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Understanding Mexico's management of the A(H1N1) outbreak

When the hitherto undetected A(H1N1) influenza attacked Mexico explosively in late April 2009, the world watched with critical attention as that country's leaders scrambled to manage the emerging public health crisis.

16 Sep 2009

Perceptive Informatics utilizes Optasia's KneeAnalyzer software

Perceptive Informatics, a leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation, today announced that it has enhanced its capabilities to provide medical imaging measurements for osteoarthritis clinical trials through an alliance with Optasia Medical, Inc.

From Parexel 16 Sep 2009

Tips for saving health care costs

Lifescript.com, the leading women’s health website, today published its list of top 100 tips for slashing your family’s health care costs.

16 Sep 2009

Savient updates on its Biologics License Application with the FDA for KRYSTEXXA

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVNT) announced that on September 14, 2009, the Company completed a Type A meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss the Complete Response Letter (CRL) received by Savient on July 31, 2009 regarding the Company's Biologics License Application (BLA) for KRYSTEXXA(TM) (pegloticase) as a treatment for chronic gout in patients refractory to conventional therapy.

16 Sep 2009

Parasol Financial & Insurance Solutions offers disability insurance for dentists

According to statistics recently released by the American Council of Life Insurers, one third of all Americans between the ages 35 and 65 will become disabled for more than 90 days.

16 Sep 2009

GENova in advanced negotiations to acquire patents from TheraGlass

GENova Biotherapeutics Inc. ("GENova") is pleased to announce that it is in advanced negotiations to acquire a number of patents from TheraGlass Ltd., a company that produces a ground-breaking regenerative bioactive material with exciting potential applications.

16 Sep 2009

Phase Forward advances its clinical trial and drug safety data management capabilities

For many large pharmaceutical and medical device firms, the task of capturing and managing volumes of clinical trial and drug safety data is often outsourced to experts like Phase Forward.

16 Sep 2009

BioClinica obtains Tourtellotte Solutions

BioClinica, Inc., a global provider of clinical trial services, today announced that it has acquired privately-held Tourtellotte Solutions, Inc. (Tourtellotte), a leader in software and services for the bio-pharmaceutical industry.

From Clario 16 Sep 2009

Speaker Pelosi's remarks at the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee forum on health insurance reform

Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered opening remarks this morning at a forum held by the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee that highlighted the urgent need for comprehensive health insurance reform.

16 Sep 2009

Next Generation Advanced Image Processing for Toshiba Infinix-i product line

Improving the ability to provide premium patient care during interventional procedures, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. is expanding the availability of Next Generation Advanced Image Processing (AIP) to more systems in the Toshiba InfinixTM-i product line.

16 Sep 2009

Sunwin and WILD Flavors complete FDA's GRAS status for their stevia extracts

Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. ("Sunwin") (OTCBB: SUWN) -- a worldwide supplier of all-natural, zero-calorie stevia, and WILD Flavors, Inc. ("WILD Flavors") -- one of the largest, privately-owned suppliers of natural and health-enhancing ingredients, flavors, colors, and innovative product concepts to the food and beverage industry, have completed the process for U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") self-affirmed GRAS status for stevia extracts produced by Sunwin and sold worldwide.

16 Sep 2009

ESHRE workshop on human reproduction, more specifically on the freezing of sperm and embryos

ESHRE invites you to attend its workshop on freezing of human sperm, eggs and embryos in Athens, Greece "Cryobiology and cryopreservation of human gametes and embryos".

16 Sep 2009

New therapies boost obesity drug market

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the uptake of novel therapies will drive the obesity drug market to increase more than six-fold, from $512 million in 2008 to more than $3.2 billion in 2018 in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan.

16 Sep 2009

Pan American Health Organization calls for preventing sickness to curtail health care costs

According to every major health organization, many costly and disabling conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic infectious diseases are linked by common preventable risk factors -- smoking, poor dietary habits, physical inactivity and poor hygiene.

16 Sep 2009

Albumin for cancer treatment

Tiny particles of albumin, a protein found in the blood, can be used to carry radioactive isotopes to the site of a cancerous tumour in the body and so avoid many of the side-effects of conventional radiotherapy.

16 Sep 2009

Precise T cell correlates of protection need to be identified for vaccine design

T cells are key players in the immune response to HIV, which are able to delete infected cells. This capacity is used for vaccine development against HIV. "To date however, success of this strategy remains elusive. Our understanding of T cell efficacy is still limited, and we need to identify precise T cell correlates of protection that could guide rationale vaccine design", says Victor Appay, Group leader HIV Pathogenesis and Immunosenescence, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, at the 2nd European Congress of Immunology ECI 2009 in Berlin.

16 Sep 2009

Free caregivers provided to veterans and their spouses by TheraCare

Now, free long term care services, both home and community based, are being offered to qualified veterans and their spouses by TheraCare Home Health and Staffing, LLC.

16 Sep 2009

Genes producing tetrahydrocannabinol in marijuana identified

In a first step toward engineering a drug-free Cannabis plant for hemp fiber and oil, University of Minnesota researchers have identified genes producing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive substance in marijuana. Studying the genes could also lead to new and better drugs for pain, nausea and other conditions.

16 Sep 2009

FAO and WHO to provide science-based guidance on food and nutrition

The FAO and the WHO have been assigned the task to provide science-based guidance on food and nutrition to national governments and the international community.

16 Sep 2009

Global medical device manufacturer procures Sono-Tek's MediCoat stent coating systems worth $400,000

Sono-Tek Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SOTK) announced today the sale of a series of its MediCoat DES 2000 stent coating systems to a leading global medical device manufacturer. The sale is Sono-Tek's largest ever sales transaction to the medical device industry, valued at approximately $400,000.

16 Sep 2009

Medical News

Understanding Mexico's management of the A(H1N1) outbreak

Perceptive Informatics utilizes Optasia's KneeAnalyzer software

Tips for saving health care costs

Savient updates on its Biologics License Application with the FDA for KRYSTEXXA

Parasol Financial & Insurance Solutions offers disability insurance for dentists

GENova in advanced negotiations to acquire patents from TheraGlass

Phase Forward advances its clinical trial and drug safety data management capabilities

BioClinica obtains Tourtellotte Solutions

Speaker Pelosi's remarks at the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee forum on health insurance reform

Next Generation Advanced Image Processing for Toshiba Infinix-i product line

Sunwin and WILD Flavors complete FDA's GRAS status for their stevia extracts

ESHRE workshop on human reproduction, more specifically on the freezing of sperm and embryos

New therapies boost obesity drug market

Pan American Health Organization calls for preventing sickness to curtail health care costs

Albumin for cancer treatment

Precise T cell correlates of protection need to be identified for vaccine design

Free caregivers provided to veterans and their spouses by TheraCare

Genes producing tetrahydrocannabinol in marijuana identified

FAO and WHO to provide science-based guidance on food and nutrition

Global medical device manufacturer procures Sono-Tek's MediCoat stent coating systems worth $400,000

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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