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FDA grants pre-market clearance for SBi's rHead Extended Stem

Small Bone Innovations, an orthopedics company focused exclusively on serving patients and their physicians with technologies and treatments for joint repair and trauma reconstruction around the small bones & joints of the thumb, fingers, hand, wrist, elbow, toes and foot & ankle announced that it has received 510(k) pre-market clearance notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the radial Head Extended Stem to be used in the correction of complex elbow instabilities and/or elbow reconstruction.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 24 Jan 2011

FedEx launches Deep Frozen Shipping Solution for temperature-sensitive healthcare products

FedEx Corp. today announced the launch of FedEx Deep Frozen Shipping Solution, which offers an innovative end-to-end service for the shipping of temperature-sensitive healthcare products around the world.

24 Jan 2011

AMA supports new bi-partisan bill to reform the medical liability system

The American Medical Association (AMA) sent a letter of support for legislation introduced today, H.R. 5, known as the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011. The bi-partisan bill, introduced by Representatives Phil Gingrey, M.D. (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA), and Lamar Smith (R-TX) includes reforms intended to repair the broken medical liability system, reduce the growth of health care costs, and preserve patients’ access to medical care.

24 Jan 2011

HealthStream, Laerdal launch Simcenter simulation management platform for healthcare institutions

Through their joint venture, SimVentures, HealthStream, Inc., a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the healthcare industry, and Laerdal Medical, a global leader in the provision of educational solutions for healthcare providers and educators, today announced the launch of SimCenter. The

From Laerdal 24 Jan 2011

UMass Memorial Health Care implements Merge Healthcare's iConnect Access imaging distribution solution

Merge Healthcare, a leading health IT solutions provider, successfully deployed an imaging distribution solution for the physicians of UMass Memorial Health Care, an academic medical center with five facilities serving Central New England. iConnect Access™ gives physicians the ability to view medical images directly from their electronic health record.

24 Jan 2011

Roundup: Mass. BCBS chief on health costs; Georgia insurance exchange, Arizona waiver request

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed emergency legislation authorizing her to request a two-year waiver from the CMS to reduce Medicaid rolls by 280,000 people. Brewer said in a statement she intends to request the waiver as early as Monday. She added that she plans to meet with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in the coming weeks to discuss "the dire need for a Medicaid waiver for Arizona".

24 Jan 2011

ArQule's ARQ 197 Phase 1 clinical trial results in colorectal cancer presented at ASCO 2011

ArQule, Inc. today announced the presentation of Phase 1 results of a clinical trial among patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) treated with ARQ 197, a selective small molecule inhibitor of the c-MET receptor tyrosine kinase, in combination with irinotecan and cetuximab. ARQ 197 is under development by Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. and ArQule.

24 Jan 2011

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida reduces IT costs with BMC software

With the help of BMC Software, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) is reducing costs while preparing for the new demands healthcare reform will bring to IT.

24 Jan 2011

Spectrum submits Post Approval Supplement for removal of bioscan requirement for Indium-111 ZEVALIN

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company with fully integrated commercial and drug development operations with a primary focus in oncology, today announced that on Thursday, January 20, 2011, it submitted a Post Approval Supplement containing data supporting the removal of the Indium-111 ZEVALIN® pre-treatment imaging evaluation, more commonly referred to as the "bioscan" requirement.

24 Jan 2011

Alqaem and Biosign to exhibit UFIT TEN-20 non-invasive glucometer at 36th Arab Health Exhibition

ALQAEM International, exclusive Biosign master distributor for the Middle East and North Africa Region (M.E.N.A.) today announced that they will be joining with Biosign Technologies Inc, the Canadian manufacturer of the revolutionary UFIT TEN-20 non-invasive glucometer, to exhibit at the 36th Annual Arab Health Exhibition & Congress held in Dubai, UAE from January 24th to 27th, 2011 at Stand S1G61.

24 Jan 2011

Healthcare workers can help improve quality of life for end of life patients

Healthcare workers can most directly affect quality of life (QOL) of patients with advanced stage lung cancer by helping manage symptoms such as pain, lack of energy, shortness of breath, coughing, difficulty sleeping and dry mouth, according to a study recently published in the journal Oncology Nursing Forum.

24 Jan 2011

FDA approves Clinical Data's Viibryd for major depressive disorder

Clinical Data, Inc., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved vilazodone HCl tablets, to be marketed under the brand name Viibryd™, for the treatment of adults with major depressive disorder (MDD).

24 Jan 2011

PHA concerned over negative impact on patient care by Section 6001 of Healthcare Reform

Physician Hospitals of America (PHA) is deeply concerned about the negative impact on patient care caused by Section 6001 of Healthcare Reform which prohibits new construction or expansion of physician owned hospitals (POHs). Since its passage, section 6001 has prevented or impeded progress for 37 new hospitals, more than 40 nearly-finished hospital construction projects, and approximately 20 major expansion projects.

24 Jan 2011

Positive interim data from ongoing V5 Phase IIb imm01 trial against tuberculosis

Immune Network, a company in the business of development and commercialization of immune therapies, announced today that its newly acquired business, Immunitor, has published interim data from the ongoing Phase IIb imm01 clinical trial of V5 in tuberculosis conducted at its second site in Ukraine.

24 Jan 2011

Republicans attack health law, call for Senate repeal vote; Obama to defend law in SOTU

News outlets previewed the President's State of the Union address and discussed how the health law repeal vote might fare in the Senate.

24 Jan 2011

Bayer's gadobutrol injection for CNS imaging receives FDA Advisory Committee approval

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously that clinical trial and postmarketing data for gadobutrol injection, a macrocyclic 1.0 molar gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA), support approval of the product for proposed use in diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in adults and children.

24 Jan 2011

Sen. Barrasso calls for Senate to move on health repeal

Following House passage of the healthcare repeal, a Republican senator used the GOP's weekly address to urge the upper chamber to scrap the law. "Ask yourself - are you better off or worse off now that the healthcare law has been on the books for almost a year?" Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said. Barrasso said the new House Republican majority had "kept its promise" to voters by advancing a repeal of the healthcare law. "Now it's the Senate's turn," he said.

24 Jan 2011

Welch Allyn to feature new suite of devices at 2011 Arab Health Congress in Dubai, UAE

Welch Allyn, a leading global provider of medical products and solutions, will showcase its newest suite of devices that capture, format and transmit vital signs from the point of care to electronic medical records this week at the 2011 Arab Health Exhibition & Congress in Dubai, UAE.

24 Jan 2011

HIMSS establishes new Latino Initiative to focus on health IT needs

With the Hispanic population as the nation's largest minority, HIMSS announces the establishment of a new HIMSS Latino Initiative to focus on health IT needs for the rapidly growing Hispanic/Latino market.

23 Jan 2011

HMS receives ONC-ATB certification for electronic health record

Healthcare Management Systems, announced today it has received certification from Drummond Group, an Authorized Testing and Certification Body of the Office of the National Coordinator.

23 Jan 2011

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

FDA grants pre-market clearance for SBi's rHead Extended Stem

FedEx launches Deep Frozen Shipping Solution for temperature-sensitive healthcare products

AMA supports new bi-partisan bill to reform the medical liability system

HealthStream, Laerdal launch Simcenter simulation management platform for healthcare institutions

UMass Memorial Health Care implements Merge Healthcare's iConnect Access imaging distribution solution

Roundup: Mass. BCBS chief on health costs; Georgia insurance exchange, Arizona waiver request

ArQule's ARQ 197 Phase 1 clinical trial results in colorectal cancer presented at ASCO 2011

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida reduces IT costs with BMC software

Spectrum submits Post Approval Supplement for removal of bioscan requirement for Indium-111 ZEVALIN

Alqaem and Biosign to exhibit UFIT TEN-20 non-invasive glucometer at 36th Arab Health Exhibition

Healthcare workers can help improve quality of life for end of life patients

FDA approves Clinical Data's Viibryd for major depressive disorder

PHA concerned over negative impact on patient care by Section 6001 of Healthcare Reform

Positive interim data from ongoing V5 Phase IIb imm01 trial against tuberculosis

Republicans attack health law, call for Senate repeal vote; Obama to defend law in SOTU

Bayer's gadobutrol injection for CNS imaging receives FDA Advisory Committee approval

Sen. Barrasso calls for Senate to move on health repeal

Welch Allyn to feature new suite of devices at 2011 Arab Health Congress in Dubai, UAE

HIMSS establishes new Latino Initiative to focus on health IT needs

HMS receives ONC-ATB certification for electronic health record

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