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Discovery suggests how toxin-filtering cells go awry

Researchers from Children's Hospital Boston and Brigham and Women's Hospital have identified an important genetic cause of a devastating kidney disease that is the second leading cause of kidney failure in children, according to The NephCure Foundation.

22 Dec 2009

PDL BioPharma enters into non-exclusive license agreement with Eli Lilly

PDL BioPharma, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with Eli Lilly and Company under PDL's Queen et al patents with respect to teplizumab, a humanized anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, as well as other potential next generation anti-CD3 molecules.

22 Dec 2009

While mortality from diabetes declines in Canada, the income-related mortality gap increases

While mortality from diabetes has declined in Canada, the income-related mortality gap is increasing, with lower income groups faring worse than higher income groups, according to a new studyhttp://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj090495.pdf in CMAJ ( Canadian Medical Association Journal) www.cmaj.ca.

22 Dec 2009

Findings may help develop new antiviral drugs for influenza

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Mount Sinai), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk) and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) have identified 295 human cell factors that influenza A strains must harness to infect a cell, including the currently circulating swine-origin H1N1.

22 Dec 2009

Healthy Humans receives the 2009 Life Sciences Startup Company of the Year award

Healthy Humans (www.healthyhumans.com), an online wellness solutions company, received the 2009 Life Sciences Startup Company of the Year award from the Eastern Technology Council.

21 Dec 2009

Neurocrine to advance its NBI-98854 VMAT2 Inhibitor into a multiple repeated dose Phase 1 study

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. today announced their highly selective vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor, NBI-98854, will be advanced in clinical development.

21 Dec 2009

ValueOptions employs TriZetto’s Clinical CareAdvance application

The TriZetto Group, Inc. today announced that ValueOptions® Inc., the nation’s largest independent behavioral healthcare and wellness company, recently went live with TriZetto’s Clinical CareAdvance® application 4.41 and expects to launch TriZetto’s Personal CareAdvance® application in early 2010.

21 Dec 2009

CPEX Pharmaceuticals completes enrollment in Nasulin Phase 2a clinical trial

CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the ongoing Phase 2a clinical trial of Nasulin™, the Company’s intranasal insulin candidate, has now completed enrollment. The study was initiated in February of this year and randomized 94 subjects. Results are expected at the end of the first quarter or beginning of the second quarter of 2010.

21 Dec 2009

Eli Lilly, Incyte announce collaboration for development and commercialization of INCB28050 oral inhibitor

Eli Lilly and Company and Incyte Corporation announced today that they have entered into an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration agreement for the development and commercialization of Incyte's oral JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, INCB28050, and certain follow on compounds, for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The lead compound, INCB28050, is currently being studied in a six-month dose-ranging Phase II trial for rheumatoid arthritis.

21 Dec 2009

Medical experts recognize surgery as legitimate and effective treatment for type 2 diabetes

A first-of-its-kind consensus statement by 50 medical experts from around the world has pronounced surgery to be a legitimate and effective treatment for type 2 diabetes, bringing the procedure a significant step closer to wider use and acceptance.

21 Dec 2009

Vitamin D rich food source for winter - Wild Alaska salmon

Today is the shortest day of the year. During the dark winter months, sunlight can be an insufficient source of vitamin D which is vital for the absorption of calcium and phosphorous. Low vitamin D levels have recently been linked to a greater chance of developing diseases including diabetes and heart disease, several cancers and the common cold.

21 Dec 2009

Direct primary care amendment may offer affordable health care options for Americans

The U.S. Senate today made an important step that could expand health care coverage to more Americans while simultaneously reducing costs. The Manager's Amendment, introduced by Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this morning, includes a provision that would allow flat-fee direct primary care practices, in which patients pay a flat fee for primary and preventive care, to compete in the proposed insurance exchange. This will provide Americans more affordable health care options beyond traditional insurance.

21 Dec 2009

Children with type 1 diabetes benefit from rapid-acting insulin analogues; potential harm remains unclear

Due to a lack of suitable studies, it remains unclear whether children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes benefit more or less from long-term treatment with rapid-acting insulin analogues than with short-acting human insulin.

19 Dec 2009

Medica's clinic-based chronic care management program delivers promising results

Medica’s clinic-based chronic care management program with six clinic partners shows that focusing on care coordination is beginning to deliver promising results. A recent program evaluation reported that members participating in the clinical pilots had 1 percent more doctor visits and 3 percent more prescription fills than members with similar conditions seen in traditional clinic settings.

19 Dec 2009

Annual diabetes Consumer Guide to be published in the January 2010 issue by Diabetes Forecast

When shopping for a new cell phone or even a car, there are dozens of features to explore and choices to make. The same is true of shopping for medical products that will help manage a chronic disease.

19 Dec 2009

Diabetes patients at higher risk from glaucoma

An estimated 3 million Americans have glaucoma, which can stealthily cause vision loss even before people realize they have the disease. People with diabetes face special risks from glaucoma. This January during Glaucoma Awareness Month, through its EyeSmart™ campaign, the American Academy of Ophthalmology in partnership with the American Glaucoma Society and the Glaucoma Research Foundation, remind Americans that knowing your glaucoma risks can save your sight and that people with diabetes need to be extra-vigilant.

19 Dec 2009

CLIAWAIVED.COM expands its business into GPO market by signing the first major GPO

CLIAWAIVED.COM, Inc., the leading Internet-based, multi-line distributor of point-of-care CLIA Waived Diagnostic tests, medical products and physician office supplies, today announced the planned expansion of their business into the GPO (Group Purchasing Organization) market with the signing of their first major GPO, representing nearly 700 physician offices and 7000+ doctors.

19 Dec 2009

InHealth to further understand socioeconomic impact of medical devices and diagnostics

As the Institute for Health Technology Studies (InHealth) marks its five-year milestone, the research and educational nonprofit is taking stock of its contributions to objective evidence about the roles that medical technologies play in the economy, in the healthcare system, and in patients' lives.

19 Dec 2009

MinuteClinic medical clinics in select CVS/pharmacy stores offer H1N1 vaccinations

MinuteClinic medical clinics in select CVS/pharmacy stores throughout Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee are now offering H1N1 vaccinations on demand seven days a week with no appointment necessary.

19 Dec 2009

UCSF/SFGH project to improve health outcomes among diabetes patients honored

A UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital project that used a novel communication tool to improve health outcomes among diabetes patients was honored recently with a quality leadership award from the California Health Care Safety Net Institute.

18 Dec 2009

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

Discovery suggests how toxin-filtering cells go awry

PDL BioPharma enters into non-exclusive license agreement with Eli Lilly

While mortality from diabetes declines in Canada, the income-related mortality gap increases

Findings may help develop new antiviral drugs for influenza

Healthy Humans receives the 2009 Life Sciences Startup Company of the Year award

Neurocrine to advance its NBI-98854 VMAT2 Inhibitor into a multiple repeated dose Phase 1 study

ValueOptions employs TriZetto’s Clinical CareAdvance application

CPEX Pharmaceuticals completes enrollment in Nasulin Phase 2a clinical trial

Eli Lilly, Incyte announce collaboration for development and commercialization of INCB28050 oral inhibitor

Medical experts recognize surgery as legitimate and effective treatment for type 2 diabetes

Vitamin D rich food source for winter - Wild Alaska salmon

Direct primary care amendment may offer affordable health care options for Americans

Children with type 1 diabetes benefit from rapid-acting insulin analogues; potential harm remains unclear

Medica's clinic-based chronic care management program delivers promising results

Annual diabetes Consumer Guide to be published in the January 2010 issue by Diabetes Forecast

Diabetes patients at higher risk from glaucoma

CLIAWAIVED.COM expands its business into GPO market by signing the first major GPO

InHealth to further understand socioeconomic impact of medical devices and diagnostics

MinuteClinic medical clinics in select CVS/pharmacy stores offer H1N1 vaccinations

UCSF/SFGH project to improve health outcomes among diabetes patients honored

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