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QB3 renews and expands three-year agreement with Pfizer

The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) has renewed and expanded a three-year agreement with Pfizer Inc. to collaborate on research projects at the University of California with the potential to transform world-class science into better medicine.

17 Mar 2012

HGF/C-MET signaling pathway plays a key role in gestational diabetes development

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified a cell-signaling pathway that plays a key role in increasing insulin secretion during pregnancy and, when blocked, leads to the development of gestational diabetes.

17 Mar 2012

Results from AspenBio Pharma's AppyScore trial on appendicitis to be presented at SAEM meeting

The results from AspenBio Pharma's 503-patient pilot study of AppyScore will be presented from the podium the upcoming West Region meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) being held in Las Vegas, March 16-17.

17 Mar 2012

Harrington HealthCare introduces Strengthening Our Future campaign

Harrington HealthCare System today formally launched a fundraising campaign to rebuild the Emergency Department at its Webster campus, Harrington HealthCare at Hubbard. The $8.8 million Strengthening Our Future campaign will enable Harrington HealthCare at Hubbard to continue to deliver the highest quality care to its patients.

17 Mar 2012

Einstein members celebrate 2012 Match Day

Members of Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University's graduating class celebrated another strong year for residency placements in competitive specialties and prestigious programs at this year's Match Day. Representing the culmination of their medical school education, Match Day marked the transition of Einstein's class of 2012 into the post-graduate phase of their training - when they will practice medicine in a clinical setting under the supervision of fully licensed physicians.

17 Mar 2012

The Medical Letter introduces mobile apps for iPad, Android

The Medical Letter – recognized since 1959 as the most trusted source of unbiased prescription drug information and drug facts - announces the launch of its mobile apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android.

17 Mar 2012

Kips Bay Medical fourth quarter net sales decrease to $94,000

Kips Bay Medical, Inc. today announced financial results for fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011.

17 Mar 2012

Expanded R&D facility opens at Cubist headquarters

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the official opening of its expanded research and development facility at its headquarters at 65 Hayden Avenue in Lexington, Massachusetts.

17 Mar 2012

MedPAC urges repeal of SGR, recommends Medicare payment cuts for hospitals, nursing homes, home health companies

The Medicare Payment Advisory Board on Thursday recommended cutting payments for hospitals and nursing homes while encouraging use of generic drugs. The panel's March report to Congress reiterates calls for reimbursing doctors' visits at the same rate whether they take place in a hospital or a physician's office. MedPAC says Medicare currently pays 80 percent more for the same routine visit if it takes place in a hospital setting, costing the program anywhere from $1 billion to $5 billion over five years

17 Mar 2012

Adalimumab may decrease vascular inflammation in patients with psoriasis

A clinical study co-led by the Montreal Heart Institute and Innovaderm Research Inc., which was presented today at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, shows that a new treatment for psoriasis could be associated with a significant decrease in vascular inflammation, a major risk factor of cardiovascular disease.

17 Mar 2012

Gates Foundation grants biotech firm Aeras $220 million over 5 years to develop TB vaccines

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is "to give $220 million over five years to the non-profit biotech firm Aeras to develop vaccines to fight tuberculosis [TB], a company statement said Thursday," Agence France-Presse reports (3/15).

17 Mar 2012

Baptist Health South Florida named one of 2012 World's Most Ethical Companies

Baptist Health South Florida announced today that Ethisphere Institute has named it as one of the 2012 World's Most Ethical Companies - marking the second straight such honor for Baptist Health.

17 Mar 2012

Solos to introduce new endoscopic instrument line, SteriTAP

Solos Endoscopy, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company will be launching a new endoscopic instrument line, SteriTAP.

17 Mar 2012

Extremely contagious RSV virus can lead to serious illness in young children

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common virus that infects the lungs and breathing passage ways. Though it may only produce minor cold symptoms in adults, it can lead to serious illness in young children and those with compromised immune systems.

17 Mar 2012

Echo total revenues increase to $447,000 for fiscal year 2011

Echo Therapeutics, Inc., a company developing its needle-free Symphony tCGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system and its Prelude SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery, today announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2011.

17 Mar 2012

Positive data from VBL Therapeutics' VB-201 Phase 2 study on psoriasis, atherosclerosis

VBL Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company committed to the development of novel treatments for immune-inflammatory diseases and cancer, today announced that a Phase 2 sub-study of VB-201 in moderate to severe psoriasis patients with cardiovascular risk has successfully achieved its primary endpoint demonstrating a statistically significant reduction in vascular inflammation associated with atherosclerotic lesions as measured by PET-CT imaging.

17 Mar 2012

Viewpoints: Health care system doesn't live up to its billing for many Americans; Romney woos seniors with 'clever Medicare gambit'

If you like your doctor, if your insurance works, if you feel that you're getting good value for your health care dollar, then in your view the U.S. system may rank high. If you don't have a regular doctor, if you're without insurance or underinsured, if you're swamped by medical bills, then in your view the U.S. system may not rank so high. And this is aside from debate over the role of government in the health care system.

17 Mar 2012

Infants' faces evoke species-specific patterns of brain activity in adults

Distinct patterns of activity-which may indicate a predisposition to care for infants-- appear in the brains of adults who view an image of an infant face-even when the child is not theirs, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and in Germany, Italy, and Japan.

17 Mar 2012

Obesity appears to increase risk of mortality tied to sleeping pills

Obesity appears to significantly increase the risk of death tied to sleeping pills, nearly doubling the rate of mortality even among those prescribed 18 or fewer pills in a year, researchers reported Friday.

17 Mar 2012

Tarsa advances OSTORA NDA filing through $28M Series B financing

Tarsa Therapeutics, Inc. today announced completion of a $28 million Series B equity financing led by new investor Foresite Capital.

17 Mar 2012

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QB3 renews and expands three-year agreement with Pfizer

HGF/C-MET signaling pathway plays a key role in gestational diabetes development

Results from AspenBio Pharma's AppyScore trial on appendicitis to be presented at SAEM meeting

Harrington HealthCare introduces Strengthening Our Future campaign

Einstein members celebrate 2012 Match Day

The Medical Letter introduces mobile apps for iPad, Android

Kips Bay Medical fourth quarter net sales decrease to $94,000

Expanded R&D facility opens at Cubist headquarters

MedPAC urges repeal of SGR, recommends Medicare payment cuts for hospitals, nursing homes, home health companies

Adalimumab may decrease vascular inflammation in patients with psoriasis

Gates Foundation grants biotech firm Aeras $220 million over 5 years to develop TB vaccines

Baptist Health South Florida named one of 2012 World's Most Ethical Companies

Solos to introduce new endoscopic instrument line, SteriTAP

Extremely contagious RSV virus can lead to serious illness in young children

Echo total revenues increase to $447,000 for fiscal year 2011

Positive data from VBL Therapeutics' VB-201 Phase 2 study on psoriasis, atherosclerosis

Viewpoints: Health care system doesn't live up to its billing for many Americans; Romney woos seniors with 'clever Medicare gambit'

Infants' faces evoke species-specific patterns of brain activity in adults

Obesity appears to increase risk of mortality tied to sleeping pills

Tarsa advances OSTORA NDA filing through $28M Series B financing

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