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GE Healthcare successfully links EMR solution with non-GE inpatient systems

GE Healthcare has successfully linked its electronic medical records (EMR) solution with several non-GE inpatient systems, providing a single view of the patient record that will go beyond the requirements of meaningful use. The interoperability solution is set to debut at beta sites Capital Region Healthcare (N.H.) and Decatur Memorial Hospital (Ill.) in early 2011 with general availability expected later that year.

15 Oct 2010

Report: Fewer people than expected chose COBRA subsidy

Fewer people than expected chose to use the COBRA subsidy offered by the federal government, according to an analysis by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, The New York Times Prescriptions blog reports.

15 Oct 2010

TPG Growth acquires 25% of Schiff Nutrition's fully diluted outstanding shares from WHF

Schiff Nutrition International, Inc., announced today that TPG Growth, the middle market buyout and growth platform of TPG, a global private investment firm, has purchased approximately 25% of Schiff Nutrition's fully diluted outstanding shares from Weider Health and Fitness (WHF), Schiff Nutrition's majority shareholder, for $48.8 million.

15 Oct 2010

UnitedHealth proposes managed-care plan for those who get both Medicare and Medicaid

UnitedHealth Group Inc. is proposing a managed-care plan for dual recipients of Medicare and Medicaid.

15 Oct 2010

MasterCard, Interpol partner to prevent online supply of illegal and counterfeit drugs, medicines

MasterCard Worldwide recently partnered with Interpol to support the global police organization's efforts to prevent websites from supplying illegal and counterfeit prescription drugs and medicines to consumers. Named "Operation Pangea III," the week-long effort covered 45 participating countries and resulted in 76 arrests to date. Additionally, 290 websites have been shut down and nearly 11,000 packages of contraband have been seized or detained.

15 Oct 2010

Abortion, health law heat up campaign debates around the country

Running for re-election, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Thursday charged that Republican Carly Fiorina's stance on abortion is "'a direct threat' to the rights of women in California and the nation ...," the Los Angeles Times reports. "'Overturning Roe vs. Wade would turn women and doctors into criminals,' Boxer said. 'The most extreme anti-choice groups have found their candidate in Carly Fiorina.'

15 Oct 2010

New rates and benefits for 2011 from APWU Health Plan

APWU Health Plan announces new rates and benefits for 2011. APWU Health Plan continues to offer comprehensive health care to America's Workforce at a competitive premium. The average rate increase for the FEHB Program in 2011 is 7.2 percent. For the tenth straight year, the APWU Health Plan's rate increase was below the FEHB average.

15 Oct 2010

PharMerica announces expiration of HSR Waiting Period to acquire Chem Rx

PharMerica Corporation, a national provider of institutional pharmacy and hospital pharmacy management services, announced today that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (the HSR Waiting Period) applicable to the bid to acquire substantially all of the assets of Chem Rx Corporation has expired.

15 Oct 2010

OTIS urges pregnant women to get vaccinated against influenza

The Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), a non-profit organization based at the University of California, San Diego with affiliates across North America, urges pregnant women to receive the influenza vaccine as soon as possible. The recommendation comes shortly after the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Obstetric Practice issued new guidelines regarding the influenza vaccine during pregnancy.

15 Oct 2010

ACDI/VOCA observes World Food Day

This World Food Day, Oct. 16, the global community has good news to celebrate. Recent agricultural and economic gains have pushed the number of hungry people below 1 billion. That drop is a 9.6 percent decline since last year according to the U.N.'s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).

15 Oct 2010

Oragenics to feature ProBiora3 oral care probiotic ingredient at Supply Side West

Florida-based biopharmaceutical company Oragenics, Inc. announced that it will feature the company's ProBiora3® oral care probiotic ingredient at Supply Side West, October 19 - 23, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV.

15 Oct 2010

Aetna adds The Washington Hospital to provider network

Aetna announced that it has reached agreement with The Washington Hospital on a contract that adds a new hospital and potentially as many as 200 new physicians to Aetna's provider network in western Pennsylvania.

15 Oct 2010

EC grants orphan medicinal product designation to Allos' pralatrexate for Hodgkin lymphoma

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted orphan medicinal product designation for pralatrexate for the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). The Company is currently investigating pralatrexate in a number of ongoing studies, including a Phase 2 clinical study in patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma or Hodgkin lymphoma.

15 Oct 2010

Anadys prices underwritten public offering of common stock

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 13,888,889 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $1.80 per share. The gross proceeds to Anadys from this offering are expected to be approximately $25.0 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses.

15 Oct 2010

Questcor's H.P. Acthar Gel sNDA for infantile spasms receives FDA approval

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Questcor's supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for H.P. Acthar® Gel (repository corticotropin injection) in the treatment of infantile spasms (IS), an ultra-rare orphan disorder affecting approximately 2,000 American children annually. IS is a devastating and potentially life-threatening form of epilepsy seen in infancy and early childhood.

15 Oct 2010

Genentech and Biogen Idec announce positive results from ocrelizumab phase II RRMS study

Genentech, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, and Biogen Idec today announced 24-week results from a phase II study of ocrelizumab in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), the most common form of the disease. Ocrelizumab demonstrated a significant reduction in disease activity as measured by brain lesions and relapse rate.

15 Oct 2010

VWR moves to new corporate headquarters in Radnor, PA

VWR International, LLC today celebrates the official grand opening of its new corporate headquarters at the Radnor Corporate Center in Radnor, PA. The new facility not only preserves jobs in the state and region, but also offers the opportunity for increased staffing as the company grows.

15 Oct 2010

Few Americans plan for Alzheimer's despite rise in awareness

A growing number of Americans report knowing a relative or friend afflicted with Alzheimer's, according to a national poll conducted by the public opinion research firm Abt SRBI. Yet despite this rise in awareness, often accompanied by significant anxiety about one day getting this fatal brain disease, few Americans are planning for its eventuality.

15 Oct 2010

Report examines impact of federal stimulus funding on health spending in Florida

The Collins Center for Public Policy has released a report that examines the impact of the federal government's economic stimulus funding on Florida's health care system.

15 Oct 2010

VBA awards DOMA contract for Pilot Study into Private Medical Records

The Department of Veterans Affairs through the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) has awarded DOMA Technologies (DOMA) the contract for a Pilot Study into the Centralized Retrieval, Assembly, and Secure Transmission of Private Medical Records to expedite claims processes.

15 Oct 2010

Medical News

GE Healthcare successfully links EMR solution with non-GE inpatient systems

Report: Fewer people than expected chose COBRA subsidy

TPG Growth acquires 25% of Schiff Nutrition's fully diluted outstanding shares from WHF

UnitedHealth proposes managed-care plan for those who get both Medicare and Medicaid

MasterCard, Interpol partner to prevent online supply of illegal and counterfeit drugs, medicines

Abortion, health law heat up campaign debates around the country

New rates and benefits for 2011 from APWU Health Plan

PharMerica announces expiration of HSR Waiting Period to acquire Chem Rx

OTIS urges pregnant women to get vaccinated against influenza

ACDI/VOCA observes World Food Day

Oragenics to feature ProBiora3 oral care probiotic ingredient at Supply Side West

Aetna adds The Washington Hospital to provider network

EC grants orphan medicinal product designation to Allos' pralatrexate for Hodgkin lymphoma

Anadys prices underwritten public offering of common stock

Questcor's H.P. Acthar Gel sNDA for infantile spasms receives FDA approval

Genentech and Biogen Idec announce positive results from ocrelizumab phase II RRMS study

VWR moves to new corporate headquarters in Radnor, PA

Few Americans plan for Alzheimer's despite rise in awareness

Report examines impact of federal stimulus funding on health spending in Florida

VBA awards DOMA contract for Pilot Study into Private Medical Records

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