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Drug importation takes center stage on Senate floor

Debate on a proposal that would make it easier to bring prescription drugs into the country from abroad is taking center stage on the Senate floor as part of the health care reform debate.

10 Dec 2009

InNexus Biotechnology, XERIS Pharmaceuticals collaborate in development of novel antibody delivery system

InNexus Biotechnology Inc. and XERIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today a research collaboration in which the companies will pursue development of a potential subcutaneous delivery of InNexus’ Dynamic Cross Linking (DXL™) antibodies using XERIS’ proprietary formulation-injection technologies.

10 Dec 2009

DMC recommends Emisphere Technologies' to proceed with oral calcitonin trial for OP and OA

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. today announced that an independent Data Monitoring Committee (“DMC”) informed Novartis and its partner Nordic Bioscience about their recommendation to proceed with the Osteoporosis (“OP”) Phase 3 Study 2303 and the Osteoarthritis (“OA”) Phase 3 Study 2301 exploring the safety and efficacy of an oral formulation of salmon calcitonin to treat patients with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis of the knee.

10 Dec 2009

New brain metastases treatment guidelines

New treatment guidelines for patients with brain metastases are now available from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).

10 Dec 2009

Nexstim's Navigated Brain Stimulation System receives FDA clearance

Nexstim Oy, a medical device company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Navigated Brian Stimulation System for use in the assessment of the primary motor cortex for pre-procedural planning.

10 Dec 2009

Salix Pharmaceuticals discusses proposed rifaximin NDA with the FDA

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. today reported that the Company held a pre-NDA meeting on December 8, 2009 with the FDA to discuss the Company’s proposed new drug application (NDA) for rifaximin in the treatment of patients with non-constipation irritable bowel syndrome (non-C IBS).

10 Dec 2009

Six Beijing Xiang Yun Kang Drugstores to be acquired by China Nepstar Chain Drugstore

China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd., the largest drugstore chain in China based on the number of directly operated stores, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Beijing Xiang Yun Kang Drugstore, to acquire all of its six drugstores in Beijing. This acquisition will be China Nepstar's second acquisition in Beijing.

10 Dec 2009

Phytel’s Proactive Patient Outreach solution to be implemented at The Iowa Clinic

Phytel, the leader in empowering physicians to drive health improvement through technology, announced today that The Iowa Clinic, a large multispecialty group based in Des Moines, has agreed to implement Phytel’s Proactive Patient Outreach solution to make sure that all of its patients receive appropriate preventive and chronic disease care.

10 Dec 2009

Birner Dental Management Services declares a quarterly cash dividend of $0.17

Birner Dental Management Services, Inc., operators of PERFECT TEETH dental practices announced its regular quarterly dividend. The Company's board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 17 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable January 8, 2010, to shareholders of record December 24, 2009.

10 Dec 2009

Targacept commences TC-5619 Phase 2 study of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia

Targacept, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of drugs known as NNR TherapeuticsTM, today announced that it has initiated a Phase 2 clinical proof of concept trial of TC-5619 in cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia.

10 Dec 2009

China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals reports financial results for third-quarter ended September 30, 2009

China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading pharmaceutical distributor and chain drugstore operator, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

10 Dec 2009

Differences between Senate and House health bills increase

CNN reports that the Senate's public option "compromise appears to be a far cry from the government-backed public health care option offered in the House bill. The Senate's original health care bill included a public option similar to that of the House version.

10 Dec 2009

Vicor's PD2i nonlinear algorithm selected for CRY cardiac screening initiative

David H. Fater, CEO of Vicor Technologies, Inc., today announced that its PD2i® nonlinear algorithm has been selected by Dr. Sanjay Sharma to be used in a month-long cardiac screening initiative to be held in South East London in April 2010.

10 Dec 2009

VISN 19 to deploy CliniComp’s Essentris Critical Care solution

CliniComp Intl., a global provider of clinical documentation systems, announced today that VA Rocky Mountain Network (VISN 19) selected CliniComp’s Essentris® Critical Care™ solution. VISN 19 will deploy CliniComp’s clinical documentation application to enhance patient care and safety.

10 Dec 2009

Department of Veterans Affairs renews license for QuadraMed's HIM and Revenue Cycle Management solution

QuadraMed® Corporation, today announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs has renewed its annual Task Order contract under its existing Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), with a value of approximately $24 million for the current option period.

10 Dec 2009

Health IT investments continue as security experts express concern

As the federal government prepares to invest up to $34 billion in health information technology and develop a plan to oversee it that includes special measures to protect privacy, a rash of news stories about e-health security breaches has raised questions, Modern Healthcare reports.

10 Dec 2009

GP Publishing releases "The Miracle of ViaViente"

GP Publishing has just released "The Miracle of ViaViente," authored by world renowned medical journalist Dr. Morton Walker.

10 Dec 2009

Merck commences Stimuvax Phase 3 trial in Asian patients with NSCLC

Oncothyreon Inc. today announced that Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, has initiated a Phase 3 trial of Stimuvax(R) (BLP25 liposome vaccine) in Asian patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The trial, named INSPIRE (Stimuvax trial In Asian NSCLC Patients: Stimulating Immune Response), is anticipated to enroll approximately 420 patients in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.

10 Dec 2009

Winner Medical Group to implement SAP HCM

Winner Medical Group Inc., a leading manufacturer and exporter of medical, wound care and home care products in China, today announced that it will introduce SAP Human Capital Management (SAP HCM) on December 14, 2009 to systematize its human resource management.

10 Dec 2009

Schizophrenia: Once-monthly INVEGA SUSTENNA not inferior to bi-weekly RISPERDAL CONSTA

Treatment with once-monthly INVEGA® SUSTENNA(TM) is not inferior to treatment with bi-weekly RISPERDAL® CONSTA®, according to new data from a comparative study of both treatments in patients with schizophrenia. Results of the 13-week clinical trial were released this week.

10 Dec 2009

Medical News

Drug importation takes center stage on Senate floor

InNexus Biotechnology, XERIS Pharmaceuticals collaborate in development of novel antibody delivery system

DMC recommends Emisphere Technologies' to proceed with oral calcitonin trial for OP and OA

New brain metastases treatment guidelines

Nexstim's Navigated Brain Stimulation System receives FDA clearance

Salix Pharmaceuticals discusses proposed rifaximin NDA with the FDA

Six Beijing Xiang Yun Kang Drugstores to be acquired by China Nepstar Chain Drugstore

Phytel’s Proactive Patient Outreach solution to be implemented at The Iowa Clinic

Birner Dental Management Services declares a quarterly cash dividend of $0.17

Targacept commences TC-5619 Phase 2 study of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia

China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals reports financial results for third-quarter ended September 30, 2009

Differences between Senate and House health bills increase

Vicor's PD2i nonlinear algorithm selected for CRY cardiac screening initiative

VISN 19 to deploy CliniComp’s Essentris Critical Care solution

Department of Veterans Affairs renews license for QuadraMed's HIM and Revenue Cycle Management solution

Health IT investments continue as security experts express concern

GP Publishing releases "The Miracle of ViaViente"

Merck commences Stimuvax Phase 3 trial in Asian patients with NSCLC

Winner Medical Group to implement SAP HCM

Schizophrenia: Once-monthly INVEGA SUSTENNA not inferior to bi-weekly RISPERDAL CONSTA

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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