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Avastin drug not safe and effective for breast cancer patients: FDA Commissioner

FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., said today she is revoking the agency's approval of the breast cancer indication for Avastin (bevacizumab) after concluding that the drug has not been shown to be safe and effective for that use.

19 Nov 2011

Victory for seniors: Calif. Adult Day Health Care center lawsuit resolved

Senior advocates had sued the state because of Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to shut down the ADHC program to save money.

19 Nov 2011

New regulatory and product development tool on Qmed site

Qmed.com, the world's only 100% qualified medical device supplier directory, search engine, and central industry resource, today announced a new powerful business intelligence tool is now live on the Qmed site as part of its continuing commitment to provide users with additional resources.

19 Nov 2011

Shire, Shionogi enter agreement to co-develop and co-commercialize ADHD medicines in Japan

Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that it has entered into an agreement with Shionogi & Co. Ltd. of Japan to co-develop and co-commercialize certain of Shire's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medicines in Japan.

19 Nov 2011

New, incision-free surgery to manage chronic acid reflux

Adam Vasser would wake up at night choking on partially digested food and liquid. Stomach acid burned the delicate tissue of his throat. "I'd sleep really badly," he said. During the day, he sometimes suffered from heartburn.

19 Nov 2011

MedSolutions introduces ICD Surgery Management Program

MedSolutions, a leading provider of quality-driven medical cost management services, today announced the launch of its Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Surgery Management Program, which uses evidence-based guidelines to ensure the clinical appropriateness of ICD and CRT-D implantation.

19 Nov 2011

Research roundup: The effect of heart drug costs; Doctors' financial incentives when ordering stress tests

The researchers examined whether drug costs for heart attack patients affects health. Half of a group of more than 5,000 patients were given prescription coverage that eliminated co-payments and expanded drug choices. The others had "usual prescription coverage."

18 Nov 2011

FDA assigns new PDUFA date for Takeda's investigational type 2 diabetes therapy, alogliptin

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc., U.S., today announced that the company received notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that its review of investigational type 2 diabetes therapy alogliptin, and thus the fixed-dose combination therapy alogliptin/pioglitazone, will be delayed.

18 Nov 2011

First Edition: November 18, 2011

In today's health policy headlines, reports indicate that the super committee continues to face difficulties and may not make its fast-approaching deadline.

18 Nov 2011

The AJMS launches new series on 'Pathophysiology in Medicine'

As scientific research delves into the processes underlying human disease, doctors are challenged to integrate these new discoveries into patient care. To help bridge the gap between basic science research and clinical practice, a new series on "Pathophysiology in Medicine" begins this month in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (The AJMS), official journal of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation.

18 Nov 2011

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia opens Center for Acute Respiratory Failure

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center has officially opened the Center for Acute Respiratory Failure, which offers, among other services, expertise in using lung bypass technology to help adult patients whose lungs are rapidly shutting down.

18 Nov 2011

University of Haifa leads new computerized medical information systems research project

University of Haifa leads a new international computerized medical information systems research project, funded by the EU with total budget of €6 million.

18 Nov 2011

NYU Langone cardiovascular experts present new research findings at AHA 2011

Experts from the Cardiac & Vascular Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center presented new research findings at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2011 held November 12-16, 2011 in Orlando, Florida.

18 Nov 2011

Longer looks: The Supreme Court and health law politics; Obama and drug shortages

There are eighty-two Planned Parenthood affiliates nationwide, operating nearly eight hundred clinics. Planned Parenthood says that one in five women in the U.S. has been treated at a Planned Parenthood clinic. Critics of Planned Parenthood, who are engaged in a sustained attack on the organization, say that most of those women are going to the clinics to have abortions, paid for, in violation of the Hyde Amendment, with taxpayer money.

18 Nov 2011

Blocking CaM kinase may help prevent cardiac rupture

For people who initially survive a heart attack, a significant cause of death in the next few days is cardiac rupture -- literally, bursting of the heart wall. A new study by University of Iowa researchers pinpoints a single protein as the key player in the biochemical cascade that leads to cardiac rupture.

18 Nov 2011

AHA honors Gladstone scientist with Katz award for cardiovascular research

Li Qian, PhD, has won the Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Prize for Young Investigators from the American Heart Association (AHA), marking the first time in the prestigious award's history that a Gladstone Institutes researcher has been the recipient.

18 Nov 2011

New framework to improve care for patients with delirium

A new national plan of action provides a roadmap for improving the care of patients with delirium, a poorly understood and often unrecognized brain condition that affects approximately seven million hospitalized Americans each year.

18 Nov 2011

Two RegeneRx cardiac-related patents receive notice of allowance in Australia, Mexico

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the Company has been notified that two cardiac-related patents will be allowed in Australia and Mexico.

18 Nov 2011

Researchers use baker's yeast to gain insight into chromosome separation process

Researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research used, ironically enough, the single-celled organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae -- commonly known as baker's yeast -- to gain new insight into the process by which chromosomes are physically segregated during cell division.

18 Nov 2011

Stent shortening and deformity can cause serious complications for patients

Some stents that keep blood vessels open to treat heart disease are poorly designed to resist shortening, according to publications in the Journal of Interventional Cardiology.

18 Nov 2011

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Avastin drug not safe and effective for breast cancer patients: FDA Commissioner

Victory for seniors: Calif. Adult Day Health Care center lawsuit resolved

New regulatory and product development tool on Qmed site

Shire, Shionogi enter agreement to co-develop and co-commercialize ADHD medicines in Japan

New, incision-free surgery to manage chronic acid reflux

MedSolutions introduces ICD Surgery Management Program

Research roundup: The effect of heart drug costs; Doctors' financial incentives when ordering stress tests

FDA assigns new PDUFA date for Takeda's investigational type 2 diabetes therapy, alogliptin

First Edition: November 18, 2011

The AJMS launches new series on 'Pathophysiology in Medicine'

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia opens Center for Acute Respiratory Failure

University of Haifa leads new computerized medical information systems research project

NYU Langone cardiovascular experts present new research findings at AHA 2011

Longer looks: The Supreme Court and health law politics; Obama and drug shortages

Blocking CaM kinase may help prevent cardiac rupture

AHA honors Gladstone scientist with Katz award for cardiovascular research

New framework to improve care for patients with delirium

Two RegeneRx cardiac-related patents receive notice of allowance in Australia, Mexico

Researchers use baker's yeast to gain insight into chromosome separation process

Stent shortening and deformity can cause serious complications for patients

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