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BioMedGPS launches new business intelligence service for life sciences industry

BioMedGPS, the leader in healthcare business intelligence and competitive metrics, announces the launch of FastTRAK B.I., a new business intelligence service designed specifically for the life science industry.

6 Feb 2012

Positive clinical results from randomized trial of InspireMD's MGuard in STEMI patients

InspireMD, Inc., a medical device company focusing on the development and commercialization of its proprietary stent platform technology for use in patients with Acute Myocardial Infarctions, announced positive clinical results from an investigator-sponsored controlled randomized trial conducted in Chile.

6 Feb 2012

BioLineRx, Genoscience and RFS Pharma enter agreement for BL-8030 Hepatitis C treatment

BioLineRx, a biopharmaceutical development company, announced today it has signed a worldwide, exclusive license agreement with Genoscience and RFS Pharma to develop and commercialize BL-8030, an orally available treatment for Hepatitis C.

6 Feb 2012

First Edition: February 6, 2012

Today's headlines include reports about the continuing fall out from the Obama administration's birth control rule and the latest on the Komen foundation's efforts to bounce back from the Planned Parenthood funding flap.

6 Feb 2012

Russian neurosurgical institute acquires Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system

Russia's first Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system has found a home at the renowned N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, just a five-minute car ride from Moscow's Red Square.

From Elekta 6 Feb 2012

MindChild seeks FDA pre-market clearance for MERIDIAN non-invasive fetal heart monitor

MindChild Medical, Inc. today announced that it has successfully completed filing of a Pre-Marketing Notification Application (510(k)) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MERIDIAN non-invasive fetal heart monitor.

6 Feb 2012

HEP, Verizon establish strategic relationship to encourage health IT innovation and adoption

Health Evolution Partners and Verizon Enterprise Solutions have established a strategic relationship to encourage innovation and adoption of connected health information technologies that help drive patient care improvements and better manage costs.

6 Feb 2012

EntreMed receives $9.3 million in strategic financing

EntreMed, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, announced today that it has received approximately $9.3 million in strategic financing, as previously announced on January 23, 2012.

6 Feb 2012

Takeda launches EDARBYCLOR in the U.S. for treatment of hypertension

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., announced EDARBYCLOR (azilsartan medoxomil and chlorthalidone) is now available by prescription in U.S. pharmacies for the treatment of hypertension to lower blood pressure in adults.

6 Feb 2012

Humana fourth quarter consolidated revenues increase 9% to $9.06B

Humana Inc. today reported diluted earnings per common share (EPS) for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 (4Q11) of $1.20, compared to $0.63 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2010.

6 Feb 2012

McMaster receives $30M gift to accelerate innovations in health research, education and care

A Hamilton family is giving McMaster University $30 million to accelerate the university's innovations in health research, education and care.

6 Feb 2012

Business Group urges flu shot requirements for hospital workers

The National Business Group On Health is advocating this position as a way to reduce flu risk for health care workers and patients.

6 Feb 2012

U-M develops new system to reduce incidence of retained surgical instruments

It may sound like something from a TV medical drama, but the incidence of surgeons leaving something behind in the body is very real at hospitals across the country. For decades, surgical teams have relied on counting -- and recounting -- the sponges, needles, blades, retractors, and other items used during operations.

6 Feb 2012

Neutra to initiate clinical trials of new all-natural weight-loss supplement

Neutra Corp., an emerging nutraceuticals provider, expects to begin clinical trials of its eagerly anticipated new all-natural weight-loss supplement as early as this week when the company's first batch of Pure Plus arrives from the manufacturer.

6 Feb 2012

Have some for-profit hospices learned to work the Medicare system?

Lois Armstrong and David Daucher closed their for-profit hospice in October to get out from under more than $27 million in refunds it owed the federal Medicare program, they said.

6 Feb 2012

Precision receives U.S. patent allowance for genome engineering methods

Precision BioSciences, Inc., a leader in the field of genome engineering, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued Notices of Allowance for U.S. Patent Applications 13/246,270 and 13/246,346.

6 Feb 2012

HHS offers progress report on shrinking Medicare's doughnut hole

A provision in the health law was intended to help fill a gap in Medicare's prescription drug coverage. On Thursday, administration officials said 3.6 million beneficiaries saved $2.1 billion on prescription drugs in 2011.

6 Feb 2012

USCCB responds to Feb. 2 post on the White House blog

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued the following response to the February 2 post on the White House blog.

6 Feb 2012

As administration explains birth control rule, GOP leaders join in criticism

House Speaker John Boehner, R- Ohio, called the birth control order unconstitutional while a senior White House official acknowledged during a conference call with reporters that there has been "a fair amount of interest and some confusion" about the policy.

6 Feb 2012

Online dating surpasses all forms of matchmaking in the U.S.

Online dating has not only shed its stigma, it has surpassed all forms of matchmaking in the United States other than meeting through friends, according to a new analysis of research on the burgeoning relationship industry.

6 Feb 2012