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DFG sets up new Research Training Groups for German researchers

To further enhance the promotion of young researchers in Germany, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has established twelve new Research Training Groups.

14 Jun 2010

Customs Organization to sign declaration against counterfeit drugs

The World Customs Organization will sign a declaration to fight the $200-billion-a-year counterfeit drug industry, Reuters reports.

14 Jun 2010

AIDS/LifeCycle event raises $10M to support HIV/AIDS services

More than 2,400 participants in AIDS/LifeCycle arrived at the Veterans Center in Los Angeles today after traveling 545 miles from San Francisco over the past seven days in the world's largest annual HIV/AIDS fundraising event. In its ninth year, the event raised $10 million to support the services of San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center that prevent new HIV infections and care for those living with HIV/AIDS.

14 Jun 2010

BIOTECanada congratulates CPHA on 100 years of leadership in public health

As a community partner of the Canadian Public Health Association, BIOTECanada, on behalf of Canada's biotechnology industry, congratulates the CPHA on 100 years of leadership in public health.

11 Jun 2010

Scammers use promise of Medicare rebate checks to steal personal info

The Illinois Attorney General is warning that scammers are trying to trick Medicare-eligible seniors into revealing personal information in order to get a rebate check, The Associated Press reports.

11 Jun 2010

PAF launches CINV CareLine to assist patients with cancer, CINV

Patient Advocate Foundation – a national non-profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability relative to their diagnosis of life threatening or debilitating diseases – is pleased to announce that it has launched a new program, the CINV CareLine.

11 Jun 2010

Equatorial Guinea advances public health services with ultramodern hospital in Bata

Equatorial Guinea (Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial) is advancing its public health services with an ultramodern hospital in Bata, the country's most populous city. One of the most sophisticated hospitals in West Africa, La Paz Medical Center operates in complete compliance with international standards and employs highly advanced technology systems.

11 Jun 2010

Community-based model of DOT improves HIV patient survival: Researchers

When applied to HIV care, the community-based model of directly observed therapy has no effect on virologic outcomes, but significantly improves patient survival. This is according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in collaboration with colleagues at University of Cape Town, South Africa, who conducted the first randomized controlled trial of patient-nominated treatment-supporters providing partial DOT in resource-limited settings.

11 Jun 2010

White House urged to promote health care innovation; Feds prepare $25 million in malpractice grants

A medical device trade group and former lawmaker separately called on the White House to do more to promote life-saving medical innovation this week. "In separate events Wednesday and Thursday, former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) and Stephen Ubl, the head of the medical device trade group AdvaMed, called on the Obama administration to task a federal office with promoting U.S. innovation."

11 Jun 2010

$Data from Phase 1 study of FOLOTYN in patients with relapsed or refractory CTCL presented at EHA 2010$

Data from Phase 1 study of FOLOTYN in patients with relapsed or refractory CTCL presented at EHA 2010

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced updated data from its ongoing dose finding Phase 1 study of FOLOTYN (pralatrexate injection) in patients with relapsed or refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a group of often slow-growing non-Hodgkins lymphomas that primarily manifest in the skin. These data were presented during a poster presentation at the European Hematology Association meeting being held June 10-13, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.

11 Jun 2010

ACT's hESC line MA135 approved for federal funding

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. announced today that human embryonic stem cell line MA135 was unanimously approved for federal funding at the 100th Meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Director National Institutes of Health. In addition to MA135, seven additional stem cell lines derived at ACT are currently under review by the NIH.

11 Jun 2010

Start-up seeks to provide consumers with health care comparison shopping guide

The New York Times: In the U.S., people generally compare prices on everything from groceries to cars, but not in regard to their health care. And even if patients wanted to be health care comparison shoppers, getting the necessary information is not easy.

11 Jun 2010

EHNAC announces second stage of public review and comment for its HIE Accreditation Program

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission, a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body, today announced the second stage of public review and comment for its Health Information Exchange Accreditation Program. Compared to the first phase of the program's public review in February, which focused on privacy and security, technical performance, business practices and organizational resources, this second phase will explicitly address HIE-specific policies as developed by the HIE Advisory Board.

11 Jun 2010

Guided Therapeutics' stock now trading on OTCBB under the symbol GTHP

Guided Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that its stock is now trading on the OTCBB under the symbol GTHP, following approval of the listing by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

11 Jun 2010

Ladies invited to be pampered at Charity event to help raise money for deaf and blind children

Ladies across the city are invited to be pampered at a Charity event in Leeds City Centre next week to help raise money for deaf and blind children in Yorkshire.

11 Jun 2010

Today's opinions: Cuts in Medicare advantage; Benefits of Medicaid expansion; Closing the doughnut hole

Democrats loathe Medicare Advantage because it sanctions the private choices that might eventually liberate the U.S. health market from government price controls. They also wanted to raid Advantage to finance their new subsidies (6/11).

11 Jun 2010

NTI's standalone ePrescribing solution RxNT eRx achieves Gold Solution Provider status

Networking Technology, Inc., the leader in electronic healthcare technology, today announced that their standalone eprescribing software product received Gold Solution Provider status from Surescripts. NTI's standalone ePrescribing solution RxNT eRx has achieved Gold Solution Provider status placing their standalone eprescribing solution into an elite group of certified products for the fourth year in a row.

11 Jun 2010

Lack of access to primary care leads reasons for poorer health in US

Why do other countries spend less on health care and yet achieve near-universal coverage and often better outcomes than the United States? This question has come up repeatedly during the health reform debate, and yet the answers still aren't clear. How much of a factor is the health care system? Population differences? These are some of the questions addressed in Health Care in World Cities, a new book co-authored by Hastings Center scholar Michael Gusmano and published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

11 Jun 2010

Medicare drug spending varies by region, does not offset other medical costs

A study has found that Medicare spending on drugs varies significantly in different regions, and that increased drug spending isn't offset by lower spending on hospital care, doctors visits and other health services, HealthDay/Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

11 Jun 2010

Baron & Budd, P.C. attorney supports Give a Scan Program for lung cancer research

Baron & Budd, P.C. attorney John Langdoc expressed his support and enthusiasm for a new and innovative initiative by the Washington, D.C.-based Lung Cancer Alliance —called Give a Scan—to make CT Scans and clinical data donated by cancer patients easily accessible to lung cancer researchers. LCA would "de-identify" the scans and data before making the information available to researchers.

11 Jun 2010

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DFG sets up new Research Training Groups for German researchers

Customs Organization to sign declaration against counterfeit drugs

AIDS/LifeCycle event raises $10M to support HIV/AIDS services

BIOTECanada congratulates CPHA on 100 years of leadership in public health

Scammers use promise of Medicare rebate checks to steal personal info

PAF launches CINV CareLine to assist patients with cancer, CINV

Equatorial Guinea advances public health services with ultramodern hospital in Bata

Community-based model of DOT improves HIV patient survival: Researchers

White House urged to promote health care innovation; Feds prepare $25 million in malpractice grants

Data from Phase 1 study of FOLOTYN in patients with relapsed or refractory CTCL presented at EHA 2010

ACT's hESC line MA135 approved for federal funding

Start-up seeks to provide consumers with health care comparison shopping guide

EHNAC announces second stage of public review and comment for its HIE Accreditation Program

Guided Therapeutics' stock now trading on OTCBB under the symbol GTHP

Ladies invited to be pampered at Charity event to help raise money for deaf and blind children

Today's opinions: Cuts in Medicare advantage; Benefits of Medicaid expansion; Closing the doughnut hole

NTI's standalone ePrescribing solution RxNT eRx achieves Gold Solution Provider status

Lack of access to primary care leads reasons for poorer health in US

Medicare drug spending varies by region, does not offset other medical costs

Baron & Budd, P.C. attorney supports Give a Scan Program for lung cancer research

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