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During stop in Papua New Guinea, Secretary Clinton promotes women's rights

As part of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's two-week Asia-Pacific tour, Clinton stopped in Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Wednesday to "promote human rights and women's empowerment in a South Pacific nation suffering from an epidemic of rape and police brutality," the Associated Press reports.

4 Nov 2010

Republican leaders say health law repeal is 'a top GOP priority'

Reuters: "Representative John Boehner, expected to be named the next speaker of the House of Representatives, vowed on Wednesday to repeal health care reforms pushed into law by the Obama administration. 'I believe that the healthcare bill that was enacted by the current Congress will kill jobs in America, ruin the best healthcare system in the world, and bankrupt our country,'" Boehner, an Ohio Republican, told a news conference" today (Lawder, 11/3).

4 Nov 2010

New cyber-database enables access to information on lymphedema

Lymphedema is a chronic condition that causes swelling of the limbs and affects physical, mental and social health. It commonly occurs in breast cancer survivors and is the second-most dreaded effect of treatment, after cancer recurrence. Every day, researchers throughout the world learn more about the condition and how it can be treated. Now, University of Missouri researchers are developing a place in cyberspace where relevant and timely information can be easily stored, searched, and reviewed from anywhere with the goal of improving health care through the availability of up-to-date, evidence-based research.

4 Nov 2010

Quick-Med Technologies awarded $244,000 QTDP grant to advance antimicrobial technology for wound care

Quick-Med Technologies, Inc., a life sciences company that is developing innovative technologies for the healthcare and consumer markets, announced today it has been awarded by the U.S government under Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) to advance the development of the company's NIMBUS® technology for wound dressings and wound drains.

4 Nov 2010

SurModics and Edge Therapeutics enter licensing agreement for drug delivery technology

SurModics, Inc., a leading provider of drug delivery and surface modification technologies to the healthcare industry, and Edge Therapeutics, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company that transforms proven, off-patent drugs into targeted, locally delivered therapies for neurological disorders, announced today that the companies have entered into a licensing agreement for drug delivery technology.

4 Nov 2010

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals receives $977,900 grant under QTDP program

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a biotechnology company with fully integrated commercial and drug development operations with a primary focus in oncology, today announced that it has been awarded grants totaling $977,900 under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) Program administered under section 48D of the Internal Revenue Code.

4 Nov 2010

GOP claims Statehouse victories that could set back health law implementation

"The Democrats' ambitious health care overhaul is facing roadblocks from newly elected state officials who harshly criticized it while campaigning and who are now in a position to make good on their promises," Kaiser Health News reports. The GOP made significant political gains in Tuesday's election, taking "Governors' mansions in several states." Among the newly elected governors were Sam Brownback of Kansas, "who called the reform law 'an abomination,'" and Tennessee's Bill Haslam, who called the law "an 'intolerable expansion' of federal power."

4 Nov 2010

Michigan BCBS sued for second time over hospital contracts

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is being sued for a second time in two weeks for allegedly pressuring hospitals to sign "most favored nation" contracts that required them to charge competing insurers higher rates.

4 Nov 2010

Single injection of morphine to fight persistent pain reduces testosterone level: Research

A single injection of morphine to fight persistent pain in male rats is able to strongly reduce the hormone testosterone in the brain and plasma, according to a new paper published in Molecular Pain.

4 Nov 2010

Spherix subsidiary awarded $469,479 grant under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Spherix Incorporated, an innovator in biotechnology for therapy in diabetes, metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis; and provider of technical and regulatory consulting services to food, supplement, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, today announced that its subsidiary, Biospherics Incorporated, has been awarded $469,479 under HR: 3590 – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in immediately available funds.

4 Nov 2010

MicroPhage receives $977,916 QTDP grant for development of MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test

MicroPhage, Inc. announced today that it has received two Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) grants totaling $977,916 from the IRS. The grants, awarded as part of the Affordable Care Act, apply to small-company R&D expenditures that reduce the cost and increase the quality of healthcare in the U.S. The grants will be applied to the development of MicroPhage's first product, the MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test, currently under review at the FDA.

4 Nov 2010

Synageva receives $2.3 million under QTDP program

Synageva BioPharma Corp., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for rare diseases, today announced that the US Treasury Department awarded approximately $2.3 million to Synageva BioPharma as part of the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program.

4 Nov 2010

Republicans look to use majority for health overhaul repeal, plan vote

Now in control of the House of Representatives, Republicans are planning to flex their muscles quickly to try to repeal the Democratic health law but even some GOP leaders acknowledge it is likely they can get rid of the law right away.

4 Nov 2010

SPRC receives funds from SAMHSA to focus on populations at high risk for suicide

In the United States, suicide claims over 34,000 lives annually, the equivalent of 94 suicides per day; one suicide every 15 minutes. To address this national crisis the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is awarding a total of up to $22.4 million in additional funds over the course of the next five years to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC).

4 Nov 2010

With newly-elected governors, GOP gains clout to fight health reform law

Kaiser Health News staff writers Julie Appleby and Mary Agnes Carey report: "The Democrats' ambitious health care overhaul is facing roadblocks from newly elected state officials who harshly criticized it while campaigning and who are now in a position to make good on their promises" (Appleby and Carey, 11/3).

4 Nov 2010

Scientists discover gene variant that rewires brain's circuitry in neurological disorders

Many gene variants have been linked to autism, but how do these subtle changes alter the brain, and ultimately, behavior. Using a blend of brain imaging and genetic detective work, scientists at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior are the first to illustrate how a gene variant tied to autism rewires the brain.

4 Nov 2010

BioSpecifics receives $426,000 grant under QTDP Program

BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., a biopharmaceutical company developing first in class collagenase-based products, today announced that it has received $426,000 in grant funding under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) Program. The program, funded through the US Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, supports therapeutic discovery programs.

4 Nov 2010

Biogen Idec and Cardiokine terminate lixivaptan collaboration

Biogen Idec and Cardiokine, Inc. today announced that they have agreed to dissolve their collaboration on lixivaptan. The termination of the collaboration, which began in 2007, triggers the return of all rights to lixivaptan to Cardiokine.

4 Nov 2010

GPUs in video games foster revolution in development of new life-saving drugs

Parents may frown upon video games, but the technology used in the wildly popular games is quietly fostering a revolution in speeding the development of new products and potentially life-saving drugs. That's the topic of an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS' weekly newsmagazine.

4 Nov 2010

Economy saps hospital's earnings as patients avoid treatment

Reuters: The slow economy is infiltrating the hospital sector, too. "As the economic downturn drags on and the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, patients who have lost private insurance coverage or watched their co-payments and deductibles spike up are simply not getting medical care at the rate they once did."

4 Nov 2010

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During stop in Papua New Guinea, Secretary Clinton promotes women's rights

Republican leaders say health law repeal is 'a top GOP priority'

New cyber-database enables access to information on lymphedema

Quick-Med Technologies awarded $244,000 QTDP grant to advance antimicrobial technology for wound care

SurModics and Edge Therapeutics enter licensing agreement for drug delivery technology

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals receives $977,900 grant under QTDP program

GOP claims Statehouse victories that could set back health law implementation

Michigan BCBS sued for second time over hospital contracts

Single injection of morphine to fight persistent pain reduces testosterone level: Research

Spherix subsidiary awarded $469,479 grant under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

MicroPhage receives $977,916 QTDP grant for development of MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test

Synageva receives $2.3 million under QTDP program

Republicans look to use majority for health overhaul repeal, plan vote

SPRC receives funds from SAMHSA to focus on populations at high risk for suicide

With newly-elected governors, GOP gains clout to fight health reform law

Scientists discover gene variant that rewires brain's circuitry in neurological disorders

BioSpecifics receives $426,000 grant under QTDP Program

Biogen Idec and Cardiokine terminate lixivaptan collaboration

GPUs in video games foster revolution in development of new life-saving drugs

Economy saps hospital's earnings as patients avoid treatment

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