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Osiris Therapeutics receives $15 million cash payment from Mesoblast for Prochymal

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., the leading stem cell company focused on developing and marketing products to treat conditions in wound care, orthopedic and sports medicine markets, announced that it has received the next $15 million cash payment from Mesoblast in accordance with the Purchase Agreement relating to the Prochymal business.

9 Apr 2014

Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans continue to grow

Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans (SNPs) continue to grow according to Mark Farrah Associates', www.markfarrah.com, latest Business Strategy report.

9 Apr 2014

Millennium Medical Devices inks another network selling agreement

Millennium HealthCare Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Millennium Medical Devices LLC, has signed yet another network selling agreement. This agreement was signed with a US based healthcare organization for the use of Millennium's medical devices in 400 of the organization's locations. This agreement includes an average monthly minimum use of 350 units per device, per location.

9 Apr 2014

bioTheranostics, Prime Health Services sign contract to expand genomic tests

bioTheranostics, Inc., the leading genomic solutions provider for cancer diagnosis, has signed a contract with Prime Health Services, Inc., a national preferred provider organization network, to cover the company's genomic tests for breast cancer patients and patients with metastatic disease.

9 Apr 2014

Bay Area Medical Center renews contract for Zix Email Encryption in a three-year agreement

Zix Corporation (ZixCorp), a leader in email data protection, announced that Bay Area Medical Center has renewed its contract for ZixTM Email Encryption in a three-year agreement.

9 Apr 2014

$Research shows only a small fraction of domestic violence perpetrators are convicted$

Research shows only a small fraction of domestic violence perpetrators are convicted

A nationwide study of children who have witnessed domestic violence found that parents or caregivers were physically injured in more than a third of the cases, yet only a small fraction of offenders went to jail and just one in four incidents resulted in police reports, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

9 Apr 2014

Two new dementia care models seek to improve quality of care for older adults

The number of older adults with dementia in the United States is forecast to more than double over the next 40 years. Caring for these individuals will have a significant impact on caregivers as well as the health care system and its workforce.

9 Apr 2014

Two endocrinology societies announce comprehensive framework to combat obesity

Calling it the most under-reimbursed major disease in America, two endocrinology societies announced an evidence-based, multidimensional, comprehensive framework to combat the nation's obesity epidemic today.

9 Apr 2014

Physical activity seems to protect from dementia in old age

Physical activity in midlife seems to protect from dementia in old age, according to a study carried out at the University of Eastern Finland. Those who engaged in physical activity at least twice a week had a lower risk of dementia than those who were less active.

9 Apr 2014

Rice University research targets Parkinson's, Huntington's and other proteasomal diseases

Synthetic genetic circuitry created by researchers at Rice University is helping them see, for the first time, how to regulate cell mechanisms that degrade the misfolded proteins implicated in Parkinson's, Huntington's and other diseases.

9 Apr 2014

LabStyle Innovations, FatSecret partner for Dario Diabetes Management Solution

LabStyle Innovations Corp., developer of the Dario Diabetes Management Solution, today announced a partnership with the world's leading global nutrition data application, FatSecret.

9 Apr 2014

Spero Therapeutics enters into antibiotics partnership with Roche

Spero Therapeutics, LLC, a biopharmaceutical company founded to develop novel therapies for treatment of bacterial infections, has entered into an antibiotics partnership with Roche.

9 Apr 2014

First Edition: April 9, 2014

Today's headlines include coverage of the release of Medicare billing and utilization data, as well as early insights into who enrolled in health coverage as a result of the health law.

9 Apr 2014

Regional collaboration in Northwest spurs first widespread adoption of the OpenNotes initiative

A unique regional collaboration among nine prominent health systems and medical groups in the Northwest will provide more than one million patients in Oregon and Southwest Washington with electronic access to the notes their providers include in medical records.

9 Apr 2014

Physical function, sense of autonomy are independent determinants of life-space mobility in older people

Physical function and sense of autonomy are independent determinants of life-space mobility in older people. This was found in a study conducted at the Gerontology Research Center of the University of Jyväskylä. In this project, 848 older men and women that lived independently in the Jyväskylä region in Central Finland were interviewed at their own home.

9 Apr 2014

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Osiris Therapeutics receives $15 million cash payment from Mesoblast for Prochymal

Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans continue to grow

Millennium Medical Devices inks another network selling agreement

bioTheranostics, Prime Health Services sign contract to expand genomic tests

Bay Area Medical Center renews contract for Zix Email Encryption in a three-year agreement

Research shows only a small fraction of domestic violence perpetrators are convicted

Two new dementia care models seek to improve quality of care for older adults

Two endocrinology societies announce comprehensive framework to combat obesity

Physical activity seems to protect from dementia in old age

Rice University research targets Parkinson's, Huntington's and other proteasomal diseases

LabStyle Innovations, FatSecret partner for Dario Diabetes Management Solution

Spero Therapeutics enters into antibiotics partnership with Roche

First Edition: April 9, 2014

Regional collaboration in Northwest spurs first widespread adoption of the OpenNotes initiative

Physical function, sense of autonomy are independent determinants of life-space mobility in older people

n3D and RBCC seek new finance partners to market and develop 3D bioprinting technology

Penn Medicine to host symposium on regenerative medicine

2014 PAINWeekEnd Regional Conference to highlight health crises of inadequate pain management

Forest Laboratories, Almirall receive feedback from FDA regarding fixed dose combination of aclidinium/formoterol

FDA approves Teva Pharmaceutical's Generic Lovaza Capsules

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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