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Forum created to help transform health care for individuals and families throughout the world

The 2009 National Summit on Personalized Health Care: "Fostering Transformative Innovation," marked the formation of the Forum on Personalized Health Care, a collaborative community committed to the development and utilization of transformative innovations in science, technology and health care delivery for the benefit of individuals and families throughout the world.

8 Oct 2009

BC Cancer Agency scientists find major breakthrough in breast cancer

For the first time in history, BC Cancer Agency scientists in British Columbia, Canada have decoded all of the three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumour, a type of breast cancer which accounts for about 10 per cent of all breast cancers, and have found all of the mutations, or "spelling" mistakes that caused the cancer to spread.

8 Oct 2009

User's guide to refocus and reform American health care

Health Care Will Not Reform Itself: A User's Guide to Refocusing and Reforming American Health Care, is the latest installment from acclaimed author and health care industry power George C. Halvorson.

8 Oct 2009

Ultimus to host webcast focusing on the steps to achieve operational efficiencies in hospitals

Ultimus, Inc., a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) Solutions, will host a webcast focusing on the steps to achieving a lean hospital through operational efficiencies. Danielle Lavallee will share how lean principles can be used to improve patient care, reduce costs, and realize efficiencies in hospitals and highlight Best Practices as you embark upon implementing lean healthcare.

8 Oct 2009

New study to assess the risk of heart disease in diabetics

In a new international partnership, Dr. Randy Nelson, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, and Dr. Tai E-Shyong , associate professor at Singapore's National University Hospital, National University Health System (NUHS), have teamed up to assess the risk of heart disease in diabetics with greater accuracy.

8 Oct 2009

CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium to honor two leading breast cancer researchers

The CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium will honor two leading breast cancer researchers when it holds its 32nd annual meeting Dec. 9-13, in San Antonio.

8 Oct 2009

Hoana Medical to be showcased at the FiReGlobal : West Coast conference

FiReGlobal : West Coast is proud to announce that Hoana Medical, Inc. has been selected as a FiReStar company to be featured at the FiReGlobal : West Coast conference. FiReStar companies, both local and global, are pre-selected based on their potential to bring positive change to the world. These companies will be showcased throughout the conference, and at a FiReStar reception, during which local and global investors will be given the chance to meet company officers.

8 Oct 2009

DATATRAK International to evaluate treatment of peripheral vascular disease

DATATRAK International, Inc. (OTCQX: DATA), a technology and services company focused on global eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry, today announced the signing of a new client with the award of a study for evaluating the use of a thoracic stent graft in aneurysm repair.

8 Oct 2009

Unilens Vision launches disposable C-VUE Advanced Toric Multifocal lens

Unilens Vision Inc., which develops, licenses, manufactures, distributes and markets specialty contact lenses, today announced the launch of the all new monthly C-VUE Advanced® Toric Multifocal.

8 Oct 2009

Misonix signs exclusive distribution agreement with Neurotechnics

Misonix, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of tumors and worldwide for other acute health conditions, has entered into a new, three year, exclusive distribution agreement with Neurotechnics Ltd., based in Banbury, England, for the distribution of the BoneScalpel(TM) Ultrasonic Bone Cutter.

8 Oct 2009

Eliza to discuss the future role of businesses in healthcare

Eliza Corporation, the leading provider of integrated healthcare communication strategies, will be part of discussions about the future role of businesses in healthcare and how they are transforming and being transformed by Health 2.0.

8 Oct 2009

New book from Fraser Institute discusses the government-run health insurance in Canada

As Americans debate the merits of a “public option” for health insurance, a new book published by the Fraser Institute, one of Canada’s leading economic think tanks, documents the many significant problems with government-run health care in Canada, providing valuable comparative information for U.S. policy-makers at a crucial moment.

8 Oct 2009

Doctors, hospitals lag on EMR but use props - new and old - to close gap

Electronic medical records could improve how care is delivered and financed, but too few doctors and hospitals use it now, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told attendees at the Cerner Health Conference in Kansas City Tuesday, the Kansas City Star reports.

8 Oct 2009

NIH grants over $3.8 million to Asuragen

Asuragen, Inc. announced today that it has received over $3.8 million in new grant funding for 2009 from the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded initiatives of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further its development of molecular diagnostics for oncology and genetic disease.

8 Oct 2009

NIH funds Triple Ring Technologies' X-ray imaging system development

Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of early-stage advanced research and development services, today announced that it has been awarded a Challenge Grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

8 Oct 2009

Amarillo Biosciences, Intas Pharmaceuticals enter strategic partnership to combat influenza in India

Amarillo Biosciences, Inc. today announced that it has agreed to a strategic partnership with Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (Intas), one of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in India, whereby Intas will sponsor clinical trials of ABI's orally administered interferon-alpha lozenges in order to combat influenza. Intas will pay ABI a royalty on net sales after marketing approval is obtained in India.

8 Oct 2009

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals establishes a new Anti-Viral Research Group

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has established a new Anti-Viral Research Group in its R&D organization.

7 Oct 2009

Webmedx releases its latest physician documentation technology and service platform

Webmedx, the fourth largest medical transcription service provider in the U.S. and the only leading company to employ a 100% domestic workforce, today announced the release of their latest physician documentation technology and service platform, Enterprise5. Sean Carroll, company CEO, announced the availability of Enterprise5 to a select group of customers and guests during a private reception at the American Health Information Management Association's 81st Annual Convention and Exhibition in Grapevine, Texas.

7 Oct 2009

Odyssey Thera to receive milestone payments from Pfizer

Odyssey Thera, Inc. announced that it will receive milestone payments from one of its investors, Pfizer Inc. following Pfizer's decision to progress drug candidates studied by Odyssey Thera as part of Odyssey's multi-year alliance with Pfizer announced in August, 2006.

7 Oct 2009

LiveData awarded a SBIR grant for integrating medical technologies

LiveData, Inc., a leader in real-time data integration and display, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). LiveData will use the $730,000 grant to develop an integrated clinical environment with CIMIT’s Medical Device Plug-and-Play (MD PnP) team.

7 Oct 2009