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Prescription drug ads drive up U.S. health costs

NPR reports on how prescription drug advertising drives up consumer demand, which drives up medical costs. The story, done in partnership with the public radio program, This American Life, is the third in a three-part series about why American health care costs are so high. "Prescription drug spending is the third most expensive cost in the U.S. health care system.

13 Oct 2009

Sanofi-aventis collaborates with Merrimack Pharmaceuticals for rights to human monoclonal antibody MM-121

Dyax Corp. announced today new developments involving drug candidates identified using the Company’s proprietary phage display technology as a result of two deals recently announced by sanofi-aventis.

13 Oct 2009

Drop in current clinical development and success rate for drug delivery enabled products

Bionumbers, LLC announced top-line figures from the second report in its Parameters of Performance series: "DD09 - Drug Delivery Product Success Rates, Development Times, Costs and Marketing Exclusivity."

13 Oct 2009

PhysioNetics receives grant to continue development of 'gripper' for upper-extremity prostheses

A $750,000 Phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow PhysioNetics, LLC to continue its development work on an innovative new “gripper” for upper-extremity prostheses.

13 Oct 2009

Human milk oligosaccharides protect infants against infection

Human milk oligosaccharides - an important ingredient in human breast milk - play a central role in protecting infants against infection. An innovative process developed by Jennewein Biotechnologie GmbH allows for the first time ever the production of these scarce sugar molecules for use as an ingredient in baby food and in additional food products.

13 Oct 2009

Prolifiq partners with EthicsPoint to offer compliance monitoring solutions

Today at the annual AdvaMed medical technology industry conference, Prolifiq (booth #219), leading provider of Good Promotional Practices software, announced a partnership with EthicsPoint, the global authority in integrated hotline and case management solutions.

13 Oct 2009

EnviroSystems expands its growth opportunities in the Korean market

Anpath Group, Inc., announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, EnviroSystems, Inc. (ESI) has expanded its growth opportunities in the Korean market with the appointment of FAB, USA (FAB) as a distributor in Korea. Early this year Anpath announced significant growth in sales of its EnviroTru® Disinfectant Cleaner in Korea.

13 Oct 2009

Clinical trial results of the LensAR Laser System to be presented at the 2009 AAO and PAAO joint meeting

LensAR, Inc., a leading developer of next generation laser technology for cataract surgery and other ocular applications, today announced that data from a recently completed clinical trial of the LensAR Laser System will be presented at the upcoming 2009 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and Pan-American Academy of Ophthalmology (PAAO). The meeting will be held October 23 - 27, 2009 in San Francisco, CA.

13 Oct 2009

Weight Management Workshop for holiday season

PureWellness, Inc. the leading provider of online wellness programs to employers and health plans, today announced the launch of their first annual Beat the Holiday Bulge Challenge.

13 Oct 2009

Pharmacists can help solve the health care puzzle by reducing overall health care costs

Choosing your pharmacist as carefully as you choose your doctor is becoming more and more important to overall health. In the United States, we spend 53% more per person on health care than any other industrialized nation, yet our patients do not fair any better.

13 Oct 2009

Hartford Hospital awards three-year contract to Zix Corporation for email encryption services

Zix Corporation, the leader in email encryption services, today announced that Hartford Hospital, a Connecticut-based hospital, has signed a three-year contract for the company's email encryption services.

13 Oct 2009

FONAR sells two more UPRIGHT Multi-Position MRI scanners

FONAR Corporation announced today two recent sales of its UPRIGHT® Multi-Position™ MRI scanners. Both sales were to private medical practices that choose to remain anonymous for competitive reasons.

13 Oct 2009

Spectron to distribute DSS' vxVistA EHR product line

Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS) today announced that Spectron Corp. of Tulsa, OK has become its first distribution partner. Spectron will redistribute vxVistA, DSS’ free and open source version of the VistA system and resell DSS’ proprietary add-on products.

13 Oct 2009

Bright Note Technology is now available in McKesson’s ambulatory electronic health record solutions

Bright Note Technology™, which instantly populates all critical data on a patient chart, is now available across the entire spectrum of McKesson’s ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) solutions for physician practices. This dynamic processing technology enables physicians and other providers to use their preferred charting style to capture data in a single screen note and, with one touch, synchronize searchable data across a complete chart.

13 Oct 2009

Johnson & Johnson announces financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Johnson & Johnson today announced sales of $15.1 billion for the third quarter of 2009, a decrease of 5.3% as compared to the third quarter of 2008. Operational results declined 2.8% and the negative impact of currency was 2.5%. Domestic sales declined 8.1%, while international sales declined 2.5%, reflecting operational growth of 2.4% and a negative currency impact of 4.9%.

13 Oct 2009

HyperBranch Medical Technology's NuSeal 30 hernia mesh fixation sealant product receives CE Mark

HyperBranch Medical Technology, Inc. announced today that it has received a CE Mark for its NuSeal 30 hernia mesh fixation sealant product. NuSeal 30 is used in hernia procedures to adhere the mesh. NuSeal 30 provides for secure mesh placement, minimizes pain caused by other fixation devices and gradually degrades as the body heals.

13 Oct 2009

USAID awards Abt Associates 'Strengthening Health Outcomes Through Private Sector' grant

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a five-year grant, Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector, to Abt Associates, Inc. Sub-recipients under the grant are Banyan Global, Jhpiego, Marie Stopes International, the Monitor Group, and O'Hanlon Health Consulting, LLC.

13 Oct 2009

Kelyniam Global to manufacture awards for IAVA

Kelyniam Global, Inc., an advanced Engineering and Rapid Prototyping Company specializing in the use of CADCAM technology, today announced that their Engineering Division will be manufacturing awards for the Iraq Afghanistan Veterans Association for the Second year in a row.

13 Oct 2009

Sequella receives Phase 1 SBIR grant for developing SQ641

Sequella, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on commercializing novel antibiotics to treat life-threatening infectious diseases, today announced that it received a $594,661 two-year Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for the development of SQ641, Sequella's lead compound in its capuramycin series, a new class of antibiotic.

13 Oct 2009

National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants to hold its first annual conference

The National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants (NAHAC), the nation's first professional association for people working as healthcare and patient advocates, will hold its first annual conference November 14-15 at the University of California, Berkeley Clark Kerr Campus.

13 Oct 2009

Medical News

Prescription drug ads drive up U.S. health costs

Sanofi-aventis collaborates with Merrimack Pharmaceuticals for rights to human monoclonal antibody MM-121

Drop in current clinical development and success rate for drug delivery enabled products

PhysioNetics receives grant to continue development of 'gripper' for upper-extremity prostheses

Human milk oligosaccharides protect infants against infection

Prolifiq partners with EthicsPoint to offer compliance monitoring solutions

EnviroSystems expands its growth opportunities in the Korean market

Clinical trial results of the LensAR Laser System to be presented at the 2009 AAO and PAAO joint meeting

Weight Management Workshop for holiday season

Pharmacists can help solve the health care puzzle by reducing overall health care costs

Hartford Hospital awards three-year contract to Zix Corporation for email encryption services

FONAR sells two more UPRIGHT Multi-Position MRI scanners

Spectron to distribute DSS' vxVistA EHR product line

Bright Note Technology is now available in McKesson’s ambulatory electronic health record solutions

Johnson & Johnson announces financial results for the third quarter of 2009

HyperBranch Medical Technology's NuSeal 30 hernia mesh fixation sealant product receives CE Mark

USAID awards Abt Associates 'Strengthening Health Outcomes Through Private Sector' grant

Kelyniam Global to manufacture awards for IAVA

Sequella receives Phase 1 SBIR grant for developing SQ641

National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants to hold its first annual conference

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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