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Quintiles re-locates European headquarters

Quintiles, the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical services company offering clinical, commercial, consulting and capital solutions worldwide, today announced that it is re-locating its European headquarters to within 30 minutes of Heathrow Airport at Green Park, Reading, England, overlooking the M4 motorway.

30 Jul 2010

Securian Foundation awards 60 grants to civic, healthcare, education and arts organizations

The Securian Foundation awarded 60 grants during the first half of 2010 worth a total of $428,555 to Twin Cities civic, healthcare, education and arts organizations.

30 Jul 2010

On Assignment second-quarter consolidated revenues increase 2.6%

On Assignment, Inc., a diversified professional staffing firm providing flexible and permanent staffing solutions in specialty skills including Laboratory/Scientific, Healthcare/Nursing, Physicians, Medical Financial, Information Technology and Engineering, today reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.

30 Jul 2010

AIDS 2010 follow-up coverage: Global HIV/AIDS funding; HIV/AIDS studies, releases

Media outlets continued to reflect on news from the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, which attracted over 19,000 participants from 197 countries to Vienna last week, according to the conference blog.

30 Jul 2010

IPC announces acquisition of Ann Arbor Inhospital Physicians

IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., a leading national hospitalist physician group practice company, announced today that it has acquired Ann Arbor Inhospital Physicians, PLLC. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the acquisition represents an expansion in the Michigan market where IPC has an established presence. The practice has an annualized volume of approximately 11,000 patient encounters. The owner, Hamidullah Halimi, MD, will remain with the practice.

30 Jul 2010

EHNAC honors HERAE with Crystal Recognition Award

HERAE, one of the nation's largest healthcare payment services providers, was honored with the Crystal Recognition Award from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission. EHNAC's accreditation recognizes excellence in healthcare, and indicates compliance with industry-established standards and HIPAA regulations.

30 Jul 2010

Insured Americans are using fewer medical services while employers consider wellness incentives

Insured Americans are using fewer medical services, raising questions about whether patients are consuming less health care as they pick up a greater share of the costs. The drop in usage is showing up as health-care companies report financial results. Insurers, lab-testing companies, hospitals and doctor-billing concerns say that patient visits, drug prescriptions and procedures were down in the second quarter from year-ago levels. Others say that consumers are beginning to forgo elective procedures like knee replacements.

30 Jul 2010

Republicans take on cost-cutting panel backed by budget chief Orszag

Several Senate Republican leaders are now pushing a new, partial health-overhaul repeal bill that targets a Medicare cost-cutting panel, The Hill reports. The panel, the Independent Payment Advisory Board, would make cost-cutting recommendations whenever spending exceeds set benchmarks. Congress would have to adopt them, or come up with its own plan.

30 Jul 2010

ASR, School Health sign exclusive distribution agreement for VeraTemp+ non contact thermometer

American Scientific Resources, Inc. announces today that the Company has executed an exclusive distribution agreement with the nation's leading school heath supplies and equipment distributor, School Health Corporation. School Health will be the exclusive distributor of ASR's VeraTemp+ non contact thermometer in the school healthcare market in the US.

30 Jul 2010

Health insurance scams on rise after health reform

U.S. News & World Report: Regulators are accusing the Tennessee-based American Trade Association of bilking consumers out of $14 million by selling fake health insurance to 26,000 households in all 50 states. The scams happened "over a span of 16 months, according to court documents. More than a few of those dollars appear to have been spent on personal items such as cars, real estate, and loan payments, says Leslie Newman, Tennessee's insurance commissioner.

30 Jul 2010

Gentiva Health Services second-quarter total net revenues increase 4% to $297.1 million

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a leading provider of home health and hospice services, today reported second quarter 2010 results.

29 Jul 2010

Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings second-quarter 2010 net revenue increases 7.3% to $402.8 million

Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp. today announced its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and filed its 2010 Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

29 Jul 2010

First Edition: July 29, 2010

In today's headlines, a new poll shows opposition to health reform declining, and Peter Orszag makes his exit as budget chief -- still pressing lawmakers to make tough budget choices while implementing the new law.

29 Jul 2010

CARE Media to add 1,000 new medical specialty offices to national digital footprint

CARE Media Holdings Corp, whose KidCARE TV, Women's HealthCARE TV, and PetCARE TV networks air customized educational programming in 4,500 medical specialty offices throughout the United States, has announced plans to increase its coverage by adding 1,000 new medical specialty offices to its national digital footprint.

29 Jul 2010

Safeguard Scientifics second-quarter aggregate revenue of partner companies increase 47% to $91.6 million

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, today announced that aggregate revenue of its partner companies for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $91.6 million, up 47% from $62.3 million for the same partner companies in the same period of 2009. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the aggregate partner company revenue was $176.9 million, up 45% from $121.8 million for the same partner companies for the same period of 2009.

29 Jul 2010

Transcend Services second-quarter 2010 revenue increases 31% to $22,209,000

TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC., a leading provider of clinical documentation services to the U.S. healthcare market, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

29 Jul 2010

AVEO second-quarter total revenues increase to $15.6 million

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing cancer therapeutics, today provided an update on recent research and development (R&D) and business accomplishments, and announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.

29 Jul 2010

AHF accuses Bristol-Myers Squibb of lying about cooperation with HIV/AIDS community

Today AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) responded to a statement placed by drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) on its website defending its record on AIDS drug pricing and accessibility.

29 Jul 2010

BD third-quarter revenues increase 3.2% to $1.878 billion

BD, a leading global medical technology company, today reported quarterly revenues of $1.878 billion for the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010, representing an increase of 3.2 percent from the prior-year period, or 3.9 percent on a foreign currency-neutral basis.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 29 Jul 2010

AMN Healthcare second-quarter revenue increases 4% sequentially to $149 million

"The industry appears to be entering a modest recovery phase, with second quarter consolidated revenues growing sequentially for the first time in seven quarters, and exceeding our expectations due to better than anticipated volumes," said Susan R. Nowakowski, President and Chief Executive Officer of AMN Healthcare.

29 Jul 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Quintiles re-locates European headquarters

Securian Foundation awards 60 grants to civic, healthcare, education and arts organizations

On Assignment second-quarter consolidated revenues increase 2.6%

AIDS 2010 follow-up coverage: Global HIV/AIDS funding; HIV/AIDS studies, releases

IPC announces acquisition of Ann Arbor Inhospital Physicians

EHNAC honors HERAE with Crystal Recognition Award

Insured Americans are using fewer medical services while employers consider wellness incentives

Republicans take on cost-cutting panel backed by budget chief Orszag

ASR, School Health sign exclusive distribution agreement for VeraTemp+ non contact thermometer

Health insurance scams on rise after health reform

Gentiva Health Services second-quarter total net revenues increase 4% to $297.1 million

Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings second-quarter 2010 net revenue increases 7.3% to $402.8 million

First Edition: July 29, 2010

CARE Media to add 1,000 new medical specialty offices to national digital footprint

Safeguard Scientifics second-quarter aggregate revenue of partner companies increase 47% to $91.6 million

Transcend Services second-quarter 2010 revenue increases 31% to $22,209,000

AVEO second-quarter total revenues increase to $15.6 million

AHF accuses Bristol-Myers Squibb of lying about cooperation with HIV/AIDS community

BD third-quarter revenues increase 3.2% to $1.878 billion

AMN Healthcare second-quarter revenue increases 4% sequentially to $149 million

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