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Meta-study: Seven health risks impair academic performance of urban minority youth

"Educationally relevant health disparities" are key drivers of the achievement gap, "but they are largely overlooked," Charles Basch, the Richard March Hoe Professor of Health Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, said at a recent panel discussion at the College.

18 Mar 2010

U.S.-based CRO licenses NewCardio's QTinno software solution for automating cardiac safety analysis

NewCardio, Inc., a cardiac diagnostic technology provider, announced today that a U.S.-based CRO that provides early phase and specialty clinical drug development services to the pharmaceutical industry, has signed an MSA, licensing NewCardio's QTinno™ software solution in order to deliver fully automated cardiac safety analysis in early phase QT studies.

18 Mar 2010

Humedica, Anceta unveil health care data solutions at AMGA 2010 Annual Conference

Humedica, a next-generation clinical informatics company, and Anceta, the healthcare informatics subsidiary of the American Medical Group Association, today announced the launch of Humedica MinedShare™ Ambulatory as well as AMGA’s Anceta Collaborative Data Warehouse at the AMGA 2010 Annual Conference, taking place now through March 20 in New Orleans.

18 Mar 2010

StemCells granted UK patent covering true rat stem cells and genetically engineered rats

StemCells, Inc. announced today that the United Kingdom (UK) Intellectual Property Office has granted patent number GB2451523 with broad claims covering true (germline competent) rat stem cells and genetically engineered rats derived from these cells. The patented technology is expected to have significant utility to academic and pharmaceutical industry researchers by enabling them to create novel rat models for the study of human diseases. Both mice and rats are used by scientists to model various human diseases.

18 Mar 2010

Solos Endoscopy secures U.S. Trademark for MammoView name

Solos Endoscopy, Inc. is pleased to announce the Company has secured the U.S. Trademark for the MammoView® name. The MamoView® Breast Endoscopy System offers a state-of-the-art endoscopic technology for detecting early stage breast cancer. The Company's Breast Endoscopy System employs advanced micro endoscopes and optical technology to give physicians sharp, clear images of the milk ducts, where the majority of breast cancers arise.

18 Mar 2010

Harden Healthcare receives $31.5M as part of $145M senior secured credit facility

GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services has provided $31.5 million as part of a $145 million senior secured credit facility for Harden Healthcare, LLC. Harden will use the proceeds of the financing to provide additional growth capital and to refinance its existing debt facilities. GE Capital is the administrative agent for the credit facility. GE Capital Markets served as co-lead arranger and joint bookrunner.

18 Mar 2010

Novelos Therapeutics Phase 3 trial of NOV-002 in advanced NSCLC fails to meet primary and secondary endpoints

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutics to treat cancer and hepatitis, today announced that primary and secondary endpoints were not met in Novelos’ pivotal Phase 3 trial in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with its lead product, NOV-002, in combination with first-line chemotherapy.

18 Mar 2010

SGH recognized as winner of Microsoft HUG 2010 Innovation Awards

Eclipsys Corporation®, The Outcomes Company®, today announced that Singapore General Hospital, Singapore’s oldest and largest acute tertiary hospital and national referral center, has been recognized as a winner of the Microsoft HUG 2010 Innovation Awards in the category of “Best Use of Clinical Records — Inpatient.”

18 Mar 2010

ZIOPHARM Oncology reports fourth quarter net income of $1.0M against loss last year

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that is seeking to develop and commercialize a diverse, risk sensitive portfolio of in-licensed cancer drugs addressing unmet medical needs, announced today its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009, and the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

18 Mar 2010

Yellow fever outbreak in howler monkeys signals the need for human vaccination program

A group of Argentine scientists, including health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society, have announced that yellow fever is the culprit in a 2007-2008 die-off of howler monkeys in northeastern Argentina, a finding that underscores the importance of paying attention to the health of wildlife and how the health of people and wild nature are so closely linked.

18 Mar 2010

Southern California’s Sexual Recovery Institute introduces additional Intensive Outpatient Programs

Southern California’s Sexual Recovery Institute (SRI), the leading outpatient treatment center for sex addiction, has announced additional Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP). The expansion is a result of increased awareness of sex addiction issues as the mainstream media begins to shed light on high profile scandals and subsequent treatment methods.

18 Mar 2010

Manitoba government: AMD drug Lucentis will be funded through centralized vision program

Manitobans with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) received a dose of good news. The Manitoba government announced that Lucentis (ranibizumab injection) will soon be funded through a centralized vision program, effective June 1, 2010.

18 Mar 2010

Healthcare Reform: Congressman Chaka Fattah calls for single up-or-down vote

Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) issues the following statement calling for a single up-or-down vote on Healthcare Reform:

18 Mar 2010

New program designed to improve law enforcement responses to the mentally ill

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs today announced the release of a publication designed to improve law enforcement responses to people with mental illnesses. The report shows there is no one-size-fits-all approach, but a growing number of communities are implementing Specialized Policing Responses that are designed to improve outcomes and encounters involving people with mental illnesses.

18 Mar 2010

Nanobotmodels Company offer vision of future DNA and cell-repair techniques

Developments in nanotechnology and nanorobotics are opening up the prospects for nanomedicine and regenerative medicine where informatics and DNA computing can become the catalysts enabling health care applications at sub-molecular or atomic scales. While nanomedicine promises a new exciting frontier for clinical practice and biomedical research, issues involving cost-effectiveness studies, clinical trials and toxicity assays, drug delivery methods, and the implementation of new personalized therapies still remain challenging.

18 Mar 2010

SciQuest introduces PBA methodology for Life Sciences to improve procurement operations

SciQuest, Inc., the global software leader empowering enterprises to realize the potential of strategic procurement, today unveiled a comprehensive methodology that provides leaders with a framework to build and execute a sound business plan to improve existing procurement processes, systems and protocol. This new service, the Procurement Business Assessment (PBA), enables life sciences companies to quickly uncover cost-saving opportunities in their procurement operations.

18 Mar 2010

BMA Scotland comment on the publication of the Patient Rights

“BMA Scotland supports the Scottish Government’s aim to encourage a stronger sense of public ownership of the NHS and the renewed commitment to provide a service which is publicly funded and owned, free at the point of delivery. As such, we welcome the commitment to articulate the rights and responsibilities of all those using and providing NHS services.

18 Mar 2010

Tissue micro-processing solutions at volumes <1mL

At Analytica 2010 in Munich, Germany, Seward Ltd will demonstrate its small tissue processing solutions in Hall B2, Stand 130. This range includes the Stomacher® 80 microbag, designed specifically for use in the Stomacher 80 microBiomaster to prepare and process biological samples at volumes as low as 250µL to 5 mL.

18 Mar 2010

Academic Inventors’ Bill of Rights unveiled in poster presentation at AUTM Annual Meeting

As technology transfer managers from around the country prepare today to debate the role of academic researchers in commercializing their own inventions, two experts – one from each side of the aisle – have come together to propose an Academic Inventors’ Bill of Rights.

18 Mar 2010

Bailout stenting successful treatment for infants with constricted aortas

Cardiac interventionalists and surgeons at University Clinic in Leuven, Belgium have achieved successful stent implantation and follow-up coarctectomy in premature infants suffering from aortic coarctation. Full findings are published in the March issue of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, the official journal of The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

18 Mar 2010

Medical News

Meta-study: Seven health risks impair academic performance of urban minority youth

U.S.-based CRO licenses NewCardio's QTinno software solution for automating cardiac safety analysis

Humedica, Anceta unveil health care data solutions at AMGA 2010 Annual Conference

StemCells granted UK patent covering true rat stem cells and genetically engineered rats

Solos Endoscopy secures U.S. Trademark for MammoView name

Harden Healthcare receives $31.5M as part of $145M senior secured credit facility

Novelos Therapeutics Phase 3 trial of NOV-002 in advanced NSCLC fails to meet primary and secondary endpoints

SGH recognized as winner of Microsoft HUG 2010 Innovation Awards

ZIOPHARM Oncology reports fourth quarter net income of $1.0M against loss last year

Yellow fever outbreak in howler monkeys signals the need for human vaccination program

Southern California’s Sexual Recovery Institute introduces additional Intensive Outpatient Programs

Manitoba government: AMD drug Lucentis will be funded through centralized vision program

Healthcare Reform: Congressman Chaka Fattah calls for single up-or-down vote

New program designed to improve law enforcement responses to the mentally ill

Nanobotmodels Company offer vision of future DNA and cell-repair techniques

SciQuest introduces PBA methodology for Life Sciences to improve procurement operations

BMA Scotland comment on the publication of the Patient Rights

Tissue micro-processing solutions at volumes <1mL

Academic Inventors’ Bill of Rights unveiled in poster presentation at AUTM Annual Meeting

Bailout stenting successful treatment for infants with constricted aortas

Squid™ Full Range Pipette: Reduce pipette changes, bench clutter, and calibration burden

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

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