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Kisspeptin injections may help restore women's fertility

Twice weekly injections of the hormone kisspeptin may provide a new treatment to restore fertility in some women. The research is being presented at the Society for Endocrinology BES meeting in Manchester.

16 Mar 2010

Genzyme, Isis Pharmaceuticals: Phase 3 study of mipomersen in hoFH patients meets primary endpoint

Genzyme Corp. and Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that data from a phase 3 study of mipomersen in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (hoFH) were published in The Lancet. This study met its primary endpoint, resulting in an average LDL-C reduction of greater than 100 mg/dL in this very high-risk patient population.

16 Mar 2010

EHSI signs profit sharing deal with Celulas Genetica

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. announced today that it locked down an option for a profit participation deal with biotech firm Celulas Genetica. Celulas Genetica works to develop new major medical solutions using adult stem cell research.

16 Mar 2010

Milwaukee community healthcare centers awarded $1M to increase access to primary care

The GE Foundation–the philanthropic organization of GE– and the GE Corporate Diversity Council today announced the award of $1 million in total to four Milwaukee community healthcare centers toward the goal of increasing access to primary care for uninsured and underserved populations across the city.

16 Mar 2010

IMIX, Arcoma announce intended merger

IMIX, an end-user provider of superior digital radiography (DR) systems, and Arcoma, a leading supplier of medical radiology systems and sub-systems, announce a letter-of-intent to combine the two companies into a single holding company, IMIX Holding AB. The proposed combination will allow both companies to offer a comprehensive line of leading radiology systems and sub-systems to markets and customers around the world.

16 Mar 2010

Clinical evaluation of benzodiazepine products is now allowed using Acura's Aversion Technology

Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced clinical evaluation is now allowed under an Investigational New Drug application ("IND") filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for a benzodiazepine product candidate utilizing our Aversion® Technology.

16 Mar 2010

Gene defects could become targets for new personalised treatments for bowel cancer

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that the gene defects that cause some bowel cancers could become the targets for new personalised treatments. Their research is published in Cancer Cell today (Monday).

16 Mar 2010

U.N. Secretary-General visits Haiti to monitor international aid response

During his second visit to Haiti since the January earthquake, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "promised Haitians on Sunday that the world has not forgotten the quake-torn nation as it suffers from a shortage of shelter and growing violence in teeming camps for the homeless," the Associated Press reports (Katz, 3/14).

16 Mar 2010

Dove Medical Press, Athena Healthcare Consultancy enter alliance to publish clinical research

Dove Medical Press, a leading open-access publisher, has entered into an alliance with Athena Healthcare Consultancy, a well established CRO and pharmaceutical medical marketing consultancy based in Shanghai.

16 Mar 2010

Tel Aviv University researcher uses magic tricks to treat children with locomotor disabilities

It's often hard to motivate youngsters with physical disabilities. But a new approach from a Tel Aviv University researcher bridges the worlds of behavior and science to help kids with paralysis and motor dysfunction improve their physical skills and inner confidence -- using a trick up her sleeve called "magic."

16 Mar 2010

Clinton delivers speech at U.N. women's meeting as conference closes

"Calling the subjugation of women a threat to American security, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary [Rodham] Clinton made a vibrant plea to give equal rights to women around the world," during a speech a the U.N. on Friday, Agence France-Presse reports.

16 Mar 2010

New guidelines to emphasize safety of dental treatment during pregnancy

Spotlighting the importance of oral health care for expectant mothers, the California Dental Association Foundation has released new guidelines designed to emphasize the safety of dental treatment during pregnancy and ensure women the services they need.

16 Mar 2010

GAVI calls meeting with existing, potential donors

The GAVI Alliance has "asked existing and potential donors to a meeting in The Hague on March 25 and 26 to challenge them to 'make a strong impact' on childhood death rates," Reuters reports. "GAVI, which is supported by the World Health Organization, the World Bank, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and vaccine makers, says it has 40 percent of the $7 billion it needs between now and 2015 to help" immunize of millions of children in developing countries by 2015, according to the news service.

16 Mar 2010

KHN column: Can incremental health reform provide a path forward?

In this Kaiser Health News column, Gail Wilensky writes: "As we await another historic vote in the House on whether lawmakers will support the Senate version of reform, it's worth asking whether incremental reform would have been a better path" (3/15).

16 Mar 2010

Elmora Healthcare selects Authentidate's Inscrybe Healthcare for expediting care order processing

Authentidate Holding Corp., a worldwide provider of secure Health Information Exchange, workflow management services and telehealth solutions, today announced that Elmora Healthcare, a supplier of home medical equipment, medical supplies and care services, selected Authentidate's Inscrybe® Healthcare web-based service to expedite processing of patient care orders with referring physicians.

16 Mar 2010

Cheetah Medical closes $20M financing round; plans to expand hemodynamic monitoring market

Cheetah Medical, a worldwide leader in noninvasive hemodynamic and cardiac output monitoring technology, announced today the closing of a $20 million financing round. The financing was led by Ascension Health Ventures (AHV) and also included Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC), MVM Life Science Partners (MVM) and existing investors.

16 Mar 2010

Study: Hypoglycemia patients have mortality rate of 36.6%

In a study published in the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers report that they have found a link between mild to moderate hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and mortality in critically ill patients.

16 Mar 2010

Senate Parliamentarian Frumin could referee overhaul battle

Senate Parliamentarian Alan Frumin, a veteran master of civil procedure who first joined the office he now leads in 1977, will be center stage if Democrats use a tactic known as budget reconciliation to avoid filibusters as they seek to push through a final health overhaul, The New York Times reports.

16 Mar 2010

Mother's obesity can significantly increase offspring’s susceptibility to obesity

Aspiring moms may be advised to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant, and to gain only the recommended amount of weight during their pregnancy

16 Mar 2010

Savient Pharmaceuticals resubmits KRYSTEXXA BLA

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it has resubmitted its Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for KRYSTEXXA™ (pegloticase) as a treatment for chronic gout in patients refractory to conventional therapy. Chronic gout that is refractory to conventional therapy occurs in patients who have failed to normalize serum uric acid and whose signs and symptoms are inadequately controlled with xanthine oxidase inhibitors at the maximum medically appropriate dose or for whom these drugs are contraindicated.

16 Mar 2010

Medical News

Kisspeptin injections may help restore women's fertility

Genzyme, Isis Pharmaceuticals: Phase 3 study of mipomersen in hoFH patients meets primary endpoint

EHSI signs profit sharing deal with Celulas Genetica

Milwaukee community healthcare centers awarded $1M to increase access to primary care

IMIX, Arcoma announce intended merger

Clinical evaluation of benzodiazepine products is now allowed using Acura's Aversion Technology

Gene defects could become targets for new personalised treatments for bowel cancer

U.N. Secretary-General visits Haiti to monitor international aid response

Dove Medical Press, Athena Healthcare Consultancy enter alliance to publish clinical research

Tel Aviv University researcher uses magic tricks to treat children with locomotor disabilities

Clinton delivers speech at U.N. women's meeting as conference closes

New guidelines to emphasize safety of dental treatment during pregnancy

GAVI calls meeting with existing, potential donors

KHN column: Can incremental health reform provide a path forward?

Elmora Healthcare selects Authentidate's Inscrybe Healthcare for expediting care order processing

Cheetah Medical closes $20M financing round; plans to expand hemodynamic monitoring market

Study: Hypoglycemia patients have mortality rate of 36.6%

Senate Parliamentarian Frumin could referee overhaul battle

Mother's obesity can significantly increase offspring’s susceptibility to obesity

Savient Pharmaceuticals resubmits KRYSTEXXA BLA

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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