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Grifols officially merges with Talecris Biotherapeutics

Grifols, a global healthcare company and biopharmaceutical manufacturer based in Barcelona, Spain, today announced that it has officially begun to merge its operations with Talecris Biotherapeutics in order to function as one company, following its acquisition of Talecris on June 1.

8 Jun 2011

Covidien files answer and counterclaims against Applied Medical for patent misuse, non-infringement

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that a subsidiary of the Company filed an answer and counterclaims against Applied Medical Resources Corporation for patent misuse, non-infringement and invalidity.

8 Jun 2011

Ben Hogan Sports Medicine, StreamVenue partner to offer post-surgical management tool

StreamVenue Healthcare has partnered its "plug and play" products and services with Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine to teach, and to better manage post-surgical patient recovery.

8 Jun 2011

Dems push for debt deal that doesn't include Medicare cuts

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., sent an email to House Republicans Monday saying he is optmistic that ongoing budget talks will meet the standard set by Speaker John Boehner -- meaning legislation to raise the debt limit will be accompanied by deficit reduction. Some Democratic senators, though, are pressing Vice President Joe Biden, who is overseeing budget negotiations, to steer clear of the GOP Medicare plan.

8 Jun 2011

Doctors' move to electronic records requires serious commitment

The federal stimulus and health care laws are pushing medical providers to go electronic as a way to improve patient safety and track health care quality. ... But moving away from paper files to an electronic health record system requires serious commitment on several levels. First, they're expensive. ... Second, the learning curve can be painful.

8 Jun 2011

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy to host National Leadership Roundtable on June 9

With a collective eye on ongoing health care reform efforts, the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy on June 9 will be hosting a timely and wide-ranging National Leadership Roundtable on how an expanded role for pharmacists is improving health outcomes and health care expenditures in communities nationwide.

8 Jun 2011

Women may be as resilient to combat-related stress as men

In what is believed to be the first published study on the topic, researchers affiliated with the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) believe female military service-members from Operation Enduring Freedom OEF)/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) may be as resilient to combat-related stress as men. These findings currently appear on-line in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

8 Jun 2011

Doctors place greater value on life-prolonging treatments rather than on quality-enhancing ones

Doctors are more apt to recommend a more costly therapy to patients if it were determined to prolong the patient's life rather than just improve quality, according to a recent study from Medical Decision Making (published by SAGE).

8 Jun 2011

ACO defenders emerge as comment period ends

Deadline day arrived Monday for comments on Medicare's much-abused proposal for accountable care organizations. And supporters of the Obama administration championed its pro-patient provisions in the face of criticism from the health industry. Early industry feedback on the ACO rule focused on the expense and complexity it posed for hospitals, doctors and health organizations interested in teaming up to achieve higher quality, better patient care and lower costs.

8 Jun 2011

AHF criticizes HHS Secretary announcement on 'expanded' AIDS funds

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today criticized an announcement by Health and Human services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday regarding so-called "expanded" funding for cash-strapped state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs).

8 Jun 2011

As health care technology advances, costs increase

The device industry has launched an aggressive campaign to avoid tighter Food and Drug Administration rules that would help generate the information needed to show whether newer devices are actually superior to the ones they replace.

8 Jun 2011

State roundup: Texas legislator seeks to force vote on 'health care compact'

Two Atlanta gatherings Monday showed that health care isn't waiting around for whatever happens to the 2010 reform law. Gov. Nathan Deal's committee on health exchanges met at the state Capitol for introductions and background on their task. ... Ryan Teague, deputy executive counsel for the governor, said the health reform law is "a heavyhanded approach to expanding Medicaid."

8 Jun 2011

The NY Times: A community hospital closes

A railroad bridge separates Huron Hospital, one of the last remaining institutions in the impoverished neighborhood of East Cleveland, from the city's downtown and its two major hospitals.

8 Jun 2011

Ximedica opens regional office at UEL Center, Minneapolis

Ximedica, a full-service medical device product development firm, announced the opening of its regional office at the University Enterprise Laboratories (UEL) Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

7 Jun 2011

Merck, Roche partner to develop cancer diagnostic assays

Merck, known outside the United States and Canada as MSD, and Roche today announced that they have entered into a collaboration focused on the application and development of diagnostic assays for use with Merck's investigational cancer therapy portfolio.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 7 Jun 2011

LUMEDX releases new Webinar, The Power of Analytics: Managing Cath Lab Growth in Real Time

LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of integrated cardiovascular information systems (CVIS), today announced the release of a new and complimentary educational Webinar on CD, The Power of Analytics: Managing Cath Lab Growth in Real Time.

7 Jun 2011

Proteus, Avery Dennison partner for patch-based wearable sensors

Avery Dennison Medical Solutions, a division of Avery Dennison Corporation and a global leader in pressure-sensitive adhesive technologies for medical applications, in cooperation with Proteus Biomedical, Inc., a leader in intelligent medicine and mobile health products, today announced a partnership focusing on patch-based wearable sensors for consumer, home health care and remote medical applications.

7 Jun 2011

AMPYRA ER Tablets improve walking ability in patients with multiple sclerosis

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. today announced an analysis of pooled clinical trial results showed patients who were responders to AMPYRA (dalfampridine) Extended Release Tablets, 10 mg demonstrated clinically relevant improvements in walking ability as measured by patient self-report on the 12-Item Multiple Sclerosis Walking Scale (MSWS-12), regardless of either their baseline Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score or baseline walking speed.

7 Jun 2011

Bayer HealthCare seeks EU marketing authorization of VEGF Trap-Eye for treatment of wet AMD

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Bayer HealthCare announced that Bayer HealthCare has submitted an application for marketing authorization in Europe for VEGF Trap-Eye for the treatment of the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD).

7 Jun 2011

Jindal's Medicaid plan questioned; Wash. lawmakers enact fee on nursing homes to increase federal match

Calling it a "dubious privatization venture," a Baton Rouge good-government group last week questioned Gov. Bobby Jindal's plan to turn over large chunks of the state Medicaid program to private insurers and praised the Louisiana House of Representatives for trying to slow the process.

7 Jun 2011

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Grifols officially merges with Talecris Biotherapeutics

Covidien files answer and counterclaims against Applied Medical for patent misuse, non-infringement

Ben Hogan Sports Medicine, StreamVenue partner to offer post-surgical management tool

Dems push for debt deal that doesn't include Medicare cuts

Doctors' move to electronic records requires serious commitment

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy to host National Leadership Roundtable on June 9

Women may be as resilient to combat-related stress as men

Doctors place greater value on life-prolonging treatments rather than on quality-enhancing ones

ACO defenders emerge as comment period ends

AHF criticizes HHS Secretary announcement on 'expanded' AIDS funds

As health care technology advances, costs increase

State roundup: Texas legislator seeks to force vote on 'health care compact'

The NY Times: A community hospital closes

Ximedica opens regional office at UEL Center, Minneapolis

Merck, Roche partner to develop cancer diagnostic assays

LUMEDX releases new Webinar, The Power of Analytics: Managing Cath Lab Growth in Real Time

Proteus, Avery Dennison partner for patch-based wearable sensors

AMPYRA ER Tablets improve walking ability in patients with multiple sclerosis

Bayer HealthCare seeks EU marketing authorization of VEGF Trap-Eye for treatment of wet AMD

Jindal's Medicaid plan questioned; Wash. lawmakers enact fee on nursing homes to increase federal match

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