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Human Genome Sciences receives FDA approval for Benlysta to treat lupus

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Benlysta to treat patients with active, autoantibody-positive lupus who are receiving standard therapy, including corticosteroids, antimalarials, immunosuppressives, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

9 Mar 2011

ERYtech Pharma completes patient enrollment in GRASPA Phase II trial against ALL

ERYtech Pharma announces the early completion of the enrollment and safety follow-up a Phase II clinical trial for GRASPA. This open-labeled trial introduced GRASPA in a first-line treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in patients older than 55 years.

9 Mar 2011

Atherotech announces Sponsorship Agreement with NLA

Aiming to boost advanced lipoprotein testing in lipid education and management, Atherotech Diagnostics Lab announces its Sponsorship Agreement with the National Lipid Association.

9 Mar 2011

Alliance fourth quarter revenue decreases to $117.7 million

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., a leading national provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy services, announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010.

9 Mar 2011

Adamis submits APC-100 IND to FDA for treatment of prostate cancer

Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation announced today that it has recently submitted to the FDA an Investigational New Drug application for APC-100 to treat prostate cancer.

9 Mar 2011

Study finds passive smoking increases risk of still birth by 23%

Pregnant non-smokers who breathe in the second-hand smoke of other people are at an increased risk of delivering stillborn babies or babies with defects, a study led by researchers at The University of Nottingham has found.

9 Mar 2011

CHSI enters definitive agreement to acquire WHI for $525 million

Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Walgreen Co. to acquire Walgreens' pharmacy benefit management subsidiary, Walgreens Health Initiatives, Inc., for $525 million in cash.

9 Mar 2011

Economic benefits of enabling people to age at home

There are a number of studies that look at the economics of technologies to enable people to age at home rather than in some other kind of accommodation. In 2010, CSES contributed an economic analysis for the ATSE report written by Greg Tegart drawing in part on these studies and using Australian data on demographic trends and healthcare costs.

9 Mar 2011

NovaShunt raises Series B financing for CHF 23.7 million

NovaShunt AG, a private Swiss medical device company with innovative fluid management technologies, announced today that it has raised CHF 23.7 million in a Series B preferred share financing round co-led by BioMedInvest AG, Entrepreneurs Fund and Capricorn Health-tech Fund.

9 Mar 2011

M-3 Information introduces new behavioral health website to improve quality of care

The evidenced-based behavioral health portal, allows patients to take the screen using the Apple iPad; provides the clinician immediate clinical decision support at the point of care.

9 Mar 2011

Fluidigm fourth quarter revenue increases to $10.4 million

Fluidigm Corporation today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2010.

9 Mar 2011

MHQP reports significant differences in quality of care delivered by Massachusetts medical groups

Massachusetts Health Quality Partners announced today that despite improvement, there are significant differences in the quality of care delivered by medical groups in Massachusetts, according to its annual Quality Insights: Clinical Quality in Primary Care report.

9 Mar 2011

LUMEDX implements HealthView Chest Pain Management solution at Methodist hospitals

LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of fully integrated, vendor-neutral cardiovascular imaging and information systems, announced today that it has begun implementing the HealthView Chest Pain Management solution at five Methodist Healthcare facilities in San Antonio, Texas.

9 Mar 2011

ADVANTAGE, ITA to implement proprietary oncology decision-support platform

To improve outcomes and manage costs for members with cancer, ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc. has contracted with ITA Partners to implement eviti - ITA's proprietary oncology decision-support platform - across their provider network.

9 Mar 2011

CareView executes agreement with Health Management Associates

CareView Communications, Inc., an information technology provider to the healthcare industry, announced today the execution of an agreement with Health Management Associates, Inc., whose corporate offices are located in Naples, Florida.

9 Mar 2011

Vertex to present telaprevir and VX-222 study results against hepatitis C at EASL annual meeting

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced today that 15 abstracts on the company's medicines in development for hepatitis C, including its protease inhibitor, telaprevir, and polymerase inhibitor, VX-222, were accepted for presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver in Berlin, Germany, March 30 to April 3, 2011.

9 Mar 2011

MD Solarsciences launches new sunscreen lotion at 2011 AAD meeting

A year after its launch, the first dermatologist-driven company dedicated to primary skin cancer protection and prevention introduced its newest solar protection product -- a much-anticipated tinted mineral gel sunscreen – at the 2011 AAD meeting in New Orleans.

9 Mar 2011

Vermillion's CA125 positive preliminary data against ovarian tumors presented at WCSGO

Vermillion, a molecular diagnostics company, today announced the presentation of positive preliminary data from its collaboration with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to identify biomarkers that improve on the specificity of CA125 for the identification of malignant ovarian tumors.

9 Mar 2011

U.S. Bank introduces two enhanced offerings for healthcare providers

U.S. Bank's healthcare payments division today introduced two enhanced offerings—Payment Navigator and Payment Consolidator—that help healthcare providers improve revenue cycles and streamline complex payment processes, at a time when providers face unprecedented challenges getting paid for their services.

9 Mar 2011

Grace CHC secures $150,000 in state Medicaid EHR incentives

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced that Gray, Ky.-based Grace Community Health Center, has secured in excess of $150,000 in state Medicaid incentives by demonstrating its recent selection of the company's certified electronic health records solution.

9 Mar 2011