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TPI first quarter revenue decreases 20.5% to $17.5 million

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Inc., a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the patented biopharmaceutical, modernized traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), branded generics and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) announced financial results for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2012.

14 Nov 2011

New-onset AF, severe sepsis may increase risk of stroke and mortality in hospital settings

A recent study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows an increased risk of stroke and mortality among patients diagnosed with severe sepsis and new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) during hospitalization.

14 Nov 2011

Genzyme's alemtuzumab Phase lll trial on MS meets co-primary endpoints

Genzyme, a Sanofi company, reports today that the Phase lll CARE-MS ll trial met both of its co-primary endpoints. Relapse rate and sustained accumulation (worsening) of disability (SAD) were significantly reduced in multiple sclerosis patients receiving alemtuzumab as compared with Rebif.

14 Nov 2011

Cedars Sinai researcher to receive American Heart Association-Philips Resuscitation Fellowship Award

Royal Philips Electronics today announced that Dr. Carmen Teodorescu, M.D., Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow at The Heart Institute at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California was selected as the recipient of the fifth annual American Heart Association-Philips Resuscitation Fellowship Award.

14 Nov 2011

NICE refuses AstraZeneca breast cancer drug on NHS

Britain’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has refused another breast cancer drug from routine NHS use. This was not met with enthusiasm by the cancer charities which said that drugs of this type are “particularly valuable”.

13 Nov 2011

Updates on dietary benefits and dangers in kidney disease patients

Two studies presented during the American Society of Nephrology's Annual Kidney Week provide new information on dietary benefits and dangers in kidney disease patients.

11 Nov 2011

Senate Republicans question role of $10 billion innovation center

Three GOP Senators have asked the Government Accountability Office to examine the effectiveness of this center, which was created by the health law, and to determine whether it is duplicating work that was already the responsibility of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

11 Nov 2011

Supreme Court quiet about health law appeals, announcement could come as soon as Monday

Although the justices met Thursday behind closed doors, no word emerged about whether the high court will hear appeals over the health law. But a decision about these cases could come Monday.

11 Nov 2011

Health law alphabet soup: ACOs, MLR and other implementation news

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the application for its shared savings program, and Health News Florida reports which of that state's providers will likely throw their hats into the ring.

11 Nov 2011

China Pharma third quarter revenue increases 12% to $21.0 million

China Pharma Holdings, Inc., a specialty pharmaceuticals company in China, today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.

11 Nov 2011

Consumer advocates push for insurance oversight promised by health law

A letter was sent to the White House by more than 50 organizations demanding that the administration require simple, standardized health insurance forms starting next year, as called for in the law. Also in the news, Politico Pro reports on a political fight brewing in Michigan over the health law's medical-loss ratio requirements.

11 Nov 2011

Next chapter in health law legal challenges could be decided Thursday

Meanwhile, some conservative activists are renewing their calls for Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to step aside in regard to cases that involve the health law. And, a judge makes a case for delaying a final decision until after 2014 in a dissenting opinion regarding the DC Circuit Court's ruling.

11 Nov 2011

Romney has strong debate showing; Obama takes on congressional Republicans

With eight weeks left before Republicans start voting for a presidential nominee, things could hardly be going better for Mitt Romney. ... Romney, more so than the seven other debate participants, used almost every question as a chance to criticize not his GOP rivals but Obama's record on jobs, health care and overall leadership.

11 Nov 2011

What about Walmart's plans to add health clinics?

After questions from reporters, the retailer backpedaled from earlier reports about confidential documents, saying it didn't plan on dominating the medical market in the way it dominates the discount-store business.

11 Nov 2011

Parties fight over the impact of Ohio election results

Democrats point to the support given for allowing public sector workers to negotiate while Republicans highlight the disapproval from voters of a keystone of the fedearl health law.

11 Nov 2011

Viewpoints: The role of IT in transforming health care; the GOP raises super committee stakes

Why can't Americans tap into the ingenuity that put men on the moon, created the Internet and sequenced the human genome to revitalize our economy? I'm convinced we can. We are in the early phases of the next big technology-driven revolution, which I call "consumer health." When fully unleashed, it could radically cut health care costs and become a huge global growth market.

11 Nov 2011

State roundup: Storms' huge impact on health care; Brooklyn's hospital quest; Calif. election results

Only a few private hospitals have survived in neighborhoods like Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville and Bushwick to serve poor patients like them. Now all are in such dire financial shape that a small group of veteran health care planners appointed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is debating last-ditch measures to save them.

10 Nov 2011

Hand washing in hospitals may keep super bugs away: Report

A recent survey of hospitals has shown that the successful implementation of good hand washing practices in hospitals by nurses and doctors is effective in reducing the drug resistant superbugs. This comes after the introduction of a national program to boost hand hygiene compliance rates in hospitals by encouraging staff to use alcohol-based hand rubs before and after treating patients. To make it easier for hospital workers to clean their hands, alcohol-based hand rubs are being installed at the foot or near the head of every bed.

10 Nov 2011

FarmaSyn implements Cegedim Relationship Management's Mobile Intelligence for iPad solution

Cegedim Relationship Management today announced that FarmaSyn SA has fully deployed Cegedim Relationship Management's award winning Mobile Intelligence for iPad™ solution. Farmasyn SA is a leading Greek pharmaceutical wholesaler and marketing/sales agent of products.

10 Nov 2011

APMA encourages 'Knock Your Socks Off' foot care campaign for people with diabetes

American Podiatric Medical Association Encourages Hispanic Health Awareness with "Knock Your Socks Off" Foot Care Campaign, Promotes Regular Foot Exams by Podiatrist to End Diabetes Complications

10 Nov 2011