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Three poster presentations to be presented by the clinical pharmacy team of First DataBank

First DataBank, a leading provider of drug databases that help drive patient safety, today announced that members of the company’s clinical pharmacy team, knowledgeable in the application of drug information systems for safe medication prescribing and clinical decision support in pediatrics, will present three poster presentations at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, October 17-20, 2009 in Washington, D.C.

15 Oct 2009

PCDC to provide long-term financing to community health centers in low-income areas

The Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC), with support from HSBC Bank USA (HSBC), today announced a New Markets Loan Fund - $40 million in low-cost, long-term financing to develop primary care centers in economically distressed communities throughout New York State.

15 Oct 2009

Managing Myeloma website offers scholarship for attending the December 2009 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

Managing Myeloma (www.ManagingMyeloma.com), an accredited multi-supported educational website for multidisciplinary professionals, announces the opportunity for fellows in oncology to win a scholarship to attend the December 2009 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The scholarship includes registration fees, airfare, hotel accommodations, and a per diem for meals.

15 Oct 2009

deVere and Partner's initiative to improve the lives of children in Switzerland and in UK

"We are extremely pleased with the outcome of this event," commented Paul Dodds, deVere and Partner's Managing Partner in Switzerland. "We raised a significant amount for charities that will help improve the lives of children in Switzerland and in the UK. Our partnership with the Geneva appeal for Children in Need was a success and we look forward to working on future events together."

15 Oct 2009

GeckoSystems to discuss CareBot's graceful movement enabled by GeckoMotorController

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference November 4-5, 2009 attendees will be able to observe and discuss the CareBot's™ graceful movement enabled by the GeckoMotorController™.

15 Oct 2009

Positive results from Protalix BioTherapeutics Phase III UPLYSO clinical trial

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc., announced today positive top-line results from the Company's pivotal Phase III clinical trial of UPLYSO (taliglucerase alfa, previously referred to as prGCD) in treatment naive patients diagnosed with Gaucher disease.

15 Oct 2009

ADI and CeTeCancer collaborate for research project

Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a US-based pharmaceutical company, announced today it has entered into a collaboration agreement through its wholly owned subsidiary AMDL Diagnostics, Inc. (ADI) with CeTeCancer -- a Chilean-based research laboratory -- to validate the effectiveness of Radient Pharmaceuticals' Onko-Sure™ in vitro diagnostic (IVD) cancer test as an early detection and prevention test for lung cancer.

15 Oct 2009

Medipattern raises funds through private placemet

The Medipattern Corporation, a pioneer in the development of medical software solutions that help improve imaging workflow and productivity, is pleased to announce that it has closed a non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") of 1,000,000 common shares in the capital stock of the Company at $0.20 per common share, for gross proceeds of $200,000.00 to the Company.

15 Oct 2009

EP Global Communications to co-produce World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities conference

Some companies just don't get the attention and recognition that other more popular corporations do. But it seems that may all be changing as a growing number of people are seeking companies which perform services that affect the greater good of society.

15 Oct 2009

National Women's Law Center reports how insurance industry discriminates against women

The National Women's Law Center's (NWLC) groundbreaking report "Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women," first released in September 2008, brought to light how the insurance industry discriminates against women.

15 Oct 2009

Vegetable lamb plant: New treatment for osteoporosis

The "vegetable lamb" plant - once believed to bear fruit that ripened into a living baby sheep - produces substances that show promise in laboratory experiments as new treatments for osteoporosis, the bone-thinning disease. That's the conclusion of a new study in ACS' monthly Journal of Natural Products.

15 Oct 2009

Pharma IQ reports on the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals conference

Pharma IQ, a division of IQPC, held the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals, September 21-24, 2009 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. This industry-leading global forum gathered more than 350 pharmaceutical, regulatory and logistic experts to address the greatest challenges supply chain professionals face today.

From IQPC Ltd 15 Oct 2009

Cord Blood America addresses shareholder questions regarding its new laboratory in Las Vegas

Cord Blood America, Inc., the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company (http://www.cordblood-america.com ) focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells, a biological insurance policy for families nationwide and internationally, today addressed shareholder questions about its new laboratory in Las Vegas in an interview of Matthew Schissler, founder and CEO, by analyst Francis Gaskins.

15 Oct 2009

JMCR and Cases Journal return to BioMed Central's publishing portfolio

BioMed Central is once again publishing the Journal of Medical Case Reports (JMCR) and Cases Journals. Since their inception, both these journals, which currently provide over 2000 freely accessible case reports have received widespread recognition and high quality submissions from across the medical community.

15 Oct 2009

BNA Books publishes the 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Pharmaceutical Patent Law

The 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Pharmaceutical Patent Law delivers the latest legal developments in pharmaceutical patent law.

15 Oct 2009

Delays contribute to unnecessary ER visits and additional imaging services in symptomatic gallstone treatment

Getting patients to the operating room more quickly could cut by half the amount paid for hospital treatment of painful gallstones, researchers reported today at the 2009 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.

15 Oct 2009

A study on development of deaf children fitted with a Cochlear Implant

A multidisciplinary group at Malaga University, headed by Ignacio Moreno-Torres, is collecting information on the milestones that mark the development of deaf children fitted with a Cochlear Implant (CI) and studying to what extent the social and family environment affects this development. This research is funded with 101,000 euro by the Andalusian Regional Ministry of Innovation.

15 Oct 2009

Cost saving benefit faces eventual elimination without relief

Despite Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) support of President Obama's pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class, the House of Representatives is now considering -- outside of the normal legislative process -- adopting provisions approved yesterday by the Senate Finance Committee that would drastically restrict the use of flexible spending accounts (FSAs) in order to help pay for health care reform.

15 Oct 2009

Financial update from Gerresheimer

In the first nine months of the financial year (December 2008 - August 2009), Gerresheimer AG achieved sales of EUR 744.3m (prior year EUR 783.4m). Excluding the Technical Plastics business which has been sold, sales totaled EUR 714.9m, a reduction of 1.7% compared with the prior year. The corresponding operating margin (adjusted EBITDA) for the first three quarters continued on a high level at 17.9%.

15 Oct 2009

Layoffs, privatization may not help people struggling with substance abuse

The union which represents employees at the District of Columbia's Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration (APRA) called on the D.C. City Council to restore services to thousands of D.C. residents struggling with addiction.

15 Oct 2009

Medical News

Three poster presentations to be presented by the clinical pharmacy team of First DataBank

PCDC to provide long-term financing to community health centers in low-income areas

Managing Myeloma website offers scholarship for attending the December 2009 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

deVere and Partner's initiative to improve the lives of children in Switzerland and in UK

GeckoSystems to discuss CareBot's graceful movement enabled by GeckoMotorController

Positive results from Protalix BioTherapeutics Phase III UPLYSO clinical trial

ADI and CeTeCancer collaborate for research project

Medipattern raises funds through private placemet

EP Global Communications to co-produce World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities conference

National Women's Law Center reports how insurance industry discriminates against women

Vegetable lamb plant: New treatment for osteoporosis

Pharma IQ reports on the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals conference

Cord Blood America addresses shareholder questions regarding its new laboratory in Las Vegas

JMCR and Cases Journal return to BioMed Central's publishing portfolio

BNA Books publishes the 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Pharmaceutical Patent Law

Delays contribute to unnecessary ER visits and additional imaging services in symptomatic gallstone treatment

A study on development of deaf children fitted with a Cochlear Implant

Cost saving benefit faces eventual elimination without relief

Financial update from Gerresheimer

Layoffs, privatization may not help people struggling with substance abuse

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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