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Omni Management Group establishes new office in Manhattan

Robert L. Berger, Managing Member and Founder of Omni Management Group, LLC, announced today the opening of their new office in Midtown Manhattan, located at 1120 Avenue of the Americas.

13 Oct 2009

TCGRx and NetRx sign partnership to improve the overall process in pharmacies

TCGRx (TCG), an industry leader in automation and design services for pharmacy markets across the U.S., announced today a strategic partnership with NetRx, a national network comprised of locally based, long-term care pharmacies with reputations for personalized service, high-quality products and cost-effective prices.

13 Oct 2009

Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings to raise $550 million through private placement

Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp. today announced that it has commenced an offering through a private placement of $550 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2016 (the “Notes”). Talecris intends to use the proceeds from the offering to repay its First and Second Lien Term Loans, repay a portion of borrowings under its Revolving Credit Facility, and to pay related fees and expenses.

13 Oct 2009

Go Healthy to distribute Plasma Activated Water

Go Healthy, Inc. (Pink Sheets: GOHE) announced today that the company has entered into a agreement with Hydro Enterprises, Inc., and Planet Green Solutions, Inc., to distribute Plasma Activated Water (PAW), a patented water technology that produces water from any source at a 9.5 pH level with significant and favorable Oxygen Reduction Potential (ORP) readings.

13 Oct 2009

Study reveals that teenage boys are less responsible than girls in preventing chlamydia

Teenage boys in Sweden take less responsibility than girls for preventing the spread of chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections, according to a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

13 Oct 2009

Congressman Joe Wilson's statement on healthcare reform

Participating in his first full length radio interview since his famously shouted “You Lie” remark during President Obama’s address to Congress propelled him into the media spotlight, Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) appeared on the nationally syndicated Neal Asbury Show on WZAB-AM. Congressman Wilson attributed his dramatic vocal response to a “town hall moment,” a visceral reaction to what he inherently knew was Obama’s misrepresentation of the citizenship immigration policy.

13 Oct 2009

Wood pallets tested positive for three types of food poisoning bacteria

Wood pallets used to ship food in the Washington Metropolitan Area tested positive for three types of deadly food poisoning bacteria, raising new concerns about the risks wood pallets pose to the nation's food supply.

13 Oct 2009

Virginia Health Information releases HMO quality and satisfaction reports

Virginia Health Information (VHI), a nonprofit health information company, reports HMO quality and satisfaction reports at www.vhi.org.

13 Oct 2009

Cochlear implant inventor chosen for neuroscience research

Dr. Michael Merzenich, PhD - renowned neuroscientist, university professor, cochlear implant inventor, brain plasticity expert and tech entrepreneur - was formally inducted in the Institute of Medicine (IOM) today in Washington, D.C.

13 Oct 2009

Canadian research finds young adults more willing to donate blood

Youth may not bring wisdom but, according to a new study from Canada, it does bring generosity as young adults are found to be the most likely to donate blood. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Health Geographics, looked at what factors had an impact on donating blood.

13 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 13, 2009

All eyes are watching for the outcome of today's Senate Finance Committee health bill vote. Will the measure pass? How will Sen. Olympia Snowe vote? And what about that insurance industry report?

13 Oct 2009

Sixth annual Medical Student Research Forum highlights latest findings

Members of Qatar's research and medical community recently gathered at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar to learn more about research conducted by the college's pre-medical and medical students.

13 Oct 2009

Pharmaceuticals to provide safe needle collection and disposal programs for patients

It is illegal in the state of California to unsafely dispose of "sharps" (medical waste such as needles and syringes) in the home, and thanks to California State Senator Joe Simitian's Senate Bill 486, and contributors from his annual "There Oughta Be A Law" contest, 1 million Californians will not be breaking the law anymore (see http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/hhw/sharps/).

13 Oct 2009

Onyx Pharmaceuticals signs definitive agreement to acquire Proteolix

Proteolix, Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

13 Oct 2009

Massive mismanagement leads to catastrophic decline in freshwater biodiversity

The world will miss its agreed target to stem biodiversity loss by next year, according to experts convening in Cape Town for a landmark conference devoted to biodiversity science.

13 Oct 2009

Merck Frosst Canada's JANUMET receives Notice of Compliance in Canada

Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. announced today that its new diabetes treatment, JANUMET(TM) (sitagliptin/metformin HCI, MSD), has received Notice of Compliance (NoC) in Canada.

13 Oct 2009

AmexDrug shows positive growth despite poor economic conditions

AmexDrug Corporation, a US pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical company, is showing signs of growth despite poor economic conditions. These increases will be seen for the rest of the year, moving strong into 2010.

13 Oct 2009

VNACJ implements Celio Corp’s REDFLY Mobile Companion and Homecare Homebase Software to improve patient care

For Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ), mobility is everything. To effectively provide and document the best in-home care and rehabilitation for newly discharged hospital and in-home patients they need mobile technology that complies with federal regulations and allows them to effectively document and track patient information. They found a solution in Celio Corp’s REDFLY Mobile Companion and Homecare Homebase Software.

13 Oct 2009

NuGEN Technologies enters NGS applications market

NuGEN Technologies, Inc., an innovator in genomic sample preparation, makes a dramatic entry into the next-generation sequencing (NGS) applications market with the strategic addition of a team of experts in NGS, the opening of a new Seattle research facility, and — by year’s end — the launch of a simplified sample preparation kit capable of working from reduced starting material for next-generation RNA-Seq.

13 Oct 2009

The Automation Partnership's ambr technology to be previewed at the Bioprocess International Conference

The Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leader in the design and development of innovative automation for life science applications, is exclusively previewing its Advanced Microscale BioReactor (ambr™) technology on Booth 914 at the Bioprocess International Conference in Raleigh, USA.

13 Oct 2009