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World’s first engineered T cell receptor trial opens with new cellular therapy for HIV

Researchers at Adaptimmune Limited and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, have announced the approval of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and opening for enrolment of the first ever study using patients’ cells carrying an engineered T cell receptor to treat HIV (SL9 HA-GAG-TCR). The trial may have important implications in the development of new treatments for HIV potentially slowing – or even preventing – the onset of AIDS.

11 Oct 2009

The 'Turbocharged' health IT industry

Allscripts, the Chicago-based electronic medical records company, has more than doubled its profits since last year, Forbes reports in a special report. Its stock doubled, too, and it attracted nearly 50 percent more business. It's been a "sweet year" for Glen Tullman, the company's chief. That's due in part to a $19 billion infusion into the health information technology industry from the federal stimulus package.

9 Oct 2009

PFCD releases the updated comparison of chronic care provisions contained within health reform bill

The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) today released an updated comparison of chronic care provisions contained within health reform legislation to reflect the amended Senate Finance Committee proposal. The amended "Chairman's Mark" includes numerous provisions to prevent and manage chronic disease, the top cost driver in health care, as do the two other major pieces of health reform legislation under consideration in Congress.

9 Oct 2009

Agriculture investment in developing countries must increase by 50% to feed 9.1B people by 2050, FAO report says

Developing countries need agriculture investments of $83 billion per year to meet the food needs of a projected

9 Oct 2009

Health Discovery retains Dilenschneider Group to manage its investor and media relations work

Health Discovery Corporation, is pleased to announce that it has retained The Dilenschneider Group, headquartered in New York City, to manage the Company’s investor and media relations work. With offices in New York, Washington, DC and Chicago, the Dilenschneider Group provides its clients with some of the finest and most seasoned communications professionals in the world.

9 Oct 2009

Aperio's new digital slide sharing service for pathology incorporated as part of CAP’s Diagnostic Work Station

Aperio Technologies, Inc., a global leader in digital pathology for the healthcare and life sciences industry is pleased to announce that SecondSlide™, its newly launched digital slide sharing service for pathology, has been incorporated as one of the vendor solutions in the College of American Pathologists (CAP) prototype of the Diagnostic Work Station (DWS), a collaborative and heterogeneous vendor-neutral environment.

9 Oct 2009

Kimberly-Clark to acquire I-Flow Corporation

Kimberly-Clark Corporation and I-Flow Corporation, a leading healthcare company that develops and markets technically advanced, low-cost drug delivery systems and innovative products for post-surgical pain relief and surgical site care, today announced a definitive agreement whereby I-Flow will be acquired in a cash tender offer for approximately $324 million on a fully diluted basis.

9 Oct 2009

LeVOCC air purification system destroys the PR8 strain of the H1N1 virus

LeVOCC, Inc. today announced that independent laboratory testing has conclusively demonstrated that the LeVOCCTM air purification system successfully destroys a strain of the H1N1 virus. Testing was conducted using the Puerto Rico 8 (PR8) strain of the H1N1 virus. This strain is an influenza A H1N1 seasonal strain and is a valid representative of all H1N1 strains.

9 Oct 2009

Courtyard Group commends Auditor General's report on eHealth initiative

Courtyard Group today responded after reviewing details of the Ontario Auditor General's report on the eHealth initiative.

9 Oct 2009

Government of Quebec develops new strategy to strengthen biopharmaceutical sectors

In the midst of challenging economic times, the announcement of the Quebec government's biopharmaceutical strategy is good news for basic pharmaceutical research and patient access to innovative medicines, said Dawn Graham, President of Merck Frosst Canada today in response to the release of the Quebec Pharmaceutical Strategy.

9 Oct 2009

Medicago receives contract from U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command laboratory

Medicago Inc. (TSX-V: MDG), a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and affordable vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced that it has been awarded a proof of concept contract by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command laboratory specifically the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center ("ECBC") Research & Technology Directorate.

9 Oct 2009

Up-to-date compendium of state and federal pharmacy statutes and regulations now available

The most comprehensive, up-to-date compendium of state and federal pharmacy statutes and regulations is now available from Point of Care Partners (POCP), a nationally known boutique healthcare information technology (HIT) strategy and management consulting firm with expertise in ePrescribing, chronic care management, electronic health records, health information exchanges and personal health records.

9 Oct 2009

BIO-Key International to showcase fingerprint biometric solutions at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 conference

BIO-key International, Inc., a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety and a member of the Oracle® PartnerNetwork, is showcasing its fingerprint biometric solutions at the Oracle OpenWorld 2009 conference being held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from October 11-15, 2009.

9 Oct 2009

AMHN to air new healthcare video segments of Saddle Ranch Productions on its network

AMHN, Inc., parent company of America’s Minority Health Network, Inc., announced today that Saddle Ranch Productions, Inc. ("Saddle Ranch Productions") completed new healthcare video segments to be immediately aired on its network.

9 Oct 2009

Presidio partners with Cisco, Radianta and Ekahau to host Healthcare Technology Executive Summit

Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of professional and managed services for the full lifecycle of advanced IT infrastructure solutions, today announced it will host an exclusive Healthcare Technology Executive Summit on October 15, in partnership with Cisco Systems, Radianta and Ekahau.

9 Oct 2009

Environmental Protection Agency grants for students to design sustainable technologies

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded 43 grants to teams of college and university students across the country who will design creative technologies to sustainability challenges in the developed and developing world.

9 Oct 2009

Harris Poll shows physician and consumer interests in mobile healthcare technologies

Mobile healthcare companies can increase adoption of the new technology by understanding their customers' "activation levels" in light of a newly released Harris Poll showing strong physician and consumer interest in the emerging industry.

9 Oct 2009

Cambridge Heart to showcase Microvolt T-Wave Alternans technology at 2009 Annual Meeting Conference

Cambridge Heart, Inc. (OTCBB-CAMH) will participate in the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association’s 2nd Annual Meeting and Medical Education Conference in Chicago, Illinois October 9th through the 11th, to showcase their Microvolt T-Wave AlternansTM (MTWA) technology designed to identify patients at risk for Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA).

9 Oct 2009

Perot Systems forms alliance with medical groups to offer health information technology services

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA), the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Perot Systems Corporation (www.perotsystems.com) today announced the formation of an alliance (Alliance) that will utilize the deep healthcare expertise of the three organizations to offer electronic health record (EHR)-related training and implementation services to newly established Health Information Technology (HIT) Regional Extension Centers (Extension Centers).

9 Oct 2009

Elsevier and PUMP donate books to schools and medical universities in Midwest China

Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of medical information products and services, announced today that in cooperation with Peking University Medical Press (PUMP) it has donated over 5,000 books to medical universities, colleges and schools in Midwest China.

9 Oct 2009

Technology News and Research

World’s first engineered T cell receptor trial opens with new cellular therapy for HIV

The 'Turbocharged' health IT industry

PFCD releases the updated comparison of chronic care provisions contained within health reform bill

Agriculture investment in developing countries must increase by 50% to feed 9.1B people by 2050, FAO report says

Health Discovery retains Dilenschneider Group to manage its investor and media relations work

Aperio's new digital slide sharing service for pathology incorporated as part of CAP’s Diagnostic Work Station

Kimberly-Clark to acquire I-Flow Corporation

LeVOCC air purification system destroys the PR8 strain of the H1N1 virus

Courtyard Group commends Auditor General's report on eHealth initiative

Government of Quebec develops new strategy to strengthen biopharmaceutical sectors

Medicago receives contract from U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command laboratory

Up-to-date compendium of state and federal pharmacy statutes and regulations now available

BIO-Key International to showcase fingerprint biometric solutions at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 conference

AMHN to air new healthcare video segments of Saddle Ranch Productions on its network

Presidio partners with Cisco, Radianta and Ekahau to host Healthcare Technology Executive Summit

Environmental Protection Agency grants for students to design sustainable technologies

Harris Poll shows physician and consumer interests in mobile healthcare technologies

Cambridge Heart to showcase Microvolt T-Wave Alternans technology at 2009 Annual Meeting Conference

Perot Systems forms alliance with medical groups to offer health information technology services

Elsevier and PUMP donate books to schools and medical universities in Midwest China

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