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Update on Regulus and sanofi-aventis collaboration

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that, as a result of the newly formed alliance Regulus has established with sanofi-aventis, each company will receive a payment of $1.8 million from Regulus. This represents 7.5% of the $25 million upfront payment from sanofi-aventis to Regulus.

23 Jun 2010

US lags in health system performance

Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared to six other industrialized countries-Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom-on measures of health system performance in five areas: quality, efficiency, access to care, equity and the ability to lead long, healthy, productive lives, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.

23 Jun 2010

Four new EVP grants awarded for interdisciplinary research to tackle environmental challenges

The Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University has awarded four new Environmental Venture Projects grants for interdisciplinary research aimed at finding practical solutions promoting global sustainability.

23 Jun 2010

UnitedHealthcare, Centura Health announce official launch of Connected Care in Colorado

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, and Centura Health, Colorado's largest health care provider, announced the official launch of Connected Care, giving patients in four rural Colorado communities expanded access to physicians and specialists using advanced telehealth technology.

23 Jun 2010

Recent objections would eliminate use of routine breast cancer screening mammograms: Authors

The firestorm that followed the November 2009 release of guidelines that would have reduced use of screening mammograms in women aged 40 to 49 highlights challenges for implementing the findings of comparative effectiveness research, according to a new analysis. Meeting such challenges - which may become more common due to increased funding for CER - requires better communication to the public and stakeholders about evidence and its connection to health care quality and efficiency.

23 Jun 2010

SPS receives $2.2M NHLBI grant to commercialize steerable cardiac mapping, ablation catheter technology

Strategic Polymer Sciences, Inc. (SPS), an innovator in advanced medical devices based on its proprietary electroactive polymer (EAP) technology, today announced it has received a $2.2 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The SPS grant is one of only ten awarded nationwide by the NIH under a Recovery Act Limited Competition called The Biomedical Research, Development, and Growth to Spur the Acceleration of New Technologies (BRDG-SPAN) Pilot Program.

23 Jun 2010

A*STAR physicist receives prestigious 2010 IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology

Physicist David William Townsend will be honoured with the prestigious 2010 IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology for the design, commercial development and clinical implementation of the PET/CT scanner. Prof Townsend will receive the medal jointly with his co-inventor, engineer Ronald Nutt, on 26 June 2010 at the IEEE Honors Ceremony in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. IEEE is the world's largest professional association advancing technology for humanity.

23 Jun 2010

Corgenix receives new European patent for AtherOx technology

Corgenix Medical Corporation, a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, announced today the issuance of one new European patent for the company's AtherOx® (oxLDL/B2GPI) technology and the publication of an important clinical trial studying oxLDL/B2GPI levels in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

23 Jun 2010

World Bank provides over $63M for multi-country lab network in East Africa region

East African Business Week/allAfrica.com reports on the recent decision by the World Bank to back the creation of "a unique regional network of 25 public health laboratories" in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda with $63.66 million in support.

23 Jun 2010

Scientists apply fuzzy logic modeling to predict aging progresses in cells, organisms

The process of aging disturbs a broad range of cellular mechanisms in a complex fashion and is not well understood. Computer models using fuzzy logic might help to unravel these complexities and predict how aging progresses in cells and organisms, according to a study from Drexel University in Philadelphia and Children's Hospital Boston.

23 Jun 2010

Healthcare technology innovation projects to receive $3M in CIMIT medical research grants

A wide variety of early-stage, healthcare technology innovation projects in NeuroHealth, Traumatic Stress Disorders, and integrated clinical environments were among those chosen to receive more than $3 million in CIMIT seed grants for FY11.

23 Jun 2010

Certification rule opens door for health IT vendors, but other regs lag

A final regulation for a temporary program to certify organizations to sell health IT systems will be published Thursday in the Federal Register, NextGov reports. "Certification is important because it gives health care providers the confidence that products will function properly, meet meaningful use criteria and improve quality of care, the article states.

23 Jun 2010

BGU researchers develop software program to detect depression in blogs, online texts

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) developed a software program that can detect depression in blogs and online texts. The software is capable of identifying language that can indicate the writer's psychological state, which could serve as a screening tool.

23 Jun 2010

Mayo Clinic, University of Illinois announce strategic alliance for technology-based health care

Mayo Clinic and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are announcing a strategic alliance designed to promote a broad spectrum of collaborative research, development of new technologies and clinical tools, and design and implementation of novel education programs. Both parties recently signed an agreement establishing the formal relationship.

23 Jun 2010

GHX cuts over $155.6M in healthcare costs during first-quarter

GHX and its participating suppliers and providers are on target to cut a total of $5 billion in healthcare costs in the next 5 years by improving supply chain efficiencies, visibility and trading partner collaboration. GHX provides technology and services to automate and optimize business processes throughout the healthcare supply chain, and has achieved its first-quarter goal of cutting more than $155.6 million in healthcare costs.

23 Jun 2010

Weikang Bio-Technology files for listing on NASDAQ

Weikang Bio-Technology Group Co., Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Western prescription and OTC pharmaceuticals and other health and nutritional products in the People's Republic of China, today announced that the Company had filed an application to list its common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

23 Jun 2010

Exposure to chlordecone associated to increased risk of prostate cancer: Researchers

In an article to be published on 21 June 2010 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers from Inserm (Inserm unit 625 - Research Group on Human and Mammalian Reproduction, University of Rennes 1), the CHU (University Hospital Centre) in Pointe - Pitre (urology department, University of the French West Indies and Guiana) and from the Center for Analytical Research and Technology (University of Li-ge, Belgique), show that exposure to chlordecone (also named Kepone), an organochlorine chemical with well defined estrogenic properties used in the French West Indies until 1993, is associated to a significant increased risk of prostate cancer.

23 Jun 2010

iCAD image analysis software program used in DCE-MRI studies demonstrated at ASCO 2010

ACR Image MetrixTM, an imaging contract research organization with expertise in imaging trial design, techniques and data extraction, in conjunction with its software partner, iCAD, gave demonstrations of the iCAD image analysis software program used in DCE-MRI studies at the ACR Image Metrix booth during the 2010 Annual American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting, which took place June 4-8, 2010, in Chicago, IL.

23 Jun 2010

Benioff family gifts $100 million for construction of new UCSF Children's Hospital at Mission Bay

Salesforce.com chairman and CEO Marc Benioff and his family have given a $100 million private gift to help fund the construction of the new UCSF Children's Hospital at the UCSF Mission Bay campus near downtown San Francisco. The gift is both the largest gift the donors have ever made and the largest gift ever granted specifically to the UCSF Children's Hospital.

22 Jun 2010

PharmaTrust to introduce MedCentre remote pharmacy dispensing machine in UK

PharmaTrust will become the first company to introduce a remote pharmacy dispensing machine into the UK later this year. The Oakville, Ontario-based company announced yesterday at an event at Grocer's Hall in London that it is commencing trials of its MedCentre dispensing technology at five hospitals in the UK. Guests included government representatives, pharmacy stakeholders and media.

22 Jun 2010

Technology News and Research

Update on Regulus and sanofi-aventis collaboration

US lags in health system performance

Four new EVP grants awarded for interdisciplinary research to tackle environmental challenges

UnitedHealthcare, Centura Health announce official launch of Connected Care in Colorado

Recent objections would eliminate use of routine breast cancer screening mammograms: Authors

SPS receives $2.2M NHLBI grant to commercialize steerable cardiac mapping, ablation catheter technology

A*STAR physicist receives prestigious 2010 IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology

Corgenix receives new European patent for AtherOx technology

World Bank provides over $63M for multi-country lab network in East Africa region

Scientists apply fuzzy logic modeling to predict aging progresses in cells, organisms

Healthcare technology innovation projects to receive $3M in CIMIT medical research grants

Certification rule opens door for health IT vendors, but other regs lag

BGU researchers develop software program to detect depression in blogs, online texts

Mayo Clinic, University of Illinois announce strategic alliance for technology-based health care

GHX cuts over $155.6M in healthcare costs during first-quarter

Weikang Bio-Technology files for listing on NASDAQ

Exposure to chlordecone associated to increased risk of prostate cancer: Researchers

iCAD image analysis software program used in DCE-MRI studies demonstrated at ASCO 2010

Benioff family gifts $100 million for construction of new UCSF Children's Hospital at Mission Bay

PharmaTrust to introduce MedCentre remote pharmacy dispensing machine in UK

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