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Baxter International reports net income of $572M for the fourth-quarter of 2009

Baxter International Inc. today reported strong performance for the fourth quarter of 2009, and provided its financial outlook for the first quarter and full-year 2010.

From Baxter International Inc. 28 Jan 2010

ZOLL Medical, HealthTrust Purchasing Group enter into purchasing agreement

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that HealthTrust Purchasing Group, LP (HealthTrust), a leading healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO), has entered into a purchasing agreement with ZOLL for its therapeutic temperature management equipment.

28 Jan 2010

Scientists discover mechanism that regulates prolactin hormone

A mechanism for regulating the hormone prolactin has newly been revealed by scientists at Karolinska Institutet. The results are to be published in the scientific journal Neuron, and may be significant for conditions and functions such as breast-feeding, sexual libido, and metabolism.

28 Jan 2010

First-quarter fiscal 2010 results announced by Nutraceutical International

Nutraceutical International Corporation today reported results for the fiscal 2010 first quarter ended December 31, 2009. Net sales for the fiscal 2010 first quarter were $44.8 million compared to $39.6 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2009. For the first quarter of fiscal 2010, net income was $3.9 million, or $0.37 diluted earnings per share, compared to net income of $3.1 million, or $0.28 diluted earnings per share, for the same quarter of fiscal 2009.

28 Jan 2010

Encision reports financial results for third-quarter of fiscal year 2010

Encision Inc., a medical device company owning patented surgical technology that is emerging as a standard of care in minimally-invasive surgery, reported its financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2010.

28 Jan 2010

Zimmer Holdings reports net sales of $1.11 billion for the fourth-quarter of 2009

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. The Company reported fourth quarter net sales of $1.11 billion, an increase of 7.5% reported and 2.5% constant currency over the fourth quarter of 2008. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $0.74 reported and $1.12 adjusted, an increase of 12.0% adjusted over the prior year period.

28 Jan 2010

AHF to conduct HIV testing events in Texas

AHF’s Magic Johnson ‘Testing America’ Tour, a six-month, 48-state national cross-country HIV testing tour, will ride into San Antonio, Texas, for two days of testing events at two Walgreens location.

28 Jan 2010

ZOLL Medical reports revenues for first-quarter of fiscal 2010

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and software solutions, today announced that revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 increased 18% to $105,212,000, compared to revenues in the first quarter of last year of $89,462,000.

28 Jan 2010

Men welcome male contraceptive pill currently undergoing trials

Would you trust men to take a 'male pill'? That's the question posed to 380 people in North East England by a team from Teesside University which questioned people about the male contraceptive pill currently undergoing trials.

28 Jan 2010

Florida State University research team to develop way of measuring zinc levels in the human body

A team of Florida State University researchers will use a five-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a way to measure levels of the trace metal zinc in the human body.

28 Jan 2010

Christiana Care Health System introduces COPE technology for common diagnoses

Christiana Care Health System is taking a giant leap forward toward a comprehensive Electronic Health Record with the launch of Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE), technology that makes it easier, more efficient and safer for doctors to order tests and medications.

28 Jan 2010

Studies in Mexico and Africa demonstrate the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccine

For the first time ever, studies in Mexico and Africa, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate a reduction in diarrheal disease deaths following rotavirus vaccine introduction in Mexico and vaccine efficacy among impoverished populations in Malawi and South Africa.

28 Jan 2010

Sexuality publishing portfolio gains key journal

Starting in 2010, Springer will publish the journal Sexuality Research and Social Policy. All aspects of sexual behavior are covered in the journal, including a unique focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations. The journal was previously published by the University of California Press.

28 Jan 2010

Repligen announces five-year supply agreement for recombinant Protein A with GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences

Repligen Corporation announced today that it has extended its longstanding relationship with GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB by entering into a five-year supply agreement for recombinant Protein A, a consumable used in the manufacture of monoclonal antibodies, a highly successful class of biopharmaceutical. Repligen is the world's leading supplier of recombinant Protein A and has manufactured recombinant Protein A for GE Healthcare for more than 10 years.

28 Jan 2010

Salvation Army welcomes Haitian evacuees and children in Canada

Salvation Army Emergency and Disaster Services staff were on hand for the second time this week to welcome Haitian evacuees and children bound for adoption by Canadian families upon their arrival at Ottawa International Airport.

28 Jan 2010

New Candida treatment more effective than popular remedies

Kathleen Kalaf has been to hell and back in her long fight with systemic Candida. Today, thanks to a new Candida treatment that is more effective than even the most popular Candida remedies, Kalaf is finally free of the yeast overgrowth that stole eight years of her life -- and she wants other Candida sufferers to know about Candida Force (http://www.candidaforce.com).

28 Jan 2010

Patterns of urban violent injury: A spatio-temporal analysis

Each day people living in large urban centres are injured as the result of violent acts such as physical assault. While existing research tells us where such events are most likely to happen, a new study by Canadian scientists has gone one step further.

28 Jan 2010

Transcend Services announces unaudited financial results for fourth-quarter of 2009

TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC., a leading provider of medical transcription services to the U.S. healthcare market, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.

28 Jan 2010

MPM Capital leads Alnara Pharmaceuticals' $35M Series B venture capital financing

Alnara Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company developing non-systemic, orally-delivered protein therapeutics for the treatment of metabolic diseases, announced today that it has secured $35 million in Series B venture capital financing. The round was led by new investor MPM Capital, joined by current investors Third Rock Ventures, Frazier Healthcare and Bessemer Venture Partners. In conjunction with the MPM investment, managing director Ashley Dombkowski, Ph.D., will join Alnara’s board of directors.

28 Jan 2010

Interdisciplinary team evaluates the economic impact of mental illness in Spain

An interdisciplinary team coordinated by researchers from the University of Castilla La Mancha (UCLM) and the Canary Islands Health Service has evaluated the economic impact of mental illness in Spain, and estimated their social cost. According to the study, despite health resources being invested to alleviate the effects of such illnesses, informal care and lost work time places a heavy burden on society.

28 Jan 2010