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Nasdaq grants Anesiva's request for continued listing on The NASDAQ Global Market

Anesiva, Inc. today announced that on November 5, 2009, it received a letter from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC stating that the Nasdaq Hearing Panel has granted Anesiva's request for continued listing on The NASDAQ Global Market subject to the condition that Anesiva shall have completed on or before December 31, 2009, the proposed merger (the "Merger") contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 4, 2009, among Anesiva, Arca Acquisition Corporation ("Arca"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anesiva, Arcion Therapeutics, Inc. ("Arcion") and, with respect to Articles V and IX only of the agreement, each of the Arcion stockholders listed on Schedule I thereto.

9 Nov 2009

PAREXEL International forms an alliance with Mortara Instrument, enhances cardiac safety capabilities

PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced that it has enhanced its cardiac safety capabilities for early phase clinical development through an alliance with Mortara Instrument, Inc., which manufactures and distributes electrocardiogram (ECG) devices and related technology worldwide.

From Parexel 9 Nov 2009

Toshiba's Aquilion Premium multi-detector CT installed at PinnacleHealth

Leading hospitals require premium diagnostic imaging equipment to image patients faster, with the best possible diagnostic accuracy. PinnacleHealth, a leading health care system in Harrisburg, Pa., has installed Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.’s Aquilion® Premium multi-detector CT at its Community Campus to enable them to meet these needs while improving patient care. The Aquilion Premium features 160 detector rows to image up to eight cm of anatomy in a single gantry rotation (as fast as 0.35 seconds).

9 Nov 2009

Renewal Laboratories to produce functional beverages with anti-oxidants and omega3 fatty acids

Renewal Laboratories announced today that it has developed a patent pending process to produce functional beverages with important anti-oxidants and omega3 fatty acids. Natural, nutritionally important supplements such as Coenzyme Q10, resveratrol, and omega3 fish oil may now be offered in appealing and refreshing drinks.

9 Nov 2009

Chindex International reports fiscal 2010 second-quarter results

Chindex International, Inc., a leading independent American provider of Western healthcare products and services in the People's Republic of China, today announced results for the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2010, which ended September 30, 2009.

9 Nov 2009

RehabCare Group commences public offering of 4,350,000 shares of its common stock

RehabCare Group, Inc. announced today it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 4,350,000 shares of its common stock pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

9 Nov 2009

Financial results for the third-quarter announced by Repros Therapeutics

Repros Therapeutics today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

9 Nov 2009

Tethys Bioscience completes $25 million Series D financing

Tethys Bioscience, a privately held company, announced today that it has closed a $25 million Series D round of financing led by aeris CAPITAL AG and including Wasatch Advisors as a new investor. All current investors, including MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers and Intel Capital participated in the round. Tethys also announced that it has appointed George Rehm, Managing Partner of aeris CAPITAL, to the Tethys Board of Directors.

9 Nov 2009

App Tech Global acquired by Natural Nutrition

Natural Nutrition announced today the acquisition of App Tech Global, Inc., which will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Natural Nutrition. Natural Nutrition's name will be changed to App Tech, Corp. and the company will focus its efforts on the business of App Tech Global, Inc.

9 Nov 2009

SEED Competition launched in China

Roche, OrbiMed, and McKinsey officially launched the SEED Competition at the Beijing International Healthcare Industry Forum today. This is one of the first life sciences business plan competitions in Greater China.

9 Nov 2009

Swedish study: Chances of having a baby increases over three cycles

Just one in three women gives birth after a single IVF attempt, but the cumulative chance of a live birth increases with each cycle - where women are offered three cycles nearly two thirds go on to have babies, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

9 Nov 2009

Women with asthma find it harder to sleep and feel more tired during the day than men

Women with asthma are more anxious, find it harder to sleep and are more tired during the day than their male counterparts, but nevertheless tend to be better at following their treatment, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in close collaboration with Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

9 Nov 2009

Syneron Medical reports financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Syneron Medical Ltd., an innovator in the development, marketing and sales of elos™ combined-energy medical aesthetic devices, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

9 Nov 2009

Bend Research signs collaboration agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Bend Research Inc., a company with more than 30 years of experience in applying innovative pharmaceutical technologies to help clients solve their most difficult scientific and technical problems, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a global biotechnology company headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

9 Nov 2009

$Connection between depression and loss of bone mass leads to osteoporosis and fractures$

Connection between depression and loss of bone mass leads to osteoporosis and fractures

Research carried out among thousands of people has shown a clear connection between depression and a loss of bone mass, leading to osteoporosis and fractures.

9 Nov 2009

U.S. hospitals' profit margin increases to 8% in the second quarter of 2009

The median profit margin of U.S. hospitals increased from near zero in the third quarter of 2008 to more than 8 percent in the second quarter of 2009, according to an analysis of hospital financial performance published today by Thomson Reuters.

9 Nov 2009

New, user-friendly web site unveiled by A-Life Medical

A-Life Medical, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of computer-assisted coding (CAC) products and services to the healthcare industry, announced today that it has unveiled its new Web site at www.alifemedical.com.

9 Nov 2009

New micronail chip to enable electronics and biological cells communicate with each other

IMEC presents a unique microchip with microscopic nail structures that enable close communication between the electronics and biological cells. The new chip is a mass-producible, easy-to-use tool in electrophysiology research, for example for fundamental research on the functioning and dysfunctioning of the brain. Each micronail structure serves as a close contact-point for one cell, and contains an electrode that can very accurately record and trigger in real-time the electrical activity of an individual electrogenic cell in a network.

9 Nov 2009

Democratic National Committee commends the passage of Affordable Health Care for America Act

Tonight the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act, landmark health reform legislation that will ensure every American has access to quality, affordable, stable and secure health care coverage. The legislation, which cracks down on some of the insurance industry's worst practices, would extend coverage to 36 million Americans and cut the deficit by $104 billion over ten years.

9 Nov 2009

Kaiser Permanente senior VP inducted into the PRSA College of Fellows

The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) will bestow the distinguished title of Fellow on Diane Gage Lofgren, senior vice president of Brand Strategy, Communications and PR for Kaiser Permanente, tonight at a ceremony at PRSA's 2009 International Conference in San Diego.

9 Nov 2009

Medical News

Nasdaq grants Anesiva's request for continued listing on The NASDAQ Global Market

PAREXEL International forms an alliance with Mortara Instrument, enhances cardiac safety capabilities

Toshiba's Aquilion Premium multi-detector CT installed at PinnacleHealth

Renewal Laboratories to produce functional beverages with anti-oxidants and omega3 fatty acids

Chindex International reports fiscal 2010 second-quarter results

RehabCare Group commences public offering of 4,350,000 shares of its common stock

Financial results for the third-quarter announced by Repros Therapeutics

Tethys Bioscience completes $25 million Series D financing

App Tech Global acquired by Natural Nutrition

SEED Competition launched in China

Swedish study: Chances of having a baby increases over three cycles

Women with asthma find it harder to sleep and feel more tired during the day than men

Syneron Medical reports financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Bend Research signs collaboration agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Connection between depression and loss of bone mass leads to osteoporosis and fractures

U.S. hospitals' profit margin increases to 8% in the second quarter of 2009

New, user-friendly web site unveiled by A-Life Medical

New micronail chip to enable electronics and biological cells communicate with each other

Democratic National Committee commends the passage of Affordable Health Care for America Act

Kaiser Permanente senior VP inducted into the PRSA College of Fellows

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