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Medifacts International bags $2.7 million contract with a top ten pharmaceutical company

MEDIFACTS INTERNATIONAL, INC., one of the largest global providers of noninvasive cardiac diagnostic services, today announced the award of a $2.7 million contract with a top ten pharmaceutical company to provide comprehensive cardiac safety and efficacy services for a large late stage clinical trial.

15 Oct 2009

BSA LifeStructures opens a new office in St. Louis

Architectural/engineering firm BSA LifeStructures, Inc. has opened a new office located at CityPlace in the St. Louis suburb of Creve Coeur.

15 Oct 2009

Purina Cat Chow's initiative for breast cancer awareness

Purina® Cat Chow® understands the unique bond between an owner and their cat and the connection they share. Inspired by a cancer survivor’s touching story of the role her cat played during her battle with cancer, Purina Cat Chow began a partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. A recent Purina Cat Chow national survey of breast cancer survivors with cats underscores this connection by revealing 84 percent of respondents felt their cat had a calming effect during their battle with breast cancer and 76 percent of respondents received daily support from their cat during treatment.

15 Oct 2009

Human brains have amazing ability to be energy efficient, say researchers

Our brains, it turns out, are eco-friendly. A study published in Science and reviewed by F1000 Biology members Venkatesh Murthy and Jakob Sorensen reveals that our brains have the amazing ability to be energy efficient.

15 Oct 2009

NAHC completes BlackBerry Report

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) today announced the completion of The BlackBerry® Report: The National State of the Home Care Industry Study.

15 Oct 2009

Slavica BioChem scientists reverse multidrug resistance in lung cancer using small molecules

HTDS - The issuer's Serbia based operating subsidiary Slavica BioChem www.slavicabiochem.com brings attention to its Mindup Bioresearch cancer project working on molecular origins of lung cancer: prospects for personalized prevention and therapy. On October 8 2009, the company posted a filing on Pink Sheets titled MindUp Cancer Project.

15 Oct 2009

Specific immune system cells linked to susceptibility of younger people to variant CJD

Specific cells within the immune system could help explain why younger people are more susceptible to variant CJD, scientists believe.

15 Oct 2009

pSivida achieves milestone in Phase III Iluvien trial, last patient completes two-year follow up visit

pSivida Corp., a leading drug delivery company that has developed two of the only three products approved by the FDA for the long-term, sustained release delivery of drug to treat chronic back of the eye disease, today announced that the last patient in the Phase III clinical trial being conducted by its collaborative partner, Alimera Sciences, for a new treatment for diabetic macular edema (DME) has completed the two-year follow up visit.

15 Oct 2009

Scientists are trying to decipher the chemistry of human odor

Each of the 6.7 billion people on Earth has a signature body odor - the chemical counterpart to fingerprints - and scientists are tracking down those odiferous arches, loops, and whorls in the "human odorprint" for purposes ranging from disease diagnosis to crime prevention. That's the topic of an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine.

15 Oct 2009

Genzyme ranked third on the global list for best employers

Genzyme Corporation announced today that scientists have again named the company a top employer in a survey ranking the reputations of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Genzyme is ranked third on the global list of 575 companies, the second consecutive year it has achieved this position. Genzyme placed among the top 10 of all biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in the world for the seventh year in a row.

15 Oct 2009

Genes to determine which rectal cancer patient can avoid surgical procedure for treatment

A set of 87 genes one day may be used to routinely determine which patients can be successfully treated for advanced rectal cancer without undergoing a surgical procedure, researchers announced at the 2009 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.

15 Oct 2009

25-year anniversary of the first neonatal cross-species heart transplantation to be celebrated

Monday, October 26, marks the 25-year anniversary of the first neonatal cross-species heart transplant in history. Dr. Leonard Bailey and a team of doctors at Loma Linda University Medical Center transplanted the heart of a baboon into an infant, born with uniformly lethal heart disease and known to the world as "Baby Fae," on October 26, 1984.

15 Oct 2009

PIKAMAB obtains U.S. patent rights to develop theragnostic product

PIKAMAB, a stratified medicine biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has secured exclusive rights to two issued U.S. patents from Hospital for Special Surgery, New York. PIKAMAB is developing Lupus TherasightTM, a novel theragnostic product that will eventually help guide the drug development process and patient treatment protocols in the areas of lupus and lupus nephritis.

15 Oct 2009

Resveratrol in red grapes offers some protection against diabetes

A naturally produced molecule called resveratrol, found in the skin of red grapes, has been shown to lower insulin levels in mice when injected directly into the brain, even when the animals ate a high-fat diet.

15 Oct 2009

DNA Link to provide NimbleGen Sequence Capture service in Korea

Roche NimbleGen, a Roche Company, has announced the first Certified Service Provider (CSP), DNA Link, Inc., who will provide service in Korea for NimbleGen Titanium Optimized Sequence Capture coupled with services from 454 Life Sciences, Roche´s center of excellence for sequencing.

15 Oct 2009

Phonak issued with a fine by the German competition authority

Phonak GmbH, the German subsidiary of Switzerland’s Sonova Holding AG (SIX:SOON), has today been issued with a fine by the German competition authority (BKA) following inquiries undertaken by the latter as part of an investigation into the German hearing systems market. Despite the allegations, Sonova was able to reach an agreement with the German Federal Cartel Office and will not appeal against the decision.

15 Oct 2009

Patients with severe cases of the H1N1 virus are at risk for developing severe complications

University of Michigan researchers have found that patients with severe cases of the H1N1 virus are at risk for developing severe complications, including pulmonary emboli, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

15 Oct 2009

Blue and red colored fabrics offer better protection against UV rays

Economy-minded consumers who want protection from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays - but rather not pay premium prices for sun-protective clothing - should think blue and red, rather than yellow.

15 Oct 2009

"A Stroke of Health" for the weight loss benefits of healthy eating

Friday the 13th in June 2008 started out as a normal day for Bob and Judi Swartz, but the day would end as anything but ordinary. Bob would suffer a serious stroke and Judi would take the first steps in a year-long journey of recovery and discovery.

15 Oct 2009

Research to investigate and improve patient adherence to prescription drug therapies

CVS Caremark is sponsoring research to investigate patient adherence to prescription drug therapies and identify ways to increase adherence. Working with researchers from Harvard and Brigham and Women's Hospital, the company expects knowledge gained from the research will help health professionals better understand patient behavior and lead to developing programs that health care providers and pharmacies can use to improve medication adherence and ultimately help improve patient care and medical outcomes by avoiding costly hospital treatment.

15 Oct 2009

Medical News

Medifacts International bags $2.7 million contract with a top ten pharmaceutical company

BSA LifeStructures opens a new office in St. Louis

Purina Cat Chow's initiative for breast cancer awareness

Human brains have amazing ability to be energy efficient, say researchers

NAHC completes BlackBerry Report

Slavica BioChem scientists reverse multidrug resistance in lung cancer using small molecules

Specific immune system cells linked to susceptibility of younger people to variant CJD

pSivida achieves milestone in Phase III Iluvien trial, last patient completes two-year follow up visit

Scientists are trying to decipher the chemistry of human odor

Genzyme ranked third on the global list for best employers

Genes to determine which rectal cancer patient can avoid surgical procedure for treatment

25-year anniversary of the first neonatal cross-species heart transplantation to be celebrated

PIKAMAB obtains U.S. patent rights to develop theragnostic product

Resveratrol in red grapes offers some protection against diabetes

DNA Link to provide NimbleGen Sequence Capture service in Korea

Phonak issued with a fine by the German competition authority

Patients with severe cases of the H1N1 virus are at risk for developing severe complications

Blue and red colored fabrics offer better protection against UV rays

"A Stroke of Health" for the weight loss benefits of healthy eating

Research to investigate and improve patient adherence to prescription drug therapies

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