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New cardiac procedure may reduce complications and hospital costs

A new approach to common cardiac procedures called transradial angiography might lead to reduced patient complications and recovery time and decreased hospital costs.

7 Jan 2010

Particle Sciences to acquire HORIBA's Raman/Particle Characterization System

Particle Sciences Inc., a leading pharmaceutical CRO, is adding to its formulation and characterization abilities through a cooperative agreement with HORIBA Scientific. Under the agreement Particle Sciences will acquire a HORIBA Raman/Particle Characterization System.

7 Jan 2010

Carolinas MED-1 to house a clinic for residents to get H1N1 Flu shots

Carolinas MED-1 - the first mobile hospital of its kind in the world - will be serving the people of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County when it is deployed this Saturday for an H1N1 vaccine clinic.

7 Jan 2010

Canada loans 5m doses of H1N1 vaccine to Mexico

Canadian Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq on Wednesday announced plans for the country to loan Mexico five million doses of the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine, Agence France-Presse reports.

7 Jan 2010

Prolias acquires UMBI's technology to develop human therapeutic antibodies

Prolias, a biotechnology company working to discover and develop novel therapeutic proteins and antibodies for treatment of disease, today announced a strategic acquisition of technology from the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI).

7 Jan 2010

America Abroad Media examines global response to HIV/AIDS epidemic

America Abroad Media examines the HIV/AIDS policies of some countries and NGOs as well as efforts to prevent the spread of HIV.

7 Jan 2010

New genetic findings may lead to better interventional therapies for obsessive compulsive disorders

A collaboration between the University of Massachusetts Medical School, the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and the Broad Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has identified a genetic locus on canine chromosome 7 which coincides with an increased risk of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) susceptibility.

7 Jan 2010

Tel Aviv University finds Mozart's music induces weight gain in premature babies

The music they listen to doesn't have any lyrics that tell them to grow, but new research from Tel Aviv University finds that premature babies who are exposed to music by 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gain weight faster -- and therefore become stronger -- than those who don't.

7 Jan 2010

Analysis: Medicare Part D has lessons for health reform

The Wall Street Journal: "Four years ago, the U.S. government offered subsidized prescription-drug insurance to 43 million elderly and disabled, the biggest expansion of government-backed health care in decades. Today, the program is working better than many expected."

7 Jan 2010

High or low blood calcium levels linked to increased risk of premature death in kidney disease patients

Abnormally high or low blood calcium levels are linked to an increased chance of premature death in non-dialysis kidney disease patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN).

7 Jan 2010

Prometheus Laboratories executes $260 million senior secured credit facility

Prometheus Laboratories Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, today announced that it has executed a $260 million senior secured credit facility. The credit facility consists of a $210 million term loan and a $50 million revolving credit line.

7 Jan 2010

FDA issues Fast Track Designation to Sopherion Therapeutics' Myocet

Sopherion Therapeutics, LLC, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of anti-cancer therapies, announced today that it has received Fast Track Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for nonpegylated liposomal doxorubicin (Myocet(TM)) for first-line therapy of HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer.

7 Jan 2010

Positive results from phase 2 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of Qnexa announced

VIVUS, Inc. today announced positive results from a phase 2 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of Qnexa®, an investigational drug, for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). VIVUS recently completed phase 3 development of Qnexa for the treatment of obesity and submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA for that indication.

7 Jan 2010

Heart Force Medical closes its private, non-brokered financing after raising $4.8 million net

Heart Force Medical Inc., a Vancouver-based company that is developing a non-invasive cardiac assessment, monitoring and screening device, announces today that it has closed its private, non-brokered financing after raising $4.8 million net.

7 Jan 2010

CLSI's document provides guidance to laboratory personnel for validating automated system

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) recently published "Validation of Automated Systems for Immunohematological Testing Before Implementation; Approved Guideline" (I/LA33-A). This document provides guidance to laboratory personnel for validating an automated system for immunohematological testing before implementation.

7 Jan 2010

U.S. Marshals seize all FDA-regulated foods susceptible to contamination by rodents and insects

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals today seized bulk restaurant food productat Won Feng Trading Company, a food processor and warehouse in Nashville, Tenn. The products are adulterated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act because they have been held under unsanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with filth.

7 Jan 2010

Fitness tips from Lady Foot Locker

Lady Foot Locker has broadened the fitness spectrum to include toning. Footwear, like the Reebok EasyTone and Skechers' Shape Ups give a boost to your everyday routine.

7 Jan 2010

OncoDiagnostic Laboratory acquired by Predictive Biosciences

Predictive Biosciences today announced that it has acquired Cleveland, Ohio based OncoDiagnostic Laboratory (“ODL”), a private, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)-certified anatomic pathology and molecular diagnostics lab serving urologists, gastroenterologists, dermatologists, gynecologists, and other subspecialty physicians nationwide.

7 Jan 2010

Sales figures for Abstral presented in a press release in Europe

Orexo AB announces today that its partner ProStrakan Group plc has presented its sales figures for Abstral in Europe in a press release. ProStrakan states that sales of Abstral underwent a strong development in 2009 and sales in the range of GBP 5 M – GBP 6 M were achieved for full-year.

7 Jan 2010

Real Intent to demonstrate cost-effective automatic verification solutions at EDSFair 2010

Real Intent, Inc., the innovator in automating the intelligence of formal technologies for electronic design verification, is exhibiting at the Electronic Design and Solution Fair (EDSFair 2010) in Yokohama, Japan.

7 Jan 2010

Medical News

New cardiac procedure may reduce complications and hospital costs

Particle Sciences to acquire HORIBA's Raman/Particle Characterization System

Carolinas MED-1 to house a clinic for residents to get H1N1 Flu shots

Canada loans 5m doses of H1N1 vaccine to Mexico

Prolias acquires UMBI's technology to develop human therapeutic antibodies

America Abroad Media examines global response to HIV/AIDS epidemic

New genetic findings may lead to better interventional therapies for obsessive compulsive disorders

Tel Aviv University finds Mozart's music induces weight gain in premature babies

Analysis: Medicare Part D has lessons for health reform

High or low blood calcium levels linked to increased risk of premature death in kidney disease patients

Prometheus Laboratories executes $260 million senior secured credit facility

FDA issues Fast Track Designation to Sopherion Therapeutics' Myocet

Positive results from phase 2 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of Qnexa announced

Heart Force Medical closes its private, non-brokered financing after raising $4.8 million net

CLSI's document provides guidance to laboratory personnel for validating automated system

U.S. Marshals seize all FDA-regulated foods susceptible to contamination by rodents and insects

Fitness tips from Lady Foot Locker

OncoDiagnostic Laboratory acquired by Predictive Biosciences

Sales figures for Abstral presented in a press release in Europe

Real Intent to demonstrate cost-effective automatic verification solutions at EDSFair 2010

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