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Catasys' fourth quarter 2013 revenues up 161%

Catasys, Inc., provider of proprietary health management services to health insurers and employers, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013.

1 Apr 2014

First Edition: April 1, 2014

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including an array of stories as the health law's enrollment period comes to a close

1 Apr 2014

Rite Aid announces acquisition of Health Dialog Services

Rite Aid Corporation announced today it has acquired Boston-based Health Dialog Services Corporation, a leading provider of health coaching, shared decision making and healthcare analytics from Bupa, a London-based international healthcare services group. Through the acquisition, Health Dialog will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Rite Aid. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.

1 Apr 2014

Kewaunee Scientific awarded $13 million contract for New Shell Technology Centre in Bangalore, India

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation today announced that it had been awarded a turnkey contract of approximately $13 million for the prestigious New Shell Technology Centre in Bangalore, India. Under the contract, Kewaunee Scientific will provide all laboratory casework, fume hoods, high purity gas systems, vacuum systems, exhaust systems, scrubbers, VAV systems and other furnishings on a turnkey basis necessary to complete the research laboratories.

1 Apr 2014

FORMA Therapeutics signs second strategic collaboration and option agreement with Celgene

FORMA Therapeutics, an innovative R&D organization in pursuit of ground-breaking medicines in oncology and other therapeutic areas, today announced a second strategic collaboration and option agreement with Celgene Corporation, a leader in addressing high unmet medical needs.

1 Apr 2014

EMD Serono collaborates with Pfizer and Broad Institute

EMD Serono, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced they have signed a research agreement with Pfizer Inc. and the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. The collaboration is focused on the genomic profiling of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Lupus Nephritis (LN) patients.

1 Apr 2014

Magellan Health Services enters into agreement to acquire CDMI

Magellan Health Services, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CDMI, LLC, a privately-held company that provides a range of clinical consulting programs and negotiates and administers drug rebates for managed care organizations (MCO) and other customers.

1 Apr 2014

Valley Behavioral Health launches technology-based program to improve healthcare services to patients

Valley Behavioral Health is launching a technology-based program to better understand a patient's health status and predict likely receptivity and compliance to treatment -- all of which is designed to greatly improve healthcare services to its patients throughout its regional service area.

1 Apr 2014

Researchers identify possible mechanism for re-growing damaged nerve fibres in central nervous system

A new discovery suggests it could one day be possible to chemically reprogram and repair damaged nerves after spinal cord injury or brain trauma.

1 Apr 2014

Brainlab, Mobius Imaging announce CE Mark approval for Airo Mobile Intraoperative CT

Brainlab, a global leader in medical technology and Mobius Imaging, developer of advanced imaging technologies, announced today CE Mark approval for Airo Mobile Intraoperative CT. The CE Mark allows Brainlab to begin installation of the systems sold in the European Union.

1 Apr 2014

Safer sharps: an interview with Paul Lindsell, Managing Director, MindMetre

In 2010, the European Council described sharps injuries as one of the most serious health and safety threats in European workplaces as an estimated one million injuries were occurring each year.

1 Apr 2014

Bayer’s Adempas now available in the UK to treat patients with CTEPH

Adempas (riociguat) is available in the UK today as the first drug treatment for CTEPH, to treat adult patients with WHO Functional Class (FC) II to III with inoperable or persistent disease to improve exercise capacity.

1 Apr 2014

Second Sight's Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System selected for Forfait Innovation reimbursement

Second Sight Medical Products Inc. announces today that the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, the world’s first approved device intended to restore some functional vision for people suffering from blindness due to outer retinal degenerations, has become the first recipient of the French Government national healthcare reimbursement program entitled ‘Forfait Innovation’.

1 Apr 2014

Uppsala researchers develop nano paper filter that can remove virus particles

Nanotechnology and Functional Materials, Uppsala University have developed a paper filter, which can remove virus particles with the efficiency matching that of the best industrial virus filters. The paper filter consists of 100 percent high purity cellulose nanofibers, directly derived from nature.

1 Apr 2014

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems issues statement following Senate vote to patch SGR, delay ICD-10

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today issued a statement following the Senate vote to patch the Sustainable Growth Rate ("SGR" or "Doc Fix") and delay ICD-10 for another year to October 2015.

1 Apr 2014

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Teva Pharmaceutical's appeal related to COPAXONE patent

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA) today announced that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted the Company's COPAXONE® certiorari petition and will hear its appeal of a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that invalidated the claim of U.S. Patent 5,800,808 (the "'808 patent").

1 Apr 2014

New studies mark key advances in understanding role of spiritual interventions in healthcare

Four new studies mark important advances in understanding the role of spiritual care in treating people facing serious illness.

1 Apr 2014

Scientists develop new substance that could simplify manufacture of cell therapy

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have developed a new substance which could simplify the manufacture of cell therapy in the pioneering world of regenerative medicine.

1 Apr 2014

Marketplace website goes offline briefly this morning

The site was down for maintenance after federal officials said that it had 2 million visits over the weekend.

1 Apr 2014

Machaon Diagnostics' aHUS Genetic Panel confirms atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in 48 hours

Machaon Diagnostics today announced the availability of its "aHUS Genetic Panel" (patent pending) to genetically confirm atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS) with a turnaround time of 48 hours. The 48 hour timeframe is a dramatic advancement over other approaches which offer results in 4-13 weeks.

1 Apr 2014

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Catasys' fourth quarter 2013 revenues up 161%

First Edition: April 1, 2014

Rite Aid announces acquisition of Health Dialog Services

Kewaunee Scientific awarded $13 million contract for New Shell Technology Centre in Bangalore, India

FORMA Therapeutics signs second strategic collaboration and option agreement with Celgene

EMD Serono collaborates with Pfizer and Broad Institute

Magellan Health Services enters into agreement to acquire CDMI

Valley Behavioral Health launches technology-based program to improve healthcare services to patients

Researchers identify possible mechanism for re-growing damaged nerve fibres in central nervous system

Brainlab, Mobius Imaging announce CE Mark approval for Airo Mobile Intraoperative CT

Safer sharps: an interview with Paul Lindsell, Managing Director, MindMetre

Bayer’s Adempas now available in the UK to treat patients with CTEPH

Second Sight's Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System selected for Forfait Innovation reimbursement

Uppsala researchers develop nano paper filter that can remove virus particles

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems issues statement following Senate vote to patch SGR, delay ICD-10

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Teva Pharmaceutical's appeal related to COPAXONE patent

New studies mark key advances in understanding role of spiritual interventions in healthcare

Scientists develop new substance that could simplify manufacture of cell therapy

Marketplace website goes offline briefly this morning

Machaon Diagnostics' aHUS Genetic Panel confirms atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in 48 hours

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