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Challenges related to premarket clearance process for medical devices: FDA schedules public meeting

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has scheduled a public meeting on Feb. 18, 2010, to discuss key challenges related to the premarket notification, or 510(k) process, used to review and clear certain medical devices marketed in the United States. The FDA receives more than 3,000 510(k) submissions each year.

23 Jan 2010

Vaccination for children: Pros and cons

ProCon.org, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit public charity dedicated to promoting critical thinking, created the new website http://vaccines.procon.org to explore the core question "Should any vaccines be required for children?"

23 Jan 2010

Osteotech adopts Stockholder Rights Plan to discourage unfair takeover tactics

Osteotech, Inc., a leader in the emerging field of biologic products for regenerative healing, announced today that its Board of Directors adopted a Stockholder Rights Plan. The rights plan is designed to discourage coercive or unfair takeover tactics and to provide fair and equal treatment for all stockholders of the Company in the event that an unsolicited offer is made to acquire the Company.

23 Jan 2010

NEB's Double Digest Finder and Enzyme Finder tools now available for iPhone and iPod Touch

New England Biolabs' (NEB) popular web tools, Double Digest Finder and Enzyme Finder, are now available for the iPhone™ and iPod® Touch. These tools to help design restriction enzyme experiments are frequently visited on the NEB website, www.neb.com; making them available as free downloads brings their accessibility closer to the bench.

From New England Biolabs 23 Jan 2010

St. John Ambulance to send first aid and emergency medical care experts to Jacmel

In response to the dire need for emergency humanitarian aid in Haiti, St. John Ambulance is sending an initial team of first aid and emergency medical care experts to Jacmel. The team is expected to leave Montreal by the end of the month. This first team's assessment of local needs will be used to plan the long-term deployment of subsequent teams. Teams will be deployed and supervised from Montreal.

22 Jan 2010

Emeritus Senior Living and Parentgiving.com launch annual awards to honor caregivers

Emeritus Senior Living (http://www.emeritus.com), a national provider of assisted living and Alzheimer's and related dementia care services to seniors, announced today that it has partnered with online resource center Parentgiving.com to launch the First Annual Parentgivers of the Year Awards.

22 Jan 2010

U.S. Citizens Association attributes Scott Brown victory to its campaign against Obama's health care policies

The stunning victory of Scott Brown in Massachusetts could be directly attributed to the U.S. Citizens Association's six month national media campaign against health care and the far left policies of the Obama Administration and Congress.

22 Jan 2010

CytRx announces its plans to advance multiple oncology development programs in 2010

CytRx Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in oncology, today announced its plans for 2010 aimed at advancing the clinical development of its high-value drug development pipeline and enhancing shareholder value.

22 Jan 2010

Best Medicare Advantage plan websites selected for MedicareWebWatch certification

HealthMetrix Research Inc., an independent research firm, today announced the selection of 22 Medicare Advantage plan websites for MedicareWebWatch certification. The announcement was made during the 7th Annual Medicare Congress held in Washington, DC.

22 Jan 2010

deCODE genetics completes sale of its Iceland-based subsidiary to Saga Investments

deCODE genetics, Inc. today announced that it has completed the previously-announced sale of its Iceland-based subsidiary deCODE genetics ehf (also known as Islensk erfdagreining) and its drug discovery and development programs to Saga Investments LLC, a private company. The sale followed approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in deCODE genetics Inc.'s ongoing proceeding under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

22 Jan 2010

CPRIT awards the first $61M in grants for cancer research

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) awarded on January 20th the first $61 million in grants for cancer research projects at academic institutions and private companies throughout Texas. These are the inaugural grants of the $3 billion to be invested in cancer research in Texas over the next ten years.

21 Jan 2010

ABC publishes Pycnogenol monograph

The nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC) has just published a monograph summarizing selected scientific and clinical studies of Pycnogenol®, a patented dietary ingredient from French maritime pine bark.

21 Jan 2010

Stem Cell Assurance performs first regenerative cell breast augmentation surgery

Stem Cell Assurance, Inc. announced today that Arthur Handal, MD., F.A.C.S. has performed the first regenerative cell breast augmentation through its nationwide physician network. The procedure was performed at Handal Plastic Surgery in Boca Raton, Florida in the practice's onsite accredited ambulatory surgical facility.

21 Jan 2010

College of American Pathologists unveils resources and features on cancer in MyBiopsy.org

There's nothing more frightening than hearing the words "you have cancer" from your physician. With this diagnosis, many questions come to mind ... What's next? Will I survive? How do I tell my loved ones? The last is the most important for many people after receiving a cancer diagnosis: I need accurate information right now.

21 Jan 2010

Online scientific survey of job tasks for healthcare interpreters

Beginning Tuesday, January 19, healthcare interpreters have the opportunity to add their voice, professional skills and abilities to an online scientific survey of job tasks that will form the basis for developing new national certification credentials for healthcare interpreters.

20 Jan 2010

SynCardia Systems launches new website to educate visitors about artificial heart

SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart, has announced the launch of its new website (www.syncardia.com) to educate visitors that the artificial heart isn’t science fiction: it’s real, it works and it’s saving lives.

20 Jan 2010

New pre-clinical data on RXi Pharmaceuticals' proprietary rxRNA compounds presented

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company pursuing the development and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics based on RNA interference (RNAi), today announced that new pre-clinical data using proprietary rxRNA™ compounds was presented at the Keystone Symposia’s RNA Silencing: Mechanism, Biology and Application held January 14-19 in Keystone, Colorado.

20 Jan 2010

Navigating Cancer announces the launch of new, free website for cancer patients

Navigating Cancer announced today the public beta launch of its new, free website specifically for cancer patients, www.navigatingcancer.com. Navigating Cancer provides essential cancer-related information from authoritative sources to help patients learn about their options once diagnosed, and tools for patients to partner with their physicians, allowing them to be more in control of their cancer treatment and care.

20 Jan 2010

HTDS announces possible merger with EU-based, stem-cell research company

Hard to Treat Diseases (HTDS; http://www.htdsmedical.com/) and its operating subsidiary Slavica BioChem want to point the shareholders back to the press release from Oct 29, 2009, where the company announced news about a possible merger with a EU based, stem-cell research company.

20 Jan 2010

CytoDyn commences enrollment in Cytolin clinical trial

Following approval of the Institutional Review Board, CytoDyn, Inc. has discharged its duty to register a clinical trial of Cytolin®, the Company’s lead product, with the government’s website at www.clinicaltrials.gov, ID NCT01048372. The public has online access to this federal database, which describes the key elements of clinical trials and their status.

19 Jan 2010

Website News and Research

Challenges related to premarket clearance process for medical devices: FDA schedules public meeting

Vaccination for children: Pros and cons

Osteotech adopts Stockholder Rights Plan to discourage unfair takeover tactics

NEB's Double Digest Finder and Enzyme Finder tools now available for iPhone and iPod Touch

St. John Ambulance to send first aid and emergency medical care experts to Jacmel

Emeritus Senior Living and Parentgiving.com launch annual awards to honor caregivers

U.S. Citizens Association attributes Scott Brown victory to its campaign against Obama's health care policies

CytRx announces its plans to advance multiple oncology development programs in 2010

Best Medicare Advantage plan websites selected for MedicareWebWatch certification

deCODE genetics completes sale of its Iceland-based subsidiary to Saga Investments

CPRIT awards the first $61M in grants for cancer research

ABC publishes Pycnogenol monograph

Stem Cell Assurance performs first regenerative cell breast augmentation surgery

College of American Pathologists unveils resources and features on cancer in MyBiopsy.org

Online scientific survey of job tasks for healthcare interpreters

SynCardia Systems launches new website to educate visitors about artificial heart

New pre-clinical data on RXi Pharmaceuticals' proprietary rxRNA compounds presented

Navigating Cancer announces the launch of new, free website for cancer patients

HTDS announces possible merger with EU-based, stem-cell research company

CytoDyn commences enrollment in Cytolin clinical trial

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