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Eastern Technology Council names Puricore as winner of the Emerging Life Sciences Company of the Year

PuriCore, the life sciences company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary, green solutions that safely, effectively, and naturally kill infectious pathogens without causing harm to human health or the environment, was named as winner of the Emerging Life Sciences Company of the Year award, at the Eastern Technology Council’s 17th annual Enterprise Awards gala.

4 Dec 2009

Guardsman Scientific emerges as winner of New England Venture Summit Top Innovator award

Guardsman Scientific is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a winner of the annual New England Venture Summit Top Innovator award by youngStartup Ventures.

4 Dec 2009

FDA approves once-daily SEROQUEL XR Extended Release Tablets

AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved once-daily SEROQUEL XR® (quetiapine fumarate) Extended Release Tablets as adjunctive (add-on) treatment to antidepressants in adults with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

4 Dec 2009

Amorfix Life Sciences extends private placement warrants

Amorfix Life Sciences, a company focused on treatments and diagnostics for misfolded protein diseases, announced today it will not accelerate the expiry of the private placement warrants that were issued on April 29, 2009 with a $1.00 exercise price.

4 Dec 2009

Bells on Bay St. inspires business leaders to register their consent for organ and tissue donation

Three hundred business leaders took time from the hustle and bustle of attending holiday gatherings and trying to find the perfect gift for loved ones, to reflect this morning upon the urgent need to make one other vital gift - registration of consent to be an organ and tissue donor.

4 Dec 2009

Action on climate change will save lives, according to Canadian health professionals

Canada's prime minister must put the health of the world's citizens at the centre of discussions at the upcoming UN climate summit, according to Canadian health professionals. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced last week that he will join world leaders at the historic meeting in Copenhagen in December.

4 Dec 2009

Campaign for legislation to protect adult film industry performers

On Friday, a broad coalition of health groups will unveil a campaign to press for California legislation to protect adult film industry performers. The legislative push will be formally announced in conjunction with a strategy symposium for the effort being held Friday, December 4th at UCLA (Public Affairs Building, North Campus).

4 Dec 2009

HHS Secretary highlights the benefits of health insurance reform for businesses

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today highlighted the benefits of health insurance reform for businesses and released a new fact sheet regarding a recent analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.

4 Dec 2009

Public Campaign Action Fund names Sen. Joe Lieberman its second 'Insurance Puppet'

Public Campaign Action Fund, a national campaign finance watchdog group, named Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) its second "Insurance Puppet" in an online advertising campaign targeting Connecticut and Washington, D.C.

4 Dec 2009

U.S. Court grants preliminary approval of $350M settlement in lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group

The American Medical Association (AMA) announced today that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted preliminary approval of the previously disclosed $350 million settlement that would resolve a class-action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group.

4 Dec 2009

Sudbury & District Public Health Unit nurses reach tentative settlement with employer

Following a long and difficult negotiations process, public health nurses with the Sudbury & District Public Health Unit have reached a tentative settlement with their employer.

4 Dec 2009

Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers narrows racial disparity in lung cancer rates

Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers, particularly black teenagers, is narrowing the disparity in lung cancer rates between blacks and whites, according to a report published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. The December issue has a special focus on tobacco.

4 Dec 2009

2010 American Occupational Health Conference to be held in Orlando

The Nation's largest occupational and environmental medicine conference, the 2010 American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC®) will be held May 2-5 at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla. AOHC is the annual meeting of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), an international medical society of more 4,000 occupational and environmental physicians and other health care professionals.

4 Dec 2009

MoneyTV features bioengineering and stem cell topics this week

Bioengineering, extracting health products from waste tobacco, stem cells, unemployment, wind energy; this week on MoneyTV, hosted by anchor Donald Baillargeon.

4 Dec 2009

Family Research Council responds to Senate's approval of Mikulski amendment

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins responded today to the U.S. Senate's approval of an amendment authored by U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) to authorize the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to include abortion as "preventive care" in their guidelines.

4 Dec 2009

Smokefree Innotec's Swiss patent and trademark attorneys start nationalizing PCT patent application

Smokefree Innotec, Inc. announced today that its Swiss patent and trademark attorneys Spierenburg & Partners AG have started nationalizing and regionalizing the PCT patent application for SFIO's Real Smokefree product.

4 Dec 2009

First Edition: December 4, 2009

Today's headlines focus on the Senate's first health bill votes and the behind-the-scenes negotiations regarding the public option.

4 Dec 2009

New discoveries to treat life-threatening blood disorder presented at ASH annual meeting

A genetic variation that may indicate a patient's risk of developing a potentially life-threatening blood disorder if exposed to certain pharmaceutical therapies or chemicals is one of several medical discoveries scientists at cancer diagnostics leader Quest Diagnostics will present during the 51st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, December 5-8, 2009, in New Orleans, LA.

4 Dec 2009

Sirona announces fourth-quarter and fiscal year end 2009 results

Sirona, the dental technology leader, today announced its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2009.

4 Dec 2009

Study shows herbal medicine is effective for treating acute rhinosinusitis

Rhinosinusitis is an inflammatory process involving one or more of the paranasal sinuses that typically follows a viral upper respiratory tract infection (RTI). The term ‘acute rhinosinusitis’ is used instead of ‘acute sinusitis’ because it is the currently internationally accepted terminology.

4 Dec 2009

Medical News

Eastern Technology Council names Puricore as winner of the Emerging Life Sciences Company of the Year

Guardsman Scientific emerges as winner of New England Venture Summit Top Innovator award

FDA approves once-daily SEROQUEL XR Extended Release Tablets

Amorfix Life Sciences extends private placement warrants

Bells on Bay St. inspires business leaders to register their consent for organ and tissue donation

Action on climate change will save lives, according to Canadian health professionals

Campaign for legislation to protect adult film industry performers

HHS Secretary highlights the benefits of health insurance reform for businesses

Public Campaign Action Fund names Sen. Joe Lieberman its second 'Insurance Puppet'

U.S. Court grants preliminary approval of $350M settlement in lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group

Sudbury & District Public Health Unit nurses reach tentative settlement with employer

Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers narrows racial disparity in lung cancer rates

2010 American Occupational Health Conference to be held in Orlando

MoneyTV features bioengineering and stem cell topics this week

Family Research Council responds to Senate's approval of Mikulski amendment

Smokefree Innotec's Swiss patent and trademark attorneys start nationalizing PCT patent application

First Edition: December 4, 2009

New discoveries to treat life-threatening blood disorder presented at ASH annual meeting

Sirona announces fourth-quarter and fiscal year end 2009 results

Study shows herbal medicine is effective for treating acute rhinosinusitis

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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