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SBE Council: Senate health care bill continues to ignore the plight of U.S. small businesses

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) said the latest version of the Senate health care bill continues to ignore the plight of U.S. small businesses, and instead burdens them with additional taxes and regulations that will drive business costs higher.

22 Dec 2009

AAPM dispels common myths about CT scans

A panel of experts at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has issued a statement calling for an open discussion of the facts about radiation hazards from computed tomography (CT) scanning in light of recent public concerns and news reports about radiation dose.

22 Dec 2009

Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform for modern radiotherapy and radiosurgery unveiled

Slovenian Minister of Health Borut Miklavcic today officially unveiled the nation's first Novalis Tx(TM) radiosurgery platform for modern radiotherapy and radiosurgery at the Oncology Institute of Ljubljana.

22 Dec 2009

CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System brings new hope to patients with inoperable tumors

The CyberKnife Institute at Mercy Hospital, Miami’s first hospital-based CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System, will bring new hope to patients with inoperable or surgically complex tumors when it opens its doors January of 2010.

22 Dec 2009

Scientists identify new therapeutic approach for overcoming emphysema

Individuals with single-gene mutations that mean they have abnormally low levels of the protein alpha-1 antitrypsin are highly susceptible to emphysema, a progressive lung disease that causes severe shortness of breath.

22 Dec 2009

U.S. HealthWorks Medical Group acquires four HealthForce Occupational Medicine centers in Seattle

U.S. HealthWorks Medical Group, a leading operator of occupational health and urgent care centers in the nation, today announced the acquisition of four of the five HealthForce Occupational Medicine centers in Seattle, WA.

22 Dec 2009

Findings may help develop new antiviral drugs for influenza

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Mount Sinai), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk) and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) have identified 295 human cell factors that influenza A strains must harness to infect a cell, including the currently circulating swine-origin H1N1.

22 Dec 2009

Women using DMPA experience high BMD loss, researchers say

Nearly half of women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, will experience high bone mineral density (BMD) loss in the hip or lower spine within two years of beginning the contraceptive, according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

22 Dec 2009

Healthy Humans receives the 2009 Life Sciences Startup Company of the Year award

Healthy Humans (www.healthyhumans.com), an online wellness solutions company, received the 2009 Life Sciences Startup Company of the Year award from the Eastern Technology Council.

21 Dec 2009

New West Physicians to provide health care services for Humana members

New West Physicians, a primary care group practice in the metro Denver area serving more than 250,000 patients, will now provide health care services to individuals and families enrolled in a commercial health plan with Humana Inc., under terms of a long-term agreement announced today.

21 Dec 2009

CombinatoRx and Neuromed Pharmaceuticals complete merger agreement

CombinatoRx, Incorporated and Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that they have merged. This merger brings together the product assets and financial resources of both organizations, including potential Exalgo™ milestone and royalty revenue, CombinatoRx’s portfolio of product candidates and unique drug discovery capabilities.

21 Dec 2009

Results from Phase I trial of Bryan Oncor's targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy reported

Bryan Oncor reports the results of a Phase I trial of its targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy using Re-88 P2045, a radiolabeled synthetic peptide, for the treatment of advanced lung cancer.

21 Dec 2009

EMSC acquires U.S. anesthesiology service providers

Emergency Medical Services Corporation (the “Company”) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Pinnacle Consultants Mid Atlantic and the management services company of Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants, P.A. (the “MSO”).

21 Dec 2009

BAE Systems signs agreement with Marathon Health to provide onsite health services

Marathon Health today announced that BAE Systems has signed an agreement with Marathon Health to provide integrated, onsite health services for BAE Systems employees at BAE Systems' Kingsport, TN location.

21 Dec 2009

ZymoGenetics restructures license and collaboration agreements on RECOTHROM

ZymoGenetics, Inc. today announced a restructuring of the U.S. co-promotion and ex-U.S. license and collaboration agreements with Bayer Schering Pharma AG and Bayer HealthCare relating to RECOTHROM® Thrombin, topical (Recombinant).

21 Dec 2009

Bristol-Myers Squibb declares 3.2% dividend increase

The Board of Directors of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today declared a 3.2 percent increase in the company’s quarterly dividend, beginning in the first quarter of 2010.

21 Dec 2009

New iPhone application software on healthy food options

Men’s Health magazine’s latest iPhone Application launch, “Eat This, Not That!” is now the most downloaded app in the Healthcare & Fitness category within the Apple iTunes store.

21 Dec 2009

One dose of vaccine may be effective to protect infants and children from H1N1 virus, shows study

One dose of vaccine may be effective to protect infants and children and reduce transmission of the H1N1 virus, according to a study in JAMA, published online today because of its public health implications. The study will appear in the January 6 print edition of the journal.

21 Dec 2009

Clarient announces acquisition of Applied Genomics

Clarient, Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that it has acquired privately held, Huntsville, AL-based Applied Genomics, Inc. (AGI) in an all-stock merger valued at up to $17.6 million, if all conditions and milestones set forth in the merger agreement are successfully met.

21 Dec 2009

MSD to distribute and market Labopharm's Tradorec XL in the U.K.

Labopharm Inc. today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Labopharm Europe Limited, has completed a distribution and supply agreement with Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited (MSD), a United Kingdom (U.K.) subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., under which MSD will distribute and market Tradorec XL(R) (once-daily tramadol based on Labopharm's proprietary Contramid(R) technology).

21 Dec 2009

Medical News

SBE Council: Senate health care bill continues to ignore the plight of U.S. small businesses

AAPM dispels common myths about CT scans

Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform for modern radiotherapy and radiosurgery unveiled

CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System brings new hope to patients with inoperable tumors

Scientists identify new therapeutic approach for overcoming emphysema

U.S. HealthWorks Medical Group acquires four HealthForce Occupational Medicine centers in Seattle

Findings may help develop new antiviral drugs for influenza

Women using DMPA experience high BMD loss, researchers say

Healthy Humans receives the 2009 Life Sciences Startup Company of the Year award

New West Physicians to provide health care services for Humana members

CombinatoRx and Neuromed Pharmaceuticals complete merger agreement

Results from Phase I trial of Bryan Oncor's targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy reported

EMSC acquires U.S. anesthesiology service providers

BAE Systems signs agreement with Marathon Health to provide onsite health services

ZymoGenetics restructures license and collaboration agreements on RECOTHROM

Bristol-Myers Squibb declares 3.2% dividend increase

New iPhone application software on healthy food options

One dose of vaccine may be effective to protect infants and children from H1N1 virus, shows study

Clarient announces acquisition of Applied Genomics

MSD to distribute and market Labopharm's Tradorec XL in the U.K.

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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