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Southridge provide equity capital financing for PuraMed BioScience

Southridge LLC, an investment firm providing capital to publicly listed companies, is pleased to announce that its affiliated fund has closed a private equity agreement for up to $7.5 million in equity financing with PuraMed BioScience.

12 Feb 2010

European Patent Office affirms validity of EuroMed's patent for Wrinkle-Resistant Wound dressings

EuroMed Inc. and Jentec Inc. today announced an important victory affirming the validity of a key patent, European patent number 1020198 (U.S. corresponding patent number 6878385) for Wrinkle-Resistant Wound dressings. In a ruling issued by the European Patent Office in Berlin, Germany, both of the grounds for opposition raised by the plaintiff, a prominent wound care manufacturer (i.e., extension of subject-matter, lack of ‘inventive step’ or sufficient originality) were not adequate cause to challenge the patent.

12 Feb 2010

Embark Health launches Advance Directive Solution to improve healthcare practices

The huge gap between current healthcare practices and patients' wishes for end of life care is finally resolved, as Embark Health today launches the Advance Directive Solution: the first easy, affordable and comprehensive system to make advance directives work the way they were intended.

12 Feb 2010

Survivors of medical malpractice oppose additional "tort reforms" in health insurance reform bill

A group of medical malpractice survivors, many with family members who have died or were severely injured as a result of medical negligence, today sent letters to President Obama and the Congressional leadership urging them to keep additional "tort reforms" out of the health insurance reform bill. They said that responding to pressure from the insurance and medical lobbies to limit patients' legal rights would be a "tragic mistake."

12 Feb 2010

Smart Holograms launches new Verif-EYE bio-optical, interactive visual sensor

Today, Smart Holograms, a UK-Based Technology Company, announced the commercial availability of its new Verif-EYE™ bio-optical, interactive visual sensor that allows consumers to ‘self validate’ their purchases prior to consumption or use to ensure the product is genuine and tamper-free.

12 Feb 2010

Encouraging results from Circassia's ToleroMune ragweed allergy T-cell vaccine phase II clinical trial

Circassia Ltd, a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on allergy, today announced that its ToleroMune(R) ragweed allergy T-cell vaccine achieved positive results in a recently completed phase II clinical trial. Ragweed allergy is particularly common in America, where it affects approximately 25% of the population. Circassia's latest clinical results follow two earlier successful phase II studies with the company's T-cell vaccine against cat allergy.

12 Feb 2010

ODA encourages people with bad breath to see dentist

Do you suffer from bad breath? Are you constantly refreshing your mouth with mouthwash and mints to mask an odour problem? If any of this sounds familiar, the Ontario Dental Association (ODA) encourages you to see your dentist and get to the root of the problem.

12 Feb 2010

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals' Cotara specifically targets solid tumors and anti-tumor activity

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (PPHM) today reported publication of data in the online edition of the journal Current Cancer Therapy Reviews that supports the clinical potential of the company's novel brain cancer agent Cotara® for the treatment of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the deadliest form of brain cancer. Cotara specifically targets cells at the center of brain tumors, so its radioactive payload is able to kill cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue largely unaffected. Cotara is currently being tested in a Phase II clinical trial in recurrent GBM patients.

12 Feb 2010

IPF added to Social Security's "Compassionate Allowances" program

The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis is praising Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue's announcement this morning via press release that Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), also known as Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF), and a listing of 37 other diseases and life-threatening medical conditions are the latest additions to Social Security's "Compassionate Allowances" program.

12 Feb 2010

MITA endorses eight key principles to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure and medical errors

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), the leading association representing the manufacturers, innovators and developers of medical imaging and radiation therapy systems, today endorsed eight key principles to reduce exposure to unnecessary medical radiation, further minimize medical errors and improve reporting of adverse events.

12 Feb 2010

Formatech issued patent covering novel formulation methods to enhance solubility of certain hydrophobic compounds

Today, Formatech, Inc. announced the issuance of U.S. patent 7,659,310, entitled “Methods of Enhancing Solubility of Agents” which covers novel formulation methods to enhance the solubility of certain hydrophobic compounds.

12 Feb 2010

American Red Cross raises $32M in mobile giving for ongoing relief efforts in Haiti

Hundreds of thousands of cell phone users have made $10 donations to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund by sending the word "Haiti" to 90999, raising a record-shattering $32 million in mobile giving for the ongoing relief efforts.

12 Feb 2010

Researchers develop dietary supplement to offset key symptom of ageing

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a cocktail of ingredients that forestalls major aspects of the aging process.

12 Feb 2010

MSMS and MOA call $300M tax on Michigan's health care system 'bad policy'

With reports that Gov. Jennifer Granholm will include a $300 million tax on Michigan's health care system as part of her fiscal year 2010-11 state budget proposal, the 15,000-member Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) and 5,500-member Michigan Osteopathic Association (MOA) urged lawmakers to reject the new taxing scheme, just as they did less than six months ago.

12 Feb 2010

Study shows benefits of stent grafts over balloon angioplasty for patients who undergo dialysis

A randomized multicenter study of 190 patients at 13 medical centers shows-- for the first time-- the "superior" benefit of stent grafts over balloon angioplasty for maintaining function of dialysis access grafts in kidney failure patients who undergo dialysis. Until now, no other therapy has proven more effective than angioplasty.

12 Feb 2010

Better and standardized animal models needed for musculoskeletal regenerative medicine

Clinical testing and development of novel therapies based on advances in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine that will one day enable the repair and replacement of diseased or damaged human muscle, bone, tendons, and ligaments depends on the availability of good animal models.

12 Feb 2010

Sun Knowledge to attend Annual Drug Benefit Conference in Phoenix

Sun Knowledge, Ltd., a leading Healthcare Insurance provider of Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) services, will attend the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute’s Annual Drug Benefit Conference in Phoenix, Az., from February 17-19.

12 Feb 2010

Third party reexamination of Phase III study of Ereska meets primary endpoint

Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that a reexamination conducted by a third party of pain score measurements from its Phase III study of Ereska™ (intranasal ketamine) showed that top line results for its primary endpoint were statistically significant. Previously, Javelin had reported that the top line results for its primary endpoint were not statistically significant.

12 Feb 2010

getSTDtested.com launches "Kiss Chlamydia Goodbye" campaign

getSTDtested.com, a physician driven, STD testing and treatment online clinic today announced a campaign called "Kiss Chlamydia Goodbye" to encourage young women to take action to prevent chlamydia.

12 Feb 2010

Also in Global Health News: China's health care system; Breastfeeding practices in Pakistan; HIV transmission in MSM; Abu Dhabi joins malaria fight

The Los Angeles Times examines China's transition to "Western-style privatized medicine" through the government's "$124-billion overhaul, chiefly to improve service in rural areas." The article details the efforts of a woman from Inner Mongolia to get care in Beijing for her ailing father and looks at climbing health care costs and the growing "black market for medical care" (Pierson, 2/11).

12 Feb 2010

Medical News

Southridge provide equity capital financing for PuraMed BioScience

European Patent Office affirms validity of EuroMed's patent for Wrinkle-Resistant Wound dressings

Embark Health launches Advance Directive Solution to improve healthcare practices

Survivors of medical malpractice oppose additional "tort reforms" in health insurance reform bill

Smart Holograms launches new Verif-EYE bio-optical, interactive visual sensor

Encouraging results from Circassia's ToleroMune ragweed allergy T-cell vaccine phase II clinical trial

ODA encourages people with bad breath to see dentist

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals' Cotara specifically targets solid tumors and anti-tumor activity

IPF added to Social Security's "Compassionate Allowances" program

MITA endorses eight key principles to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure and medical errors

Formatech issued patent covering novel formulation methods to enhance solubility of certain hydrophobic compounds

American Red Cross raises $32M in mobile giving for ongoing relief efforts in Haiti

Researchers develop dietary supplement to offset key symptom of ageing

MSMS and MOA call $300M tax on Michigan's health care system 'bad policy'

Study shows benefits of stent grafts over balloon angioplasty for patients who undergo dialysis

Better and standardized animal models needed for musculoskeletal regenerative medicine

Sun Knowledge to attend Annual Drug Benefit Conference in Phoenix

Third party reexamination of Phase III study of Ereska meets primary endpoint

getSTDtested.com launches "Kiss Chlamydia Goodbye" campaign

Also in Global Health News: China's health care system; Breastfeeding practices in Pakistan; HIV transmission in MSM; Abu Dhabi joins malaria fight

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