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Two common operations for SUI help women achieve similar levels of dryness: Study

Two common operations for stress urinary incontinence help women achieve similar levels of dryness, according to a team of urologists and urogynecologists who compared the treatments in a large U.S. trial supported by the National Institutes of Health. The study is being released online May 17, 2010, by the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with a presentation at the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Results will appear in the June 3 print edition.

19 May 2010

Hospitals experiment with new marketing, but critics say money should be spent on health care

Hospital marketing can be an effective way to attract doctors and new patients, but some critics say hospitals should spend the money on health care instead.

19 May 2010

Minn. budget deal postpones key Medicaid decision

Minnesota's Democratic-controlled legislature ended a budget standoff Monday with Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty that focused on an impasse over Medicaid policy, The Wall Street Journal reports.

19 May 2010

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals prices underwritten public offering at $0.41 per unit

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of a novel therapeutic peptide, Thymosin beta 4, for tissue and organ protection, repair and regeneration in cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system injuries, ophthalmic indications and dermal wounds, announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 11,500,000 units of its securities at a public offering price of $0.41 per unit.

19 May 2010

Federal health IT investments get cautious reception

The federal government is investing tens of billions of dollars in health information technology, but the medical groups that stand to benefit from the money are less enthusiastic than their government benefactors, arguing that the push is "too much, too soon," Politico reports.

19 May 2010

Underwriters exercise overallotment option to purchase additional 480,000 shares in Pharmasset offering

Pharmasset, Inc. announced today the underwriters of its recent stock offering have exercised their option to purchase an additional 480,000 shares of common stock. The net proceeds to Pharmasset, Inc., after deducting the underwriting discount, from the sale of these additional shares are expected to be approximately $13.2 million.

18 May 2010

Inovio Pharmaceuticals first-quarter net loss attributable to common stockholders decreases to $2.3M

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.

18 May 2010

Democrats strategize by touting early benefits but in some areas party is facing tough fight

Democrats enlisted a reliable strategy by "front-loading their legislation with consumer-friendly, insurance industry reforms and other fixes they hope will generate support for the new law in the run-up to the pivotal midterm elections." Democrats are hoping that a skeptical public will come around to their side of the equation, but Republicans say voters will remember all the legislation, not just part of it, when they vote in November.

18 May 2010

Freescale Semiconductor receives ZigBee Certification for wireless health and wellness solutions

Freescale Semiconductor today announced it has received ZigBee Certified product status for its ZigBee Health Care wireless health and wellness processing platforms. The ZigBee Certified products status is awarded to products that have been tested and met criteria for interoperability that enable wireless devices to securely and reliably monitor and manage noncritical, low-acuity health care services.

17 May 2010

Welch Allyn honors four sales and marketing professionals with outstanding performance awards

Welch Allyn, a leading manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, recently honored four North American sales and marketing professionals with outstanding performance awards at its 2010 Sales Meeting in Naples, Florida.

15 May 2010

Small anti-abortion advocacy group flexes muscle in midterm elections

The Washington Post reports on the increasingly important role of a small antiabortion advocacy group, the Susan B. Anthony List, which is targeting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his bid for re-election.

15 May 2010

Study: Healthy retirees pay more for health care over the long term

A new study from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College found that people "who enter retirement in good health are likely to pay more for medical expenses throughout the rest of their life than those who retire after developing a chronic condition," writes U.S. News & World Report.

14 May 2010

Pharmasset prices underwritten public offering of common stock

Pharmasset, Inc. announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 3,200,000 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $29.00 per share. Pharmasset expects to receive net proceeds, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, of approximately $87.9 million.

14 May 2010

Cancer Research UK to unveil its eighth garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2010

Cancer Research UK will unveil its eighth garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2010 (25 - 29 May 2010), designed for the second year running by four-time gold medal winner, Robert Myers.

13 May 2010

Kallisto demonstrates major new version of BYOSYS solution at Orthopädie + Reha-Technik show

SensAble Technologies, Inc®, a leading provider of 3D modeling solutions and haptic devices, announced that its customer, Kallisto, a provider of 3D technologies as well as rapid prototyping and manufacturing solutions to the orthotics and prosthetics industry, is showcasing a major new version of its BYOSYS® solution at Europe's leading industry event, the Orthopädie + Reha-Technik show, which opened in Leipzig, Germany today.

12 May 2010

Brookdale Senior Living announces sale of 10,000,000 shares by Fortress Investment Group affiliates

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. announced today the sale of an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock by certain affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC. The Company will not sell any shares in the offering and will not receive any of the proceeds from the offering. Subject to customary conditions, the offering is expected to close on May 17, 2010.

12 May 2010

NY public hospital system plans to lay off about 500 workers and other state news

The Wall Street Journal: "New York City's Health & Hospitals Corp., the nation's largest public hospital system, plans to stanch a $1.2 billion budget gap in the next year's budget by laying off about 500 workers and ending contracts with 'a significant number' of physicians, its president said.

12 May 2010

Transparency debate: Leftover of health overhaul

Some lawmakers, from both parties, have proposed more aggressive legislation to unveil the prices of health care services, arguing that the recently passed health overhaul doesn't go far enough on this topic, Politico reports. "Rep. Steve Kagen (D-Wis.), a physician, has introduced a bill that would require all health care providers — from hospitals to insurance companies — to disclose publicly all prices on a continual basis."

12 May 2010

Genmab reports revenues of DKK 107M for first-quarter 2010

Genmab's revenues were DKK 107 million (USD 19 million) for the first quarter of 2010. In the same period of 2009, Genmab recognized revenues of DKK 250 million (USD 45 million).

12 May 2010

Overtime workers at 60% higher risk of heart-related problems

Working overtime is bad for the heart according to results from a long-running study following more than 10,000 civil servants in London (UK): the Whitehall II study.

11 May 2010

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Two common operations for SUI help women achieve similar levels of dryness: Study

Hospitals experiment with new marketing, but critics say money should be spent on health care

Minn. budget deal postpones key Medicaid decision

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals prices underwritten public offering at $0.41 per unit

Federal health IT investments get cautious reception

Underwriters exercise overallotment option to purchase additional 480,000 shares in Pharmasset offering

Inovio Pharmaceuticals first-quarter net loss attributable to common stockholders decreases to $2.3M

Democrats strategize by touting early benefits but in some areas party is facing tough fight

Freescale Semiconductor receives ZigBee Certification for wireless health and wellness solutions

Welch Allyn honors four sales and marketing professionals with outstanding performance awards

Small anti-abortion advocacy group flexes muscle in midterm elections

Study: Healthy retirees pay more for health care over the long term

Pharmasset prices underwritten public offering of common stock

Cancer Research UK to unveil its eighth garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2010

Kallisto demonstrates major new version of BYOSYS solution at Orthopädie + Reha-Technik show

Brookdale Senior Living announces sale of 10,000,000 shares by Fortress Investment Group affiliates

NY public hospital system plans to lay off about 500 workers and other state news

Transparency debate: Leftover of health overhaul

Genmab reports revenues of DKK 107M for first-quarter 2010

Overtime workers at 60% higher risk of heart-related problems

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