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Census data: The age gap is growing, sharpening political divide

The age gap among regions in the U.S. has grown to its widest in decades. In some areas, the trend will increase pressure on already stretched budgets that provide services for the aging.

13 May 2011

Corgenix third quarter revenues down 16.7% to $1,828,943

Corgenix Medical Corporation, a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, today filed its third quarter Form 10-Q and reported its financial results.

13 May 2011

First Edition: May 13, 2011

Today's headlines include details of Mitt Romney's major health care speech as well as the latest updates on the debt limit and budget talks and the outlook for Medicare's future.

13 May 2011

CEL-SCI initiates Multikine Phase III trial for head and neck cancer in Poland

CEL-SCI Corporation announced today that it has commenced its global Phase III clinical trial for Multikine, the Company's flagship immunotherapy, at the Centrum Onkologii - Instytut im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, Warsaw, Poland, the first clinical site in Poland and the first center in the EU.

13 May 2011

Biodel enters deal with Great Point Partners, Orbimed Advisors to sell 12.2 million shares of common stock

Biodel Inc. today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with a group of institutional investors, including Great Point Partners, LLC and Orbimed Advisors, LLC, to sell approximately 12.2 million shares of its common stock, 1.7 million shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase 9.0 million shares of its common stock.

13 May 2011

More than 1,100 women raped every day in the Congo, study finds

More than 1,100 women are raped every day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to a study published on Tuesday in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health, Agence France-Presse reports.

13 May 2011

Diet-Bailout author use business tools for new weight loss approach

Rosemary Hershey, author of Diet-Bailout, introduces a new approach to weight loss using business tools that change the way women diet.

13 May 2011

Dr. Reddy's 2011 consolidated revenues increase 6% to Rs. 74.7 billion

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. today announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the quarter and full year ended March 31, 2011 under International Financial Reporting Standards.

13 May 2011

China's SFDA approves TPI anti-diabetic drug Gliclazide

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., a pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharmaceutical medicine, modernized traditional Chinese medicine, branded generics and other pharmaceuticals today announced that TPI has received the China's SFDA's approval for its anti-diabetic drug Gliclazide Tablets.

13 May 2011

Nuvo Research acquires ZARS Pharma

Nuvo Research Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to building a portfolio of products primarily for the treatment of pain, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of ZARS Pharma, Inc.

13 May 2011

Mylan introduces Risperidone Orally Disintegrating Tablets for schizophrenia treatment

Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched Risperidone Orally Disintegrating Tablets, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg and 4 mg, the generic version of Ortho-McNeil's Risperdal M-Tab, a treatment for schizophrenia.

13 May 2011

Pro-Pharmaceuticals reports net loss of $2.7 million for first quarter 2011

Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading developer of therapeutics that target galectin proteins to treat fibrosis and cancer, today reported its financial results for the first quarter, ended March 31, 2011.

13 May 2011

New data shows high sexual violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo

A new study based on examination of government-collected and nationally representative data from the Democratic Republic of Congo shows that levels of rape and sexual violence against women in the country are 26 times higher than official United Nations estimates.

13 May 2011

PAF, Breakaway from Cancer partner for awareness campaign

The Patient Advocate Foundation – a national non-profit organization that provides professional case management services to tens of thousands of patients every year who are unable to obtain access to care because of financial or insurance denials - is pleased to partner with Breakaway from Cancer, a national fundraising and educational initiative founded by Amgen in 2005 as a complementary component to the company's sponsorship of the Amgen Tour of California, a world-class professional cycling competition, to raise awareness of the important resources available to cancer patients including prevention, education, patient care, advocacy, financial support and survivorship.

13 May 2011

Comprehensive report finds many U.S. children lack insurance duration, quality health care

A comprehensive report based on the National Survey of Children's Health conducted by children's health researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau finds insurance duration, consistency and adequacy, and the corresponding access to health care, are lacking for many U.S. children and have a detrimental effect on their health and well-being.

13 May 2011

HHS dual-eligible program seeks to lower states' Medicaid costs

The centerpiece of the program, which HHS says could result in savings of billions of dollars a year, would give states access to data detailing how Medicaid populations use Medicare services.

13 May 2011

Researcher says a comparison with epilepsy is an appropriate prism to view economics

Since 2008, the U.S. economy has been "seizing" uncontrollably. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher says that a comparison of the multifaceted economic downturn with the uncontrolled spasms of an epileptic is not inappropriate - and may say something about the origins of the disaster.

13 May 2011

Reaxys, Syngene sign multi-year contract to enhance R&D competitiveness and productivity

Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific content and online solutions announced today that Syngene, India's first contract research organization, has signed a multi-year contract that will provide unlimited access to Reaxys for all Syngene researchers.

13 May 2011

Sinovac first quarter sales increase 5.3% to $4.7 million

Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today its unaudited first quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2011.

13 May 2011

Jamaican organizations will receive PEPFAR grants to fight HIV/AIDS stigma

Five Jamaican organizations on Tuesday signed agreements with the U.S. Ambassador's HIV Program to receive PEPFAR-funded grants totaling $58,000 for projects aimed at reducing HIV/AIDS-related stigma, the Jamaica Observer reports.

13 May 2011