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Latest Md. budget cut rips into health care programs

Maryland health programs will suffer especially deep cuts in the state's effort to patch a $454 million shortfall, the latest in a series of budget problems, the Washington Post reports.

28 Aug 2009

Kucinich asks insurers to testify on coverage, costs after recess

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, has asked leaders from the largest insurers in America to testify in mid-September about the industry's "coverage, costs and claim denials," Reuters reports.

28 Aug 2009

MCRA and PearlDiver Technologies to offer claims-based analyses and reports using common coding by physicians

Musculoskeletal Clinical Regulatory Advisers, LLC, the leading musculoskeletal consulting firm focused on regulatory, clinical, intellectual property, quality assurance and reimbursement strategy development, announced a strategic alliance with PearlDiver Technologies Inc., Fort Wayne, IN.

28 Aug 2009

AVANIR raises funds to develop and commercialize Zenvia for PBA

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNR) today announced it had raised gross proceeds of approximately $10.6 million via the sale of approximately 4.5 million shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $2.34 per share.

28 Aug 2009

ADInstruments' latest version of LabTutor helps nursing students

ADInstruments is helping nursing students bridge the gap between the classroom and hospital ward with the latest version of LabTutor and three Nursing Experiment Collections. LabTutor 3.0 supports 19 new experiments (featuring over 100 exercises including patient case studies) that illustrate in practical terms the biological theory taught in nursing anatomy and physiology classrooms.

28 Aug 2009

Gen-Probe commences its PROGENSA PCA3 assay clinical trial

Gen-Probe Incorporated announced today that the Company has begun a clinical trial intended to secure U.S. regulatory approval of its PROGENSA(R) PCA3 assay, a new molecular test that may help determine the need for a repeat prostate biopsy.

28 Aug 2009

Study shows younger adults with high cholesterol not adhering to prescribed medications

A study released today by CVS Caremark found that more than 50 percent of patients under the age of 45 who are prescribed a medication to treat high cholesterol are not optimally adherent to their therapy.

28 Aug 2009

Abbott to partner with Pfizer to develop a companion diagnostic test for non-small cell lung cancer

Abbott announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Pfizer Inc to develop a molecular diagnostic test intended to screen non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors for the presence of gene rearrangements.

28 Aug 2009

USPTO awards two new patents to Nerites

Nerites Corporation announced Thursday that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued two new patents covering the company’s technology. These “composition of matter” patents provide underlying intellectual property protection for surgical adhesives, films, and coatings. Nerites’ scientists create synthetic mimetics of the protein components used by marine mussels to stick to rocks under water.

28 Aug 2009

Fast Forward selects IntraLinks to support its funding effort

IntraLinks®, the leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, today announced that Fast Forward™ has selected IntraLinks to help streamline the collection, distribution and tracking of information to support their funding of multiple biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies working on new Multiple Sclerosis (MS) treatments.

28 Aug 2009

Dr. David J. Caparrelli becomes a member of SVS at its Vascular Annual Meeting

Dr. David J. Caparrelli who practices at Arizona Heart Institute (AHI) became an active member of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) during its Vascular Annual Meeting in Denver.

28 Aug 2009

New fully upgradable, multi-purpose ProSound Alpha 6 ultrasound system launched by ALOKA

ALOKA CO., LTD., announced today its new ProSound Alpha 6, the next generation of compact color ultrasound systems. This new multi-purpose system, providing unprecedented performance in a variety of ultrasound applications, is fully upgradable and easy to use.

28 Aug 2009

Stark: Blue Dog Dems 'just want to cause trouble'

During a conference call with reporters on Thursday, Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., chairman of the Ways and Means health subcommittee, suggested that Blue Dog Democrats "just want to cause trouble" when it comes to the changes they have sought in pending health care legislation, the Associated Press reports.

28 Aug 2009

Infectious Disease Research Institute commences clinical trial of its leishmaniasis vaccine in Sudan

IDRI (Infectious Disease Research Institute) announced today the start of a clinical trial in Sudan to test its leishmaniasis vaccine candidate for the treatment of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL), a complication of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) which is observed in 50% of patients treated for VL in the country, predominantly affecting children.

28 Aug 2009

Urodynamix Technologies announces fiscal 2009 second-quarter financials

Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:URO) today reported its financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended June 30, 2009. The Company reported revenues of $21,871, a 70% decrease over the same quarter of the prior year. The Company's order backlog at June 30, 2009 was $92,576 compared to nil at the end of the comparative quarter June 30, 2008.

28 Aug 2009

Joint Commission urges health care leaders to prevent errors by taking the zero-defect approach

A new Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert issued today urges health care leaders to step up efforts to prevent errors by taking the zero-defect approach used in other high-risk industries such as aviation and nuclear energy.

28 Aug 2009

Influence: A labor leader's return and the Blue Dogs' campaign cash

Health care lobbyists, industry groups and labor leaders continue to vie for influence as Washington braces for the health reform debate to return to town next month.

28 Aug 2009

Kamada finalizes agreement for the distribution of its intravenous alpha-1 antitrypsin in the United States

Kamada (TASE:KMDA), a bio-pharmaceutical company engaged in the development, manufacturing and marketing of specialty life-saving therapeutics, announced today that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with a large US specialty pharmaceutical distributor company for the distribution of its flagship product, intravenous alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT-IV) in the United States.

28 Aug 2009

AVI BioPharma's peptide-conjugated PMO chemistry to be discussed at two upcoming scientific meetings

AVI BioPharma, Inc., a developer of RNA-based drugs, today announced that Hong Moulton, Ph.D., Director of Discovery Research, will give oral presentations highlighting improved analogues of AVI's phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer (PMO) chemistry at two upcoming scientific meetings.

28 Aug 2009

NIMH grants Xhale $1.7 million to develop the SMART medication adherence system for HIV/AIDS therapies

Xhale, Inc. has been awarded a $1.7 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant by the NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to continue the development of SMART (Self Monitoring and Reporting Therapeutics), a breath-based medication adherence system for HIV/AIDS therapies.

28 Aug 2009

Medical News

Latest Md. budget cut rips into health care programs

Kucinich asks insurers to testify on coverage, costs after recess

MCRA and PearlDiver Technologies to offer claims-based analyses and reports using common coding by physicians

AVANIR raises funds to develop and commercialize Zenvia for PBA

ADInstruments' latest version of LabTutor helps nursing students

Gen-Probe commences its PROGENSA PCA3 assay clinical trial

Study shows younger adults with high cholesterol not adhering to prescribed medications

Abbott to partner with Pfizer to develop a companion diagnostic test for non-small cell lung cancer

USPTO awards two new patents to Nerites

Fast Forward selects IntraLinks to support its funding effort

Dr. David J. Caparrelli becomes a member of SVS at its Vascular Annual Meeting

New fully upgradable, multi-purpose ProSound Alpha 6 ultrasound system launched by ALOKA

Stark: Blue Dog Dems 'just want to cause trouble'

Infectious Disease Research Institute commences clinical trial of its leishmaniasis vaccine in Sudan

Urodynamix Technologies announces fiscal 2009 second-quarter financials

Joint Commission urges health care leaders to prevent errors by taking the zero-defect approach

Influence: A labor leader's return and the Blue Dogs' campaign cash

Kamada finalizes agreement for the distribution of its intravenous alpha-1 antitrypsin in the United States

AVI BioPharma's peptide-conjugated PMO chemistry to be discussed at two upcoming scientific meetings

NIMH grants Xhale $1.7 million to develop the SMART medication adherence system for HIV/AIDS therapies

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