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Streamline Health implements Audit Compliance for the Enterprise Solution at Children's National

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. a leading provider of document workflow solutions for hospitals, today announced that it has successfully implemented the Audit Compliance for the Enterprise Solution (AuditACE) at Children's National in Washington, DC.

24 Aug 2010

PHLBI announces launch of new website for patients

The Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, a non-profit medical research institute focusing on the treatment and prevention of malignant pleural mesothelioma, is proud to announce the launch of its new website: http://www.phlbi.org.

24 Aug 2010

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to present results on RNAi therapeutics at ACS National Meeting

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that it will make a total of 16 oral presentations at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2010 240th National Meeting & Exposition being held in Boston, Mass. from August 22-26, 2010.

24 Aug 2010

3SBio and Isotechnika enter strategic agreement for voclosporin in China

3SBio Inc., a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing biopharmaceutical products and Isotechnika Pharma Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of immune modulating therapeutics, today announced the signing of a development and commercialization agreement for voclosporin.

24 Aug 2010

First patient treated in Synta Pharmaceuticals' clinical trial of STA-9090

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing small molecule drugs to treat severe medical conditions, today announced that the first patient has been treated in its clinical trial of STA-9090 in combination with docetaxel for the treatment of advanced solid tumor malignancies.

24 Aug 2010

Aileron Therapeutics, Roche partner to develop, commercialise Stapled Peptide Therapeutics

Aileron Therapeutics and Roche announced today that they have entered into a collaboration to discover, develop and commercialise a new class of drugs called Stapled Peptide Therapeutics. As part of this agreement, Roche will work with Aileron to develop drug candidates against up to five undisclosed targets selected from Roche's key therapeutic areas, which include oncology, virology, inflammation, metabolism and CNS.

24 Aug 2010

FDA clears PROLOR Biotech's Phase II clinical trial of hGH-CTP

PROLOR Biotech, Inc., a company developing next generation biobetter therapeutic proteins, today announced that it has received regulatory clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a Phase II clinical trial in the U.S. of its longer-acting version of human growth hormone, hGH-CTP.

24 Aug 2010

Medtronic 2011 first quarter revenue decreases 4%

Medtronic, Inc. today announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2011, which ended July 30, 2010.

24 Aug 2010

First Edition: August 24, 2010

In today's headlines, a federal court judge blocks the Obama administration's stem cell policy. Meanwhile, state action related to health reform and health policy continues.

24 Aug 2010

Guthy-Renker partners with leading dermatologist for new skincare line

Guthy-Renker LLC, one of the largest and most respected direct marketing companies in the world and marketers of Proactiv, America's #1 acne system, is pleased to announce its partnership with leading dermatologist, Susan Evans, M.D., for a new skincare line called The Papaya Renewal Collection by Dr. Evans Cosmeceuticals.

24 Aug 2010

Media detective programs allow children to resist messages encouraging alcohol and tobacco use

Playing "media detective" allows children to understand the intentions of marketers and the goals of advertising while empowering them to resist messages that encourage alcohol or tobacco use.

24 Aug 2010

Special empowerment program to promote confidence in diabetic children

Teens are learning how to shred down the mountain and balance blood sugars in a special empowerment program called Riding on Insulin, taking place December 11, 2010, at The Canyons Resort in Park City. The day, led by Sean Busby,26 year old professional snowboarder with type 1 diabetes promotes courage and confidence and shows children with type 1 or type 2 they can overcome mental and physical challenges.

24 Aug 2010

Abilities Expo to be held August 27-29, 2010 in Houston, Texas

Thousands of people with disabilities, their families, caregivers, seniors, veterans with disabilities and healthcare professionals are expected to attend Abilities Expo on Friday, August 27, through Sunday, August 29, 2010 at Reliant Center. Admission is free and show hours will be Friday 11 am to 5 pm, Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 11 am to 4 pm.

24 Aug 2010

Bug with bifocals discovered

University of Cincinnati researchers are reporting on the discovery of a bug with bifocals - such an amazing finding that it initially had the researchers questioning whether they could believe their own eyes. "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of truly bifocal lenses in the extant animal kingdom," the researchers state in the Aug. 24 cover feature of the premier life-science journal, Current Biology.

24 Aug 2010

2010 Summit to focus on developing roadmap for personalized health care

The Forum on Personalized Health Care today announced its third annual National Summit on Personalized Health Care, "Creating the Roadmap for Personalized Health Care." The 2010 Summit will give participants the singular opportunity to collaborate in creating a core short- and long-range roadmap to align, coordinate and accelerate delivery of personalized health care technologies and practices.

24 Aug 2010

MIT symposium at ACS National Meeting to familiarize future scientists with unfamiliar public policy

With laws, government regulations, and funding priorities continuing to exert a broad impact on science, a group of graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is holding a special symposium Aug. 23 during the American Chemical Society (ACS) 240th National Meeting and Exhibition here to familiarize future scientists with the unfamiliar realm of public policy.

24 Aug 2010

Canadian government to match private donations for Pakistan flood aid

Donations for flood aid in Pakistan through cbm Canada will be matched dollar for dollar by the federal government until September 12.

24 Aug 2010

FRC applauds preliminary injunction to stop taxpayers for embryonic stem cell research

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins applauded today's preliminary injunction that for now stops taxpayer funded embryonic stem cell research. Judge Royce Lamberth noted that the imposition of an injunction required that those challenging the government's funding demonstrate a substantial likelihood of success on the merits for their arguments.

24 Aug 2010

Consumer Driven Health Plans grow at 18.1%

Consumer Driven Health Plans (CDHPs) in the U.S. experienced continued growth this year – albeit at a slower rate than in 2009 – according to preliminary results released by United Benefit Advisors (UBA) from its 2010 UBA Health Plan Survey, the nation's largest health plan benchmarking survey, with 17,113 plans from 11,413, employers.

24 Aug 2010

Heart to Heart International sends shipment of aid through IMC to help flood victims in Pakistan

An estimated 20 million people in northwest Pakistan have been displaced by the worst flooding in decades. In response, Heart to Heart International has already sent an initial shipment of aid valued at $150,000 (U.S. wholesale) through its humanitarian partner, International Medical Corps (IMC), and more aid is on the way.

24 Aug 2010