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IMS Health reports fiscal 2009 third-quarter results

IMS Health, the world’s leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced third-quarter 2009 revenue of $540.8 million, down 6 percent or 4 percent constant dollar, compared with $573.7 million in the year-earlier period. Net loss for the 2009 third quarter was $9.3 million and diluted earnings per share was $(0.05) compared with net income of $75.9 million and EPS of $0.41 in the third quarter of 2008.

22 Oct 2009

Healthcare bill raises taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year

Over and over again, President Obama has promised not to raise "any form" of taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year. Yet, the U.S. Senate is getting ready to consider a government healthcare bill which does just that.

22 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 22, 2009

Some clear themes emerge from today's headlines. Among them: A new government report indicates that health costs grow even faster under Democratic legislation pending in the House; and, yesterday's Senate vote to block the Medicare pay fix bill represents an important loss for Majority Leader Harry Reid.

22 Oct 2009

FPB awarded $3.7M in six stimulus grants

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (FPB) at Case Western Reserve University was recently awarded $3.7 million in six stimulus grants from various federal offices to fund innovative research and academic programs.

22 Oct 2009

ID Experts launches Breach Respond services for Blue Cross Blue Shield Member Companies

ID Experts(R), the leader in data breach prevention and remediation, has announced a Breach Respond(TM) offering tailored to meet the needs of Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Member Companies, whose physicians recently had sensitive personal information exposed by a BCBS Association data breach incident.

22 Oct 2009

Purdue Pharma and NCPA partner to create a free tool to help prevent pharmacy crime

Purdue Pharma L.P. and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) debut the "RxPATROL® Pharmacy Safety and Security" video at NCPA's annual conference in New Orleans and on www.RxPATROL.com.

22 Oct 2009

Medicare Fraud Strike Force in Houston files charges against six individuals for false and fraudulent claims

Medicare fraud charges have been filed against six individuals in the continuing operation of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in Houston, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas Tim Johnson and Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), announced today.

22 Oct 2009

Unilife Medical Solutions to market its products at pharmaceutical industry event

Unilife Medical Solutions Limited today announced it will be exhibiting at two upcoming pharmaceutical trade shows and conferences.

22 Oct 2009

Sectra signs distribution agreement with Attieh Medico

The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has signed a distribution agreement with Attieh Medico, a leading medical technology company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

22 Oct 2009

Pregnant women who are lesbians are not receiving the same care as other mothers-to-be: Study

Midwives often struggle to meet the needs of pregnant women who are lesbians, with patients reporting that the focus is often on their sexuality rather than the fact that they are expecting a baby, according to research in the November issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

22 Oct 2009

Healthcare organizations meet at the third Annual Integrated Provider Management Symposium

More than 28 healthcare organizations were represented at the third Annual Integrated Provider Management (IPM) Symposium, hosted by Portico Systems. The focus of the event was how health plans are preparing for industry changes in terms of access, quality and payment reform.

22 Oct 2009

18 Los Angeles residents charged in five indictments for allegedly participating in Medicare fraud schemes

Eighteen defendants, most of them residing in the Los Angeles area, have been charged in five indictments for allegedly participating in Medicare fraud schemes that resulted in approximately $25 million in fraudulent bills to the Medicare program, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California George S. Cardona and Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).

22 Oct 2009

Clinical performance study reveals the accuracy and precision of TRUE2go system

Home Diagnostics, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of blood glucose monitoring systems, today announced the results of a TRUE2go™ clinical performance study published in the October 2009 issue of the journal Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. The study, “Clinical Performance of the TRUE2go Blood Glucose System – A Novel Integrated System for Meter and Strips,” demonstrated the accuracy and precision of the TRUE2go system and found that it was both easy and convenient to use by patients.

22 Oct 2009

SNAP Diagnostics joins SAFE-BioPharma Association

SNAP Diagnostics, a Chicago-based leader in the development of technology for the detection of sleep apnea and the analysis of snoring patterns, has joined SAFE-BioPharma Association, the non-profit association that created and manages the global SAFE-BioPharma® digital identity and signature standard for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. SNAP Diagnostics is the first dedicated device and diagnostics company to join SAFE-BioPharma.

22 Oct 2009

AHA endorses rL Solutions' Risk MonitorPro healthcare incident management system

The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced it has exclusively endorsed rL Solutions Risk MonitorPro® for healthcare incident management. Risk MonitorPro is a web-based incident and adverse event management system that allows users to easily submit, refine, analyze and communicate critical incident information.

22 Oct 2009

FDA uses Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions' prescription data for tracking viral treatments

Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of market data and competitive intelligence to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is using its prescription data to track the treatment of H1N1 and other influenza viruses.

22 Oct 2009

France Biotech announces its 5th Bioethics Forum

France Biotech, the French association of life science businesses and their partners (www.france-biotech.org) today announced that its 5th Bioethics Forum (organized in collaboration with the Eurobiomed cluster) will take place on Friday, December 11th, at the Musée du Carre d’Art venue in Nîmes.

22 Oct 2009

Halozyme Therapeutics commences patient dosing in Phase 3 Enhanze trial with Herceptin

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. and Roche today announced dosing of the first patient in a Phase 3 registration trial using Enhanze™ technology (rHuPH20, recombinant human hyaluronidase) in a subcutaneous formulation with Roche’s anticancer biologic, Herceptin (trastuzumab).

22 Oct 2009

AHF commends Congress for its passage of the Ryan White CARE Act

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization which provides services to more than 129,000 people in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, today commended Congress for its passage of the Ryan White CARE Act (RWCA, or the CARE Act), the federal law that provides the primary source of funding for AIDS care and services nationwide. The bill cleared the Senate on Monday by unanimous consent and passed the House earlier today by a 408 to 9 vote.

22 Oct 2009

Senate votes to shelve 'doc fix' legislation

"The Senate has sidetracked legislation raising Medicare payments for doctors by $247 billion over the next decade," The Associated Press reports. "The 47-53 vote was 13 short of the 60 needed to advance the measure, and reflected bipartisan concern that it would have raised deficits if it became law" (10/21).

22 Oct 2009

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

IMS Health reports fiscal 2009 third-quarter results

Healthcare bill raises taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year

First Edition: October 22, 2009

FPB awarded $3.7M in six stimulus grants

ID Experts launches Breach Respond services for Blue Cross Blue Shield Member Companies

Purdue Pharma and NCPA partner to create a free tool to help prevent pharmacy crime

Medicare Fraud Strike Force in Houston files charges against six individuals for false and fraudulent claims

Unilife Medical Solutions to market its products at pharmaceutical industry event

Sectra signs distribution agreement with Attieh Medico

Pregnant women who are lesbians are not receiving the same care as other mothers-to-be: Study

Healthcare organizations meet at the third Annual Integrated Provider Management Symposium

18 Los Angeles residents charged in five indictments for allegedly participating in Medicare fraud schemes

Clinical performance study reveals the accuracy and precision of TRUE2go system

SNAP Diagnostics joins SAFE-BioPharma Association

AHA endorses rL Solutions' Risk MonitorPro healthcare incident management system

FDA uses Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions' prescription data for tracking viral treatments

France Biotech announces its 5th Bioethics Forum

Halozyme Therapeutics commences patient dosing in Phase 3 Enhanze trial with Herceptin

AHF commends Congress for its passage of the Ryan White CARE Act

Senate votes to shelve 'doc fix' legislation

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