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Report: FDA conflict-of-interest rules too restrictive

The conflict-of-interest policies in the medical profession are coming under fire as too stringent and as impeding medical progress, a claim the Food and Drug Administration dismisses as a misunderstanding of its rules.

8 Nov 2010

Eleven Biotherapeutics receives QTDP grants for lead protein-based discovery programs

Eleven Biotherapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on translating breakthrough discoveries from science and medicine to engineer and develop innovative protein-based therapeutics, today announced the receipt of three grants totaling more than $733,000 from the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) Program.

8 Nov 2010

Sanofi Pasteur's dengue vaccine enters phase III trial in Australia

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis, on Thursday announced the company had begun testing its dengue fever vaccine in a Phase III clinical trial in Australia, Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal reports.

8 Nov 2010

Telegraph examines upcoming African mobile health summit

The Telegraph looks at the upcoming Mobile Health Africa Summit, the first event of its kind where stakeholders across Africa and the world will come together to debate the implementation of m-health across the continent.

8 Nov 2010

InNexus receives $116,760 cash grant under QTDP program to develop DXL anti-cancer antibodies

InNexus Biotechnology Inc. a leading drug development company commercializing the next generation of antibodies based on its groundbreaking Dynamic Cross Linking (DXL) technology, today announced it has been awarded a cash grant by the U.S. government totaling $116,760 for projects related to the Company's development of DXL anti-cancer antibodies.

8 Nov 2010

What's next for health law? Repeal efforts, 'compromise,' congressional conflict

Health on the Hill features Mary Agnes Carey and Marilyn Werber Serafini talking about the GOP gains, what they mean for state implementation to health reform and what possibilities there are for major changes being made to the health law.

8 Nov 2010

Transcript: Boehner and Obama on election results and health law

In the wake of the GOP victories on election night, incoming House Speaker Boehner and President Obama responded to questions about the impact of health reform on the vote.

8 Nov 2010

GOP prepares to challenge health law on federal, state levels

Congressional Republicans said on Sunday they plan a full-scale assault against President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul next year but acknowledged it could take until after the 2012 presidential election to repeal it. Representative Paul Ryan, expected to become chairman of the House Budget Committee chairman, said his fellow Republicans will try to deny funding for implementation of the healthcare legislation and hold hearings to point out its shortcomings when the new Congress convenes in January.

8 Nov 2010

Hospitals in Florida, New York try new ways to boost finances

Jackson Health System in Florida is trying to boost profitable services but faces one overwhelming challenge, They don't know which procedures make money, The Miami Herald reports.

8 Nov 2010

Research Roundup: Basing insurance on results, not cost; Americans skeptical of public health efforts; seniors' comprehensive care

Copayment Reductions Generate Greater Medication Adherence In Targeted Patients. As health care costs have increased, some patients have sought to save money by cutting down on their medications.

8 Nov 2010

Walgreens pushes stronger primary care role for pharmacists

Walgreens will step up investments in services to help Americans manage chronic diseases, the drugstore chain's CEO announced, because the company wants to capitalize on what he called the 'retailization' of the nation's health care system.

8 Nov 2010

GOP focusing in on health law fight as part of the effort shifts to new Republican governors

The Washington Post finds that since the changes of repeal are "slim to nil, at least through 2012," Republicans may turn to getting rid of parts of the law, including "unpopular aspects that are less central to the law," including a provision that requires businesses to expand their reporting to the IRS of what goods and services they buy.

7 Nov 2010

Mass. focuses on containing health care costs, Gov. Schwarzenegger seeks to expand coverage of uninsured in Calif.

While the White House seems destined to spend the next two years fending off attacks on President Obama's health care law, the administration of Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts will push forward with the next stage of health care overhaul: trying to contain the escalating costs of medical care.

7 Nov 2010

Al Jazeera examines international trade agreement negotiations, access to generic medicines in low-income countries

Al Jazeera examines what the outcomes of two international trade agreement negotiations - one regarding free trade between the EU and India and the other over anti-counterfeiting measures - could mean for patients living with HIV/AIDS in low-income countries.

7 Nov 2010

KHN column: Health care cost control is hard, and humbling

Though lots of different approaches to controlling health care costs have been discussed, it's hard to know which of them will really work.

7 Nov 2010

Americans sicker but live longer than the English: Study

According to a new study in the journal Demographics, and elderly American is not quite as healthy as his English counterpart, but does live just as long, if not longer. The study found that Americans aged 55 to 64 and 70 to 80 had higher rates of chronic diseases than same-aged English people, but they died at about the same rate. Americans aged 65 and older could be sicker than their English peers but lived longer.

5 Nov 2010

First Edition: November 4, 2010

Less than 24 hours after Republicans won control of the House, soon-to-be-speaker John Boehner denounced the new health care law, saying it would "kill jobs in America, ruin the best health care system in the world, and bankrupt our country" -- and renewed his vow to try to repeal it. Kaiser Health News asked people around the country to answer the following question: "If you ended up in an elevator with Rep. Boehner, what single thing would you urge him to do about health care in this country? (Kaiser Health News).

4 Nov 2010