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Majority of PI patients can be switched to IgPro20 without dose adjustment

Data from a European multicenter (non-IND study) showing that patients with PI who switched to IgPro20 from previously available SCIg formulations achieved comparable IgG trough levels without dosage adjustment, resulting in significantly less administration volume. The data were presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, US.

3 Mar 2010

European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics to be published by Springer

Starting in 2010, Springer will publish the European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. All aspects of drug delivery and bioavailability are covered in the journal, which was previously published by the Swiss publisher M-decine & Hygi-ne. The journal was founded in 1975 by the late Professor Achille Benakis at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and through the years gathered a loyal community of authors and readers.

3 Mar 2010

Maintaining a sense of being younger gives an edge

The saying "You're only as old as you feel" really seems to resonate with older adults, according to research from Purdue University.

3 Mar 2010

FDA issues new draft guidance for Trius Therapeutics' proposed Phase 3 trial of torezolid phosphate

Trius Therapeutics, Inc. announced that on February 26th, 2010, the FDA issued new draft guidance on non-inferiority clinical trials that will apply to the design of the Company's proposed Phase 3 trials for its investigational antibacterial drug torezolid phosphate.

3 Mar 2010

Greenway Medical Technologies to demonstrate data transfer solution from its EHR into Microsoft HealthVault

Greenway Medical Technologies, provider of the fully-integrated electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution PrimeSuite®, is demonstrating a seamless data transfer solution from its flagship EHR into Microsoft HealthVault, an online personal health management platform.

3 Mar 2010

New QUANTEC guidelines for safe treatment of cancer with radiation therapy

The culmination of a two-year effort to review available studies and establish new guidelines for the safe treatment of cancer with radiation therapy was published today in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics.

3 Mar 2010

Step-up treatments may benefit children with asthma on low-dose inhaled corticosteroids

Children with asthma who continue to have symptoms while using low-dose inhaled corticosteroids could benefit from increasing the dosage or adding one of two asthma drugs, a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and other institutions finds.

3 Mar 2010

Accenture: 58% of U.S. physicians intend to purchase EMR system within next two years

Fifty-eight percent of U.S. physicians who don’t use electronic medical records (EMRs) intend to purchase an EMR system within the next two years, according to a new report from Accenture.

3 Mar 2010

SIS to offer AORN SYNTEGRITY SPF within perioperative management solutions suite

Helping to streamline electronic documentation processes for perioperative care, CSC and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) announced today that Surgical Information Systems (SIS), the perioperative IT specialist, will offer the AORN SYNTEGRITYTM Standardized Perioperative Framework (SPF) within its nationally recognized suite of perioperative management solutions.

3 Mar 2010

Merck’s MF/F Phase III study data presented at AAAAI annual meeting

Data from two Phase III studies of Merck’s investigational fixed-dose combinations of mometasone furoate and formoterol fumarate (MF/F) were presented by researchers today in two poster presentations at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) annual meeting.

3 Mar 2010

Merck announces updated late-stage pipeline following its recent merger with Schering-Plough

Merck & Co., Inc. today announced its updated, newly integrated, late-stage pipeline following its recent merger with Schering-Plough. The new pipeline features a broad and diversified portfolio of investigational medicines and vaccines, including more than 20 candidates in Phase III or under regulatory review, and more than 20 candidates in Phase II of development.

3 Mar 2010

Study: LABA can be effective step-up treatment for children whose asthma is not well controlled

For children whose asthma is not well controlled and on low doses of inhaled corticosteroids, a long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) may be the most effective of three possible step-up treatments. National Jewish clinician-scientists Stanley Szefler, Joseph Spahn, Ronina Covar Gary Larsen and Lynn Taussig, and colleagues in the NIH-funded Childhood Asthma Research and Education Network published their findings March 2, 2010, online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

3 Mar 2010

Diabetics at risk: Nova Scotia limits pharmacare coverage of blood glucose test strips

The Nova Scotia government's decision to limit Pharmacare coverage of blood glucose test strips for some diabetes patients places a significant financial and health burden on these Nova Scotians and violates the fundamental principle that patients and their healthcare professionals should be able to determine how to manage treatment.

3 Mar 2010

Total economic impact of foodborne illness across the nation to be a combined $152 billion annually

A new study by a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) economist estimates the total economic impact of foodborne illness across the nation to be a combined $152 billion annually.

3 Mar 2010

Blocks to successful implementation of electronic medical records in physician practices introduced

How will the typical American physician practice be transformed years after federal stimulus funds for health information technology are spent? The potential scope of change that electronic health information exchange can bring to modern medical practice is the focus of a presentation that John Blair III, MD, president of Taconic IPA, will bring at the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition March 2 in Atlanta.

3 Mar 2010

RMR can non-invasively, quickly and accurately detect presence of sCAD

Newly published data shows using a Respiratory Modulation Response (RMR) is a novel, non-invasive measure to quickly and accurately detect the presence of significant coronary artery disease (sCAD). Patients in the study with sCAD had a lower RMR compared to patients without, regardless of their risk factors or clinical history of angina, previous myocardial infarction (MI), or angioplasty.

3 Mar 2010

Inovio Biomedical introduces new CELLECTRA-SP series of hand-held, cordless electroporation devices

Inovio Biomedical Corporation, a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, has unveiled its new CELLECTRA®-SP series of hand-held, cordless electroporation devices at the DNA Vaccines 2010 conference being held in New Orleans, LA.

3 Mar 2010

ASPEX to display game-changing PSEM eXpress analyzer at Pittcon 2010

ASPEX Corporation has been advancing the novel Personal Scanning Electron Microscope (PSEM) platform since its first product generation was released in 1992. Since then, it has been "shifting" where SEMs are traditionally installed, "shifting" when SEMs are utilized in industrial processes, and fundamentally "shifting" how SEMs are identified. Come experience the shift at Pittcon 2010, in Orlando, FL from March 1-4.

3 Mar 2010

Stanford University Medical Center buys ASTI's Ecotones Duet Adaptive Sleep Sound Machines

Adaptive Sound Technologies, Inc. (ASTI) announced today that the Stanford University Medical Center has purchased Ecotones Duet Adaptive Sleep Sound Machines. "It is well known that noise in hospitals affects patient comfort and recovery, as well as staff performance. ASTI's adaptive technology can help with these problems," stated Sam Nicolino, President and CEO of ASTI.

3 Mar 2010

Acuo Technologies granted patent covering technology implemented in DSG software suite

Acuo Technologies, the market leading Vendor Neutral Archive supplier, was granted US patent number 7,640,171 by the USPTO which covers technology implemented in its DICOM Services Grid™ software suite.

3 Mar 2010

Medical News

Majority of PI patients can be switched to IgPro20 without dose adjustment

European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics to be published by Springer

Maintaining a sense of being younger gives an edge

FDA issues new draft guidance for Trius Therapeutics' proposed Phase 3 trial of torezolid phosphate

Greenway Medical Technologies to demonstrate data transfer solution from its EHR into Microsoft HealthVault

New QUANTEC guidelines for safe treatment of cancer with radiation therapy

Step-up treatments may benefit children with asthma on low-dose inhaled corticosteroids

Accenture: 58% of U.S. physicians intend to purchase EMR system within next two years

SIS to offer AORN SYNTEGRITY SPF within perioperative management solutions suite

Merck’s MF/F Phase III study data presented at AAAAI annual meeting

Merck announces updated late-stage pipeline following its recent merger with Schering-Plough

Study: LABA can be effective step-up treatment for children whose asthma is not well controlled

Diabetics at risk: Nova Scotia limits pharmacare coverage of blood glucose test strips

Total economic impact of foodborne illness across the nation to be a combined $152 billion annually

Blocks to successful implementation of electronic medical records in physician practices introduced

RMR can non-invasively, quickly and accurately detect presence of sCAD

Inovio Biomedical introduces new CELLECTRA-SP series of hand-held, cordless electroporation devices

ASPEX to display game-changing PSEM eXpress analyzer at Pittcon 2010

Stanford University Medical Center buys ASTI's Ecotones Duet Adaptive Sleep Sound Machines

Acuo Technologies granted patent covering technology implemented in DSG software suite

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