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GAVI Alliance reaches agreement with drugmakers on reduced-price pneumococcal vaccines

Several drugmakers have reached an agreement "to supply up to 200 million doses a year of cut-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing nations," according to GAVI Alliance, Reuters reports.

15 Mar 2010

Bio-Path Holdings' liposomal Grb-2 IND receives FDA clearance to proceed into clinical trials

Bio-Path Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company with drug development operations in Houston, Texas, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed an IND (Investigational New Drug) for the Company’s lead cancer drug candidate liposomal Grb-2 to proceed into clinical trials.

15 Mar 2010

Brain Science Institute, Eisai sign licensing agreement to develop GCPII inhibitors

Johns Hopkins University's newly formed Brain Science Institute's NeuroTranslational Program has entered into a licensing agreement with pharmaceutical company Eisai Inc. to discover and develop small molecule glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII) inhibitors.

15 Mar 2010

Study finds implant durability not affected by high-impact sports participation

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients may be able to participate in high-impact sports without increasing risk of early implant failure, according to a new study presented today at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).

15 Mar 2010

FDA warns patients and physicians about the efficacy of Plavix treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today added a boxed warning to the anti-blood clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), alerting patients and health care professionals that the drug can be less effective in people who cannot metabolize the drug to convert it to its active form.

15 Mar 2010

ACCORD Lipid trial: New research into atherogenic dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetes

Cardiovascular risk can be reduced by an additional 31 percent in type 2 diabetes patients with atherogenic dyslipidemia, the common combination of elevated triglycerides (TG, 204 mg/dL or 2.3 mmol/L or higher) and low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C, 34 mg/dL or 0.88 mmol/L or lower).

15 Mar 2010

Prioritizing end of life care for cancer patients

Despite the advances and groundbreaking research being performed in the area of cancer treatment, sometimes cancer cannot be cured. In this situation, patients and their families are faced with complex emotions and a variety of end of life issues and decisions.

15 Mar 2010

Confident Democrats predict House passes health bill this week

"Top aides to President Obama hit the Sunday talk shows to proclaim that by the time they air again, the U.S. House will have signed off on major health care legislation. 'I believe it is going to happen this week,' said White House political adviser David Axelrod, speaking on ABC's This Week. 'I think we're going to have a vote'" (Jackson, 3/14).

15 Mar 2010

Zimmer Holdings showcases Continuum Acetabular Cup System at AAOS 2010

Zimmer Holdings, Inc., a leader in musculoskeletal care, today showcased its recently introduced Continuum Acetabular Cup System at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting. The Continuum Cup combines the best of Zimmer's proven hip technologies – Trabecular Metal™ Technology, Metasul® Metal-on-Metal technology, BIOLOX® delta and Longevity® Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene – with new innovations in what is now the company's most versatile acetabular cup system.

12 Mar 2010

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals full-year 2009 revenues rise 67.7%

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced its 2009 fourth quarter and full-year results, that it is further restructuring to reduce expenses, and that it is evaluating strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value.

12 Mar 2010

Medicare to cover OVA1 test

Vermillion, Inc. today announced that Medicare will cover OVA1™, a test to help assess the likelihood that an ovarian mass is benign or malignant. Highmark Medicare Services is the CMS contractor that will process Medicare claims for OVA1. Yesterday Highmark announced its decision to cover this new service.

12 Mar 2010

Increased focus on role of nurses in health care

CNN reports that specialist nurses last year were paid higher average salaries than primary care doctors. "Primary care doctors were offered an average base salary of $173,000 in 2009 compared to an average base salary of $189,000 offered to certified nurse anesthetists, or CRNAs, according to the latest numbers from Merritt Hawkins & Associates, a physician recruiting and consulting firm."

12 Mar 2010

Royal Philips Electronics, ACC to present Hybrid OR Suite designed for cardiac procedures at ACC 2010

Royal Philips Electronics, in partnership with the American College of Cardiology, spotlight the growing need for minimally-invasive interventions to address a spectrum of cardiac conditions, such as structural and degenerative heart issues. The need to reduce invasive surgical interventions and complication rates is driving innovations in minimally invasive approaches.

From Philips Healthcare 12 Mar 2010

States face health spending cuts

President Obama's demand to delete 'special deals' in the health care package would eliminate $500 million in extra Medicaid cash for Massachusetts, but Bay State lawmakers say they are confident the state would recoup that and probably more once negotiations are complete.

12 Mar 2010

UVA, Merck collaborate to discover novel drugs for women's reproductive health

The University of Virginia in Charlottesville today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) to discover novel drugs for women's reproductive health.

12 Mar 2010

ARS study underlines the importance of vitamin D and its ability to help body utilize calcium

Increasing calcium intake is a common--yet not always successful--strategy for reducing bone fractures. But a study supported in part by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) underscores the importance of vitamin D and its ability to help the body utilize calcium. The study also may explain why increasing calcium alone isn't always successful in dealing with this problem.

12 Mar 2010

Louisiana ranks 46th on maternal mortality, records 15.9 deaths per 100,000 live births

In releasing a new report on maternal health nationwide, Amnesty International today revealed that flaws and shocking disparities in maternal health care that the government is ignoring lead to two to three women dying daily in the United States from pregnancy-related complications, with half of these deaths believed preventable, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A state-by-state examination shows that Louisiana is 46th on a maternal mortality ranking, with 15.9 deaths per 100,000 live births.

12 Mar 2010

A selection of today's opinions and editorials

Health reform is back from the dead. ... But reform still has to run a gantlet of misinformation and outright lies. So let me address three big myths about the proposed reform, myths that are believed by many people who consider themselves well-informed, but who have actually fallen for deceptive spin (Paul Krugman, 3/11).

12 Mar 2010

ampliPHOX detection technology of InDevR in beta site-testing in anticipation of upcoming product launch

InDevR, developer of advanced life science products, announced that its ampliPHOX Colorimetric Detection Technology is being beta site-tested in anticipation of an upcoming product launch. The original intellectual property was licensed from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

12 Mar 2010

Telemonitoring may reduce mortality of heart failure patients by 20%

Telemonitoring may reduce the mortality of patients with heart failure by 20%. Silke Schmidt et al. present their study results in the current issue of Deutsches -rzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107[8]131-8).

12 Mar 2010

Medical News

GAVI Alliance reaches agreement with drugmakers on reduced-price pneumococcal vaccines

Bio-Path Holdings' liposomal Grb-2 IND receives FDA clearance to proceed into clinical trials

Brain Science Institute, Eisai sign licensing agreement to develop GCPII inhibitors

Study finds implant durability not affected by high-impact sports participation

FDA warns patients and physicians about the efficacy of Plavix treatment

ACCORD Lipid trial: New research into atherogenic dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetes

Prioritizing end of life care for cancer patients

Confident Democrats predict House passes health bill this week

Zimmer Holdings showcases Continuum Acetabular Cup System at AAOS 2010

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals full-year 2009 revenues rise 67.7%

Medicare to cover OVA1 test

Increased focus on role of nurses in health care

Royal Philips Electronics, ACC to present Hybrid OR Suite designed for cardiac procedures at ACC 2010

States face health spending cuts

UVA, Merck collaborate to discover novel drugs for women's reproductive health

ARS study underlines the importance of vitamin D and its ability to help body utilize calcium

Louisiana ranks 46th on maternal mortality, records 15.9 deaths per 100,000 live births

A selection of today's opinions and editorials

ampliPHOX detection technology of InDevR in beta site-testing in anticipation of upcoming product launch

Telemonitoring may reduce mortality of heart failure patients by 20%

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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