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NCQA recognizes three additional MetCare centers as PPC-PCMH

Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc., a leading provider of health care services in Florida, today announced that an additional three of its centers have been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as Physician Practice Connections - Patient-Centered Medical Homes.

5 Nov 2011

Octapharma receives FDA approval for octagam to treat disorders of immune system

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday cleared the way for the U.S. market return of octagam, the Octapharma USA product used to treat disorders of the immune system.

5 Nov 2011

Opexa reports net loss of $1.30 million for third quarter 2011

Opexa Therapeutics, Inc., a company developing Tovaxin, a novel T-cell therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 and provided an overview of recent corporate developments.

5 Nov 2011

DNA synbodies, a new class of affinity reagents, gets major NIH boost

An ongoing Arizona State University effort to develop a revolutionary class of reagents that holds great promise for the future of medicine has received a major boost with a three-year, $4 million award from the National Institutes of Health.

24 Oct 2011

Aetna and Carilion Clinic launch Whole Health plans for Roanoke-area businesses

Aetna and Carilion Clinic have launched a suite of new health benefit plans - called Aetna Whole Health - now available to Virginia employers with two to 100 eligible employees.

24 Oct 2011

CooperVision's voluntary recall of Avaira Toric contact lenses continues

In full cooperation with the United States Food and Drug Administration, CooperVision, Inc. is continuing to work with the FDA, distributors, customers, eye care practitioners and lens wearers to complete the worldwide recall initiated on August 19, 2011 on certain lots of Avaira Toric contact lenses.

14 Oct 2011

NanoString introduces nCounter Analysis System

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced the launch of its second generation nCounter Analysis System.

From NanoString Technologies 13 Oct 2011

Affymetrix launches Axiom Pan-African Array

Affymetrix, Inc. today announced at the ICHG/ASHG annual conference in Montreal, the worldwide launch of the Axiom Genome-Wide Pan-African Array, the first commercial product to maximize genomic coverage of both common and rare alleles in populations of African ancestry, including West African, East African, and African American.

13 Oct 2011

Bruker launches SHS-40 Automated Headspace Sampler

At the analytica AnaCon India conference in Mumbai, India, Bruker today announced the release of its newly developed SHS-40 Automated Headspace Sampler.

12 Oct 2011

Furiex announces publications and presentations about antibacterial drug JNJ-Q2

Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced recent and upcoming publications and presentations about the novel investigational antibacterial drug JNJ-Q2.

12 Oct 2011

Johns Hopkins USFHP recognized as the best private health insurer in Maryland

The Johns Hopkins US Family Health Plan (USFHP), a Department of Defense-sponsored managed care plan, was ranked by Consumer Reports as the best private health insurer in Maryland, while Priority Partners, a joint venture between Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC and the Maryland Community Health System, placed as the state's top Medicaid health plan.

11 Oct 2011

NCI's Center for Cancer Research awards $37 million recompete contract to Harris

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $37 million recompete contract by the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research.

4 Oct 2011

Hospital Punta Pacifica receives official JCI accreditation

Hospital Punta Pacifica (HPP) in Panama City, Panama, has been awarded the official accreditation of Joint Commission International.

4 Oct 2011

AxoGen mergers with LecTec

AxoGen, Inc., the parent company of AxoGen Corporation, has announced completion of the merger between LecTec Corporation and AxoGen Corporation.

1 Oct 2011

Nutrition experts participated in PN Safety Summit to discuss safety of PN therapy, patient care

Recent safety concerns in the preparation and delivery of parenteral nutrition, commonly referred to as intravenous nutrition, prompted leaders from several major organizations to participate in a PN Safety Summit on September 23, 2011.

From Baxter International Inc. 1 Oct 2011

Unibased integrates EHR, periOperative RMS and anesthesia IMS at Monongalia General Hospital

Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. recently completed an integration of an anesthesia information management system, with an EHR where the key linkage is the Unibased award-winning ForSite2020 periOperative Resource Management System (ORMS) at Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia.

30 Sep 2011

Men need colon cancer screening earlier than women: Study

A new study finds that men are at a higher risk of colon cancer than women and should get their first colonoscopy to screen for the disease at age 45, five years earlier than the current recommendation.

28 Sep 2011

UNC CDTR aims to reduce diabetes-related health disparities

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a $3 million, 5-year grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to establish the UNC Center for Diabetes Translation Research to Reduce Health Disparities.

27 Sep 2011

RegeneRx completes RGN-259 Phase 2 trial on dry eye syndrome

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that treatment and follow-up have been completed on 69 patients in the Company's Phase 2 clinical trial with RGN-259 for the treatment of dry eye syndrome, five more than the number of evaluable patients contemplated in the trial's protocol.

26 Sep 2011

Scientists uncover unknown fail-safe pathway for inherited disorders

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have uncovered a previously unknown fail-safe (compensatory) pathway that potentially protects the brain and other organs from genetic and environmental threats.

16 Sep 2011