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Aureus Pharma to participate in € 118 million BioIntelligence R&D programme

Aureus Pharma, a leading provider of knowledge management solutions to accelerate discovery in the life sciences industry, announces today it’s participation in a EUR118.2 million (USD 160 million) project. The project is the Biointelligence R&D programme designed to promote the use of systemic modeling and simulation tools to exploit biomedical databases to improve research efficiency.

23 Mar 2010

TAP, AVISO GmbH announce second distribution agreement to supply CellCelector stem cell picker

The Automation Partnership, a world leader in the design and development of innovative automation for life science applications, today announced it has entered into a second distribution agreement with AVISO GmbH, a major German manufacturer of automation for the stem cell market.

23 Mar 2010

BioSante Pharmaceuticals receives FDA Orphan Drug designation for GVAX AML Vaccine

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced positive GVAX AML Vaccine results and BioSante’s receipt of Orphan Drug designation from the FDA’s Office of Orphan Products Development for GVAX AML Vaccine in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. This Orphan Drug designation is the second GVAX cancer vaccine from BioSante to secure FDA orphan drug designation.

23 Mar 2010

CTSI licenses GeneGo's pathway analysis suite and database searching tool

GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of software and databases for systems biology, today announced that the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute has licensed its pathway analysis suite MetaCore and its database searching tool Eureka.

23 Mar 2010

Inhibitex announces net loss of $4.7M for fourth-quarter 2009

Inhibitex, Inc. today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009 and provided an update on various corporate developments.

23 Mar 2010

Report shows growth of the U.S. market for vascular access devices and accessories

According to a new global report series by iData Research, the leading authority in medical device, dental and pharmaceutical market research, the U.S. market for vascular access devices and accessories was valued at just over $3 billion in 2009 and is estimated to reach over $4.6 billion by 2016.

23 Mar 2010

First Edition: March 23, 2010

Today's headlines cover a range of topics related to the newly passed health overhaul bill, from the surrounding opposition and next steps to some of its policy implications.

23 Mar 2010

Aradigm reports net loss of $3.4M for fourth-quarter 2009

Aradigm Corporation today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009.

23 Mar 2010

E Cigarettes Choice to release limited edition of SS Choice STEALTH E-cigarette

E Cigarettes Choice announced today that they will release a limited edition of the SS Choice No.7 STEALTH, which they originally designed for the military. The STEALTH E-cigarette (Military Version) design was released to soldiers last summer and has been battle tested in Iraq and Afghanistan with overwhelming success.

23 Mar 2010

Skin sparing mastectomy procedures under-utilized in the U.S.

Joel A. Aronowitz, M.D., founder of the Breast Preservation Foundation and Division Clinical Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, recently led a group in Washington, D.C., to educate legislators and healthcare policy staff about the under-utilization of skin sparing mastectomy procedures in the U.S.

23 Mar 2010

WebIQ Pharma survey solution launched for pharmaceutical industry

Usability Sciences Corporation launches its WebIQ Pharma offering, an intelligent survey solution that provides pharmaceutical sites with metrics to answer critical questions about site and content effectiveness, to increase return on investment. Usability Sciences has provided usability and user experience research to Merck, Eli Lilly, Novartis and Ortho McNeil for over ten years.

23 Mar 2010

Providence Service Corporation remarks on passage of health care reform bill

The Providence Service Corporation today commented on last night's historical congressional action. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate version of the health care reform bill as well as a reconciliation bill making some modifications to the original Senate act, called the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. The bills make a number of sweeping changes to Medicaid and insurance coverage for America's poor, a mission Providence has embraced since its inception in 1997.

23 Mar 2010

Auditory brainstem implants for adults with damaged cochlear nerves

If a siren sounded but you were deaf, might you still be able to hear the sound?

23 Mar 2010

Microbiology of the oceans, gut microbes and STIs to be discussed at SGM spring meeting 2010

Microbiology of the oceans, gut microbes and STIs are just some of the topics reflecting modern microbial science that will be covered next week at the Society for General Microbiology's spring meeting 2010.

23 Mar 2010

Federal health reform bill unconstitutional, 38 states to pass legislation for stopping ObamaCare

Today the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is accelerating its nationwide effort to block the federal requirement to purchase health insurance, a key component of the health reform bill passed last night by Congress.

23 Mar 2010

Genetic accident in sea provides new insight into diabetes: New research

A genetic accident in the sea more than 500 million years ago has provided new insight into diabetes, according to research from Queen Mary, University of London.

23 Mar 2010

5% increase in tobacco taxation needed to account for high cost of smoking to society

A leading think tank has recommended a five per cent rise in tobacco taxation in the next Budget to reflect the high cost of smoking to society.

23 Mar 2010

Royal Philips Electronics introduces Lifeline with AutoAlert solution

Royal Philips Electronics today introduced Lifeline with AutoAlert, an enhanced medical alert service. This integrated solution offers an added layer of protection by combining the industry-leading Philips Lifeline medical alert service with automatic fall detection capabilities.

From Philips Healthcare 23 Mar 2010

Heavy drinkers more likely to have adverse health-related practices

Women and men who engage in frequent heavy drinking report significantly worse health-related practices, according to a Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research study in the journal Addiction Research & Theory.

23 Mar 2010

NRF expresses disappointment at the House’s passage of health care reform legislation

The National Retail Federation today expressed extreme disappointment at the House’s passage of sweeping health care reform legislation over the weekend, saying added labor costs under the bill will cost many retail workers their jobs.

23 Mar 2010