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Javelin Pharmaceuticals announces financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading developer of novel acute care pain products, today reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

10 Nov 2009

ImmunoGen to present IMGN901 clinical data at AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference

ImmunoGen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that develops targeted anticancer therapeutics, announced today that several ImmunoGen poster presentations will be made at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics to be held in Boston, MA, on November 15-19, 2009.

10 Nov 2009

Levulan PDT may reduce the rate of recurrence of SCCs in solid organ transplant recipients: Study

The results of an independent investigator study just published in the online version of Dermatologic Surgery demonstrate that Levulan(®) Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) may reduce the rate of recurrence of squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs), a population with a high incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer.

10 Nov 2009

Scarab Genomics reduces the E. coli K-12 genome, optimizing it for recombinant DNA and protein production

Scarab Genomics has made a series of planned, precise deletions to the E. coli K-12 genome, reducing the genome by more than 15%. The multiple-deletion series (MDS™) strains eliminate non-essential genes, cryptic virulence genes, and sequences of recombinogenic and mobile insertion sequence (IS) DNA, while preserving robust growth in rich and minimal media.

10 Nov 2009

Premier Power Renewable Energy to install 300kW solar photovoltaic system at the CHE Medical Building

Premier Power Renewable Energy, a global leader in the development, design, engineering and construction of solar power systems for commercial, government and utility markets in the U.S. and Europe, today announced that it has contracted with Soar Energy Partners, LLC to install a 300kW solar photovoltaic system at the CHE Medical Building in Lakewood, NJ.

10 Nov 2009

HHS Secretary to visit Bradenton Healthcare Center to discuss the importance of H1N1 vaccinations

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will visit the East Manatee Family Healthcare Center in Bradenton, Fla. on Tuesday, November 10.

10 Nov 2009

New organic herbal products to help support body's immune system

Gaia Herbs, a leading grower and manufacturer of natural and organic herbal products, announces Quick Defense Liquid Phyto-Caps, a combination of high potency organic Echinacea, organic Elderberry, organic Ginger and Andrographis that helps support the body's immune system at onset.

10 Nov 2009

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment ineffective for children with autism

Research conducted by the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc. (CARD), shines new light on the effects of a popular form of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treatment for children with autism and related disorders. The "Randomized Trial of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Children with Autism" study reveals that HBOT, consisting of 24% oxygen delivered at 1.3 atmospheres of pressure, does not have a significant effect on symptoms of autism.

10 Nov 2009

National Pain Summit calls for better pain care in America

Pain medicine physicians from the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) continued to advance the call for better pain care as they joined with physician leaders from across the country in a closed-door National Pain Summit that took place adjacent to an AMA meeting last week in Houston, Texas.

10 Nov 2009

Despite economic slowdown, Central and Eastern European countries still represent an attractive healthcare market

Despite the global economic decline, Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania still represent an attractive healthcare market.

10 Nov 2009

Third quarter 2009 financial results announced by IntelGenx Technologies

IntelGenx Technologies Corp. (TSX VENTURE:IGX) (OTCBB:IGXT) ("IntelGenx") today announced its results, reported in US dollars, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

10 Nov 2009

Health care reform should benefit shift workers: Circadian Age

Circadian Age, Inc. – ‘Working Nights’ – a company dedicated to helping shift workers and their families adjust to their unique lifestyles, is concerned with making sure that any health care reform will benefit the 25 million Americans working shifts. These workers represent 10% of the insured population, but incur 17% of the health care costs.

10 Nov 2009

Health information technology's 11% combined annual growth rate to continue through 2013: Scientia Advisors

Health information technology (HIT) is the fastest growing segment of the $1 trillion global health care marketplace—and its “impressive” 11 per cent combined annual growth rate is likely to continue through 2013, according to a Scientia Advisors global industry review released today.

10 Nov 2009

NEDA supports Real Women campaign, an initiative which condemns the use of ultra-thin women in advertisements

The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) has joined leading experts on body image issues from around the world to pledge its support of the global launch of the Real Women campaign, which condemns the use of ultra-thin, digitally altered women in advertisements.

10 Nov 2009

Cuisinart launches the CleanWater Countertop Filtration System to reduce dependency on plastic water bottles

The Container Recycling Institute reports that Americans will buy an estimated 34.6 billion single-serve (1 liter or less) plastic water bottles in 2009. More than 75 percent of those bottles will end up in landfills or incinerators, rather than being recycled. That’s 877 bottles wasted every second, according to the Institute.

10 Nov 2009

NIH awards $6.8 million subcontract to Kineta to develop vaccine immune boosters

Kineta, Inc. announced today it has been awarded a $6.8 million subcontract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop novel vaccine adjuvants (agents that help boost the immune system). The Kineta subcontract is part of a larger $13 million award to the University of Washington.

10 Nov 2009

Fun and creativity with Sick Day Survival Kit

Flu season officially begins this month, and many kids are already sneezing and coughing their way home from school early. While health officials can guide parents about how to care for their sick children, they cannot help with another pressing issue on most parents’ minds – “how am I going to entertain my sick child for an entire week at home?”

10 Nov 2009

Non-invasive test to determine risk of sudden cardiac arrest in heart bypass surgery patients

Years after heart bypass surgery, Jim Miller was symptom free. Several measures of his heart’s functioning did not show that he was in danger of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). But Miller’s doctor decided to make sure and the quick, non-invasive test he performed may have saved Miller’s life.

10 Nov 2009

Mesenchymal stem cells may be the key to healing diabetic foot ulcers

Diabetic foot ulcers are the primary cause of hospital admissions for diabetics. Foot ulcers that heal improperly are at risk for infection, which can lead to amputation. According to the American Diabetes Association, one in four patients with diabetic foot ulcers will eventually require lower-limb amputation. Now science has found a way of mobilizing stem cells within the body to treat this health issue, which affects more than three million Americans annually.

10 Nov 2009

SAVI reaches a major milestone in breast brachytherapy

This month marks three years since physicians began offering SAVI™ radiation treatment as part of breast conservation therapy for early-stage breast cancer – a major milestone in breast brachytherapy.

10 Nov 2009

Medical News

Javelin Pharmaceuticals announces financial results for the third quarter of 2009

ImmunoGen to present IMGN901 clinical data at AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference

Levulan PDT may reduce the rate of recurrence of SCCs in solid organ transplant recipients: Study

Scarab Genomics reduces the E. coli K-12 genome, optimizing it for recombinant DNA and protein production

Premier Power Renewable Energy to install 300kW solar photovoltaic system at the CHE Medical Building

HHS Secretary to visit Bradenton Healthcare Center to discuss the importance of H1N1 vaccinations

New organic herbal products to help support body's immune system

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment ineffective for children with autism

National Pain Summit calls for better pain care in America

Despite economic slowdown, Central and Eastern European countries still represent an attractive healthcare market

Third quarter 2009 financial results announced by IntelGenx Technologies

Health care reform should benefit shift workers: Circadian Age

Health information technology's 11% combined annual growth rate to continue through 2013: Scientia Advisors

NEDA supports Real Women campaign, an initiative which condemns the use of ultra-thin women in advertisements

Cuisinart launches the CleanWater Countertop Filtration System to reduce dependency on plastic water bottles

NIH awards $6.8 million subcontract to Kineta to develop vaccine immune boosters

Fun and creativity with Sick Day Survival Kit

Non-invasive test to determine risk of sudden cardiac arrest in heart bypass surgery patients

Mesenchymal stem cells may be the key to healing diabetic foot ulcers

SAVI reaches a major milestone in breast brachytherapy

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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