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ImmunID announces publication of clinical study data on ImmunTraCkeR assay in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

ImmunID today announced the publication of a short report in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer showing that the analysis of peripheral T cell receptor diversity using the company's ImmunTraCkeR assay is associated with clinical outcomes following Ipilimumab treatment in metastatic melanoma.

8 Jul 2015

First-of-its-kind 'Transitional Care' provider starts treating Medicare patients

A first-of-its-kind provider group has begun treating Medicare patients who have been discharged from hospitals and post-acute care facilities under a newly launched Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) designation called ‘Transitional Care.’

8 Jul 2015

Amedica receives FDA feedback on proposed wear testing femoral head protocols

Amedica Corporation, a company that develops and commercializes silicon nitride ceramics as a biomaterial platform, today announced that responses to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration inquiries regarding the Company’s cervical composite silicon nitride interbody device were submitted to the FDA on June 30, 2015.

8 Jul 2015

Avita Medical donates ReCell devices, sends experienced personnel to help treat burn victims in Taiwan

Avita Medical Ltd., a regenerative medicine company specializing in the treatment of wounds and skin defects, has donated a number of free ReCell devices and sent personnel experienced in burn treatment to provide any support requested by authorities in Taiwan, where hundreds of people have been left seriously burned in a mass casualty event at a waterpark.

8 Jul 2015

Galmed signs License Agreement for development of blood-based companion diagnostic tool

Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a once-daily, oral therapy for the treatment of liver diseases, announced today that it has entered into a Research, Option and License Agreement ("License Agreement") and a Share Purchase Agreement with One Way Liver Genomics S.L., for the development of a non-invasive, blood-based companion diagnostic tool.

8 Jul 2015

Free, online resource introduced for patients and healthcare professionals in Canada

MarijuanaMedInfo Inc. today introduced www.MarijuanaMedInfo.ca a free, online resource for patients and healthcare professionals. The website provides scientific, clinical, regulatory, reimbursement and access information on the medical use of marijuana.

8 Jul 2015

Study aims to determine utility of Trovagene's PCM technology for predicting response to cancer immunotherapy

Trovagene, Inc., a developer of cell-free molecular diagnostics, today announced the launch of a study that aims to determine utility of the Company's Precision Cancer Monitoring (PCM) technology for predicting response to treatment in advanced melanoma patients receiving one or a combination of the novel immunotherapy agents Yervoy (ipilumumab), a CTLA-4 inhibitor, and Opdivo (nivolumab), a PD-1 inhibitor.

8 Jul 2015

Experts argue that 'beyond aid' policies in health care need greater scrutiny

The UK government's investments in private hospital chains in developing countries, in the form of 'beyond aid' approaches, could actually be hindering inclusive development and need greater scrutiny, argue experts in The BMJ this week.

8 Jul 2015

Resverlogix and Hepalink close license agreement, sign definitive stock purchase agreement

Resverlogix Corp. announced today that it has closed a license agreement and formally entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement with Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd..

8 Jul 2015

Aridis expands, accelerates current AR-301 Phase 2a study for treatment of acute pneumonia in the U.S.

Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company applying proprietary technologies to produce novel anti-infectives and immunotherapies for infectious diseases, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for AR-301, also referred to as Salvecin, the company's fully human anti-Staphylococcal α-toxin IgG1 monoclonal antibody being developed for the treatment of hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia (HAP and VAP) caused by Staphylococcus aureus, including multi-drug resistant 'MRSA' strains.

8 Jul 2015

Immune Pharmaceuticals amends licensing agreement with Endo Pharmaceuticals

Immune Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has amended its 2003 Licensing Agreement with Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Endo International plc. As a result, Immune will transfer to Endo its previously licensed patents related to the use of topical lidocaine in acute and chronic back pain and Endo will grant Immune a royalty-free, non-exclusive, fully transferable license to those patents.

8 Jul 2015

SCIO Health Analytics included in 20 Most Promising Healthcare Analytics Solution Providers list

SCIO Health Analytics, a leading health analytics solution and services company, today announced that it was named to Healthcare Tech Outlook's, "20 Most Promising Healthcare Analytics Solution Providers" list for 2015.

8 Jul 2015

OBP Medical introduces CLEAR-TRAC family of disposable surgical retractors

OBP Medical, the leading global developer of single-use, self-contained, illuminating medical devices, today announced the launch of its CLEAR-TRAC family of disposable surgical retractors. The line—which includes CLEAR-TRAC SP (surgical pocket), CLEAR-TRAC V (vaginal) and new CLEAR-TRAC B (breast)—is the first on the market to offer a built-in, single-use light source.

8 Jul 2015

SISSA scientists create synthetic enzymes that can differentiate between active and inactive genes

Certain genetic diseases arise from a deficit of specific genes. An enzyme that amplifies gene transcription could be a viable therapy in these cases, as long as genes are not stimulated to work on the wrong part of the body. SISSA scientists have created synthetic "intelligent" enzymes which are able to differentiate between active and inactive genes and selectively stimulate the former ones.

8 Jul 2015

Evidence-based initiative aims to prevent avoidable hospital readmissions

A statewide effort led by key stakeholders in South Carolina successfully organized and implemented an evidence-based initiative aimed at improving the quality of healthcare transitions after hospital discharge to prevent avoidable readmissions.

8 Jul 2015

Modified, healthier meal plan for youth with type 1 diabetes more expensive

Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) often need to modify their eating habits, but many youths with T1DM do not consume a healthful diet. To learn more about the challenges their parents may face in providing them with a more healthful diet, researchers set out to discover the availability of healthier food options and the price difference of the food items at stores frequented by families in northeastern Kansas and western Missouri.

8 Jul 2015

City of Hope offers islet cell transplant program to cure type 1 diabetes

For patients with severe type 1 diabetes, a strict diet and insulin shots are sometimes not enough to sufficiently control their disease. What they need are insulin-producing cells of their own - currently only available through a still-experimental procedure known as islet cell transplantation.

8 Jul 2015

Exercise program for older adults with osteoarthritis may soon be covered by Medicare

Fit & Strong!, an exercise program tailored to break the cycle of weakening and pain in older adults with osteoarthritis and developed at the University of Illinois at Chicago, may soon be covered by Medicare.

8 Jul 2015

Adolescents more likely to try e-cigarettes when exposed to TV ads

Adolescents who are exposed to e-cigarette TV advertising are more likely to try e-cigarettes in the future, according to a groundbreaking experiment from researchers at RTI International. Although advertising and adolescent use of e-cigarettes have simultaneously increased in recent years, this is the first study to demonstrate a direct link between adolescents' exposure to advertising and their likelihood of future use.

8 Jul 2015

New research shows that pupil response can predict child's risk of depression

How much a child's pupil dilates in response to seeing an emotional image can predict his or her risk of depression over the next two years, according to new research from Binghamton University.

8 Jul 2015

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ImmunID announces publication of clinical study data on ImmunTraCkeR assay in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

First-of-its-kind 'Transitional Care' provider starts treating Medicare patients

Amedica receives FDA feedback on proposed wear testing femoral head protocols

Avita Medical donates ReCell devices, sends experienced personnel to help treat burn victims in Taiwan

Galmed signs License Agreement for development of blood-based companion diagnostic tool

Free, online resource introduced for patients and healthcare professionals in Canada

Study aims to determine utility of Trovagene's PCM technology for predicting response to cancer immunotherapy

Experts argue that 'beyond aid' policies in health care need greater scrutiny

Resverlogix and Hepalink close license agreement, sign definitive stock purchase agreement

Aridis expands, accelerates current AR-301 Phase 2a study for treatment of acute pneumonia in the U.S.

Immune Pharmaceuticals amends licensing agreement with Endo Pharmaceuticals

SCIO Health Analytics included in 20 Most Promising Healthcare Analytics Solution Providers list

OBP Medical introduces CLEAR-TRAC family of disposable surgical retractors

SISSA scientists create synthetic enzymes that can differentiate between active and inactive genes

Evidence-based initiative aims to prevent avoidable hospital readmissions

Modified, healthier meal plan for youth with type 1 diabetes more expensive

City of Hope offers islet cell transplant program to cure type 1 diabetes

Exercise program for older adults with osteoarthritis may soon be covered by Medicare

Adolescents more likely to try e-cigarettes when exposed to TV ads

New research shows that pupil response can predict child's risk of depression

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