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Boryung Pharmaceutical implements Cegedim Dendrite's Mobile Intelligence CRM solution

Cegedim Dendrite, the world's leading provider of Life Sciences-specific customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, announced today that Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., has implemented Cegedim Dendrite's Mobile Intelligence™ CRM solution. Boryung Pharmaceutical is one of Korea's top 10 domestic pharmaceutical companies, and Cegedim Dendrite currently serves 14 of the industry's top-grossing companies in Korea.

24 Aug 2010

NJIT researchers awarded 15 new U.S. patents for research programs

NJIT researchers were awarded 15 new U.S. patents this past year, increasing the total number of issued patents for NJIT to 97. More than 150 applications are in process. With projected research expenditures greater than $90 million for 2010-11, NJIT ranks as a leader in size and growth of research programs among technological universities. The patents were awarded from July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010. Specifics follow.

24 Aug 2010

Medivir appoints Daewoong as South Korean distributor for Xerclear

Medivir AB today announced it has appointed Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. as its exclusive distributor for Xerclear™ in South Korea. Under the terms of the agreement, Daewoong will be responsible for obtaining the regulatory approvals, and for marketing, sales and distribution of Medivir's cold sore product in the territory. In consideration of the rights granted to Daewoong, Medivir will receive upfront and milestone payments and royalties on sales according to a profit sharing scheme.

24 Aug 2010

National Fibromyalgia Association, RemedyMD partner to build fibromyalgia research registry

The National Fibromyalgia Association has partnered with RemedyMD® to provide a national database that will aggregate data from a wide variety of sources to provide a complete disease registry for fibromyalgia research. It offers new hope to sufferers since this will represent the first time that researchers have the opportunity to look at all data relevant to fibromyalgia in order to identify patterns which lead to more effective diagnosis and treatment.

24 Aug 2010

Novartis presents 2010 Immunology prizes at 16th International Congress of Immunology in Kobe

The Novartis 2010 Immunology Prizes were presented at the 16th International Congress of Immunology in Kobe, Japan. Since 1992, the Novartis Prizes for Immunology have been awarded every third year for outstanding contributions to basic and clinical immunology. The prizes recognize individual achievement and provide financial support for further research by the recipients. The prizes are a major feature of the triennial International Congress of Immunology.

24 Aug 2010

LabCorp launches IL-28B gene test for HCV infection

Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings announced today the nationwide availability of a genetic test to detect the presence of a single polymorphism within the IL-28B gene that has been reported to help predict a person's response to certain hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapies.

24 Aug 2010

PEM scanners demonstrate improved specificity with high sensitivity in breast cancer diagnosis: Study

In a recent study presented at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 52nd Annual Meeting, researchers at the University of Washington showed that 18FDG dose for Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) may be reduced by as much as 70% without altering image quality.

24 Aug 2010

Doctors Care and Progressive Physical Therapy relocates Northeast Columbia center

Doctors Care and Progressive Physical Therapy, affiliates of UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc., today announced the relocation of their medical center formerly at 110 Atrium Way, Columbia, SC. The new center, which opened today, is at 10040 Two Notch Road.

24 Aug 2010

NARSAD announces 2010 Independent Investigator grants for innovative researchers

NARSAD announced its 2010 Independent Investigator grants totaling in excess of $4.1 million, which will support 42 innovative researchers at the leading edge of discovery within neuroscience and psychiatry. Since 1987 NARSAD has awarded more than $261.6 million in 3,832 grants to 3,132 scientists around the world.

24 Aug 2010

Researchers develop new instrumentation to simplify testing patients for infectious diseases

Arizona State University researchers have demonstrated a way to dramatically simplify testing patients for infectious diseases and unhealthy protein levels.New testing instrumentation developed by Antonia Garcia and John Schneider promises to make the procedure less costly and produce results in less time.

24 Aug 2010

Disaster response strategies should address needs of people with disabilities and mental disorders

As hurricane season gets into full swing, mental health teams will be ready to respond and help survivors cope with possible devastation. Psychologists have analyzed decades of research and found that disaster response strategies should address the needs of the population affected, specifically those with disabilities and mental disorders.

24 Aug 2010

Breast-specific gamma imaging increases radiation-induced cancer risk: Report

Some nuclear-based breast imaging exams may increase a woman's risk of developing radiation-induced cancer, according to a special report appearing online and in the October issue of Radiology. However, the radiation dose and risk from mammography are very low.

24 Aug 2010

HighRes Biosolutions to install automation platform in China

HighRes Biosolutions, the leader in laboratory automation for life sciences, announced today that it is building a system for an undisclosed laboratory in Shanghai, China. The new system will be installed in the fall of 2010 by HighRes and Tekon Biotech Ltd, the Asian distributor representing HighRes in this region.

24 Aug 2010

Connectyx Technologies temporarily changes Company's stock symbol

Connectyx Technologies Holdings Group, Inc.,as a result of recommendations from Management and the Board of Directors, completed a 1- for- 50 reverse stock split of the Company's common stock ("Reverse Split") today. In accordance with FINRA rules, effective immediately, the Company's stock symbol: CTYX will have a "D" appended to the end of it, which will remain for 20 business days after which it will revert back to the original symbol.

24 Aug 2010

INPUT releases new report on Electronic Health Record Incentive Funding and Certification Program

Contractors will find comprehensive information and current opportunities related to state and local governments' electronic health records (EHR) incentives program through INPUT's Electronic Health Record Incentive Funding and Certification Program.

24 Aug 2010

CPF continues partnership with American Thoracic Society to fund Pulmonary Fibrosis research

The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) and the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the world's leading professional organization for pulmonary, critical care and sleep physicians, today announced that the CPF will again partner with the ATS to continue to fund Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) research.

24 Aug 2010

Fla.'s Jackson Health System struggles with nursing home and hospital losses; Advocates push marijuana cultivation in Calif.

The Miami Herald: As the Jackson Health System's "governing board prepares to vote Monday on a proposed budget for 2011, its two money-losing nursing homes stand as a symbol for the challenges the system faces as it attempts to cut losses. Almost 100 of the 289 nursing home patients in the Jackson Health System are uninsured. Half of those are undocumented immigrants under age 50.

24 Aug 2010

Research on OGF-OGFr complex helps to understand pathobiology of diseases

Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered that the Opioid Growth Factor (OGF, [Met5]-enkephalin) and its receptor, OGFr, a clinically important system with potent antitumor properties, has controlled entry from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. The nucleocytoplasmic passage of OGF-OGFr is critical to cell proliferation and suggests that there are hierarchical levels of nuclear import.

24 Aug 2010

Berries help aging brain stay healthy

Scientists today reported the first evidence that eating blueberries, strawberries, and acai berries may help the aging brain stay healthy in a crucial but previously unrecognized way. Their study, presented at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), concluded that berries, and possibly walnuts, activate the brain's natural "housekeeper" mechanism, which cleans up and recycles toxic proteins linked to age-related memory loss and other mental decline.

24 Aug 2010

Removing corticosteroid regimen after surgery results in better graft survival rates

University of Cincinnati (UC) analysis of 10 years of data from local kidney transplant patients shows that patients removed from a corticosteroid regimen shortly after surgery have better graft survival rates, better survival rates and fewer cardiovascular events than patients kept on the traditional regimen of long-term steroids.

24 Aug 2010

Medical News

Boryung Pharmaceutical implements Cegedim Dendrite's Mobile Intelligence CRM solution

NJIT researchers awarded 15 new U.S. patents for research programs

Medivir appoints Daewoong as South Korean distributor for Xerclear

National Fibromyalgia Association, RemedyMD partner to build fibromyalgia research registry

Novartis presents 2010 Immunology prizes at 16th International Congress of Immunology in Kobe

LabCorp launches IL-28B gene test for HCV infection

PEM scanners demonstrate improved specificity with high sensitivity in breast cancer diagnosis: Study

Doctors Care and Progressive Physical Therapy relocates Northeast Columbia center

NARSAD announces 2010 Independent Investigator grants for innovative researchers

Researchers develop new instrumentation to simplify testing patients for infectious diseases

Disaster response strategies should address needs of people with disabilities and mental disorders

Breast-specific gamma imaging increases radiation-induced cancer risk: Report

HighRes Biosolutions to install automation platform in China

Connectyx Technologies temporarily changes Company's stock symbol

INPUT releases new report on Electronic Health Record Incentive Funding and Certification Program

CPF continues partnership with American Thoracic Society to fund Pulmonary Fibrosis research

Fla.'s Jackson Health System struggles with nursing home and hospital losses; Advocates push marijuana cultivation in Calif.

Research on OGF-OGFr complex helps to understand pathobiology of diseases

Berries help aging brain stay healthy

Removing corticosteroid regimen after surgery results in better graft survival rates

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