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Congress to investigate 39 percent premium hike by California's Anthem Blue Cross

San Francisco Chronicle: "Angry lawmakers turned up the heat on Anthem Blue Cross on Tuesday, calling for federal and state investigations into the California health insurer's decision to increase rates by as much as 39 percent for thousands of policyholders statewide."

10 Feb 2010

Women who take AdvaCAL calcium supplements have high bone density

With Osteoporosis an increasing concern among women of all ages, a recent report in the medical journal Osteoporosis International found that women taking the AAACa (AdvaCAL®) calcium supplements had the highest bone density increase among 32 different calcium studies conducted between 1977 and 2008.

10 Feb 2010

Allylix raises $6M in first closing of Series C financing

Allylix Inc. announced today that it has raised $6 million in the first closing of its Series C financing. The money will allow the Company to commercialize its first three products for the food and fragrance industry, and allow it to advance several additional products in its pipeline.

10 Feb 2010

'A troubling picture' of long-term care hospitals

"Lawsuits, state inspections and federal statistics paint a troubling picture of the care offered at some hospitals," writes The New York Times in an investigation of long-term care hospitals that dominates the front page.

10 Feb 2010

HealthYes! brings mobile screening services to Colorado

HealthYes!®, a leading preventive medical screening company, is bringing its life-saving mobile screening services to Colorado. Leveraging the most medically advanced, state-of-the-art equipment and techniques in the industry, HealthYes! screens its clients for life-threatening medical conditions and diseases including: heart disease, stroke, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral artery disease, diabetes and liver disease along with osteoporosis.

10 Feb 2010

Researchers study new ways to block movement of cells that cause autoimmune diseases and cancer

University of Adelaide researchers in Australia are finding new ways to block the movement of cells in the body which can cause autoimmune diseases and the spread of cancer.

10 Feb 2010

Trimel BioPharma Holdings updates business developments

Trimel BioPharma Holdings Inc. is today providing an update on a number of operational items that have contributed significantly to advancing the Company and achieving its initial objectives.

10 Feb 2010

AHF schedules safer sex awareness events to mark International Condom Day on Feb 13th

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization which currently provides medical care and services to more than 127,000 individuals in 22 countries worldwide, will mark International Condom Day—an informal holiday observed in conjunction with Valentine’s Day, February 14th—with innovative and educational free condom distribution and safer sex awareness events as well as media campaigns held in 32 cities in 13 countries around the world that will be taking place over the days and nights around the weekend holiday.

10 Feb 2010

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals receives patent for low-dose quinidine formulations of Zenvia to treat PBA

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued the Company a new patent for its lead drug candidate Zenvia™ (dextromethorphan/quinidine), extending the period of patent protection in the United States into late 2025. U.S. patent number 7,659,282 titled "Pharmaceutical Compositions Comprising Dextromethorphan and Quinidine for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders" was issued on February 9, 2010. The new patent will provide AVANIR with patent protection for low-dose quinidine formulations of Zenvia used to treat pseudobulbar affect (PBA).

10 Feb 2010

Psoriasis drug Enbrel to account for less than one-fifth of sales in 2018 overall market

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, owing to increasing competition from other biologic agents, Amgen/Pfizer/Takeda's Enbrel (etanercept)—the leading therapy in the psoriasis drug market in 2008—will account for less than one-fifth of sales in the overall market in 2018. In 2008, Enbrel garnered half of the psoriasis drug market share in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan.

10 Feb 2010

Top ten myths about sex

Boston Medical Group, a national physician network specializing in the treatment of erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation, today released ten of the top myths surrounding sex. From which gender spends the most time fantasizing to whether size really matters, the list covers some of the common misconceptions about time spent between the sheets.

10 Feb 2010

EMEA grants Genta's request for SME designation

Genta Incorporated announced that it has received $2.8 million in non-dilutive cash proceeds from the sale of net operating tax losses and research tax credits generated in prior tax years as part of the Technology Business Tax Certificate Program sponsored by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), pursuant to the rules, regulations and stipulations set forth by the program.

10 Feb 2010

Emerging Healthcare Solutions receives honor of admission to the President’s Club of NBCC

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. announced today that it has received the honor of admission to the President’s Club of the National Black Chamber of Commerce www.nationalbcc.org. Membership in the exclusive President’s Club is an honor that establishes nationwide recognition of Emerging Healthcare Solutions in the healthcare industry and helps engineer policies and initiatives that benefit minority business development in healthcare.

10 Feb 2010

Allscripts clinical and practice management IT solutions to be implemented at NuHealth

Allscripts announced today that NuHealth will implement Allscripts clinical and practice management IT solutions across its network of hospitals and employed physicians, enhancing the quality of care, improving patient communications, and better managing the cost of care delivery. The agreement, valued in excess of $5 million, is the central component of NuHealth's connected healthcare strategy, enabling health information exchange and collaboration among all the members of a patient's care team, inside and outside the health system.

10 Feb 2010

Raptor Pharmaceutical to present DR Cysteamine trial data at Lysosomal Disease Network Symposium

Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp., today announced the presentation of cystinosis data at the Annual Lysosomal Disease Network WORLD Symposium 2010, being held February 10-12 in Miami, Florida. Biomarker data from a Phase IIb pilot study of Raptor's proprietary delayed-release cysteamine bitartrate ("DR Cysteamine") will be the subject of a poster titled, "Correlation of Plasma Cysteamine and WBC Cystine Levels at Steady State in Patients Treated with Cysteamine Bitartrate." The results will also be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Molecular Genetics and Metabolism.

10 Feb 2010

Medicinal chemistry paper related to the discovery of CUDC-101 published

Curis, Inc., a drug development company seeking to develop next generation targeted small molecule drug candidates for cancer treatment, today announced that a medicinal chemistry paper related to the discovery of CUDC-101, Curis’s HDAC, EGFR and Her2 inhibitor, was published online in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and also will be published in an upcoming print version of the journal.

10 Feb 2010

Asset Recovery certified by NAID for computer hard drive sanitization and destruction

Asset Recovery Corporation, a leader in environmentally-sound IT asset disposal solutions, announced today that it has been certified by the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) for computer hard drive sanitization and destruction. Both its plant-based and mobile solutions received certification.

10 Feb 2010

Majority of people prefer touchless towel dispensers to air dryers

An overwhelming majority of people (79 percent) prefer touchless towel dispensers to air dryers according to the "Washroom Product Study," developed by Georgia-Pacific Professional – the industry leader of tissue, towel, wiper and foodservice solutions – and conducted by Housekeeping Solutions magazine.

10 Feb 2010

Seaside Therapeutics granted U.S patent covering methods of treating autism

Seaside Therapeutics LLC today announced the issuance of U.S. patent 7,648,993 B2 (‘993 patent), which covers methods of treating autism with group 1 antagonists of the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) pathway. An earlier related patent, U.S. patent 6,890,931 B2 (‘931 patent), was issued in 2005 and covers methods of treating Fragile X Syndrome, the most common known cause of autism, with group 1 antagonists of the mGluR pathway.

10 Feb 2010

AB SCIEX technology solution implemented for anti-doping enforcement at the 2010 Winter Games

While millions of viewers around the world are watching breathtaking ski jumps, razor-sharp skating moves and other awe-inspiring athletic feats in Vancouver over the next few weeks, the official doping control laboratory of the 2010 Winter Games will be casting an equally intent eye on the athletes who are competing.

10 Feb 2010

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Congress to investigate 39 percent premium hike by California's Anthem Blue Cross

Women who take AdvaCAL calcium supplements have high bone density

Allylix raises $6M in first closing of Series C financing

'A troubling picture' of long-term care hospitals

HealthYes! brings mobile screening services to Colorado

Researchers study new ways to block movement of cells that cause autoimmune diseases and cancer

Trimel BioPharma Holdings updates business developments

AHF schedules safer sex awareness events to mark International Condom Day on Feb 13th

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals receives patent for low-dose quinidine formulations of Zenvia to treat PBA

Psoriasis drug Enbrel to account for less than one-fifth of sales in 2018 overall market

Top ten myths about sex

EMEA grants Genta's request for SME designation

Emerging Healthcare Solutions receives honor of admission to the President’s Club of NBCC

Allscripts clinical and practice management IT solutions to be implemented at NuHealth

Raptor Pharmaceutical to present DR Cysteamine trial data at Lysosomal Disease Network Symposium

Medicinal chemistry paper related to the discovery of CUDC-101 published

Asset Recovery certified by NAID for computer hard drive sanitization and destruction

Majority of people prefer touchless towel dispensers to air dryers

Seaside Therapeutics granted U.S patent covering methods of treating autism

AB SCIEX technology solution implemented for anti-doping enforcement at the 2010 Winter Games

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