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Eaton to supply $8M in electrical products and services to support consolidation of two medical centers

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) today announced that it will supply $8 million in electrical products and services to support the consolidation of two medical centers into the new San Antonio Military Medical Center on the Fort Sam Houston Army base in Texas.

24 Feb 2010

Researchers team up to monitor and assess potential infectious disease threats to Vancouver

As the world watches the Vancouver Olympics, researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto and Children's Hospital Boston have teamed up to monitor and assess potential infectious disease threats to Vancouver during the Winter Games by integrating two independently developed intelligence systems that focus on global infectious diseases; bio.DIASPORA and HealthMap.

24 Feb 2010

Centrist Dems have mixed responses to new Obama health plan

"The sweeping health-care package unveiled this week by the White House appears to face big hurdles in the House, with abortion and unease among moderates potential stumbling blocks to winning passage of the legislation," The Wall Street Journal reports. President Obama's proposal Monday has "drawn mixed reviews from moderate Democrats," who face electoral pressures and in some cases dispute specific policy ideas. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., for instance, "criticized a new White House provision that would give the federal government powers to hold down insurance premiums, saying that should be up to the states" (Adamy and Hitt, 2/24).

24 Feb 2010

FDA approves Wyeth Pharmaceuticals' Prevnar 13 pneumococcal disease vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Prevnar 13, a pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine for infants and young children ages 6 weeks through 5 years. Prevnar 13 will be the successor to Prevnar, the pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine licensed by the FDA in 2000 to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and otitis media. The new vaccine extends the protection to six additional types of the disease causing bacteria.

24 Feb 2010

Reid wants COBRA subsidy extension, eyes Medicaid funds for states

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying to extend unemployment benefits, health insurance subsidies for those recently laid-off and help for state Medicaid budgets that would in total cost $100 billion, The Associated Press reports. The measure is separate from the jobs bill. "Facing a Feb. 28 deadline, Reid hopes to pass two measures, one as soon as possible. The first includes a 30-day extension of several of soon-to-expire provisions such as jobless aid, parts of the Patriot Act and prevention of cuts in Medicare payments to doctors."

24 Feb 2010

A bird's-eye view of health overhaul lobbying

The Center for Public Integrity's new "analysis of Senate lobbying disclosure forms shows that more than 1,750 companies and organizations hired about 4,525 lobbyists — eight for each member of Congress — to influence health reform bills in 2009."

24 Feb 2010

Holy Name Hospital implements Fujitsu PalmSecure authentication technology for patient registration and identification

Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced that Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, N.J. is the first hospital in New Jersey to implement the Fujitsu PalmSecure™ palm vein authentication technology for patient registration and identification. The Fujitsu PalmSecure biometric solution integrates into Holy Name's new Palm First registration system to bolster security of medical records and enhance the overall patient experience.

24 Feb 2010

InfraReDx to exhibit novel LipiScan Coronary Imaging System at LUMEN 2010

InfraReDx, Inc., an innovative medical device company focused on developing novel diagnostic imaging technologies to accurately identify and characterize diseased intracoronary tissues, today announced that the Company will be exhibiting at LUMEN 2010, the world's premier ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) meeting, to be held February 25-27, 2010 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. The 9th Annual LUMEN meeting is an educational symposium providing updates from world-renowned experts in key areas of interventional cardiology and vascular intervention.

24 Feb 2010

Meditation improves cognition in people with memory loss

The Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation today announced data demonstrating that a specific meditation performed daily for eight weeks increased brain activity in areas central to memory and actually improved cognition in patients suffering from memory problems. The results of the study, conducted at the University of Pennsylvania, were published in an early online version of an article scheduled to appear in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (Volume 20:2, April 2010).

24 Feb 2010

FDA accepts Arena Pharmaceuticals' lorcaserin NDA

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that its New Drug Application (NDA) for lorcaserin, Arena's internally discovered and developed drug candidate for weight management, including weight loss and maintenance of weight loss, has been accepted for filing by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Arena submitted the lorcaserin NDA on December 22, 2009, and expects to learn the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date in the next few weeks. The PDUFA date is the target date for the FDA to complete its review of an NDA.

24 Feb 2010

Synovis Life Technologies reports net revenue of $15.2M for first-quarter fiscal 2010

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., today reported financial results for the first fiscal quarter ended Jan. 31, 2010.

24 Feb 2010

Edesia receives $2M grant from USAID to produce more than 300 metric tons of Nutributter in 2010

Edesia LLC, a non-profit producer of life-saving Ready-to-Use Foods (RUFs), is the recipient of a $2 million multi-year grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

24 Feb 2010

Muscle Flex changes name to Bravada International

Muscle Flex Inc. announced today that in it will be changing its name to Bravada International Ltd., a name that more accurately reflects the company's growing depth of its business affairs. Muscle Flex® will remain an integral part of the company as the health and fitness product and services brand.

24 Feb 2010

State regulators criticize Obama plan to create federal authority over health insurance rates

Kaiser Health News staff writers Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby spoke with three veteran state insurance commissioners and found that "state insurance regulators said President Barack Obama goes too far with his proposal

24 Feb 2010

Smith & Nephew launches DYONICS RF System to remove soft tissue during arthroscopic surgery

Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division today announced the launch of the DYONICS™ RF System, which incorporates a compact generator with a family of probes for aggressively removing defects and smoothing soft tissue during arthroscopic surgery.

24 Feb 2010

Life Technologies adds SOLiD PI System to sequencing solutions portfolio

Life Technologies Corporation today announced plans for the Applied Biosystems SOLiD™ PI System, a new highly accurate, flexible and easy-to-use genomic analysis platform that will bring next-generation sequencing within the grasp of all life science research laboratories worldwide. Early customer adoption of the SOLiD PI System is expected to begin in the second half of 2010.

24 Feb 2010

Sound Physicians integrates Mount Carmel East Hospital’s hospitalist services

Sound Physicians, a leading hospital medicine organization, recently integrated Mount Carmel East Hospital’s hospitalist services. Mount Carmel East joins a number of hospitals enlisting Sound Physicians to transition their existing private practice affiliated hospitalist groups into a comprehensive hospitalist program, managed by Sound Physicians.

24 Feb 2010

Shire receives FDA Fast Track designation for REPLAGAL

Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces it has received Fast Track designation from the FDA for REPLAGAL(R) (agalsidase alfa), its enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease.

24 Feb 2010

ViroPharma reports 76% growth in fourth-quarter net product sales

ViroPharma Incorporated reported today its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.

24 Feb 2010

Nutrition 21: Health Canada approves chromium picolinate for sale as a natural health product

Nutrition 21, Inc., the developer and marketer of nutritional ingredients for the dietary supplement, functional food and beverage markets announced today that chromium picolinate has been officially approved for sale in Canada as a natural health product by Health Canada, the Canadian federal agency devoted to maintaining and improving the health of the nation's citizens. As a result of this approval, Nutrition 21 can now sell its Chromax® brand of chromium picolinate to Canadian manufacturers, marketers, and importers of natural health products.

24 Feb 2010

Medical News

Eaton to supply $8M in electrical products and services to support consolidation of two medical centers

Researchers team up to monitor and assess potential infectious disease threats to Vancouver

Centrist Dems have mixed responses to new Obama health plan

FDA approves Wyeth Pharmaceuticals' Prevnar 13 pneumococcal disease vaccine

Reid wants COBRA subsidy extension, eyes Medicaid funds for states

A bird's-eye view of health overhaul lobbying

Holy Name Hospital implements Fujitsu PalmSecure authentication technology for patient registration and identification

InfraReDx to exhibit novel LipiScan Coronary Imaging System at LUMEN 2010

Meditation improves cognition in people with memory loss

FDA accepts Arena Pharmaceuticals' lorcaserin NDA

Synovis Life Technologies reports net revenue of $15.2M for first-quarter fiscal 2010

Edesia receives $2M grant from USAID to produce more than 300 metric tons of Nutributter in 2010

Muscle Flex changes name to Bravada International

State regulators criticize Obama plan to create federal authority over health insurance rates

Smith & Nephew launches DYONICS RF System to remove soft tissue during arthroscopic surgery

Life Technologies adds SOLiD PI System to sequencing solutions portfolio

Sound Physicians integrates Mount Carmel East Hospital’s hospitalist services

Shire receives FDA Fast Track designation for REPLAGAL

ViroPharma reports 76% growth in fourth-quarter net product sales

Nutrition 21: Health Canada approves chromium picolinate for sale as a natural health product

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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