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2010 NAMI National Convention to address concerns for child and adolescent mental health

The National Alliance on Mental Illness will address concerns for child and adolescent mental health at the 2010 NAMI National Convention in Washington, D.C., July 1-3.

24 Jun 2010

Stolen computers could jeopardize personal records of 1.2 million health plan members

American Medical News: "AvMed Health, a Florida-based health plan, said data about nearly 1.2 million members and former members were breached when two laptops were stolen in December 2009 from an AvMed office in Gainesville, Fla. The insurer notified 360,000 customers of the breach in February. But AvMed said on June 3 that further investigation found that an additional 860,000 people had been affected. Information included names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers and health information.

24 Jun 2010

FDA schedules Advisory Committee meeting to review Orexigen's Contrave NDA

Orexigen® Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tentatively scheduled a Division of Metabolic and Endocrine Drug Products Advisory Committee meeting on December 7, 2010 to review the Company's New Drug Application (NDA) for Contrave® (naltrexone sustained release (SR)/bupropion SR) for the treatment of obesity.

24 Jun 2010

HHS launching health website for consumers next week

Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz, working in collaboration with USA Today, writes about the soon-to-be launched federal health care site.

24 Jun 2010

BCBSM launches new website to help people understand health care reform requirements, impacts

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan today launched a new website, www.bcbsm.com/healthreform, designed to help everyone in Michigan understand how national health care reform will affect them. As Michigan's leading health plan, BCBSM is committed to serving as a trusted source for information on reform and all issues related to health across the state.

24 Jun 2010

First Edition: June 23, 2010

Today's health policy headlines focus on President Obama's Tuesday meeting with health insurance executives and the administration's new version of the "Patient's Bill of Rights."

23 Jun 2010

Educational comic strips can help young girls make better food choices, improve physical fitness: Study

Lively, educational comic strips, geared to 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls, can help these young viewers make better food choices and improve their physical fitness. That's what happened in a preliminary study, reported several years ago, with 78 Internet-savvy African American girls age 8 to 10. Now, the program's creators hope to repeat the study in a larger test with 400 young volunteers and their parents. The scientists also want to develop a version targeted to Hispanic girls.

23 Jun 2010

Global weight management ingredients market to reach $13.9 million by 2015

Obesity rates, which have been steadily rising in Europe and the United States, are now increasing in Asian nations as well. While healthy eating and lifestyle management are the key solutions to weight management, they remain challenging for many consumers. As a result, the weight management ingredients market offers significant prospects worldwide.

23 Jun 2010

TheraQuest launches new analgesic product pipeline

TheraQuest Biosciences, Inc., a clinical stage pain management company today unveiled its analgesic product pipeline. TheraQuest also announced the launch of its new corporate website at http://www.theraquestinc.com.

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

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

Positive preclinical data on Aeterna Zentaris' AEZS-130/Ghrelin Receptor Agonist presented at ENDO meeting

Aeterna Zentaris Inc., a late-stage drug development company specialized in oncology and endocrine therapy, today announced that a poster on its oral synthetic growth hormone secretagogue/ghrelin receptor agonist, AEZS-130, was presented yesterday at the 92nd Annual Endocrine Society (ENDO) Meeting and Expo, which is held through June 22, 2010 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.

21 Jun 2010

OncoGenex initiates Phase 3 Prostate Cancer SATURN Trial

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the initiation of a Phase 3 registration trial of custirsen sodium (OGX-011/TV-1011), its lead product candidate being developed for the treatment of castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). This trial, referred to as the Prostate Cancer SATURN Trial, is the first of three Phase 3 trials to be initiated under a global collaboration and license agreement between OncoGenex and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to develop and commercialize OGX-011/ TV-1011.

21 Jun 2010

Prototype drug blocks MCL-1 protein that helps tumors survive treatment: Scientists

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a way to disable a common protein that often thwarts chemotherapy treatment of several major forms of cancer.

21 Jun 2010

Advocacy groups oppose lawsuits that could undermine new legislation's protections against insurances abuses

The National Organization for Rare Disorders and other leading disease and disabilities advocacy groups have filed an amicus brief urging the courts to protect Americans from lawsuits that would undermine protections provided by the nation's new health care reform legislation.

19 Jun 2010

Bracco release confirms Positron's market growth prediction of cardiac PET

Positron Corporation, a leader as a molecular imaging and solutions company specializing in the field of Nuclear Cardiology, cites an article posted on AuntMinnie.com, the largest community website for medical imaging professionals, relating to the growth in cardiac PET.

19 Jun 2010

Credicorp files 2009 Annual Report on Form 20-F

Credicorp filed an Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The 2009 Form 20-F includes audited consolidated financial statements of Credicorp and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2009 and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009 under IFRS.

19 Jun 2010

TMLTExposed.org files suit against Texas Medical Liability Trust

On June 18, 2010, the Registrant of the website www.TMLTExposed.org filed suit against Texas Medical Liability Trust in the 68th Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas requesting a declaratory judgment that the contents of the website are protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 8 of the Texas Constitution.

19 Jun 2010

Hospitals work to reduce wait times, readmission rates

The Baltimore Sun writes about hospitals working to reduce emergency room wait times and then advertising the results. "St. Joseph Medical Center [in Towson, Md.] posts the anticipated wait time on its website. Harbor Hospital in South Baltimore has put up billboards and handed out brochures door-to-door to tell residents about its 'quick' emergency room experience.

19 Jun 2010

Inspire's TIGER-1 Phase 3 clinical trial data with denufosol for CF presented at 33rd ECFS

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that data is being presented on denufosol tetrasodium, an investigational therapy for cystic fibrosis (CF), during an oral presentation and poster presentations at the 33rd Annual European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS) Conference June 16 - 19, 2010 in Valencia, Spain.

18 Jun 2010

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2010 NAMI National Convention to address concerns for child and adolescent mental health

Stolen computers could jeopardize personal records of 1.2 million health plan members

FDA schedules Advisory Committee meeting to review Orexigen's Contrave NDA

HHS launching health website for consumers next week

BCBSM launches new website to help people understand health care reform requirements, impacts

First Edition: June 23, 2010

Educational comic strips can help young girls make better food choices, improve physical fitness: Study

Global weight management ingredients market to reach $13.9 million by 2015

TheraQuest launches new analgesic product pipeline

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

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

Positive preclinical data on Aeterna Zentaris' AEZS-130/Ghrelin Receptor Agonist presented at ENDO meeting

OncoGenex initiates Phase 3 Prostate Cancer SATURN Trial

Prototype drug blocks MCL-1 protein that helps tumors survive treatment: Scientists

Advocacy groups oppose lawsuits that could undermine new legislation's protections against insurances abuses

Bracco release confirms Positron's market growth prediction of cardiac PET

Credicorp files 2009 Annual Report on Form 20-F

TMLTExposed.org files suit against Texas Medical Liability Trust

Hospitals work to reduce wait times, readmission rates

Inspire's TIGER-1 Phase 3 clinical trial data with denufosol for CF presented at 33rd ECFS

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