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Breach notification regulations take effect, HIPAA-covered entities to notify affected individuals if PHI is breached

Today breach notification regulations take effect under the HITECH Act. HIPAA-covered entities, including healthcare providers and business associates, are now required to notify affected individuals, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and sometimes the media, if a patient's unsecured protected health information (PHI) is breached.

23 Sep 2009

Second annual study of FDA drug review released

PAREXEL Consulting, a business unit of PAREXEL International (Nasdaq: PRXL) and a leading global life sciences consultancy serving the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries, today released its second annual study on the state of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug review process.

From Parexel 23 Sep 2009

Phase 1b interim clinical trial results of IMO-2055, Tarceva and Avast combination announced

Idera Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: IDRA) today presented interim data from a phase 1b, single arm clinical trial evaluating IMO-2055, an agonist of Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 9, in combination with Tarceva® and Avastin® in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

23 Sep 2009

GE Healthcare creates a digital wall to commemorate the tenth anniversary of digital mammography

In addition to being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this October is the tenth anniversary of digital mammography, a technology introduced by GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) in 1999. Similar to digital photography, digital mammography replaces the film used in traditional mammography with digital files viewed and stored on computers.

23 Sep 2009

KARL STORZ receives LEED Silver certification

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc., a leader in diagnostic and operative minimally invasive endoscopic technology, is proud to announce that it has been awarded LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for the company’s North American Headquarters.

23 Sep 2009

PSI to double its HIV prevention programs

PSI (Population Services International) announced two significant commitments today at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI): a doubling of its HIV prevention programs that target at-risk men and, in partnership with Procter & Gamble's Children's Safe Drinking Water program, a commitment that will expand the availability of safe drinking water to vulnerable populations across the globe.

23 Sep 2009

Bioelectronics files for pre-marketing clearance for its ActiPatch® Therapy products

BioElectronics Corp. (PINKSHEETS: BIEL), the maker of inexpensive, disposable drug-free anti-inflammatory devices, announced that it filed today with the U.S. Government's Food and Drug Administration for 510(K) pre-marketing clearance for its ActiPatch® Therapy products.

23 Sep 2009

Next Generation CV-3D workstation and software package for Infinix-i X-ray systems

To improve the ability of physicians to provide superior patient care during interventional procedures, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has introduced its Next Generation CV-3DTM workstation and software package available on the InfinixTM-i X-ray product line.

23 Sep 2009

Livingston Securities announces the agenda for the 2nd Annual Livingston Healthcare Summit.

Today, Scott Livingston, CEO and Founder of Livingston Securities (www.livingstonsecurities.com) announced the agenda for the 2nd Annual Livingston Healthcare and Life Science Stakeholders Summit.

23 Sep 2009

New York State enacts a law to make affordable healthcare available to freelancers

Based on a health insurance model pioneered by Freelancers Union, New York State has enacted a law that will create a demonstration program to provide independent workers – a third of the country’s workforce – with the same quality of health care traditionally offered by employer insurance plans.

23 Sep 2009

DMAA Awards for Beaumont Hospitals and Independence Blue Cross

Health Dialog, a leading provider of healthcare decision programs, today announced that two of its customers received DMAA Awards for excellence in improving overall population-based healthcare.

23 Sep 2009

Aetna selected as sole provider of Medicare Advantage PPO plans to retired state employees

Aetna (NYSE:AET) announced today that it has been selected by the Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund (PEBTF) as the sole provider of Medicare Advantage PPO plans to retired state employees. Aetna will be one of three health plans providing Medicare Advantage HMO plans. The contract takes effect Jan. 1, 2010.

23 Sep 2009

Researchers make significant advances in the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma

Researchers have made significant advances in the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma - one of the most difficult cancers to treat successfully once it has started to spread - according to a study to be presented at Europe's largest cancer congress, ECCO 15 - ESMO 34, in Berlin on Thursday.

23 Sep 2009

CANCER Research UK updates its patient information website

CANCER Research UK is to unveil its revamped award-winning patient information website, CancerHelp UK (www.cancerhelp.org.uk), in November.

23 Sep 2009

Safeguard Scientifics sells additional 2.4 million shares of its position in Clarient

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE:SFE), a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, today announced that it has sold an additional 2.4 million shares of its position in Clarient, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRT) through a Clarient shelf registration on Form S-3 that was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 2009.

23 Sep 2009

The Freeplay Foundation's Lifeline radio and Lifelight programs to benefit poor women in Rwanda

The Freeplay Foundation announced today that it has been chosen as a featured organization at this week's meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. The Foundation has pledged its intent to integrate the award-winning Freeplay Lifeline radio and new clean energy Lifelight into a program benefiting 20,000 extremely poor women and girls across Rwanda.

23 Sep 2009

LFA launches new campaign for FDA-approved medication specifically for lupus

It's been 50 years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a medication to treat lupus -- when Dwight D. Eisenhower was President! To highlight the need for safer, more tolerable, and effective medications, the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. (LFA) today launched its new campaign, Band Together for Lupus(SM), which encourages people to wear an LFA purple wristband until there is a medication approved specifically for lupus by the FDA.

23 Sep 2009

Winner of the 2009 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award

The European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) is pleased to announce Jean-Pol Tassin as the recipient of the 2009 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award in Basic Science Research in recognition of his pioneering and innovative research into the neurochemical basis of substance addiction.

23 Sep 2009

Agilent Technologies introduces SureSelect Human All Exon Kit

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) has chosen the Cambridge Health Institute’s Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis conference today to introduce its SureSelect Human All Exon Kit for target enrichment prior to next-generation DNA sequencing.

23 Sep 2009

ESMO recognises outstanding achievements of leading cancer specialists

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) has recognized the outstanding achievements of three leading cancer specialists with its three prestigious annual awards: the 2009 ESMO Award, Hamilton Fairley Award and ESMO Lifetime Achievement Award.

23 Sep 2009

Medical News

Breach notification regulations take effect, HIPAA-covered entities to notify affected individuals if PHI is breached

Second annual study of FDA drug review released

Phase 1b interim clinical trial results of IMO-2055, Tarceva and Avast combination announced

GE Healthcare creates a digital wall to commemorate the tenth anniversary of digital mammography

KARL STORZ receives LEED Silver certification

PSI to double its HIV prevention programs

Bioelectronics files for pre-marketing clearance for its ActiPatch® Therapy products

Next Generation CV-3D workstation and software package for Infinix-i X-ray systems

Livingston Securities announces the agenda for the 2nd Annual Livingston Healthcare Summit.

New York State enacts a law to make affordable healthcare available to freelancers

DMAA Awards for Beaumont Hospitals and Independence Blue Cross

Aetna selected as sole provider of Medicare Advantage PPO plans to retired state employees

Researchers make significant advances in the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma

CANCER Research UK updates its patient information website

Safeguard Scientifics sells additional 2.4 million shares of its position in Clarient

The Freeplay Foundation's Lifeline radio and Lifelight programs to benefit poor women in Rwanda

LFA launches new campaign for FDA-approved medication specifically for lupus

Winner of the 2009 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award

Agilent Technologies introduces SureSelect Human All Exon Kit

ESMO recognises outstanding achievements of leading cancer specialists

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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