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MicroPhage receives FDA clearance for KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared the first test for Staphylococcus aureus infections that is able to quickly identify whether the bacteria are methicillin resistant or methicillin susceptible.

7 May 2011

Abiomed presents PROTECT II study data in percutaneous coronary intervention at SCAI 2011

Abiomed, Inc., a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today announced results from further 90 day clinical and economic analyses, based on data from the PROTECT II study.

7 May 2011

Centric Health to acquire LifeMark Health

Centric Health Corporation, Canada's leading diversified healthcare company, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire, amongst other things, all of the common units of LifeMark Health Limited Partnership.

7 May 2011

Research roundup: Racial disparities in cancer screening and VA treatment

Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Colorectal Cancer Screening Persisted Despite Expansion Of Medicare's Screening Reimbursement. This study looked at the effect in minority groups of expanded reimbursements by Medicare for colorectal cancer screenings.

7 May 2011

West declares third quarter dividend of $0.17 per share

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved payment of the third-quarter 2011 cash dividend of $0.17 per share.

7 May 2011

SAHA and LAN partner to provide video language interpretation services

The Southern Atlantic Hospital Alliance announced the selection of the Language Access Network as its exclusive partner to provide video language interpretation services.

7 May 2011

Affordable preventive care options available for all California women

All women, regardless of their health insurance coverage, can find affordable preventive care options in California, according to Californians for Patient Care, an independent nonprofit that connects consumers to affordable care.

7 May 2011

Roundup: Fla. lawmakers to vote today on Medicaid changes; Calif. court expands deadline for tobacco suits

With a sponsor calling it the "most significant transformational change" since Florida's Medicaid program started, lawmakers will vote Friday on a long-awaited proposal to shift almost all beneficiaries into managed-care plans.

7 May 2011

FDA approves Afinitor for treatment of progressive neuroendocrine tumors in the pancreas

On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Afinitor (everolimus) to treat patients with progressive neuroendocrine tumors located in the pancreas (PNET) that cannot be removed by surgery or that have spread to other parts of the body (metastatic).

7 May 2011

Filipino children with KD at greater risk for inflammation of heart blood vessels

While children of all ethnicities can contract Kawasaki disease (KD), a study led by researchers at the Kawasaki Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego finds that Filipino children with KD are at a higher risk for inflammation of the blood vessels of the heart than those of other Asian and non-Asian backgrounds.

7 May 2011

Viewpoints: Will GOP back away from Medicaid plan too?; exchanges geared to politics, not health

All but seven House Republicans voted for a budget plan last month that would eliminate Medicare's guarantee to the elderly. It was always bad policy. But now that the vote has proved to be wildly unpopular, the party is suddenly running in the opposite direction.

7 May 2011

Novartis receives FDA approval for Afinitor to treat pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Novartis drug Afinitor for the treatment of advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

7 May 2011

Enzon first quarter adjusted loss from continuing operations decreases to $4.2 million

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2011.

7 May 2011

Helix BioMedix total revenue increases 413% to $358,000 for first quarter 2011

Helix BioMedix, Inc., a developer of bioactive peptides, today announced financial results for the company's first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

7 May 2011

Tufts Health Plan now covers SBi's STAR total ankle replacement system

Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi) announced today that effective July 1, 2011, Tufts Health Plan, covering approximately 742,000 members in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is revising its reimbursement policy to cover SBi's STAR™ total ankle replacement system. The decision means that 98 percent of all privately-insured lives in Massachusetts will have access to total ankle replacement.

7 May 2011

FDA approves Abbott's RX ACCULINK Carotid Stent System

Abbott today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the RX ACCULINK Carotid Stent System for the treatment of patients with carotid artery disease who are at standard risk of adverse events from carotid endarterectomy.

7 May 2011

Spherix effects 1-for-10 reverse stock split

Spherix Incorporated, an innovator in biotechnology for therapy in diabetes, metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis; and providers of technical and regulatory consulting services to food, supplement, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, today announced that it has filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of its common stock that will become effective at end of business today.

7 May 2011

Research sheds light on transmission of obesity among friends and family

Obesity is socially contagious, according to research published in the past few years. How it is "caught" from others remains a murky area. But findings from Arizona State University researchers published online May 5 in the American Journal of Public Health shed light on the transmission of obesity among friends and family.

7 May 2011

Roche seeks FDA clearance for fully automated Chlamydia and gonorrhoeae test

Roche announced today that it has filed for FDA clearance of its Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (CT/NG) tests.

7 May 2011

Sonova reports record consolidated sales of CHF 1.617 billion for 2010/11

Sonova announces preliminary financial results for the 2010/11 year which includes consolidated sales of CHF 1.617 billion, a new record for the company, and an EBITA of CHF 326.6 million, or 20.2% of net sales.

7 May 2011

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MicroPhage receives FDA clearance for KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test

Abiomed presents PROTECT II study data in percutaneous coronary intervention at SCAI 2011

Centric Health to acquire LifeMark Health

Research roundup: Racial disparities in cancer screening and VA treatment

West declares third quarter dividend of $0.17 per share

SAHA and LAN partner to provide video language interpretation services

Affordable preventive care options available for all California women

Roundup: Fla. lawmakers to vote today on Medicaid changes; Calif. court expands deadline for tobacco suits

FDA approves Afinitor for treatment of progressive neuroendocrine tumors in the pancreas

Filipino children with KD at greater risk for inflammation of heart blood vessels

Viewpoints: Will GOP back away from Medicaid plan too?; exchanges geared to politics, not health

Novartis receives FDA approval for Afinitor to treat pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Enzon first quarter adjusted loss from continuing operations decreases to $4.2 million

Helix BioMedix total revenue increases 413% to $358,000 for first quarter 2011

Tufts Health Plan now covers SBi's STAR total ankle replacement system

FDA approves Abbott's RX ACCULINK Carotid Stent System

Spherix effects 1-for-10 reverse stock split

Research sheds light on transmission of obesity among friends and family

Roche seeks FDA clearance for fully automated Chlamydia and gonorrhoeae test

Sonova reports record consolidated sales of CHF 1.617 billion for 2010/11

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