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Initial data from REVLIMID Phase III trial in multiple myeloma patients announced

Celgene Corporation today announced the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a part of the National Institutes of Health, reported initial data from a Phase III, randomized, double-blind, multi-center clinical study led by the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB).

18 Dec 2009

Liberator Medical Holdings reports record net revenues for fiscal year 2009

Liberator Medical Holdings, Inc. announced net revenues for fiscal year 2009 of $25,818,000, representing an increase of $16,268,000, or 170.3%, compared with fiscal year 2008. The increase in sales occurred in the mail order segment of its business. The increase was due to a substantial direct-response advertising campaign to obtain new mail order customers.

18 Dec 2009

MOCON declares quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share

MOCON, Inc. announced today that on December 17, 2009, its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of nine cents ($0.09) per share, payable on February 19, 2010, to shareholders of record on February 5, 2010.

18 Dec 2009

LifeMasters Supported SelfCare completes sale of its assets to StayWell Health Management

LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc. today announced that it has completed the sale of substantially all of its assets to StayWell Health Management. The sale was completed pursuant Section 363 of the bankruptcy code at an auction held on December 14, 2009. The bankruptcy court approved the sale order December 17 and the sale of assets is expected to close within three weeks.

18 Dec 2009

Ocimum Biosolutions ranked 42nd on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009

Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading integrated genomics company, today announced that it ranked 42nd on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Asia Pacific. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over three years. In addition to ranking on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, Ocimum ranked fourth on the Technology Fast 50 India Program, which is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology firms in India.

18 Dec 2009

Jubilant Organosys announces new facility for Niacinamide and 3-Cyanopyridine

Jubilant Organosys Limited, an integrated pharmaceutical industry player and the largest Custom Research and Manufacturing Services Company in India, announced today that it is setting up Niacinamide and 3-Cyanopyridine plant of 10,000 TPA each, expected to be ready by end of 2010.

18 Dec 2009

Tips for holiday partying with healthier options

The Greenbelt Marriott has collected tips from its experts on throwing a great holiday party with healthier options and easy-to-do decorating that won’t break the bank. The hotel is also helping guests stay in shape through the $700,000 expansion of its fitness center, due to be completed early next year.

18 Dec 2009

European CHMP announces positive opinion for Amgen's Prolia marketing authorization

Amgen Inc. today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced a positive opinion for the marketing authorization of Prolia((TM)) (denosumab) for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at increased risk of fractures, and for the treatment of bone loss associated with hormone ablation in men with prostate cancer at increased risk of fractures.

18 Dec 2009

AEterna Zentaris terminates its agreement on cetrorelix with sanofi-aventis U.S.

AEterna Zentaris Inc. (the "Company"), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology and endocrine therapy, today announced the termination of its agreement with sanofi-aventis U.S. ( SNY) dated March 5, 2009 for the development, commercialization and licensing of cetrorelix in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) for the U.S. market, following the Company's announcement last week of the results for its European Phase 3 study for cetrorelix in BPH.

18 Dec 2009

Patheon announces fiscal 2009 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results

Patheon a global provider of drug development and manufacturing services to the international pharmaceutical industry today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended October 31, 2009.

18 Dec 2009

Safe living guidelines for transplant recipients

Keeping pets healthy can reduce infection risks for people who have received solid organ transplants and veterinarians should be seen as an integral part of the healthcare team. That's just one of the key pieces of advice from a safe living article published in an infectious diseases supplement in the American Journal of Transplantation.

18 Dec 2009

First Edition: December 18, 2009

The highlights from today's headlines focus on continuing movement in the Senate toward a pre-Christmas health overhaul vote -- but many questions about its cost, and how many votes it can attract, persist.

18 Dec 2009

University of Texas at Austin establishes new program to promote research on sports, media and culture

The College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin has established the Texas Program in Sports and Media to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and research on sports, media and culture.

18 Dec 2009

New research into happiness levels of US citizens

New research by the UK's University of Warwick and Hamilton College in the US into the happiness levels of a million individual US citizens have revealed their personal happiness levels closely correlate with earlier research that ranked the quality of life available in the US's 50 states plus the District of Columbia. This research provides a unique external validation of people's self reported levels of happiness and will be of great value to future economic and clinical research in this field.

18 Dec 2009

UCLA researchers use new techniques to improve disaster preparedness among Hispanics

Historically, authorities have used broad media campaigns to encourage the public to prepare for disasters - an approach that has proven largely ineffective. For this new study, UCLA researchers sought to test novel, culturally tailored, informal social networking approaches to improve disaster preparedness, using data on 231 Hispanics in Los Angeles County.

18 Dec 2009

PSS World Medical chooses inVNT to produce its annual national meeting for 1,500 employees

PSS World Medical, Inc., a national distributor of medical products to physicians and long-term health care providers, chose the live events agency inVNT to produce its annual national meeting for 1,500 employees. inVNT used creative cost-saving measures to stage a high-energy meeting while supporting PSS’ efforts to reduce spending.

18 Dec 2009

Rosetta Genomics announces third-quarter 2009 financial results

Rosetta Genomics, Ltd., a leading developer of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and provided a business update.

18 Dec 2009

NAHO's recommendations for eliminating child hunger in the U.S.

The National Anti-Hunger Organizations (NAHO) today released the Roadmap to End Childhood Hunger in America by 2015, recommending nine steps that will collectively eliminate child hunger in the United States. The report was drafted in response to President Obama's pledge to end child hunger by 2015.

18 Dec 2009

Medela announces award recipients from November Virtual Human Milk Collection Campaign

Medela announced today the award recipients from its November Virtual Human Milk (breastmilk) Collection Campaign in honor of the March of Dimes' National Prematurity Awareness Month. More than 4,100 participated in the campaign, voting for their preferred Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

18 Dec 2009

NCD to address disability-related issues at next quarterly meeting

The National Council on Disability (NCD) will conduct its next quarterly meeting at the JW Marriott Houston, 5150 Westheimer, Houston, TX, beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, and ending at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 21, 2010. This meeting is open to the public.

18 Dec 2009

Medical News

Initial data from REVLIMID Phase III trial in multiple myeloma patients announced

Liberator Medical Holdings reports record net revenues for fiscal year 2009

MOCON declares quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share

LifeMasters Supported SelfCare completes sale of its assets to StayWell Health Management

Ocimum Biosolutions ranked 42nd on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009

Jubilant Organosys announces new facility for Niacinamide and 3-Cyanopyridine

Tips for holiday partying with healthier options

European CHMP announces positive opinion for Amgen's Prolia marketing authorization

AEterna Zentaris terminates its agreement on cetrorelix with sanofi-aventis U.S.

Patheon announces fiscal 2009 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results

Safe living guidelines for transplant recipients

First Edition: December 18, 2009

University of Texas at Austin establishes new program to promote research on sports, media and culture

New research into happiness levels of US citizens

UCLA researchers use new techniques to improve disaster preparedness among Hispanics

PSS World Medical chooses inVNT to produce its annual national meeting for 1,500 employees

Rosetta Genomics announces third-quarter 2009 financial results

NAHO's recommendations for eliminating child hunger in the U.S.

Medela announces award recipients from November Virtual Human Milk Collection Campaign

NCD to address disability-related issues at next quarterly meeting

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