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Procter & Gamble reports increased net sales for October - December quarter

The Procter & Gamble Company delivered net sales growth of six percent for the October - December quarter to $21.0 billion. Organic sales grew five percent which was at the top of the Company's guidance range.

28 Jan 2010

Cenduit announces strategic business alliance with invivodata

Cenduit, LLC, and invivodata, inc., today announce a strategic business alliance to further improve clinical trial efficiencies by adding the scientific and operational benefits of invivodata’s electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePRO) solutions to the proven efficiencies of Cenduit‘s Interactive Response Technology solution (IRT).

28 Jan 2010

NBTY announces record results for fiscal first quarter

NBTY, Inc. (NYSE: NTY), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced record results for the fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2009.

28 Jan 2010

Chattem reports results for the year and fiscal fourth-quarter ended November 30, 2009

Chattem, Inc., a leading marketer and manufacturer of branded consumer products, today announced results for the year and fiscal fourth quarter ended November 30, 2009.

28 Jan 2010

Idera Pharmaceuticals commences IMO-3100 Phase 1 clinical trial for autoimmune diseases

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial of IMO-3100, an antagonist of Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 7 and TLR9.

28 Jan 2010

ACM Global Central Laboratory launches enhanced version of its proprietary LabStar system

ACM Global Central Laboratory, the global central lab that continually defines the customer-service standard with its flexible approach, has launched an enhanced version of its proprietary LabStarSM system, which captures all clinical trial testing data in a single location for easy access and comprehensive reporting.

28 Jan 2010

Obama fails to announce new approaches for tackling global HIV/AIDS crisis, says Global AIDS Alliance

In tonight's State of the Union Address President Obama failed to announce any new approach to America's role in the world, instead sticking to vague rhetoric about development, the global HIV/AIDS crisis, and other global health priorities.

28 Jan 2010

AAOS, SOMOS, and OTA host EWI symposium on improving patient care for wounded warriors

Since the beginning of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, there have been nearly 36,000 battle- injured warriors, of which approximately 82 percent suffer extremity trauma. Many of these injuries are complicated by the effects of improvised explosive devices which cause injury patterns distinct from civilian trauma. Traditional wound-management guidelines simply fall short.

28 Jan 2010

Zero LWOT metric appeared on the hospital dashboard at United Hospital Center

The week of Christmas left no one turned away from the Emergency Department at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia. For the first time in years, a zero LWOT (Left Without Treatment) metric appeared on the hospital dashboard.

28 Jan 2010

National contest invites teens and teachers to participate in flu prevention campaign

Former American Idol finalist Danny Gokey and The Clorox Company have teamed up to launch I Don't Want to Miss…, a national contest designed to get teens and their teachers involved in flu prevention.

28 Jan 2010

Anacor Pharmaceuticals to present data on its PDE4 inhibitor at the Cytokines and Inflammation Conference

Anacor Pharmaceuticals announced today that it will present a poster and oral presentation on a novel systemic anti-inflammatory candidate, AN6415, at the upcoming 8th Cytokines and Inflammation Conference, taking place January 28-29, 2010 in La Jolla, California.

28 Jan 2010

David Brennan interviewed on AstraZeneca's fourth-quarter and full-year results

Pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca announced it's Q4 and full-year results today with CEO David Brennan saying in a video interview on http://www.cantos.com that cost control and restructuring had helped deliver a revenue line above company expectations.

28 Jan 2010

Study shows guilt feelings are more pronounced in older women

Although changing social and cultural contexts mean guilt has less power today than it once did, a new study has shown that in the West this emotion is "significantly higher" among women. The main problem, according to the experts, is not that women feel a lot of guilt (which they do), but rather that many males feel "too little".

28 Jan 2010

Baxter International reports net income of $572M for the fourth-quarter of 2009

Baxter International Inc. today reported strong performance for the fourth quarter of 2009, and provided its financial outlook for the first quarter and full-year 2010.

From Baxter International Inc. 28 Jan 2010

ZOLL Medical, HealthTrust Purchasing Group enter into purchasing agreement

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that HealthTrust Purchasing Group, LP (HealthTrust), a leading healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO), has entered into a purchasing agreement with ZOLL for its therapeutic temperature management equipment.

28 Jan 2010

Scientists discover mechanism that regulates prolactin hormone

A mechanism for regulating the hormone prolactin has newly been revealed by scientists at Karolinska Institutet. The results are to be published in the scientific journal Neuron, and may be significant for conditions and functions such as breast-feeding, sexual libido, and metabolism.

28 Jan 2010

First-quarter fiscal 2010 results announced by Nutraceutical International

Nutraceutical International Corporation today reported results for the fiscal 2010 first quarter ended December 31, 2009. Net sales for the fiscal 2010 first quarter were $44.8 million compared to $39.6 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2009. For the first quarter of fiscal 2010, net income was $3.9 million, or $0.37 diluted earnings per share, compared to net income of $3.1 million, or $0.28 diluted earnings per share, for the same quarter of fiscal 2009.

28 Jan 2010

Encision reports financial results for third-quarter of fiscal year 2010

Encision Inc., a medical device company owning patented surgical technology that is emerging as a standard of care in minimally-invasive surgery, reported its financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2010.

28 Jan 2010

Zimmer Holdings reports net sales of $1.11 billion for the fourth-quarter of 2009

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. The Company reported fourth quarter net sales of $1.11 billion, an increase of 7.5% reported and 2.5% constant currency over the fourth quarter of 2008. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $0.74 reported and $1.12 adjusted, an increase of 12.0% adjusted over the prior year period.

28 Jan 2010

AHF to conduct HIV testing events in Texas

AHF’s Magic Johnson ‘Testing America’ Tour, a six-month, 48-state national cross-country HIV testing tour, will ride into San Antonio, Texas, for two days of testing events at two Walgreens location.

28 Jan 2010

Medical News

Procter & Gamble reports increased net sales for October - December quarter

Cenduit announces strategic business alliance with invivodata

NBTY announces record results for fiscal first quarter

Chattem reports results for the year and fiscal fourth-quarter ended November 30, 2009

Idera Pharmaceuticals commences IMO-3100 Phase 1 clinical trial for autoimmune diseases

ACM Global Central Laboratory launches enhanced version of its proprietary LabStar system

Obama fails to announce new approaches for tackling global HIV/AIDS crisis, says Global AIDS Alliance

AAOS, SOMOS, and OTA host EWI symposium on improving patient care for wounded warriors

Zero LWOT metric appeared on the hospital dashboard at United Hospital Center

National contest invites teens and teachers to participate in flu prevention campaign

Anacor Pharmaceuticals to present data on its PDE4 inhibitor at the Cytokines and Inflammation Conference

David Brennan interviewed on AstraZeneca's fourth-quarter and full-year results

Study shows guilt feelings are more pronounced in older women

Baxter International reports net income of $572M for the fourth-quarter of 2009

ZOLL Medical, HealthTrust Purchasing Group enter into purchasing agreement

Scientists discover mechanism that regulates prolactin hormone

First-quarter fiscal 2010 results announced by Nutraceutical International

Encision reports financial results for third-quarter of fiscal year 2010

Zimmer Holdings reports net sales of $1.11 billion for the fourth-quarter of 2009

AHF to conduct HIV testing events in Texas

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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