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Four British Columbia students awarded 2010 UCBeyond Scholarship

For four students from British Columbia, their stories of perseverance in pursuing their hopes and dreams despite their illnesses is why they have been awarded $5,000 CAN each as the 2010 recipients of the UCBeyond Scholarship.

13 Oct 2010

NCQA reports two new findings on nation's health care

The new State of Health Care Quality report from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has two new findings about the nation's health care.

13 Oct 2010

Studies highlight high Medicare costs for people in nursing homes

Kaiser Health News staff writer Aimee Miles reports on three new studies exploring Medicare costs for beneficiaries living in long-term care facilities.

13 Oct 2010

Goodmans Law completes transition to specialist medical negligence and personal injury law firm

Leading medical negligence and personal injury solicitors, Goodmans Law has completed a rebranding process to complete their transition to a specialist medical negligence and personal injury law firm.

13 Oct 2010

Humanitas Clinic treats first cancer patient using TrueBeam technology

A 54-year-old head & neck cancer patient has become the first person in Italy to be treated using a revolutionary new linear accelerator that can deliver radiotherapy twice as fast as conventional therapy machines. The Humanitas Clinic in Rozzano-Milan carried out the treatment last week, becoming only the third hospital in Europe to begin clinical treatments using TrueBeam from Varian Medical Systems.

13 Oct 2010

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awards HP $26M task order to maintain IDR

HP Enterprise Services today announced it has been awarded a task order worth up to $26 million by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain its Integrated Data Repository (IDR) and provide data quality services to improve the accuracy of Medicare payment data.

13 Oct 2010

Discovery Labs enter agreement for new investment from PharmaBio

Discovery Laboratories, Inc. a biotechnology company developing its novel synthetic surfactant and aerosol technologies for respiratory diseases, today announces that it has entered into an agreement for a new investment of $0.5 million from PharmaBio Development Inc. (PharmaBio), the former strategic investing subsidiary of Quintiles Transnational Corp.

13 Oct 2010

Medicago and PATH partner on development of broad coverage influenza vaccine

Medicago Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and affordable vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced that it has been awarded $946,000 in funding by U.S.-based PATH pursuant to a research collaboration agreement. Medicago and PATH will work together on a broad coverage influenza vaccine based on Medicago's proprietary plant-based Virus-Like Particle (VLP) technologies for the developing world.

13 Oct 2010

OptiMedica to feature Catalys Precision Laser System at Ophthalmology annual meeting

Global ophthalmic device company OptiMedica Corp. has announced that its Catalys Precision Laser System will be featured as part of four clinical presentations at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in Chicago on October 16, 17 and 18.

13 Oct 2010

Natus announces acquisition of Medix

Natus Medical Incorporated today announced that it has acquired Medix, a leader in the development, manufacturing, and sales of devices for newborn care in Latin America. Medix, based in Argentina, manufactures incubators for use in hospital nurseries and neonatal intensive care units, transport incubators for use in ambulances and other emergency vehicles, infant warmers, and LED based phototherapy devices.

13 Oct 2010

ImmunoCellular develops ICT-107 cell-based vaccine for GBM treatment

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel immune-based cancer therapies, today announced that it has developed an innovative method for manufacturing the company's lead product candidate, ICT-107, a dendritic cell-based vaccine for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

13 Oct 2010

Shire acquires 99.21% of Movetis shares

Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Shire Holdings Luxembourg S.a.r.l. acquired 99.21% of the shares of Movetis NV on October 12, 2010, following a successful tender offer launched in September 2010.

13 Oct 2010

TrovaGene receives patent for diagnosis and monitoring of pathogenic infection

TrovaGene, Inc. a developer of transrenal molecular diagnostics to facilitate personalized medicine, received notice of U.S. Patent 7,803,929 entitled "Kits for diagnosis and monitoring of pathogenic infection by analysis of cell-free pathogenic nucleic acids in urine."

13 Oct 2010

TearLab receives patent for non-invasive tear collection platform

TearLab Corporation today announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent No. 7,810,380, entitled "Systems and methods for collecting tear film and measuring tear film osmolarity." This patent provides the company with broad and blocking intellectual property regarding the measurement of genetic and protein biomarkers within the tear film.

13 Oct 2010

Hospitals lure doctors away from private practice

Kaiser Health News writer Jenny Gold, in collaboration with NPR, examines the growing trend of doctors opting not to open a private practice but work instead for a hospital.

13 Oct 2010

First Edition: October 13, 2010

Today's early morning highlights from major news organizations looks at the number of people denied health coverage by major insurers, arguments before the Supreme Court on the right to sue vaccine makers, concerns about the FDA's plans on reviewing medical devices and doctors moving from private practice to hospital work.

13 Oct 2010

KHN column: Changes wrought by health reform? Well, maybe not.

In his latest KHN column, Jonathan Cohn writes: "So far, the big McDonald's controversy is turning out to be a big nothingburger. ... But that hasn't stopped the McDonald's story from becoming propaganda in the campaign to discredit and, eventually, repeal health care reform" (10/13).

13 Oct 2010

Toronto Argonauts and The Salvation Army partner to serve community dinner

On Saturday, October 16, 2010, the Toronto Argonauts will partner once again with The Salvation Army to serve a community dinner for more than 600 at The Salvation Army Toronto Harbour Light Ministries, 160 Jarvis Street, Toronto at 12:00 noon.

13 Oct 2010

Dr. Nabarro to deliver keynote address at Third McGill Conference on Global Food Security

Dr. David Nabarro, Assistant Secretary-General at the United Nations and co-ordinator of the Secretary-General's High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis, will deliver the keynote address at the opening evening of the Third McGill Conference on Global Food Security on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 5 p.m., at Centre Mont-Royal, 2200 Mansfield St. in Montreal.

13 Oct 2010

Canadian Cancer Society announces 'Feast for the Fight' fundraising event

Torontonians along parts of Yonge Street will have the chance to feel good while enjoying a night on the town with Feast for the Fight, a new fundraising event by the Canadian Cancer Society. Like a meal paired with fine wine, Feast for the Fight matches some of Toronto's finest restaurateurs with the country's leading cancer charity, culminating in a philanthropic dining experience.

13 Oct 2010