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Pharmacyclics presents ibrutinib trial data for B-cell malignancies at ASH meeting

Pharmacyclics, Inc. today announced results of 40 clinical, non-clinical and pre-clinical presentations on ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA™) at the 55TH Annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) held in New Orleans, Dec 7 - 10, 2013.

11 Dec 2013

To bridge trust gap, some health law supporters take matters into their own hands

News outlets report on the new approaches and strategies that are emerging as advocates move on from the troubled launch of healthcare.gov.

11 Dec 2013

Merck provides update on MK-8931 investigational oral therapy for Alzheimer’s disease

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today provided an update on the development program for MK-8931, a novel investigational oral β-amyloid precursor protein site-cleaving enzyme (BACE) inhibitor.

11 Dec 2013

BD Diagnostics introduces two ESR instruments to improve patient care in point of care settings

BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD, a leading global medical technology company, today introduced two new erythrocyte sedimentation rate instruments in Europe that standardise analysis for more accurate, timely results and an efficient workflow in comparison to a manual Westergren method. This next generation of BD ESR instruments results in improved patient care in the laboratory or point of care setting.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 11 Dec 2013

Genzyme granted Priority Review for Cerdelga investigational oral therapy for Gaucher disease

Genzyme, a Sanofi company, announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a six-month Priority Review designation to its New Drug Application (NDA) for Cerdelga™ (eliglustat), an investigational oral therapy for adult patients with Gaucher disease type 1.

11 Dec 2013

Campbell Healthy Communities Programs continue to build healthier life for Camden residents

Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) continues to advance its efforts to measurably improve the health of young people in its hometown of Camden.

11 Dec 2013

HealthCare.gov 'vastly improved,' but back-end problems persist

A little over a week after the deadline that President Barack Obama gave for fixing the federal health care exchange, the system serving 36 states is far more user friendly, according to consumers and navigators.

11 Dec 2013

Nanostring Technologies announces nationwide availability of Prosigna Breast Cancer Assay in 2014

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced nationwide availability of the Prosigna™ Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay beginning in the first quarter of 2014.

From NanoString Technologies 11 Dec 2013

Baxter seeks FDA approval of OBI-1 for adults with acquired hemophilia A

Baxter International Inc. today announced that the company has submitted a biologics license application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the approval of OBI-1, a recombinant antihemophilic porcine sequence factor VIII, in patients with acquired hemophilia A.

From Baxter International Inc. 11 Dec 2013

Simplicity, testing, keys to why some state-run exchanges work

Stateline explores why some insurance exchanges function well and others -- including the one operated by the federal government -- are struggling. Meanwhile, California Democrats say a lookalike GOP health insurance website is confusing consumers and Maryland faces a self-imposed mid-December deadline to repair its site.

11 Dec 2013

Democrats press N.C. to expand Medicaid; Ohio launches Medicaid signup site

The White House asks two top North Carolina Democrats to urge Gov. Pat McCrory and state lawmakers to reconsider a health law provision to cover more low income people. Meanwhile, Ohio reports that more than 1,100 residents signed up for Medicaid on the first day a signup site went live.

10 Dec 2013

AANMA partners with AAE and AAPA-AAI to build network focusing on allergy, asthma care

Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics, a leading patient education organization, is partnering with the Association of Asthma Educators and the American Academy of Physician Assistants in Allergy, Asthma & Immunology as part of its endeavor to build the only multidisciplinary, patient-centered network of healthcare professionals focused on allergy and asthma care.

10 Dec 2013

Echo Therapeutics signs strategic collaboration agreement with MTIA

Echo Therapeutics, Inc., a medical device company developing its Symphony CGM System as a non-invasive, wireless continuous glucose monitoring system, today announced that it entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Medical Technologies Innovation Asia, Ltd., Hong Kong, for a license arrangement and equity investment in Echo.

10 Dec 2013

CUSP project aims to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in hospitals

UHC announced its selection as a coordinating entity for a 3-year, $7.3 million contract from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that has been awarded to the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in hospitals.

10 Dec 2013

First Edition: December 10, 2103

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how health law advocates are developing new messaging strategies.

10 Dec 2013

Methodist Health System joins with IBM Watson and MD Buyline to enable better patient care

Methodist Health System, a premier healthcare provider in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, will leverage MD Buyline's Hippocrates powered by IBM Watson (a cognitive computing application) in its hospitals to enable better patient care, satisfaction and outcomes through more informed decision making.

10 Dec 2013

ACoS Commission on Cancer, PHCQA partner to make PA cancer quality data available to public

The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer has joined with the Pennsylvania Health Care Quality Alliance to make cancer quality data from participating Pennsylvania hospitals available to the public. The initiative, which is the first of its kind in the U.S., will include data from 72 percent (52 programs) of all CoC-accredited cancer programs in Pennsylvania.

10 Dec 2013

Epilepsy experts discuss on new NTI definition, bioequivalence guidelines at AES annual meeting

For several years, epilepsy practitioners have questioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's definition of bioequivalence as it applies to narrow therapeutic index drugs, such as those used for epilepsy. In response to these concerns, the FDA has sponsored 3 studies of antiepileptic drugs and also convened an advisory board to help determine which drugs are NTI.

10 Dec 2013

Population Council partners with USAID to introduce new line of contraceptive rings

The Population Council was awarded a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Population and Reproductive Health, "Delivering a Family of Contraceptive Vaginal Rings." Included in this agreement is support for two innovative, Population Council-developed contraceptive vaginal rings: a one-year contraceptive vaginal ring that can be used by women to plan their pregnancies and a three-month vaginal ring that can be used by breastfeeding women.

10 Dec 2013

State highlights: Union, Calif. Hospital Assn. at odds over organization, ballot issues; Ind. hospital cuts worry nurses; N.C. Medicaid overhaul changes

Duane Dauner, president of the California Hospital Assn., emailed the group's board in September with a warning: The leader of the state's largest health care workers' union had told him that if hospitals did not pave the way for the organizing of 20,000 workers, the union would launch ballot measures taking aim at hospital pricing and executive pay. But negotiations on organizing agreements between the two sides stalled. In November, the union, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, filed two initiatives for the 2014 ballot that would limit hospital prices and cap executive compensation at nonprofit hospitals (Mason, 12/6).

10 Dec 2013

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Pharmacyclics presents ibrutinib trial data for B-cell malignancies at ASH meeting

To bridge trust gap, some health law supporters take matters into their own hands

Merck provides update on MK-8931 investigational oral therapy for Alzheimer’s disease

BD Diagnostics introduces two ESR instruments to improve patient care in point of care settings

Genzyme granted Priority Review for Cerdelga investigational oral therapy for Gaucher disease

Campbell Healthy Communities Programs continue to build healthier life for Camden residents

HealthCare.gov 'vastly improved,' but back-end problems persist

Nanostring Technologies announces nationwide availability of Prosigna Breast Cancer Assay in 2014

Baxter seeks FDA approval of OBI-1 for adults with acquired hemophilia A

Simplicity, testing, keys to why some state-run exchanges work

Democrats press N.C. to expand Medicaid; Ohio launches Medicaid signup site

AANMA partners with AAE and AAPA-AAI to build network focusing on allergy, asthma care

Echo Therapeutics signs strategic collaboration agreement with MTIA

CUSP project aims to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in hospitals

First Edition: December 10, 2103

Methodist Health System joins with IBM Watson and MD Buyline to enable better patient care

ACoS Commission on Cancer, PHCQA partner to make PA cancer quality data available to public

Epilepsy experts discuss on new NTI definition, bioequivalence guidelines at AES annual meeting

Population Council partners with USAID to introduce new line of contraceptive rings

State highlights: Union, Calif. Hospital Assn. at odds over organization, ballot issues; Ind. hospital cuts worry nurses; N.C. Medicaid overhaul changes

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