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Pharmalucence selects Bosch to provide isolated filling line for Billerica production facility

Pharmalucence, Inc. has selected Robert Bosch Packaging Technology, Inc. to provide a state-of-the-art isolated pharmaceutical filling line for the new Pharmalucence production facility being constructed in Billerica, MA.

30 Jul 2011

HHS makes funds available for health insurance co-ops

The Department of Health and Human Services will make available $600 million in loans to help start these co-ops, which were authorized by the health law. Meanwhile, various regulations regarding the health law's coverage expansions are pending at the Office of Management and Budget.

30 Jul 2011

Research roundup: Avoiding readmissions; the future of ACOs

Every week, Kaiser Health News reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.

30 Jul 2011

Resection of brain regions with fast ripples may improve seizure outcome in pediatric epilepsy: Study

New research focusing on high-frequency oscillations, termed ripples and fast ripples, recorded by intracranial electroencephalography, may provide an important marker for the localization of the brain region responsible for seizure activity.

30 Jul 2011

FDA issues 90-day extension for Pfizer's Prevnar 13 sBLA to treat pneumonia in adults

Pfizer Inc today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a 90-day extension to the action date for the Company's supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for use of Prevnar 13, in adults aged 50 and older.

30 Jul 2011

UH Case Medical Center to commence Phase 1 clinical trial on TMC207

University Hospitals Case Medical Center will begin a Phase 1 clinical trial on a new experimental anti-tuberculosis drug called TMC207.

30 Jul 2011

Breg Mexico facility receives top honors for positive culture and work environment

Orthofix International announces that its sports medicine division, Breg, has ranked #14 of all businesses in Mexico in the Great Place to Work Institute's survey for 2011.

30 Jul 2011

AACE declares obesity as a disease state

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists has declared that there is significant clinical evidence to declare obesity as a disease state. The decision was made in a unanimous vote of the AACE Board of Directors at their quarterly meeting, July 23, in Dallas, TX.

30 Jul 2011

WARFARIN Study initiated to assess utility of genetic testing to reduce warfarin-related adverse events

Iverson Genetic Diagnostics, Inc. announced that the WARFARIN Study was initiated at Colorado Heart & Vascular, P.C. in Denver and other major hospital systems nationwide to assess the utility of genetic testing to determine a personalized warfarin dose for individual patients to reduce their risk of serious bleeding or clotting events.

30 Jul 2011

Varian Medical Systems signs agreement with CIVCO to offer Body Pro-Lok to its customers

CIVCO is pleased to announce the signing of a reseller agreement that would allow Varian Medical Systems to offer CIVCO's Body Pro-Lok to its customers.

30 Jul 2011

UH Rainbow physicians to participate in two new clinical trials with AsthmaNet

Physicians at University Hospitals (UH) Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital are participating in two new clinical trials with the national research consortium AsthmaNet.

30 Jul 2011

ORENCIA SC formulation receives FDA approval for treatment of adults with RA

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a subcutaneous formulation of ORENCIA (abatacept) for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.

30 Jul 2011

AACN recognizes Children's MSICU, NICU with gold-level Beacon Awards for Excellence

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has recognized the Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children's Hospital Boston with gold-level Beacon Awards for Excellence.

30 Jul 2011

Physicians to provide high-quality care, training to medically underserved community

Today, the first class of Texas Children's Global Health Corps will depart Houston for assignment in Africa. This talented team of pediatricians and family doctors will provide medical care and treatment to thousands of children and families affected by serious or life-threatening medical conditions, including sickle cell disease, malaria, tuberculosis, malnutrition, cancer and HIV/AIDS.

30 Jul 2011

Scientists examine relationship between REM sleep behaviour disorders, Parkinson's disease

Patients suffering REM sleep behaviour disorders dream nightmares in which they are attacked and pursued, with the particularity that they express them by screaming, crying, punching and kicking while sleeping.

30 Jul 2011

Post-menopausal women with CAD are at increased risk for SCD: Study

A new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania indicates that post-menopausal women with coronary artery disease and other risk factors are at an increased risk for sudden cardiac death.

30 Jul 2011

Researchers examine drug that has potential to stop Parkinson's progression

Researchers from Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine, Van Andel Research Institute and the Translational Genomics Research Institute are investigating a drug that has the potential to not only alleviate Parkinson's symptoms but also halt the disease's progression.

30 Jul 2011

Medical News

Pharmalucence selects Bosch to provide isolated filling line for Billerica production facility

HHS makes funds available for health insurance co-ops

Research roundup: Avoiding readmissions; the future of ACOs

Resection of brain regions with fast ripples may improve seizure outcome in pediatric epilepsy: Study

FDA issues 90-day extension for Pfizer's Prevnar 13 sBLA to treat pneumonia in adults

UH Case Medical Center to commence Phase 1 clinical trial on TMC207

Breg Mexico facility receives top honors for positive culture and work environment

AACE declares obesity as a disease state

WARFARIN Study initiated to assess utility of genetic testing to reduce warfarin-related adverse events

Varian Medical Systems signs agreement with CIVCO to offer Body Pro-Lok to its customers

UH Rainbow physicians to participate in two new clinical trials with AsthmaNet

ORENCIA SC formulation receives FDA approval for treatment of adults with RA

AACN recognizes Children's MSICU, NICU with gold-level Beacon Awards for Excellence

Physicians to provide high-quality care, training to medically underserved community

Scientists examine relationship between REM sleep behaviour disorders, Parkinson's disease

Post-menopausal women with CAD are at increased risk for SCD: Study

Researchers examine drug that has potential to stop Parkinson's progression

Study shows fall in blood pressure during dialysis for patients increases risk of blood clotting

Heart disease remains most costly condition in terms of health care expenditure for women: AHRQ

Cancer patients should stick to basic sun-protection guidelines, experts say

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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