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Alexion Pharmaceuticals reports increased revenues of 11% in third quarter 2009

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.

22 Oct 2009

Schering-Plough announces 2009 third quarter financial results

Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) today reported financial results for the 2009 third quarter.

22 Oct 2009

ImmunoGen to host a conference call to discuss its financial results

ImmunoGen, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops targeted anticancer products, today announced that will host a conference call at 4:30 pm ET on Thursday, October 29, 2009 to discuss the Company’s financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2009 – the first quarter of ImmunoGen’s 2010 fiscal year.

22 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 22, 2009

Some clear themes emerge from today's headlines. Among them: A new government report indicates that health costs grow even faster under Democratic legislation pending in the House; and, yesterday's Senate vote to block the Medicare pay fix bill represents an important loss for Majority Leader Harry Reid.

22 Oct 2009

Free medical application for health care professionals

Presents the most commonly asked pain management and/or addiction medicine questions, and presents them in easy-to-view, brief video vignettes. You can view 30-second to 2-minute videos in pharmacotherapy; assessment; abuse, misuse & addiction; best practices; and legal issues.

22 Oct 2009

FPB awarded $3.7M in six stimulus grants

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (FPB) at Case Western Reserve University was recently awarded $3.7 million in six stimulus grants from various federal offices to fund innovative research and academic programs.

22 Oct 2009

PAREXEL to present key trends in late phase development and Comparative Effectiveness Research

Experts from PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, will address key trends in late phase development and Comparative Effectiveness Research at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 12th Annual European Congress, to be held from October 24 - 27, 2009 in Paris, France.

From Parexel 22 Oct 2009

FDA extends Acorda Therapeutics' Fampridine-SR PDUFA goal date

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the PDUFA goal date for its review of the New Drug Application (NDA) for Fampridine-SR to January 22, 2010. The original Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date for this priority review application was October 22, 2009.

22 Oct 2009

ID Experts launches Breach Respond services for Blue Cross Blue Shield Member Companies

ID Experts(R), the leader in data breach prevention and remediation, has announced a Breach Respond(TM) offering tailored to meet the needs of Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Member Companies, whose physicians recently had sensitive personal information exposed by a BCBS Association data breach incident.

22 Oct 2009

Catalyst Rx to provide PBM services for Michigan’s Public School Employees Retirement System

Catalyst Rx, the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) subsidiary of Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHSI), announced today that the Michigan Department of Management & Budget, Purchasing has recommended Catalyst to provide PBM services for Michigan’s Public School Employees Retirement System (MPSERS), pending management and State Administrative Board approval.

22 Oct 2009

EQ Labs' initiative for H.O.P.E. Scholarship Program

EQ Labs, Inc. is happy to announce its participation as a sponsor of the 3rd Annual NAACP Celebrity Golf Tournament to be held in Las Vegas on October 22 and 23rd. The proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Helping Our People Excel (H.O.P.E.) Scholarship Program.

22 Oct 2009

Medipattern to introduce its B-CAD-FOR-LIFE program at RSNA 2009

The Medipattern Corporation ("Medipattern"), a pioneer in the development of medical software solutions that help improve imaging workflow and productivity, will be introducing its B-CAD-FOR-LIFE™ program at RSNA 2009.

22 Oct 2009

Anabolic steroid cycles available from Online Legal Steroids

Online Legal Steroids, a leading online supplier of muscle enhancers, bodybuilding supplements and legal steroids products, now offers legal steroid cycles for any and every customer, regardless of what their goals entail.

22 Oct 2009

PacificGMP selected by ArmaGen Technologies to produce its proprietary protein for a Phase 1 clinical trial

PacificGMP, the leader in single-use bioprocessing for development and manufacturing for its client partners, announced that ArmaGen Technologies has selected it to produce its proprietary protein for a Phase 1 clinical trial.

22 Oct 2009

Purdue Pharma and NCPA partner to create a free tool to help prevent pharmacy crime

Purdue Pharma L.P. and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) debut the "RxPATROL® Pharmacy Safety and Security" video at NCPA's annual conference in New Orleans and on www.RxPATROL.com.

22 Oct 2009

First clinical trial to test a weight maintenance program for obese pregnant women

More than half of women in the United States are overweight or obese when they become pregnant, and most go on to gain more than the recommended amount during pregnancy. The excess weight can lead to a myriad of complications, including preeclampsia, diabetes, bigger babies, C-sections, birth injuries, and weight retention after pregnancy.

22 Oct 2009

Sartorius reports financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Today Sartorius, a leading international process and laboratory technology provider, reported its nine-month results for 2009. Third-quarter business of both Group divisions showed a highly divergent pattern of development, similar to that in the previous quarters.

From Sartorius 22 Oct 2009

Pilot study examines the concordance of Quotient ADHD Test

BioBehavioral Diagnostics Company announced today that their poster has been accepted through a rigorous peer-review process for inclusion as a New Research Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) in Honolulu, HI, October 27-November 1, 2009.

22 Oct 2009

SMOS satellite to study two parameters of complex climate system

As preparations for the launch of SMOS and Proba-2 continue on schedule, the engineers and technicians at the Russian launch site say goodbye as both satellites are encapsulated within the half-shells of the Rockot fairing.

22 Oct 2009

New procurement guidelines to minimize formaldehyde and VOCs exposure

To minimize formaldehyde and exposure to other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in emergency housing, FEMA developed new procurement guidelines for allowable airborne levels in manufactured housing.

22 Oct 2009