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Business update from Physicians Healthcare Management Group

Physicians Healthcare Management Group, Inc., a developer of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in partnership with physicians and manager of Physhield Insurance Exchange (Physhield), a licensed medical malpractice insurer, today announced that it has issued its financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The financials are being posted today on the Pink Sheets (www.pinksheets.com).

14 Oct 2009

Wellstar International enters into financing agreement with JMJ Financial

Wellstar International, Inc., has announced that it has entered into a financing agreement with JMJ Financial to provide the Company with an expected $1.2 million dollars in operational funding over the eighteen months. Details of the financing were contained in the Company's Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2009.

14 Oct 2009

Abbott announces financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009.

14 Oct 2009

Aspenbio Pharma closes public offering of its common stock shares

AspenBio Pharma, Inc. today announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 5,155,000 shares of its common stock at $1.70 per share. The aggregate number of shares of common stock sold reflects the exercise in full by the underwriter of its over-allotment option to purchase 672,391 additional shares of common stock.

14 Oct 2009

American College of Physician Executives offers new course for physicians to improve patient safety

When systems fail in the health care world, the results can be deadly. So creating the most reliable, safest system possible is always a priority. Now the American College of Physician Executives is offering a new course aimed directly at improving patient safety by helping physicians apply best practices from highly reliable organizations.

14 Oct 2009

22nd Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo successfully celebrated

The 22nd Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo (HFSE) celebrated yet another successful showing at its annual conference, held September 30 - October 2, 2009 at Chicago’s famed Navy Pier. Despite industry-wide concerns about the economy’s impact on tradeshows, HFSE closed the conference unscathed with 2,199 attendees, nearly matching last year’s record high.

14 Oct 2009

National Health Partners kicks off phase 2 of its internet marketing campaign

National Health Partners, Inc., a leading provider of unique discount healthcare membership programs, announced today that it will be initiating phase 2 of its internet marketing campaign with two leading national internet marketing companies.

14 Oct 2009

Provectus Pharmaceuticals commences compassionate use program of PV-10 for cancer

Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, has expanded its compassionate use program for PV-10, making the agent, which is being developed as a therapeutic agent for a broad spectrum of cancers, available for select cancer patients in the United States. The program is already in progress in Australia, where it was initiated in June 2009.

14 Oct 2009

Progenics Pharmaceuticals and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals sign license agreement

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth under which Progenics is regaining all worldwide rights to the RELISTOR® franchise from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, which Progenics had previously licensed to Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

14 Oct 2009

MAQUET Cardiovascular officially opens its new headquarters in Wayne

MAQUET Cardiovascular LLC, a leading, global provider of cardiovascular technologies, today celebrated and formally opened its new United States headquarters in Wayne, New Jersey. The dedication ceremony was attended by local and state dignitaries, the MAQUET leadership team, and local employees from the company's cardiovascular, critical care and surgical workplace divisions.

14 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 14, 2009

Today's headlines report on the Senate Finance Committee's historic vote on health overhaul legislation with Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, at the center of the action. But with the insurance industry emerging as a clear foe, what comes next?

14 Oct 2009

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation honors Greenberg Traurig attorney D. Porpoise Evans

D. Porpoise Evans, a litigation associate in the Miami office of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig P.A., has been named among the "40 Under 40" outstanding lawyers of Miami-Dade County by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). The 40 lawyers will be honored at the CFF benefit dinner on November 20, 2009 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami.

14 Oct 2009

Global Bioenergies discovers synthetic metabolic pathway for producing isobutene

Global Bioenergies, located on the Genopole campus close to Paris, has today announced the proof-of-concept of a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing isobutene, a key building block that can be converted into transportation fuels, polymers and various commodity chemicals.

14 Oct 2009

Delegation from All-CABPA visits Sundia

A delegation from the Alliance of Chinese-American Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Associations (All-CABPA) visited Sundia in Shanghai's famous Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park on October 12.

14 Oct 2009

Climate change and health policy: Expert panel to guide health professionals in the run-up to Copenhagen

Join Ian Roberts, Mike Gill and Mala Rao for an examination of health policy in relation to climate change, both in the developed and developing world, and the crucial role that health professionals have to play in the run-up to Copenhagen. They will provide practical guidance on how to influence everything from international policy to community health strategies, and you will have the opportunity to have your questions answered by our expert panel.

14 Oct 2009

Roche and Genentech to discuss their radical collaborative business model at the Windhover Conference

Elsevier Business Intelligence and Windhover Conferences have announced a major addition to the lineup for their upcoming Therapeutic Area Partnerships event, Nov. 17-19 in Boston, MA. In Roche and Genentech: Understanding Their Collaborative Business Development Model, the two executives who designed and implemented the radical new collaborative business model will share exactly how they make this relationship work and the outlook for the business model in the future.

14 Oct 2009

New non-invasive technology to measure glucose levels in the human eye

New non-invasive technology designed to painlessly measure glucose levels in the human eye shows promise of one day replacing the finger-stick blood test, according to results of a pre-clinical study funded by Freedom Meditech, Inc.

14 Oct 2009

Women with breast cancer can improve their mental health through Transcendental Meditation technique

Women with breast cancer reduced stress and improved their mental health and emotional well being through the Transcendental Meditation technique, according to a new study published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed Integrative Cancer Therapies (Vol. 8, No. 3: September 2009).

14 Oct 2009

GeckoSystems to discuss the CareBot's low cost differential drive locomotion system

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) (http://www.geckosystems.com/) 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™ low cost differential drive locomotion system.

14 Oct 2009

Research scientists develop bioengineered treatment for targeting pancreatic cancer

Research scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, have developed a novel bioengineered treatment that has shown promise in targeting pancreatic cancer without causing damage to healthy noncancer cells, a typical problem of chemotherapy.

14 Oct 2009

Medical News

Business update from Physicians Healthcare Management Group

Wellstar International enters into financing agreement with JMJ Financial

Abbott announces financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009

Aspenbio Pharma closes public offering of its common stock shares

American College of Physician Executives offers new course for physicians to improve patient safety

22nd Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo successfully celebrated

National Health Partners kicks off phase 2 of its internet marketing campaign

Provectus Pharmaceuticals commences compassionate use program of PV-10 for cancer

Progenics Pharmaceuticals and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals sign license agreement

MAQUET Cardiovascular officially opens its new headquarters in Wayne

First Edition: October 14, 2009

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation honors Greenberg Traurig attorney D. Porpoise Evans

Global Bioenergies discovers synthetic metabolic pathway for producing isobutene

Delegation from All-CABPA visits Sundia

Climate change and health policy: Expert panel to guide health professionals in the run-up to Copenhagen

Roche and Genentech to discuss their radical collaborative business model at the Windhover Conference

New non-invasive technology to measure glucose levels in the human eye

Women with breast cancer can improve their mental health through Transcendental Meditation technique

GeckoSystems to discuss the CareBot's low cost differential drive locomotion system

Research scientists develop bioengineered treatment for targeting pancreatic cancer

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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