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Orexo reports net revenues of MSEK 55.2 for second quarter 2011

OREXO: STRONG SALES INCREASE FOR ABSTRAL. For the period. Royalty revenues from Abstral sales in Europe rose to MSEK 30.4.

10 Aug 2011

Novel therapy shrinks tumors without collateral damage

A potential new option is beginning to emerge for patients with the fastest growing form of cancer in the United States, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

10 Aug 2011

Erythromycin can prevent and treat aseptic loosening of total joint replacement

Total joint replacement surgeries can help relieve joint pain common in people with conditions like osteoarthritis. But sometimes, the debris from prosthetic joints leads to aseptic loosening, or disintegration of surrounding bones.

10 Aug 2011

First renal denervation with Medtronic Symplicity Catheter System performed in Latin America

Medtronic today announced the first use in Latin America of renal denervation with the Medtronic Symplicity Catheter System™ to treat a patient with resistant hypertension, which is defined as high blood pressure despite treatment with three or more anti-hypertensive medications. Hypertension is an especially dangerous disease affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

From Medtronic 10 Aug 2011

Hydros-TA therapy provides next generation of osteoarthritis relief

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting roughly 10% of Canadians. This degradation of the joints is painful and crippling, especially when it affects the knee. Although there are viable OA treatment options, they are short-lived and can have serious side-effects.

10 Aug 2011

Music and music therapy may benefit cancer patients

Cancer patients may benefit from sessions with trained music therapists or from listening to music. Using music can reduce anxiety in cancer patients, and may also have positive effects on mood, pain and quality of life, according to a new Cochrane systematic review led by Dr. Joke Bradt, an associate professor in Drexel University's College of Nursing and Health Professions.

10 Aug 2011

OCM medical director receives AANEM's accreditation for electrodiagnostic lab in NJ

One Call Medical (OCM), the nation's leading provider of specialty services to insurance payers, today announced that its medical director, Dr. John Robinton, received recognition by the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) as having the first accredited electrodiagnostic laboratory in the state of New Jersey—and the additional distinction of "Accreditation with Exemplary Status."

9 Aug 2011

Common culinary spice derivative could treat tendinitis

A derivative of a common culinary spice found in Indian curries could offer a new treatment hope for sufferers of the painful condition tendinitis, an international team of researchers has shown.

9 Aug 2011

Simcere second quarter total revenue increases 0.3% to US$84.4 million

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, a leading pharmaceutical company specializing in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of branded generic and proprietary pharmaceuticals in China, today reported preliminary unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.

9 Aug 2011

Pfizer, UC San Diego sign research agreement to drive innovation in drug discovery

In an innovative collaboration designed to speed the process of drug discovery, Pfizer, Inc. and the University of California, San Diego Health Sciences announced today that UC San Diego has joined the ranks of other top-tier life science research institutions across the country as part of Pfizer's Centers for Therapeutic Innovation.

9 Aug 2011

Illinois' high school football players to do two-a-day workouts on Wednesday

Practices for football, cross country and other high school sports in Illinois begin Wednesday, Aug. 10, and many athletes will do two-a-day workouts in the August heat.

9 Aug 2011

Viewpoints: Emanuel on cancer care; George Bush - 'health reformer?'; Hiassen on Fla. 'trolls'

Right now cancer care is being rationed in the United States. Probably to their great disappointment, President Obama's critics cannot blame this rationing on death panels or health care reform. Rather, it is caused by a severe shortage of important cancer drugs.

9 Aug 2011

Exactech's new Optetrak Logic knee implant effective for painful arthritis

Kevin Hindle, a 47-year-old manufacturing engineer at Exactech, Inc., a global orthopaedic device company, regained his active lifestyle with an innovative new knee implant that he helped develop.

9 Aug 2011

Provider groups weigh in with Supreme Court on Calif. Medicaid case; Fla. docs oppose Medicaid revamp

In other Medicaid news, Texas switches its Medicaid recipients to cards instead of using monthly proof-of-coverage letters to save cash while some advocates worry that children's health could be at risk.

9 Aug 2011

HUYA enters strategic partnership with King's Lab

HUYA Bioscience International, a leader in globalizing China's biopharmaceutical innovations, today announced a strategic partnership with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Pharmacy King's Lab. The alliance with HUYA will assist King's Lab in accelerating the development of their novel drugs to international standards.

8 Aug 2011

A.P. Pharma second quarter net loss decreases to $1.9 million

A.P. Pharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2011 and highlighted its recent corporate progress.

8 Aug 2011

American Shared Hospital Services first half 2011 revenues increase 4.0% to $8,573,000

AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES, a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, today announced financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2011.

8 Aug 2011

Inhibitex second quarter net loss decreases to $5.3 million

Inhibitex, Inc. today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011 and provided an update on several recent clinical and corporate developments.

8 Aug 2011

HPV-related throat cancer cases increase sharply over the past 10 years

Forty-two-year-old Manahawkin, New Jersey resident David Caldarella can recite a long list of dates off the top of his head. The first one starts with the day he found a lump on the right side of his neck while shaving. It was March 23, 2010. Caldarella immediately called his physician.

8 Aug 2011

FDA approves Relievant IDE for Intracept System to treat chronic low back pain

Relievant Medsystems, Inc. today announced the company has received Food and Drug Administration approval of an Investigational Device Exemption to begin their SMART pivotal trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Intracept System for treatment of chronic low back pain.

8 Aug 2011