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Helicos Biosciences awarded a $2.9M NIH grant

Helicos BioSciences Corporation announced today that it is the recipient of an award from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

8 Oct 2009

Advanced Health Media acquires marketing services provider Ephikacy

Advanced Health Media, LLC (AHM) has acquired Ephikacy, LLC, the Chicago-based provider of marketing services and related technology for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.

8 Oct 2009

American Shared Hospital Services updates on Todd Cancer Institute's proton therapy center development

AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES, a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, today shared a recent announcement regarding progress in the development of a proton therapy center at Todd Cancer Institute at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.

8 Oct 2009

Health care varies significantly among states, Study finds

A new Commonwealth Fund study shows wide disparities in health care across states.

8 Oct 2009

Urodynamix Technologies commences uroNIRS 2000 pilot program

Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. today announces that it has commenced a pilot sales and marketing program with Cardinal Health for its uroNIRS 2000, an innovative technology for the non-invasive diagnosis of bladder conditions. The 90-day pilot program will be used to by Urodynamix and Cardinal Health to evaluate the viability of adding the uroNIRS 2000 to Cardinal Health's catalogue of offerings to the urology market.

8 Oct 2009

Noninvasive Medical Technologies receives ISO 13485 certification

Noninvasive Medical Technologies, Inc. (NMT), an award-winning company engaged in pioneering highly advanced remote patient monitoring solutions, today announced that it has been awarded ISO 13485 certification of its quality management systems for the design and manufacture of safe and effective medical devices.

8 Oct 2009

Emisphere Technologies announces commercial launch of oral Eligen B12

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. today announced that the Company is introducing and launching its first commercially available product, oral Eligen® B12 (100 mcg). Oral Eligen® B12 (100 mcg) has been specifically developed to help improve Vitamin B12 absorption and bioavailability with a patented formulation.

8 Oct 2009

Lpath reports positive Phase 1 clinical trial results of iSONEP in wet-AMD patients

Lpath, Inc., the category leader in lipidomics-based therapeutics, reported positive summary results of its single-dose Phase 1 clinical trial of iSONEP™ in wet-AMD patients.

8 Oct 2009

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals commences Phase 2 clinical study evaluating KRX-0401 for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical study to evaluate KRX-0401 (perifosine) as a single agent treatment for relapsed or refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL).

8 Oct 2009

European hospitals replace halogen lights with longer lasting LED surgical lights

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, European uptake of light-emitting diode (LED) surgical lights will represent 100% of surgical light sales by 2014, as hospitals replace halogen lights with significantly longer lasting LED lights.

8 Oct 2009

Epitope spreading can get triggered by live, attenuated Listeria vaccine

Advaxis, Inc. (OTCBB: ADXS), the live, attenuated Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) vaccine company, in collaboration with its scientific founder and Scientific Advisory Board Chair Dr. Yvonne Paterson, have shown that epitope spreading occurs in response to a form of the Company’s proprietary technology that targets tumor blood vessels (anti angiogenic antigen).

8 Oct 2009

Minority groups gear up to push for health care reform

Minorities are so far missing from the cacophony of voices - including doctors, insurers, industry lobbyists, and patient advocates - in the health-care reform debate, the Washington Post reports, even as they are "disproportionately represented among the poor and uninsured and could benefit the most from reform, and who are more likely than others to have chronic illnesses such as diabetes.

8 Oct 2009

Hospital ethics panels help families make difficult decisions

USA Today reports: "Every day, in a hospital somewhere in the USA, a group of strangers — the hospital ethics committee — is called in to help people make the choices of a lifetime.

8 Oct 2009

BioDelivery Sciences' partner Meda to launch ONSOLIS for managing breakthrough pain

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. announced that its commercial partner Meda will launch the FDA-approved ONSOLIS (fentanyl buccal soluble film) next week for the management of breakthrough pain (BTP) in patients with cancer, eighteen years of age and older, who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain.

8 Oct 2009

Biocodex secures consumer distribution with CVS stores nationwide for its Florastor

As part of its continued expansion throughout the U.S. retail market, Biocodex, Inc., the U.S. arm of the French manufacturer of Florastor® and Florastor® Kids, has secured consumer distribution with CVS stores nationwide beginning this month. Florastor will be placed on-shelf in the stomach/digestives aisle, while Florastor Kids will be available upon request “behind the counter.”

8 Oct 2009

URAC expands its online courses for health care professionals

Training becomes even more challenging when budgets and resources are stretched thin. URAC, the nation's leading health care accreditation and education organization, has expanded its online courses to help health care professionals receive the training they need. The flexible courses cover a wide range of health care topics and are available in a variety of formats, including webinars and eLearning modules.

8 Oct 2009

Pacific Biosciences is the Overall Winner of the OnDC 100 Top Private Company Awards

AlwaysOn today announced the winners of its OnDC 100 Top Private Company Awards and named Pacific Biosciences the Overall Winner. Inclusion in the OnDC 100 signifies technology developments in healthcare, education, broadband infrastructure, green technology, enterprise and cybersecurity that contribute to the renewed and continued prosperity of our country.

8 Oct 2009

Grunenthal to distribute Labopharm's tramadol-acetaminophen formulation in EU market

Labopharm Inc. today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Labopharm Europe Limited, has completed a distribution and supply agreement with Grunenthal GmbH for its twice-daily tramadol acetaminophen formulation for a number of countries in Europe.

8 Oct 2009

Xcelience's Xcelodose 120S precision powder micro-dosing system accelerates drug development

Xcelience, a leader in early development services, recognizes that providing access to a third, dedicated Xcelodose® 120S precision powder micro-dosing system in the experimental area enables clients to accelerate drug development with preliminary compound evaluation, earlier go/ no-go decisions and flexible options for experimental studies.

8 Oct 2009

Aetna releases its 2009-2010 Latino Calendar

Aetna has released its 2009-2010 Latino Calendar, which celebrates contemporary Latino role models who are helping to build stronger, healthy communities. The online version of the calendar is available at www.aetnahispaniccalendar.com.

8 Oct 2009

Medical News

Helicos Biosciences awarded a $2.9M NIH grant

Advanced Health Media acquires marketing services provider Ephikacy

American Shared Hospital Services updates on Todd Cancer Institute's proton therapy center development

Health care varies significantly among states, Study finds

Urodynamix Technologies commences uroNIRS 2000 pilot program

Noninvasive Medical Technologies receives ISO 13485 certification

Emisphere Technologies announces commercial launch of oral Eligen B12

Lpath reports positive Phase 1 clinical trial results of iSONEP in wet-AMD patients

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals commences Phase 2 clinical study evaluating KRX-0401 for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

European hospitals replace halogen lights with longer lasting LED surgical lights

Epitope spreading can get triggered by live, attenuated Listeria vaccine

Minority groups gear up to push for health care reform

Hospital ethics panels help families make difficult decisions

BioDelivery Sciences' partner Meda to launch ONSOLIS for managing breakthrough pain

Biocodex secures consumer distribution with CVS stores nationwide for its Florastor

URAC expands its online courses for health care professionals

Pacific Biosciences is the Overall Winner of the OnDC 100 Top Private Company Awards

Grunenthal to distribute Labopharm's tramadol-acetaminophen formulation in EU market

Xcelience's Xcelodose 120S precision powder micro-dosing system accelerates drug development

Aetna releases its 2009-2010 Latino Calendar

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