Medical News

RSS

New multidisciplinary task force to help clients identify, evaluate opportunities created by health care reform

Drawing on its analysis of the historic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. has established a multidisciplinary task force to help clients identify and evaluate key opportunities created by health care reform.

27 May 2010

State round up: Texas approves higher co-pays for retirees, California's next elected insurance commissioner to play critical health care role

The Illinois "House voted 71-44 to borrow up to $4 billion to cover next year's payments to the five state-funded pension systems." Lawmakers also rejected a proposal to have "retired state employees paying premiums for their health-care coverage. Rep. Karen May, D-Highland Park, said the state could save $100 million a year by having retirees pay premiums, noting that 92 percent of them pay nothing now."

27 May 2010

Experts worry: Government loans to doctors could raise health costs

Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports: "Eager to expand or modernize, about 5,000 doctors, dentists and other health care providers have obtained more than $2.5 billion in government-backed loans under the economic stimulus law, according to federal records.

27 May 2010

Lighthouse1, TSYS Healthcare partner to provide integrated end-to-end healthcare payment solution

Lighthouse1, an industry leader in consumer-driven healthcare (CDH) software solutions, today announced a partnership with TSYS Healthcare to provide an integrated end-to-end healthcare payment solution. The partnership brings another fully integrated payment solution to CDH administrators using the Lighthouse1 OnDemand™ platform.

27 May 2010

Sanofi-aventis, MIT announce strategic alliance agreement for SABIP

Sanofi-aventis announced today a strategic alliance agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Biomedical Innovation, which will be known as the sanofi-aventis Biomedical Innovation Program.

27 May 2010

Researchers use new imaging technique to view microvessels in the brains of living mice

Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified in mice a previously unknown protective mechanism by which the smallest blood vessels remove blood clots and other blockages from the brain. The findings provide insights into mechanisms that may be involved in age-related cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease and recovery from stroke.

27 May 2010

GSK Consumer Healthcare announces update of alli product label

GSK Consumer Healthcare today announced it will update the alli product label to alert consumers to certain symptoms that have been associated with rare instances of severe liver injury reported in people taking orlistat, the active ingredient in alli. This update follows FDA's completion of its safety review of orlistat and is being implemented in conjunction with Roche, the manufacturer of the prescription dose of orlistat (Xenical). The agency stated that a cause and effect relationship has not been established.

27 May 2010

Study assesses possible links between pain medications and recurrent breast cancer risk

Women who receive one common pain drug during mastectomy are less likely to develop recurrent breast cancer in the years following surgery, suggests a study in the June issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society.

27 May 2010

Democrats struggle to line up votes on bill containing 'doc fix,' COBRA subsidy extension

A jobs and benefits bill that would extend subsidies to help laid-off workers keep their health insurance and would avert payment cuts to Medicare doctors is still pending in Congress.

27 May 2010

Abbott Biotech Ventures invests in Alvine Pharmaceuticals

Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutics for autoimmune/inflammatory diseases, today announced that Abbott Biotech Ventures Inc., has joined Alvine's current investors: Interwest Partners, Panorama Capital, Prospect Venture Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, Black River Asset Management and Flagship Ventures in the company's Series A Extension financing. The terms of the investment were not disclosed.

27 May 2010

Insurers paying doctors faster but inefficiency remains, especially with Medicaid

"US health insurers are paying doctors seven days faster, on average, and denying 12 to 18 percent fewer claims than last year, but the claims reimbursement system remains saddled with inefficiency, according to a new ranking of payers set to be released today," The Boston Globe reports.

27 May 2010

PBI awarded contract to provide essential laboratory data for Phase I cardiovascular trial

Pacific Biomarkers, Inc. has been awarded a contract by a leading multinational pharmaceutical company to provide essential laboratory data for an adaptive Phase I cardiovascular trial. This study is part of a major drug-development program to evaluate an innovative new treatment to reduce recurrent cardiovascular events associated with acute coronary syndrome.

27 May 2010

BioImagene launches digital pathology solutions suite in Europe

BioImagene, Inc., the leading provider of end-to-end digital pathology solutions, launched its suite of digital pathology solutions in Europe. The company will showcase these digital pathology solutions at the Woche der Pathologie Congress in Berlin, which takes place from May 27-30, 2010.

27 May 2010

Regular weightlifting exercise and milk consumption improve women's body composition, health: Study

Women who drink two large glasses of milk a day after their weight-lifting routine gained more muscle and lost more fat compared to women who drank sugar-based energy drinks, a McMaster study has found.

27 May 2010

Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes 2-year, $2B measure to aid Haiti rebuilding

The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee passed a $2 billion aid package to assist with Haiti's rebuilding from the January 12 earthquake, Agence France-Presse reports (5/25).

27 May 2010

Lawyers, doctors team to ensure health safety net for poor

In the District of Columbia, "[a]s part of a medical-legal partnership that began in 2002, lawyers work alongside doctors at four District clinics run by [Children's National Medical Center]. Their shared goal is to overcome legal and social challenges that threaten the care of their patients — low-income children, predominantly African American, and virtually all covered by Medicaid."

27 May 2010

TESARO secures $60 million in start-up funding to acquire, develop and commercialize cancer therapeutics

TESARO, Inc., an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has secured $60 million in start-up funding to acquire, develop and commercialize cancer therapeutics and supportive care products. Participants in a $20 million Series A financing included New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and TESARO management; additionally, NEA has reserved $40 million to support company growth.

27 May 2010

Rates of cardiovascular disease increase in Australian winters: Seasonal researcher

Rates of cardiovascular disease increase dramatically in Australian winters because many people don't know how to rug up against the cold, a Queensland University of Technology seasonal researcher has found.

27 May 2010

Feds will pay much of Medicaid expansion costs for states, study finds

The Washington Post: "The federal government will bear virtually the entire cost of expanding Medicaid under the new health-care law, according to a comprehensive new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation that directly rebuts the loud protests of governors warning about its impact on their strapped state budgets.

27 May 2010

Impax Laboratories, IGI Laboratories announce product development and supply agreement

Impax Laboratories, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a product development and supply agreement with IGI Laboratories, Inc., a formulation and manufacturing company. IGI will be responsible for developing two topical drug products, obtaining FDA marketing approvals, and manufacturing the commercial products.

27 May 2010

Medical News

New multidisciplinary task force to help clients identify, evaluate opportunities created by health care reform

State round up: Texas approves higher co-pays for retirees, California's next elected insurance commissioner to play critical health care role

Experts worry: Government loans to doctors could raise health costs

Lighthouse1, TSYS Healthcare partner to provide integrated end-to-end healthcare payment solution

Sanofi-aventis, MIT announce strategic alliance agreement for SABIP

Researchers use new imaging technique to view microvessels in the brains of living mice

GSK Consumer Healthcare announces update of alli product label

Study assesses possible links between pain medications and recurrent breast cancer risk

Democrats struggle to line up votes on bill containing 'doc fix,' COBRA subsidy extension

Abbott Biotech Ventures invests in Alvine Pharmaceuticals

Insurers paying doctors faster but inefficiency remains, especially with Medicaid

PBI awarded contract to provide essential laboratory data for Phase I cardiovascular trial

BioImagene launches digital pathology solutions suite in Europe

Regular weightlifting exercise and milk consumption improve women's body composition, health: Study

Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes 2-year, $2B measure to aid Haiti rebuilding

Lawyers, doctors team to ensure health safety net for poor

TESARO secures $60 million in start-up funding to acquire, develop and commercialize cancer therapeutics

Rates of cardiovascular disease increase in Australian winters: Seasonal researcher

Feds will pay much of Medicaid expansion costs for states, study finds

Impax Laboratories, IGI Laboratories announce product development and supply agreement

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

Latest News