.

17 Jun 2011

Pearl advances PT003 dual combination drug candidate into Phase 2 studies for treatment of COPD

Pearl Therapeutics Inc. today announced the advancement of its dual combination product candidate, PT003 and its individual components, PT001 and PT005 into a series of planned Phase 2 studies in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD.

17 Jun 2011

Obese, overweight and still healthy

It's become an axiom of health that overweight and obese people are not as healthy as their normal weight counterparts. In fact, obesity has been targeted as one of the country's most serious public health problems, with predictions of widespread heart disease, diabetes and cancer among the growing number of Americans who are overweight.

17 Jun 2011

AHRQ finds more rural emergency department visits among low-income adults

Low-income adults ages 18 to 64 accounted for 56 percent of the 8 million visits made to rural hospital emergency departments in 2008, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

17 Jun 2011

$New report: Only minority of high risk patients receive treatment to prevent fractures$

New report: Only minority of high risk patients receive treatment to prevent fractures

In Europe, a serious treatment gap is leaving millions of people at high risk of fragility fractures. The findings were revealed in 'Osteoporosis: Burden, health care provision and opportunities in the EU', a landmark report prepared by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) in collaboration with the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry Associations.

17 Jun 2011

HHS announces funding opportunity for national networks of community-based organizations

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a funding opportunity for national networks of community-based organizations to apply for more than $4 million in cooperative agreements.

17 Jun 2011

Allscripts, Humana partner to deliver clinical-decision support technology for physicians

Humana Inc., in its continuing commitment to partnering with leading Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors, has formed an alliance with Allscripts - a national leader in EHR technology - to provide eligible physician practices with incentives for implementing EHR technology that enables delivery of advanced clinical-decision support at the point of care.

17 Jun 2011

Tunstall named HealthInvestors Telehealthcare provider of the year

Against stiff competition, Tunstall Healthcare, the world's leading provider of telehealthcare solutions has been named HealthInvestor's telehealth/telecare provider of the year at its 2011 London awards ceremony.

16 Jun 2011

Aradigm demonstrates top line data from ORBIT-1 ARD-3100 Phase 2b study for bronchiectasis

Aradigm Corporation today announced positive top line data from its recently concluded Phase 2b study (Once-Daily Respiratory Bronchiectasis Inhalation Treatment - ORBIT-1) with Aradigm's ciprofloxacin for inhalation (CFI, ARD-3100, LipoquinTM) in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (BE).

16 Jun 2011

Chronic News and Research

Concert to advance CTP-499, C-21191 into Phase 2 trials for diabetic nephropathy and spasticity

Patients who receive poorly co-ordinated care more likely to report medication, treatment errors

Two thirds of women with breast cancer more likely to die from cardiovascular disease

Australians getting fatter but living longer and smoking less: Health report card

Study evaluates impact of medication adherence, comorbidity on workforce productivity

Negative-pressure wound therapy does not promote healing: Research

Surgery plus exercise and diet might help reduce weight in obese people

Celgene announces data from REVLIMID plus rituximab Phase II study on malignant lymphomas

Research roundup: Kids on Medicaid have trouble seeing a specialist; safety in outpatient facilities; community health center patients linking to electronic health care

Careful, well-designed studies needed for evaluating patients with MS: SIRF panel

Scientists reveal complex protein mechanism that regulates genes linked with cancer

Most US counties are falling behind in life expectancy

Pearl advances PT003 dual combination drug candidate into Phase 2 studies for treatment of COPD

Obese, overweight and still healthy

AHRQ finds more rural emergency department visits among low-income adults

New report: Only minority of high risk patients receive treatment to prevent fractures

HHS announces funding opportunity for national networks of community-based organizations

Allscripts, Humana partner to deliver clinical-decision support technology for physicians

Tunstall named HealthInvestors Telehealthcare provider of the year

Aradigm demonstrates top line data from ORBIT-1 ARD-3100 Phase 2b study for bronchiectasis

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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