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Team PHLY to play against 'Big 5' to raise money for American Cancer Society

Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) will kick-off basketball season by facing the city of Philadelphia's "Big 5" college basketball coaches on the court at the University of Pennsylvania's Palestra Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Team PHLY will tip-off against Coaches Fran Dunphy (Temple), Phil Martelli (Saint Joseph's), Bruiser Flint (Drexel), John Giannini (La Salle), Glen Miller (University of Pennsylvania) and Jay Wright (Villanova) to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

8 Oct 2009

TFAH urges U.S. Senate to reform the nation's food safety system without delay

To mark Food Safety Action Day, Trust for America's Health (TFAH) calls on the U.S. Senate to act expeditiously to reform the nation's food safety system.

8 Oct 2009

Researchers find link between obesity and common mental disorders

Doctors should pay more attention to the link between common mental illness and obesity in patients because the two health problems are closely linked, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide.

8 Oct 2009

Sinobiopharma receives certificate for using Gabexate Mesylate as pharmaceutical raw material

Sinobiopharma, Inc. ("Sinobiopharma") (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company received a certificate for the use of Gabexate mesylate as a pharmaceutical raw material (Certificate #2009S01805) from the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration ("SFDA").

8 Oct 2009

Labopharm's trazodone API supplier Angelini resolves manufacturing facility deficiencies

Labopharm Inc. today announced that it has been informed by Angelini, the manufacturer of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for the Company's novel trazodone formulation, that it has received a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that Angelini has appropriately addressed all deficiencies cited by the FDA following its inspection of the manufacturing facility in June and July of this year.

8 Oct 2009

Rite Aid pharmacists provide regular seasonal flu shots to help prevent flu

Patients have more options than ever this year at their local Rite Aid pharmacy to help prevent the flu. More than 2,000 Rite Aid certified immunizing pharmacists in more than 1,500 Rite Aid stores have been giving regular seasonal flu shots and will continue to do so throughout the flu season.

8 Oct 2009

Obesity and diabetes-2 increase the risk of serious health problems and reduce quality of life

Over the last 10-20 years, the number of cases of obesity and diabetes-2 has risen dramatically. The WHO considers obesity-related illnesses to be one of the world's biggest health problems. Obesity and diabetes-2 do not just reduce the quality of life but also dramatically increase the risk of serious health problems, such as cardiovascular diseases.

8 Oct 2009

CHEO researchers identify protein that inhibits insulin production

One of the biggest mysteries about diabetes is why specialized cells in the pancreas stop secreting insulin, which the body needs in order to store glucose from food. A team from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute has identified a protein that inhibits insulin production in mice - work that offers a new way of understanding, and perhaps of one day treating, both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

8 Oct 2009

U.N. appeals for $74m to provide emergency assistance in the Philippines; health-effects of other natural disasters

The U.N. on Tuesday launched an appeal for $74 million "to provide emergency assistance to hundreds of thousands of victims of two catastrophic typhoons that have struck the Philippines in less than two weeks," VOA News reports (Schlein, 10/6).

8 Oct 2009

APP Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval to market Sumatriptan Succinate Injection

APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., (NASDAQ: APCVZ) announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Sumatriptan Succinate Injection, USP, in two dosage strengths.

8 Oct 2009

Interactive fitness and food journal for kids

Back-to-school means back to hitting the books. Yet this year, one Wisconsin teacher is passing out a different kind of book to her students in grades five through eight.

8 Oct 2009

Also in Global Health News: Carter promotes malaria eradication; India to educate tribal populations about HIV/AIDS; WFP feels impact of global recession

Former President Jimmy Carter is traveling to Haiti and the Dominican Republic in hopes of encouraging the country "leaders to forge a pact to rid the island of Hispaniola of malaria," the Associated Press/Los Angeles Times reports.

8 Oct 2009

Cipher Pharmaceuticals enrolls first patient in Phase III study of CIP-ISOTRETINOIN

Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that it has enrolled the first patient in its Phase III safety study of CIP-ISOTRETINOIN, the Company's novel, patented formulation of isotretinoin, which is used in the treatment of severe, nodular acne.

7 Oct 2009

FDA approves Daiichi Sankyo's sNDA for Welchol

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (DSI) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Welchol® (colesevelam HCl) to be used as an adjunct to diet and exercise for the reduction of elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in boys and postmenarchal girls, 10 to 17 years of age, with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (heFH) alone or in combination with a statin after failing an adequate trial of diet therapy.

7 Oct 2009

Zelos Therapeutics commences patient dosing of ZT-034 for treating osteoporosis

Zelos Therapeutics, Inc. has initiated patient dosing in a single dose study of three proprietary subcutaneous formulations of ZT-034 (hPTH (1-34), teriparatide). ZT-034 is being developed to compete with Eli Lilly and Company’s Forteo (teriparatide [rDNA origin]) in its existing market of approximately $800M in annual sales in 2008 for the treatment of osteoporosis.

7 Oct 2009

India's effort to combat poverty set back by years due to floods and droughts

Massive food shortages are now impacting hundreds of millions of Indians with floods and droughts, setting back efforts to combat poverty by years, warns World Vision.

7 Oct 2009

Red Cross relief efforts across the Asia Pacific region: Nine Canadian banks accept cash donations

The Canadian Red Cross is pleased to announce that nine banks in Canada are now accepting cash donations in support of Red Cross relief efforts across the Asia Pacific region. Over five million people have had their lives devastated after typhoons in the Phillipines and Vietnam, a tsunami in Samoa and an earthquake in Indonesia.

7 Oct 2009

FDA reviews Fibrocell Science's BLA for azfibrocel-T

Isolagen, Inc. has reorganized and emerged from bankruptcy as Fibrocell Science, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FCSC), a biotechnology company focused on developing regenerative fibroblast cells for aesthetic, medical and scientific applications.

7 Oct 2009

Unomedical announces the voluntary recall of certain units of the single-patient use MPR

Unomedical Inc., a manufacturer of medical devices, today announced that it is conducting a voluntary recall of certain units of the single-patient use Manual Pulmonary Resuscitator (MPR).

7 Oct 2009

Southeast Alabama Medical Center upgrades Ekahau RTLS

Ekahau Inc., the performance leader in Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced that Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC), a 370-bed regional hospital in Dothan, Ala., is upgrading its Ekahau RTLS to include campuswide monitoring of its refrigerators and freezers.

7 Oct 2009

Food News and Research

Team PHLY to play against 'Big 5' to raise money for American Cancer Society

TFAH urges U.S. Senate to reform the nation's food safety system without delay

Researchers find link between obesity and common mental disorders

Sinobiopharma receives certificate for using Gabexate Mesylate as pharmaceutical raw material

Labopharm's trazodone API supplier Angelini resolves manufacturing facility deficiencies

Rite Aid pharmacists provide regular seasonal flu shots to help prevent flu

Obesity and diabetes-2 increase the risk of serious health problems and reduce quality of life

CHEO researchers identify protein that inhibits insulin production

U.N. appeals for $74m to provide emergency assistance in the Philippines; health-effects of other natural disasters

APP Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval to market Sumatriptan Succinate Injection

Interactive fitness and food journal for kids

Also in Global Health News: Carter promotes malaria eradication; India to educate tribal populations about HIV/AIDS; WFP feels impact of global recession

Cipher Pharmaceuticals enrolls first patient in Phase III study of CIP-ISOTRETINOIN

FDA approves Daiichi Sankyo's sNDA for Welchol

Zelos Therapeutics commences patient dosing of ZT-034 for treating osteoporosis

India's effort to combat poverty set back by years due to floods and droughts

Red Cross relief efforts across the Asia Pacific region: Nine Canadian banks accept cash donations

FDA reviews Fibrocell Science's BLA for azfibrocel-T

Unomedical announces the voluntary recall of certain units of the single-patient use MPR

Southeast Alabama Medical Center upgrades Ekahau RTLS

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