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Simulations Plus third-quarter consolidated revenues increase 14.9% to record $3.1 million

Simulations Plus, Inc., a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today reported financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2010 ended May 31, 2010 (3QFY10).

17 Jul 2010

Emisphere Technologies discuses on high dose oral Eligen B12 1000mcg

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. announced today that it is engaged in ongoing discussions with a potential licensee for its high dose oral Eligen B12 1000mcg as a Medical Food for individuals with B12 deficiency. In addition, the Company is evaluating other potential licensees as well as the possibility of marketing the product without a partner.

17 Jul 2010

Capitol Hill Watch: Obama agenda under scrutiny as lawmakers talk Medicare, budgets

President Obama's agenda, which includes a sweeping overhaul of the health care system, is coming under increased political scrutiny as lawmakers struggle with health budget challenges, and consider issues such as medical bankruptcy and improper Medicare payments.

17 Jul 2010

Mother’s obesity surgery may cause vitamin deficiencies in children

Biliopancreatic diversion surgery for morbid obesity is known to cause multiple vitamin deficiencies that may worsen during pregnancy. In the June issue of the Journal of AAPOS, the Official Publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, a group of Australian clinicians report a child who was born blind as a result of Vitamin A deficiency caused by his mother's obesity surgery.

17 Jul 2010

GTC Biotherapeutics regains US commercialization rights to ATryn from Lundbeck

GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement whereby the Company has regained US commercialization rights to ATryn from Lundbeck, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of H. Lundbeck A/S in Denmark.

17 Jul 2010

94 indicted in five-state crackdown on Medicare fraud

Law enforcement officers fanned out across five states Friday in what federal officials called the largest Medicare fraud bust ever conducted. Nearly 100 people were indicted in frauds that totaled $251 million.

17 Jul 2010

Opinions: Science communication for development; International disaster response

"Helping developing countries communicate and use science is essential to international aid and diplomacy. The biggest single factor limiting developing countries' potential for achieving sustainable economic growth - or even attaining the Millennium Development Goals - is their ability to access and apply the fruits of modern science and technology," David Dickson, the director of SciDev.Net, writes in an editorial on the website.

17 Jul 2010

Research findings may help identify human TOR kinase inhibitors

A parasite estimated to afflict as many as 12 million people worldwide relies on a family of genes that should make it vulnerable to compounds developed to treat cancer and other disorders, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.

17 Jul 2010

Simple health messages can prevent excess weight gain in young mothers

A simple community program has been shown to be effective in preventing excess weight gain commonly experienced by young mothers. The research, published online today in the British Medical Journal at bmj.com has found that weight gain can be prevented with a program based on simple health messages, small changes to behaviour, and delivered conveniently in a community setting.

17 Jul 2010

FCC to step up rural broadband for health care

"The U.S. Federal Communications Commission took the first step Thursday toward reworking a US$400 million-a-year program to subsidize telecommunications services to rural health-care facilities, with the new emphasis on broadband. The commission voted unanimously to approve a notice of proposed rulemaking, or NPRM, designed to bring affordable broadband connectivity to more than 2,000 rural hospitals and clinics across the U.S. The purpose of an NPRM is to ask members of the public whether they agree with the proposed changes" (Gross, 7/15).

17 Jul 2010

Research Roundups: Health IT progress; Telecare and cancer pain; State exchanges; Adults with no medical care

eHealth/Commonwealth Fund: National Progress Report On eHealth - This extensive report examines changes in the adoption and use of health information technology (HIT) since 2007, as assessed by a group of more than 100 experts.

17 Jul 2010

Biomet acquires all assets of Cytosol Laboratories

Biomet, Inc., a global leader in the manufacture of musculoskeletal medical products, announced today its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Cytosol Laboratories, Inc., located in Braintree, Massachusetts, a market leader in production of small volume anticoagulants.

17 Jul 2010

Also in Global Health News: WHO reacts to Amnesty's N. Korea report; Universal flu vaccine; Malaria-resistant mosquitoes

The WHO is questioning the validity of the findings of a recent Amnesty International report which highlighted the dire needs of North Korea's health system, "contradict[ing] the rosier picture given by WHO chief Margaret Chan after her April trip there," the Associated Press reports. Although WHO spokesman Paul Garwood "insisted he wasn't criticizing Amnesty's work … he said Thursday's report was anecdotal, with stories dating back to 2001," which "[h]e contrasted … with WHO's science-based approach" (7/16).

17 Jul 2010

First in a series of day-long regional health care fraud prevention summits kicked-off in Miami

Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today kicked-off the first in a series of regional health care fraud prevention summits in Miami. The summit brought together a wide-array of federal, state and local partners, beneficiaries, providers and other interested parties to discuss innovative ways to eliminate fraud within the U.S. health care system.

17 Jul 2010

Today's OpEds: Shift entitlement spending to the states; The lack of a GOP health plan; Battling tobacco

The U.S. fiscal path is unsustainable, primarily because of out-of-control entitlement spending. … At some point, therefore, the economy is due to crash unless Washington reins in spending. One way to avoid this outcome would be to transfer entitlement programs to the states ... failure to slash entitlements could mean a bankrupt economy. When that happens, it's sure to be the poor who suffer the most (Jeffrey Miron, 7/16).

17 Jul 2010

Recent releases in Global Health

As part of a series in advance of AIDS 2010, the "Science Speaks" blog features an interview with U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby "about his expectations for the conference, what was behind the Uganda problem with shortages of AIDS medicine, and whether The New York Times was right when it reported in May that the Ugandan drug shortfall was 'the first example … of how the war on AIDS is falling apart.'"

16 Jul 2010

Trust FX's patent-pending process helps businesses manage authenticity, online reputations

The best way to determine business credibility prior to purchase is through actual word-of-mouth customer referrals. But the proliferation of social media paired with the anonymity of the Internet has made it extremely easy for individuals and competitors to spread damaging accusations virally in mere seconds.

16 Jul 2010

First Edition: July 16, 2010

Indiana's Medicaid chief told lawmakers Thursday that the federal government has largely left states in the dark on implementing the federal health care overhaul because it hasn't yet provided needed guidelines (The Associated Press).

16 Jul 2010

Impact of circadian dysregulation on mental, physical health

Circadian (daily) rhythms are found in all functions - e.g. performance, mood, endocrine rhythms, behaviour, sleep timing. The biological clocks that control circadian rhythms are based on a genetic programme of interacting molecules in cells throughout the body, coordinated by a ´master clock´ in the brain and synchronised by external cues, mainly light.

16 Jul 2010

Best practices for increasing clinical trial site and patient recruitment

PRA International, a leading Clinical Research Organization, will host an audio conference on the best practices for increasing clinical trial site and patient recruitment on 22 July 2010 at 11:30 am (EDT). PRA's senior vice president of Scientific and Medical Affairs, Kent Thoelke, will be the presenter.

16 Jul 2010

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Simulations Plus third-quarter consolidated revenues increase 14.9% to record $3.1 million

Emisphere Technologies discuses on high dose oral Eligen B12 1000mcg

Capitol Hill Watch: Obama agenda under scrutiny as lawmakers talk Medicare, budgets

Mother’s obesity surgery may cause vitamin deficiencies in children

GTC Biotherapeutics regains US commercialization rights to ATryn from Lundbeck

94 indicted in five-state crackdown on Medicare fraud

Opinions: Science communication for development; International disaster response

Research findings may help identify human TOR kinase inhibitors

Simple health messages can prevent excess weight gain in young mothers

FCC to step up rural broadband for health care

Research Roundups: Health IT progress; Telecare and cancer pain; State exchanges; Adults with no medical care

Biomet acquires all assets of Cytosol Laboratories

Also in Global Health News: WHO reacts to Amnesty's N. Korea report; Universal flu vaccine; Malaria-resistant mosquitoes

First in a series of day-long regional health care fraud prevention summits kicked-off in Miami

Today's OpEds: Shift entitlement spending to the states; The lack of a GOP health plan; Battling tobacco

Recent releases in Global Health

Trust FX's patent-pending process helps businesses manage authenticity, online reputations

First Edition: July 16, 2010

Impact of circadian dysregulation on mental, physical health

Best practices for increasing clinical trial site and patient recruitment

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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