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SXC Health Solutions raises $203.3 million from public offering of its common shares

SXC Health Solutions Corp. ("SXC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SXCI, TSX: SXC) announced today that it successfully completed its previously announced public offering of 5,175,000 of its common shares at a price to the public of $41.50 per share, which includes 675,000 shares sold pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option.

24 Sep 2009

La Jolla Institute scientist Hilde Cheroutre earns the 2009 NIH Director's Pioneer Award

A scientist at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology has received one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s top awards -- the 2009 NIH Director's Pioneer Award. The prestigious prize carries with it funding for total costs of up to $4.7 million over five years, and is designed to support the work of exceptionally creative scientists, whose novel proposals offer the potential to make extraordinary contributions to human health.

24 Sep 2009

Stereotaxis showcases its remote magnetic navigation technology at TCT symposium

Stereotaxis, Inc. is showcasing the value of its technologies for interventional procedures at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium in San Francisco this week.

24 Sep 2009

Green Family Foundation announces commitments for the betterment of Haiti at the Clinton Global Initiative

The Green Family Foundation (www.greenff.org), a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving global health and elevating socio-economic conditions, announced today dual commitments benefiting Haiti at the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative.

24 Sep 2009

Patents listed in FDA's Orange Book for Eli Lilly’s Evista invalidated

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has issued a decision invalidating two patents listed in the FDA’s Orange Book for Eli Lilly’s Evista® (raloxifene hydrochloride) Tablets in litigation concerning Teva’s abbreviated new drug application to market a generic version. The court found these patents to be invalid for lack of written description.

24 Sep 2009

Everolimus-eluting stent efficient in treating native coronary artery lesions

Late-breaking data from SPIRIT IV, a large-scale multi-center study of nearly 4,000 patients in the U.S., shows that an everolimus-eluting stent demonstrated enhanced safety and efficacy in the treatment of de novo native coronary artery lesions when compared to a paclitaxel-eluting stent, and showed that "low late loss" may be achieved with drug-eluting stents without sacrificing safety.

24 Sep 2009

Virginia Surety to provide underwriting and compliance services for ESCO

Virginia Surety Company, Inc., a unit of The Warranty Group, Inc., today announced an agreement to provide underwriting and compliance services for Ear Service Corporation's (ESCO) comprehensive loss, damage and repair programs for the hearing aid industry.

24 Sep 2009

Clinton Global Initiative to raise awareness and funding for NTD control and elimination

At the Clinton Global Initiative today, the Inter-American Development Bank joined with the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases to announce their commitment to mobilize $30 million from the public and private sectors to raise awareness and funding for NTD control and elimination in the Americas, supported by technical assistance from the Pan American Health Organization, regional office of the World Health Organization for the Americas.

24 Sep 2009

BCLC recognizes HCSC for its outstanding work with community service

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) is recognizing Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) for its outstanding work with community service. The BCLC has named HCSC as a finalist for its Corporate Citizenship Award in the category of U.S. Community Service. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation and HCSC is the country's largest customer-owned health insurer operating Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

24 Sep 2009

Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's publication on infectious diseases released

Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, proudly announces the release of Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 7th Edition. Marking 30 years since its initial publication, it remains the most respected reference source of its kind, and maintains its relevance in the face of the emergence of newly recognized infectious diseases, including new strains of the swine (H1N1) and avian influenza viruses.

24 Sep 2009

Rio Grande Dermatology offers eyelash drugs for $99

Many women desire to have thicker and longer eyelashes. Previously this could only be accomplished with the use of fake lashes. However, due to the discovery of a desirable side effect of a glaucoma drug, Latisse was born. Rio Grande Dermatology, providers of comprehensive dermatology treatments for the Albuquerque metropolitan area, is proud to offer this highly anticipated "eyelash drug" for an introductory price of $99 dollars.

24 Sep 2009

Kathie Supiano chosen as a 2009 Health Care Hero

University of Utah College of Nursing faculty member Kathie Supiano, MS, LCSW was recognized by Utah Business Magazine today as one of its 2009 Health Care Heroes. This annual recognition acknowledges excellence and innovation within the health care system and contributes to continuously improving the standard of care that Utah's organizations provide. The event took place at the Grand America Hotel located in downtown Salt Lake City.

24 Sep 2009

First Edition: September 24, 2009

Today's headlines shed light on developments during the second day of the Finance Committee's health bill mark up.

24 Sep 2009

District court of Frankfurt, Germany rules in favour of Occlutech

Occlutech GmbH, the leading European developer of products for septal closure, today announced that the district court of Frankfurt, Germany reversed an earlier court injunction obtained by AGA Medical against Occlutech's sales and marketing activities relating to the newly launched Figulla Flex ranges of ASD and PFO occluders.

24 Sep 2009

AFA reacts to an Ohio woman's claims of an embroyo mix up

An Ohio woman, 40-year-old Carolyn Savage, claims a fertility clinic implanted the wrong embryo and that the baby she's due to deliver the first week in October is not hers. Several media reports state Savage and her husband plan to give the baby boy to his biological parents. The name of the clinic is not being released in this very rare alleged case.

24 Sep 2009

NICE updates its guidance on hysteroscopic sterilization

Conceptus, Inc., developer of the Essure procedure, the first proven non-incisional permanent birth control method available, today announced that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the United Kingdom has updated its guidance on hysteroscopic sterilization to support the use of the Essure permanent birth control procedure.

24 Sep 2009

Aerocrine announces the positive outcome of its complaint against Medisoft in Germany

Aerocrine AB today announced the positive outcome of its complaint against Medisoft P.A.E. filed at the District Court of Dusseldorf, Germany.

24 Sep 2009

Millennium Development Goals strive to reduce malnutrition by half by 2015

Ninety per cent of older persons in rural Bangladesh displayed either overt or risk for malnutrition in a collaborative study presented in a dissertation by Tamanna Ferdous from Uppsala University Sept 22, 2009. The results, which are part of a larger international study, challenge the Millenium Development Goals.

24 Sep 2009

RetireSafe calls for Senators to oppose the rationing of Medicare hospital benefits at physician hospitals

Today RetireSafe, representing 400,000 senior supporters across America, called on the U.S. Senate, starting with the Senate Finance Committee, to stop the proposed rationing of high-quality hospital care to Medicare patients.

24 Sep 2009

Mayo Clinic Health Manager users have access to blood pressure trackers

As part of Mayo Clinic and Microsoft Corp.'s shared vision to help families take better care of their health, the two companies have made enhancements to Mayo Clinic Health Manager, a free online application designed to help people organize and better manage their health. People with conditions such as hypertension and high cholesterol will now have access to a variety of trackers and up-to-date information to help keep their conditions under control.

24 Sep 2009

Medical News

SXC Health Solutions raises $203.3 million from public offering of its common shares

La Jolla Institute scientist Hilde Cheroutre earns the 2009 NIH Director's Pioneer Award

Stereotaxis showcases its remote magnetic navigation technology at TCT symposium

Green Family Foundation announces commitments for the betterment of Haiti at the Clinton Global Initiative

Patents listed in FDA's Orange Book for Eli Lilly’s Evista invalidated

Everolimus-eluting stent efficient in treating native coronary artery lesions

Virginia Surety to provide underwriting and compliance services for ESCO

Clinton Global Initiative to raise awareness and funding for NTD control and elimination

BCLC recognizes HCSC for its outstanding work with community service

Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's publication on infectious diseases released

Rio Grande Dermatology offers eyelash drugs for $99

Kathie Supiano chosen as a 2009 Health Care Hero

First Edition: September 24, 2009

District court of Frankfurt, Germany rules in favour of Occlutech

AFA reacts to an Ohio woman's claims of an embroyo mix up

NICE updates its guidance on hysteroscopic sterilization

Aerocrine announces the positive outcome of its complaint against Medisoft in Germany

Millennium Development Goals strive to reduce malnutrition by half by 2015

RetireSafe calls for Senators to oppose the rationing of Medicare hospital benefits at physician hospitals

Mayo Clinic Health Manager users have access to blood pressure trackers

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From street to lab: Advancing controlled substance testing with handheld Raman and FTIR

Reimagining light scattering for biotherapeutics

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