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Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare to advance '572 inhibitor into Phase III clinical trials

Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare LLC today announced that it will be progressing its once-daily, unboosted investigational integrase inhibitor, S/GSK1349572 ('572) into Phase III clinical trials. '572 will be the only once-daily, unboosted integrase inhibitor in Phase III clinical development.

21 Jul 2010

Abbott second-quarter global sales increase 17.8% to $8.8 billion

Abbott today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

21 Jul 2010

Cara Therapeutics closes Series D financing of $15 million

Cara Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it had closed on a Series D financing of $15 million. The round was led by new investor, Rho Ventures, with participation from previous investors Alta Biopharma, Ascent Biomedical Ventures, CT Innovations, Devon Park BioVentures, Healthcare Private Equity, Mitsubishi International Corporation and MVM Life Science Partners.

21 Jul 2010

First Edition: July 21, 2010

Today's headlines include news regarding specific examples of what could happen at the state level if Congress doesn't extend enhanced federal Medicaid funding.

21 Jul 2010

Jericho Systems selected to provide key components of NHIN

Jericho Systems Corporation, a leader in distributed enterprise identity and access management solutions for evolving SOA environments, is one of only eight civilian companies selected to provide key components of the new Nationwide Health Information Network that facilitates the exchange of clinical data between the Department of Defense, Veterans Administration, and private healthcare providers.

21 Jul 2010

Medivo co-founder to discuss importance of maintaining physician oversight for genetic laboratory tests

Medivo, a provider of virtual healthcare services for individuals and organizations, announces that Dr. Destry Sulkes, physician and co-founder of Medivo, will discuss the value and importance of maintaining physician oversight and support for individuals requesting genetic laboratory tests. Dr. Sulkes will present his views today at the FDA/CDRH Public Meeting on Oversight of LDTs, in Hyattsville, Maryland.

21 Jul 2010

ATLIS 2010 shows gap in patient-physician dialogue that may negatively impact patients' quality of life

Results from the landmark AIDS Treatment for Life International Survey, a multi-country survey of more than 2,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, revealed a significant gap in patient-physician dialogue about critical health-related conditions that may negatively impact patients' overall long-term health, quality of life, and treatment outcomes.

21 Jul 2010

Study examines UK's NICE as model producer of HTA

GfK HealthCare, one the largest providers of fully integrated custom health care marketing research in the world, announced today the undertaking of a first-ever research study aimed at examining the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence as a model producer of Health Technology Appraisals, and its impact on decision making in ex-UK health care systems.

21 Jul 2010

GE Healthcare IT announces Meaningful Use-ready software release for Centricity Enterprise

GE Healthcare IT, a leading provider of healthcare information technology solutions, announced the availability of its Meaningful Use (MU)-ready software release for Centricity Enterprise - the integrated cross-continuum clinical, financial and administrative software solution for hospitals.

21 Jul 2010

Company creates cottages for aging, disabled relatives; Report examines rising costs for elderly health care

"On Monday, N2Care, a company formed by a Methodist minister in Salem, Va., showed off its first MedCottage, a 12-by-24-foot prototype filled with biometric technology that would allow a family and health-care providers to monitor the condition of an aging or disabled relative. … [T]he Virginia General Assembly this year passed legislation, HB1307, that supersedes local zoning laws and allows families to install such a dwelling on their property with a doctor's order."

21 Jul 2010

Practice Fusion announces state EHR incentive potential

Last week's announcement of final guidelines for medical providers and EHR vendors has officially kicked off the national health IT transition. As part of the 2009 economic stimulus plan (ARRA), billions have been earmarked to incentivize the Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology in the US. Eligible medical providers can each qualify for $44,000+ in stimulus incentives starting in 2011, incentives that will drive health IT adoption and could bring as much as $4 billion to individual states.

21 Jul 2010

Rate of women getting mammography screenings stalls; colorectal cancer screenings remain underused by medicare patients

One-fifth of American women ages 50 to 74 have fallen behind on mammography screenings for breast cancer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting. Although the percentage of women in this age group who get a regular breast cancer screening every two years increased steadily during the 1990s, the rate has remained just over 80 percent since 2000, according to the centers' Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

21 Jul 2010

Vanderbilt University Medical Center performs specialized PET/CT scan to locate cancerous tumors

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and affiliated VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System are the first in the U.S. to perform a specialized PET/CT scan to successfully locate the presence of tumors.

21 Jul 2010

AHAF enters new partnership with BioMed Central's Molecular Neurodegeneration journal

The American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) today announced a new partnership with BioMed Central's open access journal, Molecular Neurodegeneration (MN) in which the publication will be the official open access journal of AHAF.

21 Jul 2010

Depressive symptoms in patients with HCV infection overlooked

Researchers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland (the NORDynamIC project group) have observed that depressive symptoms in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are commonly overlooked in routine clinical interviews, and that treatment-induced depression compromises the outcome of HCV therapy. A second U.S. study found that patients with chronic infection had lower (work) productivity and incurred higher medical benefit costs than those without HCV.

21 Jul 2010

Obama resubmits Berwick nomination to Senate, Kagan responds to health law concerns

President Obama on Monday submitted his nomination of Dr. Donald Berwick to head Medicare and Medicaid — "a move that comes two weeks after Obama bypassed Congress to put his stalled nominee in the post until the end of 2011," Roll Call reports. If Berwick is approved, he would have the job indefinitely instead of merely through 2011, a rule that is imposed when a recess appointment is used.

21 Jul 2010

Health reform law faces political, implementation challenges

Politico: States with "the most progressive health policies" are having a hard time implementing their part of a $5 billion series of high-risk insurance pools because their states offer a more generous guarantee of coverage. "Five states — Vermont, Maine, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts — have 'guaranteed issue' of insurance: individual subscribers cannot be turned away because of a health condition.

21 Jul 2010

Gentiva preliminary second-quarter total net revenues increase 4% to $297 million

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a leading provider of home health and hospice services, today reported preliminary operating results for the second quarter ended July 4, 2010. A conference call to discuss these preliminary results will be held on July 21, 2010 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time. The Company will issue its final 2010 second quarter and six months financial results on July 29, 2010.

21 Jul 2010

Access selects BioScrip as exclusive distribution and service partner for MuGard

ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in products for cancer and supportive care, announced today it has signed an exclusive specialty distribution agreement with BioScrip for its lead product, MuGard -- an FDA-approved, ready-to-use mucoadhesive oral wound rinse for the management of oral mucositis, a debilitating side effect of radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.

20 Jul 2010

TeleHealth Services announces dates, keynote speakers for TIGRCon10

TeleHealth Services, the nation's leading provider of healthcare grade televisions and on-demand interactive patient education solutions, announced today the dates and keynote speakers for TIGRCon10, the company's annual patient education user conference. The conference, which will be focused on learning to deliver an optimal patient recovery process and improve clinical workflow, will enable hospital leadership and staff members to share best practices, discuss the role of technology in shaping the patient experience, gain new ideas and perspectives through a power user panel, and network with colleagues in the industry.

20 Jul 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare to advance '572 inhibitor into Phase III clinical trials

Abbott second-quarter global sales increase 17.8% to $8.8 billion

Cara Therapeutics closes Series D financing of $15 million

First Edition: July 21, 2010

Jericho Systems selected to provide key components of NHIN

Medivo co-founder to discuss importance of maintaining physician oversight for genetic laboratory tests

ATLIS 2010 shows gap in patient-physician dialogue that may negatively impact patients' quality of life

Study examines UK's NICE as model producer of HTA

GE Healthcare IT announces Meaningful Use-ready software release for Centricity Enterprise

Company creates cottages for aging, disabled relatives; Report examines rising costs for elderly health care

Practice Fusion announces state EHR incentive potential

Rate of women getting mammography screenings stalls; colorectal cancer screenings remain underused by medicare patients

Vanderbilt University Medical Center performs specialized PET/CT scan to locate cancerous tumors

AHAF enters new partnership with BioMed Central's Molecular Neurodegeneration journal

Depressive symptoms in patients with HCV infection overlooked

Obama resubmits Berwick nomination to Senate, Kagan responds to health law concerns

Health reform law faces political, implementation challenges

Gentiva preliminary second-quarter total net revenues increase 4% to $297 million

Access selects BioScrip as exclusive distribution and service partner for MuGard

TeleHealth Services announces dates, keynote speakers for TIGRCon10

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