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Obama thanks nurses for health law support, nurse practitioners push role

President Obama Wednesday thanked the American Nurses Association for supporting the health reform effort, The Associated Press reports. "Obama said nurses are the 'beating heart' of the health care system. … The Obama administration on Wednesday also announced new funding (Today's Daily Report includes summaries of coverage related to this announcement.) to help educate and train full-time nurses" (Simmons, 6/17).

18 Jun 2010

Neonatal diarrhea may lead to life threatening dehydration and malnutrition: Research

Diarrhea represents a major condition responsible for pediatric mortality worldwide. The onset of neonatal diarrhea may rapidly lead to life threatening dehydration and malnutrition. Clinical and epidemiologic studies defining severity and etiology are needed in order to improve diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for the management of neonatal diarrhea.

18 Jun 2010

HRA Pharma announces FDA Advisory Committee approval for ulipristal acetate as emergency contraceptive

HRA Pharma announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs voted 11 to 0 that the company's application provided sufficient information to conclude that ulipristal acetate is effective and safe for use as an emergency contraceptive.

18 Jun 2010

Experts discuss G8 aid commitments

Economist Jeffrey Sachs said Wednesday that the G8 could endanger its credibility if leaders fail to fulfill several "broken multi-billion-dollar pledges" aimed at helping the developing world, Canwest News Service/Vancouver Sun reports.

18 Jun 2010

Fraudulent Tamiflu sold over Internet, FDA warns

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers about a potentially harmful product represented as "Generic Tamiflu" sold over the Internet. FDA tests revealed that the fraudulent product does not contain Tamiflu's active ingredient, oseltamivir, but cloxacillin, an ingredient in the same class of antibiotics as penicillin.

18 Jun 2010

Medical Properties Trust acquires real estate of three inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Texas

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. announced today that it has acquired the real estate of three inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Texas for an aggregate purchase price of $74 million. The facilities, which are located in the Houston, Dallas and Austin metropolitan areas, are operated by and leased to affiliates of Reliant Healthcare Partners.

18 Jun 2010

Republicans, Obama administration spar over health overhaul

A Heritage Foundation-affiliated conservative advocacy group, Heritage Action, will begin targeting lawmakers "at home in their districts" who fail to support the GOP-led efforts to repeal the overhaul with political ads and other tactics, according to The Hill, which quoted Michael Needham, the just-launched Action group's CEO "The effects of Obamacare are being felt more and more every day.

18 Jun 2010

Postmenopausal women who have low calcium intake show higher risk of developing osteoporosis, hypertension

Italian postmenopausal women who have a low calcium intake show a higher risk of developing both osteoporosis and hypertension (a chronic medical condition in which arterial blood pressure is elevated) than those who consume higher levels of calcium according to research presented today at EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy.

18 Jun 2010

First patient dosed in AR-42 Phase I/IIa clinical study at OSUCCC-James in adult patients with blood cancer

Arno Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing oncology therapeutics, today announced the dosing of the first patient in an investigator sponsored Phase I/IIa clinical study of AR-42 (formerly OSU-HDAC42) at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) in adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (MM), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or lymphoma.

18 Jun 2010

Gen-Probe invests $50M in Pacific Biosciences

Gen-Probe Incorporated and Pacific Biosciences announced today that Gen-Probe has made a $50 million strategic investment in Pacific Biosciences, a private sequencing company. In addition, the companies will work together to explore co-development of new integrated clinical diagnostics systems based on Pacific Biosciences' Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT™) platform and Gen-Probe's expertise in diagnostics.

18 Jun 2010

Justice Department asks court to throw out states' lawsuit challenging health overhaul

The Associated Press reports that the Justice Department filed a motion in Florida late Wednesday asking a "federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by 20 states challenging President Barack Obama's health care overhaul." The states are arguing that the federal government cannot require individuals to buy health insurance, a key provision of the new health law.

18 Jun 2010

HHS announces $250 million in federal funding to boost primary care providers

The Washington Post: "In an attempt to address a national shortage of health-care workers, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that the federal government will spend $250 million in programs to increase the number of doctors, nurses and other care providers. The money ... includes $168 million to train 500 new primary-care physicians over the next five years, $30 million to encourage 600 nursing students to attend school full-time and complete their education, and $32 million to create 600 new physician assistants."

18 Jun 2010

IU-Regenstrief programs to address growing workforce needs for qualified health IT workers

Investments in the future of health care delivery include more than training additional doctors and nurses. Health information technology specialists are critical. While a growing number of hospitals and physicians want to offer their patients the benefits of electronic medical records and health information exchange, there is a nationwide shortage of highly skilled health IT workers to fill an estimated 60,000 positions.

18 Jun 2010

EC grants Allos Therapeutics' pralatrexate orphan medicinal product designation for CTCL treatment

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted orphan medicinal product designation for pralatrexate for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). The Company is currently investigating pralatrexate in a Phase 1 clinical study in patients with relapsed or refractory CTCL.

18 Jun 2010

Huntington online bill payment created to support Pelotonia bike tour for cancer research

In another bankwide effort to support the Pelotonia bike tour for cancer research, Huntington has created a way for consumers to donate to the cure for cancer through Huntington online bill payment.

18 Jun 2010

FDA approves new indication for Tasigna in treatment of rare blood cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new indication for Tasigna (nilotinib) for the treatment of a rare blood cancer when it is first diagnosed. The cancer, called Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CP-CML), is a slowly progressing blood and bone marrow disease linked to a genetic abnormality.

18 Jun 2010

GOP extenders proposal fails; Dems still seek to lower cost on their bill

Senate Republicans failed Thursday to replace a broad Democratic jobless benefits bill, which includes a provision to stop a pending 21 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements to doctors. The Republican option failed in a 57-41 vote, The Wall Street Journal reports.

18 Jun 2010

Health IT implementation plan: 'Bold incrementalism'

Farzad Mostashari, a senior official in the government's health IT office, said in a speech Tuesday that the strategy for implementing federal ehealth efforts is one of "bold incrementalism," Modern Healthcare reports. Mostashari listed as an example the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's "approach to the health information exchange.

18 Jun 2010

FerroKin BioSciences announces closing of $12M financing

FerroKin BioSciences, a biotechnology company developing a new therapy for the treatment of iron overload, today announced the closing of a $12 million financing. Participants in the financing include current investors Burrill & Company, Celgene Corporation, Clarus Ventures and MP Healthcare Venture Management, Inc., with Healthcap Ventures of Stockholm participating as a new investor.

18 Jun 2010

Ricerca announces services under U.S. DEA license

Ricerca Biosciences, an industry-leading, integrated preclinical contract research organization (CRO) providing services to the chemical and biopharmaceutical industries, is pleased to announce services it can now provide under its United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license.

18 Jun 2010

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Obama thanks nurses for health law support, nurse practitioners push role

Neonatal diarrhea may lead to life threatening dehydration and malnutrition: Research

HRA Pharma announces FDA Advisory Committee approval for ulipristal acetate as emergency contraceptive

Experts discuss G8 aid commitments

Fraudulent Tamiflu sold over Internet, FDA warns

Medical Properties Trust acquires real estate of three inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Texas

Republicans, Obama administration spar over health overhaul

Postmenopausal women who have low calcium intake show higher risk of developing osteoporosis, hypertension

First patient dosed in AR-42 Phase I/IIa clinical study at OSUCCC-James in adult patients with blood cancer

Gen-Probe invests $50M in Pacific Biosciences

Justice Department asks court to throw out states' lawsuit challenging health overhaul

HHS announces $250 million in federal funding to boost primary care providers

IU-Regenstrief programs to address growing workforce needs for qualified health IT workers

EC grants Allos Therapeutics' pralatrexate orphan medicinal product designation for CTCL treatment

Huntington online bill payment created to support Pelotonia bike tour for cancer research

FDA approves new indication for Tasigna in treatment of rare blood cancer

GOP extenders proposal fails; Dems still seek to lower cost on their bill

Health IT implementation plan: 'Bold incrementalism'

FerroKin BioSciences announces closing of $12M financing

Ricerca announces services under U.S. DEA license

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