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New laparoscopic procedure for hernias

Christopher Haarstad, 36, was surprised at how well he felt a couple of hours after having laparoscopic surgery for a hernia in March.

14 May 2010

Fibrocell Science commences histology study of azficel-T for treatment of nasolabial fold wrinkles

Fibrocell Science, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of autologous cell therapies for aesthetic, medical and scientific applications, announced the initiation of a small histology study (IT-H-001) of azficel-T, an autologous cell therapy currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of moderate to severe nasolabial fold wrinkles.

14 May 2010

Justice Dept. defends health law implementation from court injunction

The Justice Department released a statement yesterday defending the federal health overhaul law from legal critics. "A conservative public interest group, the Thomas More Law Center, had filed a lawsuit in Michigan on March 23, the day Obama signed the law, and asked the court for an injunction to block it from taking effect.

14 May 2010

GOP launches attacks on CMS nominee Berwick

Republicans have begun attacking Donald Berwick, a doctor and Harvard professor nominated to head the Obama administration's Medicare and Medicaid agency, The Boston Globe reports. If confirmed, Berwick would run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency with 4,500 employees and an annual budget of $780 billion.

14 May 2010

Insight Imaging signs definitive agreement to acquire eight imaging centers for $8.5M

InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. today announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire eight imaging centers in the Phoenix, Arizona, El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, New Mexico areas from subsidiaries of MedQuest, Inc. and Novant Health, Inc., for a total purchase price of approximately $8.5 million.

14 May 2010

Celsis IVT settles LiverPool patent infringement suit, XenoTech to stop sale of CryoXTreme products

Celsis International Ltd. announced today that Celsis In Vitro, Inc. has reached a settlement agreement with XenoTech, LLC, Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd., and Sekisui Medical Co. Ltd. in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Celsis IVT on February 2, 2010.

14 May 2010

New Infrared Relief therapy now available for patients with diabetic neuropathies

Genesis Spine Associates now offers Infrared Relief - a new, highly effective pain management therapy using infrared light for patients suffering from diabetic neuropathies. This new therapy offers a simple, painless option for managing patients' pain without potentially dangerous drugs or surgery.

14 May 2010

HIV disease tends to progress at faster rate in infected individuals who consume more alcoholic drinks

HIV disease tends to progress at a faster rate in infected individuals who consume two or more alcoholic drinks a day, according to an important new paper in AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

14 May 2010

Merit Medical Systems to acquire BioSphere Medical

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire BioSphere Medical, Inc. in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $96 million, inclusive of all common equity and Series A Preferred preferences.

14 May 2010

Groups plead for more health funding as Chairman warns about cuts to proposed HHS budget

House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., said Wednesday that groups pressing for $14 billion more in funding for education, health and labor programs will likely be disappointed because the budget proposed by President Barack Obama already faces cuts of about $3.5 billion in those areas.

14 May 2010

Federal officials say crackdown on Medicare fraud recovers $2.5 billion

The Associated Press: "The government says it recovered $2.5 billion in overpayments for the Medicare trust fund last year as the Obama administration focused attention on fraud enforcement efforts in the health care industry. Investigators have new tools this year to help crack down on health care fraud, with the Justice Department and the Health and Human Services Department working cooperatively to police companies.

14 May 2010

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals reports net loss of $5.1M for first-quarter 2010

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing oral therapies that target the various phases of cell cycle control for the treatment of cancer and other serious disorders, today reported its financial results and business highlights for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

14 May 2010

Derma Sciences first-quarter net sales up 23% to $12,844,382

Derma Sciences, Inc., a specialty medical device/pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, reported financial and operating results today for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

14 May 2010

Calcium deficiency may make people more prone to osteoporosis, obesity in later life: Study

There's no denying that people need calcium for strong, healthy bones. But new research from North Carolina State University suggests that not getting enough calcium in the earliest days of life could have a more profound, lifelong impact on bone health and perhaps even obesity than previously thought.

14 May 2010

Today's Opinions: CBO numbers undercut health law promises; Concerns about Berwick nomination; The recission myth

The Democrats' reform is barely out of the gate and the Congressional Budget Office already says its previous cost estimate was too low. Either the bill's supporters lied or they're profoundly ignorant. Either way, they are not fit to serve the country, much less rule it, which many of them seem to believe is their divine right. As noted on these pages and elsewhere, government programs always cost far more than their original projections (5/12).

14 May 2010

Chimerix commences first-in-human study of CMX157 for HIV

Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally-available antiviral therapeutics, announced the commencement of a first-in-human study of CMX157, a novel lipid conjugate of the nucleotide tenofovir with in vitro activity against both tenofovir-sensitive and tenofovir-resistant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). CMX157 has the potential to increase efficacy and decrease toxicity as compared to tenofovir, and may enable the creation of new 'one pill, once-a-day', fixed-dose combination regimens for the treatment of HIV infection.

14 May 2010

Boston Scientific's ACUITY Break-Away Lead Delivery System receives FDA clearance

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance of the ACUITY Break-Away Lead Delivery System for use with cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers, both of which treat heart failure.

14 May 2010

Medical News

New laparoscopic procedure for hernias

Fibrocell Science commences histology study of azficel-T for treatment of nasolabial fold wrinkles

Justice Dept. defends health law implementation from court injunction

GOP launches attacks on CMS nominee Berwick

Insight Imaging signs definitive agreement to acquire eight imaging centers for $8.5M

Celsis IVT settles LiverPool patent infringement suit, XenoTech to stop sale of CryoXTreme products

New Infrared Relief therapy now available for patients with diabetic neuropathies

HIV disease tends to progress at faster rate in infected individuals who consume more alcoholic drinks

Merit Medical Systems to acquire BioSphere Medical

Groups plead for more health funding as Chairman warns about cuts to proposed HHS budget

Federal officials say crackdown on Medicare fraud recovers $2.5 billion

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals reports net loss of $5.1M for first-quarter 2010

Derma Sciences first-quarter net sales up 23% to $12,844,382

Calcium deficiency may make people more prone to osteoporosis, obesity in later life: Study

Today's Opinions: CBO numbers undercut health law promises; Concerns about Berwick nomination; The recission myth

Chimerix commences first-in-human study of CMX157 for HIV

Boston Scientific's ACUITY Break-Away Lead Delivery System receives FDA clearance

Home health care stocks fall with Senate Finance Committee inquiry

Accellent's first-quarter 2010 revenue increased 10.8% to $122.7 million

Canadian tourist bitten by a Katipo spider in New Zealand

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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