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Bligh explains plans for asset sales

According to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, new developments are on the horizon only if her Government continues with the sell off of $15 billion of public assets. She revealed this in her annual State of the State address at the mid point of her term in Government yesterday while reviewing the past 18 months and forecasting the next stage of the state's development.

7 Sep 2010

SCIPP discusses improvements since Hurricane Katrina's impact

Five years ago, New Orleans was hit by one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. Three years later - almost to the day - the city survived another major hurricane with barely a scratch. What happened to make the outcomes of Hurricane Gustav so much different from Katrina? LSU's Climate Center, part of the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program, or SCIPP, which partners LSU with the University of Oklahoma, released "Beyond Katrina: Lessons Learned," to evaluate the progress New Orleans, the state of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast region have made since Katrina's devastating impact in 2005.

31 Aug 2010

Medica teams up with OptumHealth to deliver CDHPs to all commercial health plan customers

Medica today announced that it has teamed with OptumHealth Financial Services to deliver consumer-directed health plans to all of Medica's commercial health plan customers - making Medica the first health plan in Minnesota to offer a full spectrum of health benefit services to employers of all sizes.

23 Aug 2010

First Physicians Capital reports 12.6% increase in net revenue for third fiscal quarter 2010

First Physicians Capital Group, Inc., an operator of healthcare services firms primarily in rural and suburban markets in the U.S., reported results for the Company's third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010.

21 Aug 2010

Global vaccine sales up 16% in 2009, report says

Global vaccine sales "grew by a healthy 16 percent last year, when sales shot up to $22.1 billion, healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information reported Friday," according to the Associated Press. Kalorama is also forecasting sales "will rise at a compound annual rate of 9.7 percent during the next five years," (Johnson, 8/14).

17 Aug 2010

Scientists awarded $348,037 to study causes, effects of hypoxia in Green Bay

Scientists researching the causes and effects of hypoxia in Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan, Wisc., have been awarded $348,037 for the first year of an anticipated four-year $1,367,300 project through NOAA's Coastal Hypoxia Research Program. Hypoxia within Green Bay has been a problem for decades, and recent evidence suggests that it may be worsening, with the potential for "dead zones" and fish kills to become both more frequent and more extensive with a changing climate.

12 Aug 2010

Equatorial Guinea, ECCAS partner to form network to fight H1N1, HIV

Equatorial Guinea (Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial) and the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative, along with several Central African States, have partnered with the Economic Community of Central African States to form a network to fight H1N1 and HIV. The purpose of the network's recent forum was to share knowledge and best practices, and to collect data and prevention procedures among military health professionals in the region.

7 Aug 2010

GHX Market Intelligence data increases growth of medical-surgical revenue through distribution by 6.42% in 2009

An analysis of medical-surgical sales through distribution conducted by GHX has found that among the top 100 U.S. medical-surgical manufacturers by dollar spend, those that use GHX Market Intelligence data grew medical-surgical revenue through distribution by an average of 6.42 percent in 2009, while non-users grew similarly classified revenue by an average of only 3.88 percent. Furthermore, GHX's analysis also found that those manufacturers employing more granular-level market data from GHX increased revenue at a faster rate than those using higher-level data.

31 Jul 2010

NxStage Medical second-quarter net revenue increases 21% to $44.0 million

NxStage Medical, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today reported record financial results for the second quarter of 2010 ended June 30, 2010, with total revenue above the top end of its guidance range.

23 Jul 2010

BioTime announces 21 new stem cell products for sale

BioTime, Inc. announced today that on August 1, 2010 the Company will be offering for sale 21 new stem cell products for research use only. These products will include the novel stem cell lines: E120 expressing the gene LGR5 useful in colon cancer drug discovery, EN16, T43, RAD20.5, RA-SKEL8, SM22, and Z1, full properties of which will be disclosed on product launch, along with differentiation kits and media for the culture of each line.

22 Jul 2010

Elan total revenue increases 10% to $579.4 million for first half of 2010

Elan Corporation, plc today reported its second quarter and first half 2010 financial results.

22 Jul 2010

Alcon Japan goes live with Varicent incentive compensation and sales performance management solutions

The leading innovator in incentive compensation (ICM) and sales performance management (SPM) solutions, Varicent Software Incorporated, announced today a successful "go live" of Varicent for Alcon Japan Ltd.

21 Jul 2010

Alcon selects Varicent for sales performance management solutions

Varicent Software Incorporated, the leading innovator in incentive compensation (ICM) and sales performance management (SPM) solutions, announced today that it will provide its innovative solutions to Alcon, the world's largest eye-care company.

15 Jul 2010

Varian adopts Varicent for administering Sales Performance Management needs

Varicent Software Incorporated, the leading innovator in incentive compensation (ICM) and sales performance management (SPM) solutions, announced today that a business unit within Varian Medical Systems, the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions, has selected Varicent for administering its complex sales incentive compensation plans and sales performance management activities.

14 Jul 2010

Researchers detail innovations that may facilitate earlier detection, improved public health preparedness

With current public health threats ranging from swine flu to bioterrorism to environmental contamination, innovations that better predict disease outbreaks have vast potential to protect the public. In a paper published online in advance of print on July 6 in Emerging Health Threats Journal, public health researchers describe their vision for the future of disease surveillance, detailing innovations on the horizon that may facilitate earlier detection and improved public health preparedness.

14 Jul 2010

Slow-starting high risk pools look for bigger wave of enrollees, other reform issues

States have seen a "slow trickle" of enrollees for new federally funded high-risk pools but are expecting more to begin enrolling as word spreads about the coverage option, Politico reports.

14 Jul 2010

Hot temperature extremes could become frequent events in the U.S. by 2039: GRL study

Exceptionally long heat waves and other hot events could become commonplace in the United States in the next 30 years, according to a new study by Stanford University climate scientists.

9 Jul 2010

Researchers develop system to forecast ash cloud evolution from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano

Researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid's Facultad de Informática have developed a system to forecast the evolution of the ash cloud from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano.

14 Jun 2010

TransEnterix selects SYSPRO ERP software

SYSPRO, the leading provider of visionary, pragmatic ERP software, has today announced that TransEnterix, a fast-growing medical device manufacturer based in Durham, North Carolina, has selected SYSPRO ERP software after a lengthy selection process that included a thorough analysis of seven mid-range ERP software providers.

11 Jun 2010

PAREXEL experts to present on biopharmaceutical industry issues at 46th DIA

PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced that several of its experts will present on important industry issues at the Drug Information Association (DIA) 46th Annual Meeting, being held from June 13 – 17, 2010 in Washington, DC.

From Parexel 10 Jun 2010

Forecasting News and Research

Bligh explains plans for asset sales

SCIPP discusses improvements since Hurricane Katrina's impact

Medica teams up with OptumHealth to deliver CDHPs to all commercial health plan customers

First Physicians Capital reports 12.6% increase in net revenue for third fiscal quarter 2010

Global vaccine sales up 16% in 2009, report says

Scientists awarded $348,037 to study causes, effects of hypoxia in Green Bay

Equatorial Guinea, ECCAS partner to form network to fight H1N1, HIV

GHX Market Intelligence data increases growth of medical-surgical revenue through distribution by 6.42% in 2009

NxStage Medical second-quarter net revenue increases 21% to $44.0 million

BioTime announces 21 new stem cell products for sale

Elan total revenue increases 10% to $579.4 million for first half of 2010

Alcon Japan goes live with Varicent incentive compensation and sales performance management solutions

Alcon selects Varicent for sales performance management solutions

Varian adopts Varicent for administering Sales Performance Management needs

Researchers detail innovations that may facilitate earlier detection, improved public health preparedness

Slow-starting high risk pools look for bigger wave of enrollees, other reform issues

Hot temperature extremes could become frequent events in the U.S. by 2039: GRL study

Researchers develop system to forecast ash cloud evolution from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano

TransEnterix selects SYSPRO ERP software

PAREXEL experts to present on biopharmaceutical industry issues at 46th DIA

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Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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