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Underwriters exercise over-allotment option to purchase additional 968,539 shares of AVEO Pharmaceuticals

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing cancer therapeutics, today announced that the underwriters of its recently completed initial public offering of common stock have exercised their option to purchase an additional 968,539 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments.

1 Apr 2010

BeaconEquity.com announces investment report featuring OXiGENE

BeaconEquity.com announces an investment report featuring OXiGENE Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

1 Apr 2010

Ensuring medication compliance in clinical trials: Pill capsules with microchips to signal ingestion

Seeking a way to confirm that patients have taken their medication, University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna to a standard pill capsule. The prototype is intended to pave the way for mass-produced pills that, when ingested, automatically alert doctors, loved ones or scientists working with patients in clinical drug trials.

1 Apr 2010

Pro-Vas male contraceptive procedure available to physicians across the U.S.

Pro-Vas is the first male contraceptive procedure, other than condoms or vasectomy, to provide effective affordable birth control for men and it is available to physicians across the United States immediately.

1 Apr 2010

KCI launches V.A.C. ATS Therapy System in Japan

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. has announced the first patient placement of the company's innovative V.A.C.® ATS Therapy System in Japan. This landmark event represents the commercial launch of the therapy in Japan and the beginning of a comprehensive market development strategy in the country. V.A.C.® Therapy has treated more than three million patients in more than 50 countries worldwide and has been clinically proven in 20 randomized controlled trials and more than 550 peer-reviewed articles.

1 Apr 2010

Physicians can increase accuracy of clinical breast examinations using attention-focusing forms

Using a simple form to help focus their attention can help physicians increase the quality and accuracy of clinical breast examinations, increasing the likelihood of detecting cancers missed by mammograms. That's the finding of a new study coming out in the April 1st issue of The American Journal of Medicine.

1 Apr 2010

First Edition: April 1, 2010

According to today's headlines, President Obama will head to Maine to continue efforts to sell the new health reform law. Meanwhile, his administration is ramping up education plans and efforts to smooth the shift.

1 Apr 2010

Genetic risk factor for schizophrenia can disrupt connectivity at level of single neurons

The strongest known recurrent genetic cause of schizophrenia impairs communications between the brain's decision-making and memory hubs, resulting in working memory deficits, according to a study in mice.

1 Apr 2010

Stakeholders, experts meet to develop agriculture reform roadmap

Experts meeting in Montpellier, France, for the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development are calling for restructuring agriculture "to focus as much on new seed varieties as on good governance, women's empowerment and things like curbing commodities speculation," Reuters/Independent Online reports.

1 Apr 2010

Workers take active role in selecting health care benefits during open enrollment for 2010

With U.S. health care and large-scale health reform in the media spotlight, a new analysis by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company, shows a record percentage of workers took an active role in selecting their health care benefits during open enrollment for the 2010 plan year.

1 Apr 2010

Mount Sinai Medical Center's overall revenue growth for 2009 increased by 5%

Demonstrating the fortitude to address a challenging healthcare environment, president and C.E.O. Steven D. Sonenreich has led Mount Sinai Medical Center to financial stability and successfully reinforced its image as a healthcare leader. The most recent audit posted on March 26 reports nearly $14 million in profit for 2009.

1 Apr 2010

RadNet prices 10⅜% senior notes due 2018

RadNet, Inc., a national leader in providing high-quality, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 180 imaging centers, today announced the pricing of its offering of $200 million in aggregate principal amount of 10⅜% senior notes due 2018 at an issue price of 98.680%.

1 Apr 2010

Health care law: Planned, well-financed lobbying strategy leads to impressive list of wins for U.S. drug industry

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc.. The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in The President's health care law even as it prepares for plenty of new business when an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans gain health coverage. Lobbyists beat back proposals to allow importation of low-cost medicines and to have Medicare negotiate drug prices with companies.

1 Apr 2010

Data of focusing on Rebif and Cladribine Tablets to be presented at AAN Annual Meeting

EMD Serono, Inc., an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced that new data from the company's multiple sclerosis portfolio of approved and investigational treatments will be presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology taking place April 10 to 17, in Toronto, Canada.

1 Apr 2010

Advocates urge Representatives to support Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Act

On March 30-31, 2010, advocates from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico called their Representatives in Congress, urging them to support the Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Act (H.R. 1189) during the annual Congressional Butt-In.

1 Apr 2010

Inadequate life insurance coverage: Consequences from beneficiary's perspective

MetLife, a leading provider of employee benefits, today announced the availability of a new resource that highlights the consequences of inadequate life insurance coverage from the beneficiary's perspective and illustrates the significant role employers play in helping employees build a strong financial safety net.

1 Apr 2010

Nationwide initiative to improve checkout experience for Best Buy customers who are blind

Best Buy Co., Inc. today announced that it has begun a nationwide initiative to improve the checkout experience for Best Buy customers who are blind or visually impaired. The company has begun to add tactile keypads to point-of-sale devices at Best Buy stores, enabling shoppers who cannot read information on a touch screen to privately and independently enter their personal identification number in order to protect their financial privacy.

1 Apr 2010

KKR announces investment in Ambea

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. today announced that KKR has joined Triton in its investment in Ambea, a leading healthcare and care company in the Nordic Region and one of the largest European healthcare service providers.

1 Apr 2010

Series of awareness and fundraising initiatives to take place throughout Autism Awareness Month

Autism Speaks Canada, today announced a series of awareness and fundraising initiatives involving a range of corporate and philanthropic partners that will take place throughout Autism Awareness Month in April.

1 Apr 2010

U.S. lays out goals for role in Haiti recovery

As donors from more than 100 countries gather at the U.N. in New York Wednesday to discuss the rebuilding of earthquake-ravaged Haiti, Cheryl Mills, an advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, said that the U.S. "will be focusing on agriculture, energy, health and security. Also (on) support to the government in holding elections," Agence France-Presse reports (3/30).

1 Apr 2010

Medical News

Underwriters exercise over-allotment option to purchase additional 968,539 shares of AVEO Pharmaceuticals

BeaconEquity.com announces investment report featuring OXiGENE

Ensuring medication compliance in clinical trials: Pill capsules with microchips to signal ingestion

Pro-Vas male contraceptive procedure available to physicians across the U.S.

KCI launches V.A.C. ATS Therapy System in Japan

Physicians can increase accuracy of clinical breast examinations using attention-focusing forms

First Edition: April 1, 2010

Genetic risk factor for schizophrenia can disrupt connectivity at level of single neurons

Stakeholders, experts meet to develop agriculture reform roadmap

Workers take active role in selecting health care benefits during open enrollment for 2010

Mount Sinai Medical Center's overall revenue growth for 2009 increased by 5%

RadNet prices 10⅜% senior notes due 2018

Health care law: Planned, well-financed lobbying strategy leads to impressive list of wins for U.S. drug industry

Data of focusing on Rebif and Cladribine Tablets to be presented at AAN Annual Meeting

Advocates urge Representatives to support Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Act

Inadequate life insurance coverage: Consequences from beneficiary's perspective

Nationwide initiative to improve checkout experience for Best Buy customers who are blind

KKR announces investment in Ambea

Series of awareness and fundraising initiatives to take place throughout Autism Awareness Month

U.S. lays out goals for role in Haiti recovery

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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