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Web conference to analyze latest trends, developments in the European melanoma skin cancer market

There are only two FDA/EMEA approved drugs currently available for treating advanced melanoma. The available drugs, however, are not completely effective and have adverse effects. Unmet needs of patients, especially those with advanced melanoma are therefore quite high and have led to a low drug adoption and market growth over the years. The future looks brighter though, with a few promising drugs in pipeline for advanced melanoma.

18 May 2010

Tengion reports net loss attributable to common stockholders of $14.33 per share for first-quarter 2010

Tengion Inc. today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 and provided a corporate and clinical development update.

18 May 2010

Underwriters exercise overallotment option to purchase additional 480,000 shares in Pharmasset offering

Pharmasset, Inc. announced today the underwriters of its recent stock offering have exercised their option to purchase an additional 480,000 shares of common stock. The net proceeds to Pharmasset, Inc., after deducting the underwriting discount, from the sale of these additional shares are expected to be approximately $13.2 million.

18 May 2010

Cytori's first StemSource Cell Bank sold in the U.S.

Cytori Therapeutics has sold its first StemSource Cell Bank in the United States. The StemSource Cell Bank is a suite of products that offers patients a way to store their own adipose tissue, or the stem and regenerative cells naturally occurring within their own adipose tissue, in an automated, affordable and safe manner.

18 May 2010

National Health Partners first-quarter revenues increase 29%

National Health Partners, Inc., a leading provider of unique discount healthcare membership programs, announced today that revenue for its first fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010 increased 29% over revenue from the prior year's first quarter. The company attributes the growth in revenue from new strategic partnerships that began during the 1st quarter.

18 May 2010

Human stem cells restore alveolar epithelial tissue after E. coli endotoxin-induced ALI: Researchers

Human stem cells administered intravenously can restore alveolar epithelial tissue to a normal function in a novel ex vivo perfused human lung after E. coli endotoxin-induced acute lung injury, according to research from the University of California San Francisco.

18 May 2010

FDA grants LensAR Laser System 510(k) clearance for use in anterior capsulotomy during cataract surgery

LensAR, Inc., the leading developer of next generation laser technology for cataract surgery and presbyopia, today announced that the company has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for use of the LensAR Laser System for anterior capsulotomy during cataract surgery.

18 May 2010

Applied Biosystems Identifiler Direct and Identifiler Plus kits approved for forensic DNA laboratories

Life Technologies Corporation today announced that its Applied Biosystems Identifiler Direct and Identifiler Plus forensic kits have been approved by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation for use by laboratories generating DNA profiles for inclusion in the National DNA Index System CODIS Database.

18 May 2010

Weikang Bio-Technology first-quarter revenue up 38.1% to record $14.0M

Weikang Bio-Technology Group Co., Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Western prescription pharmaceuticals and other health and nutritional products in the People's Republic of China, today announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 ended on March 31, 2010.

18 May 2010

First Edition: May 18, 2010

Kaiser Health News staff writer Jordan Rau, working in collaboration with The Washington Post, reports on Provo, Utah: "If there is any place that should have medical spending under control, this is it" (Kaiser Health News).

18 May 2010

Columbia Laboratories renews license and supply agreement with Merck Serono

Columbia Laboratories, Inc. has renewed its license and supply agreement with Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, for CRINONE (progesterone gel) for an additional five-year term. Under the existing agreement and the renewal, Merck Serono has marketing rights worldwide, except the United States.

18 May 2010

EDAP first-quarter revenue decreases to EUR 4.3 million

EDAP TMS SA, the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, announced today financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

18 May 2010

Study reveals association between depression and coronary spasm

A study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics explores the relationship between depression and coronary artery spasm.

18 May 2010

President's Cancer Panel recommends home filtering devices to decrease exposure to cancer-causing agents

In its official annual report, the President's Cancer Panel is recommending that people use home filtering devices to decrease exposure to cancer-causing agents.

18 May 2010

CMS selects Northrop Grumman to develop National Level Repository task order

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop a National Level Repository for accurate electronic health record incentive payment processing transactions to healthcare professionals, agencies and institutions.

18 May 2010

Harbor BioSciences announces presentation of new data from Apoptone Phase I/IIa trial at ASCO Annual Meeting

Harbor BioSciences, Inc. today announced that new data from the Phase I/IIa clinical trial of the company's lead drug candidate Apoptone®, its anticancer drug candidate being developed for prostate cancer, will be presented as part of the Scientific Program in a General Poster Session at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

18 May 2010

Jonas Brothers help raise funds for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles during Rock For Diabetes event

The multi-platinum album selling and Grammy nominated music artists, Jonas Brothers, joined more than 200 guests at the home of Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman on Sunday, May 16 during the annual "Rock For Diabetes" event, to help raise funds for the Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Performing a special live show for attendees, the event raised more than $250,000 for the Center.

18 May 2010

Acurian announces opted-in database for minority patient recruitment

Acurian, a leader in clinical trial patient recruitment and retention, announced today that its opted-in patient database is an effective resource for reaching minority populations for patient recruitment. Increasing minority participation is crucial for trial success and regulatory approval, especially for therapies intended to treat diseases with high incidence and prevalence rates among minorities.

18 May 2010

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, BioSilta Oy collaborate to optimise protein screening

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm and Biotechnology start-up BioSilta Oy of Oulu Finland have been collaborating over the last year to optimise protein screening in a range of microwell plate formats. The technique utilises EnBase Flo the newly developed Enzymatic Release media technology from BioSilta.

18 May 2010

Carefx granted exclusive rights to market and develop Cleveland Clinic business intelligence dashboards

Carefx Corp., a leading provider of interoperable workflow solutions, announced today that it has been granted exclusive license rights to market and further develop the Cleveland Clinic business intelligence (BI) dashboards that are a part of IntellisEPM, a Clinic start up.

18 May 2010

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Web conference to analyze latest trends, developments in the European melanoma skin cancer market

Tengion reports net loss attributable to common stockholders of $14.33 per share for first-quarter 2010

Underwriters exercise overallotment option to purchase additional 480,000 shares in Pharmasset offering

Cytori's first StemSource Cell Bank sold in the U.S.

National Health Partners first-quarter revenues increase 29%

Human stem cells restore alveolar epithelial tissue after E. coli endotoxin-induced ALI: Researchers

FDA grants LensAR Laser System 510(k) clearance for use in anterior capsulotomy during cataract surgery

Applied Biosystems Identifiler Direct and Identifiler Plus kits approved for forensic DNA laboratories

Weikang Bio-Technology first-quarter revenue up 38.1% to record $14.0M

First Edition: May 18, 2010

Columbia Laboratories renews license and supply agreement with Merck Serono

EDAP first-quarter revenue decreases to EUR 4.3 million

Study reveals association between depression and coronary spasm

President's Cancer Panel recommends home filtering devices to decrease exposure to cancer-causing agents

CMS selects Northrop Grumman to develop National Level Repository task order

Harbor BioSciences announces presentation of new data from Apoptone Phase I/IIa trial at ASCO Annual Meeting

Jonas Brothers help raise funds for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles during Rock For Diabetes event

Acurian announces opted-in database for minority patient recruitment

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, BioSilta Oy collaborate to optimise protein screening

Carefx granted exclusive rights to market and develop Cleveland Clinic business intelligence dashboards

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