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Florida judge's ruling imminent in health law multi-state legal challenge

A Florida judge could on Monday become the second judge to declare President Barack Obama's health care reform law unconstitutional, in the biggest legal challenge yet to federal authority to enact the law.

1 Feb 2011

Abbott receives US regulatory clearance and Japanese approval for TREK Coronary Dilatation Catheters

Abbott today announced it has received regulatory clearance in the United States and approval in Japan for its TREK and MINI-TREK Coronary Dilatation Catheters for the treatment of coronary artery disease. The TREK system is used in angioplasty procedures and is designed to enable interventional cardiologists to open patients' narrowed coronary arteries. The TREK system received CE Mark and was launched in Europe in May 2010.

1 Feb 2011

Health premium costs: Hot topic in partisan debate

Just as President Obama and members of his administration assert that health insurance premiums will go down under the health overhaul, GOP lawmakers argue these claims are overstated. Ultimately, how this issue shakes out will be central to the public's perception of the new law.

1 Feb 2011

Viewpoints: Insurance data mining and Medicaid reform in Illinois

IMS Health Inc. operates in the shadows of the healthcare industry, gathering data that drug makers can use to sell medications more effectively. The data, however, are taken from the prescriptions that doctors write for their patients. That information is at the heart of a dispute over how far states can go to protect privacy — a dispute that has reached the Supreme Court, and one that could broaden the reach of the 1st Amendment in troubling ways (1/31).

1 Feb 2011

QPSC, University of Miami agree to jointly study national database of patient incidents

The Quantros Patient Safety Center and the University of Miami have agreed to jointly study the QPSC national database of patient incidents and evaluate its potential for helping predict and prevent certain types of hospital incidents.

31 Jan 2011

Radia announces diagnostic imaging services partnership with Jefferson Healthcare

Radia, is proud to announce a diagnostic imaging services partnership with Jefferson Healthcare commencing on January 1, 2011. Jefferson Healthcare, located in Port Townsend, WA, is a comprehensive healthcare center providing services for the more than 29,500 residents of Jefferson County.

31 Jan 2011

Baxter launches OLIMEL emulsion for parenteral nutrition

Baxter International today announced the launch of OLIMEL emulsion for infusion in Canada at the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition's Clinical Nutrition Week.

From Baxter International Inc. 31 Jan 2011

Revolutions Medical: Major breakthrough in automatic retractable prefilled safety syringe technology

Revolutions Medical Corporation announces a major breakthrough in automatic retractable prefilled safety syringe technology. Building on the Company's proprietary vacuum based technology, important improvements in performance have been made that will set a new gold standard for safety in automatic prefilled syringes.

31 Jan 2011

Scientists to commence new DNA vaccine trial for use in patients with leukemia

A new cancer treatment which strengthens a patient's immune system and enables them to fight the disease more effectively is being trialled on patients for the first time in the UK. The treatment will use a new DNA vaccine, developed by scientists from the University of Southampton, which will treat a selected group of volunteers who have either chronic or acute myeloid leukaemia - two forms of bone marrow and blood cancer.

31 Jan 2011

Jiangsu Aosaikang Pharmaceutical to take 5% equity position in Living Cell Technologies

Living Cell Technologies Limited (ASX: LCT; OTCQX: LVCLY), a global company pioneering the development of a cell implant therapy to treat diabetes, today announced that a binding subscription agreement has been executed in relation to share placement with Jiangsu Aosaikang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“ASK”). The proposed placement is for the issue of 14,334,080 LCT shares at A$0.12 per share, to raise A$1.72m. This represents a 5% equity stake in LCT, the funds to be received by LCT from ASK not later than 4 March 2011.

31 Jan 2011

Inovio announces regulatory approval for Phase 2 trial to treat leukemia using new vaccine delivery device

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today the regulatory approval of a Phase 2 clinical trial to treat leukemia utilizing Inovio's new ELGEN 1000 automated vaccine delivery device.

31 Jan 2011

Liberty Healthcare: Sex offenders in Indiana less likely to be re-incarcerated

According to state data, sex offenders in Indiana are significantly less likely to be re-incarcerated compared to national figures. Only 17, or 1.7 percent, of 997 sex offenders released from prison in 2006 were convicted for a new sex crime within three years, a state recidivism analysis conducted in 2010 showed.

31 Jan 2011

President 'won't refight' health law debate

White House Chief of Staff William Daley told CBS this weekend that President Obama is open to tweaking the health care law - but that he would not "refight the entire fight" over reform. "The president has said he's open to changes to this," Daley told CBS' "Face the Nation," in his first television interview since joining the Obama administration.

30 Jan 2011

Health care reform fact check

The Obama administration released a 13-page report Friday that argues the healthcare reform law will save families and businesses thousands of dollars, prompting immediate criticism from the GOP.

30 Jan 2011

EVP of Advaxis' Science & Operations moderates Live Cancer Vaccines panel discussion

Dr. John Rothman, EVP of Science & Operations of Advaxis, Inc., the live, attenuated Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria) immunotherapy company, moderated a panel discussion titled, "Live Cancer Vaccines."

29 Jan 2011

HHA Services supports importance of building extraordinary customer service

HHA Services, a leading provider of healthcare food and facility management services, and recognized as one of the Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare, spoke at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, www.warmemorialhospital.org.

29 Jan 2011

Quantros introduces new External Comparative module for hospitals

Quantros, a leading provider of clinically-focused data management and decision support solutions for the healthcare industry, has introduced its new External Comparative module.

29 Jan 2011

Salud Digna to begin operations in Los Angeles, California

With the objective of offering efficient, fast healthcare service with a social focus and at rates everyone can afford, in 2003 the non-profit organization Salud Digna was founded, whose operations became the center of a case study by the School of Business at Harvard University.

29 Jan 2011

In effort to find common ground, possible areas of agreement and disagreement emerge

During his State of the Union address, President Obama signaled an openness to working with Republicans on ways to improve — but not undo — the health law. An area that seems open to such an effort is fixing the overhaul's 1099 tax reporting provision, which is gaining bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. But in terms of medical malpractice reforms, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius noted key policy differences between the President and a GOP-sponsored House bill.

29 Jan 2011

GE Capital provides capital to XDx to help increase commercialization of AlloMap molecular diagnostic test

GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services announced today that it has provided, as sole lender, a $12.5 million senior secured multi-draw term loan facility to XDx, Inc. The financing provides XDx with working capital to expand the commercialization of its FDA-cleared, innovative, noninvasive AlloMap molecular diagnostic test and pursue the development of other gene expression-based tests for autoimmune diseases including lupus.

29 Jan 2011

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Florida judge's ruling imminent in health law multi-state legal challenge

Abbott receives US regulatory clearance and Japanese approval for TREK Coronary Dilatation Catheters

Health premium costs: Hot topic in partisan debate

Viewpoints: Insurance data mining and Medicaid reform in Illinois

QPSC, University of Miami agree to jointly study national database of patient incidents

Radia announces diagnostic imaging services partnership with Jefferson Healthcare

Baxter launches OLIMEL emulsion for parenteral nutrition

Revolutions Medical: Major breakthrough in automatic retractable prefilled safety syringe technology

Scientists to commence new DNA vaccine trial for use in patients with leukemia

Jiangsu Aosaikang Pharmaceutical to take 5% equity position in Living Cell Technologies

Inovio announces regulatory approval for Phase 2 trial to treat leukemia using new vaccine delivery device

Liberty Healthcare: Sex offenders in Indiana less likely to be re-incarcerated

President 'won't refight' health law debate

Health care reform fact check

EVP of Advaxis' Science & Operations moderates Live Cancer Vaccines panel discussion

HHA Services supports importance of building extraordinary customer service

Quantros introduces new External Comparative module for hospitals

Salud Digna to begin operations in Los Angeles, California

In effort to find common ground, possible areas of agreement and disagreement emerge

GE Capital provides capital to XDx to help increase commercialization of AlloMap molecular diagnostic test

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