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ResearchDx expands operations to focus on Middle East clinical laboratory and diagnostics markets

ResearchDx, LLC of Irvine, California, USA today announced an expansion of its operations to focus on the important Middle East clinical laboratory and diagnostics markets.

27 Jan 2014

Active Biotech, Teva remain committed to NERVENTRA clinical development program for multiple sclerosis

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Active Biotech (NASDAQ OMX NORDIC: ACTI) announced today that both companies remain committed to the NERVENTRA® (laquinimod) clinical development program for multiple sclerosis (MS) following the announcement of a negative opinion for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

27 Jan 2014

Organ and tissue donation saves lives

OneLegacy, the non-profit, federally designated organ, eye and tissue recovery agency serving the seven-country greater Los Angeles area, today issued the following statement: "Kim Pham, the 23-year-old woman who died from her injuries after being assaulted outside a Santa Ana nightclub on Jan. 18, saved five lives through the donation of her heart, kidneys, lungs, pancreas and liver to patients on the national organ transplant waiting list.

27 Jan 2014

NYSE contacts Sunlink Health Systems to respond to unusual trading activity

SunLink Health Systems, Inc.(the "Company") today announced that in view of the unusual activity in the Company's stock, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has contacted the Company in accordance with the NYSE's usual practice and requested that the Company respond by news release to the unusual activity.

27 Jan 2014

ABIHM expands to become the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine

In 2014, the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine (ABIHM) will expand to become an international academy, the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM).

27 Jan 2014

Jersey Shore University earns Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for inpatient diabetes care program

Jersey Shore University Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval™ for its inpatient diabetes care program by providing the best care available for patients with diabetes, and successfully meeting The Joint Commission's national standards for health care quality and safety.

27 Jan 2014

London hospital implants world’s first leadless pacemaker

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced the first post-approval implant of the Nanostim™ leadless pacemaker in the U.K. The world's first retrievable leadless pacemaker was implanted at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London by Professor Richard Schilling.

27 Jan 2014

SPHeRE programme in population health and health services research receives €6.3 million

Risk of suicide after self-harm; work stress in non-consultant hospital doctors; and monitoring and assessing the impact of the economic crisis on the Irish health system are among the research areas that will be explored by scholars of an innovative new PhD programme in population health and health services research.

27 Jan 2014

Study explores potential of antibody-drug conjugates and challenges in manufacturing them

After years of research, development and testing, a new class of drugs is emerging on the market with two frontrunners acting as harbingers of what's to come. The cover story in Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine, explores the potential of these antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and the challenges in developing and manufacturing them.

27 Jan 2014

Study provides evidence of link between food selection and self-perceived guilt or innocence

Can last meals reveal more about individuals on death row than their taste preference? Some have argued there is significance embedded in death row last meal decisions.

27 Jan 2014

Omnicell’s Pandora business analytics solutions now available in the Middle East markets

Omnicell, Inc. (OMCL) today announced that its Pandora® business analytics solutions are now available for customers in the Middle East markets.

From Omnicell, Inc. 27 Jan 2014

Research: Architecture of DNA maintained by protein ANP32E

A team of scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), the Institut de G-n-tique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire (Strassbourg France), and the Institut Albert Bonniot (Grenoble, France) have made an important finding on how genes are regulated. This study will be released in the January 30th, 2014 print issue of the journal Nature.

27 Jan 2014

NIBIO signs collaboration agreement for clinical development of new mucosal TB vaccines

Japan's National Institute of Biomedical Innovation ("NIBIO"), Aeras and Create Vaccine Company, Ltd ("CREATE") announce today that they signed a collaboration agreement on December 26, 2013, on the preclinical and clinical development of new mucosal tuberculosis (TB) vaccines based on NIBIO's human parainfluenza type-2 (rhPIV2) vector technology.

27 Jan 2014

Music therapy interventions may provide essential psychosocial support to young patients with cancer

A new study has found that adolescents and young adults undergoing cancer treatment gain coping skills and resilience-related outcomes when they participate in a therapeutic music process that includes writing song lyrics and producing videos.

27 Jan 2014

MGH Institute of Health Professions proposes to add new MPAS program

MGH Institute of Health Professions plans to add a Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program to its menu of health professions degrees beginning in May 2015.

27 Jan 2014

ViroPharma commences tender offer to repurchase 2.00% convertible senior notes

ViroPharma, Inc. today announced that, in connection with the completion of the acquisition of ViroPharma by Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG), it has commenced a tender offer (the "Convertible Notes Tender Offer") to repurchase, at the option of each holder, any and all of its outstanding 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2017 (the "Convertible Notes").

27 Jan 2014

Most high-risk CV devices approved without clinical data

Many cardiac implantable electronic device models currently in use were approved via a Food and Drug Administration review process in which the models were assumed safe and effective based on approval of prior versions of the device, according to a study in the January 22/29 issue of JAMA.

From Medtronic 27 Jan 2014

Hols conveys product’s safety and cost effectiveness to managed care groups

Health Outcomes Liaisons (HOLs) play a critical role in conveying a therapy's safety and cost effectiveness to managed care groups. With billions in sales riding on effectively communicating with these organizations regarding products' cost effectiveness and safety, the biopharmaceutical industry has turned to HOLs to fill this critical communication role.

27 Jan 2014

Quality improvement initiative may enhance asthma control, outcomes for high-risk adolescents

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have successfully carried out what is believed to be the first initiative conducted exclusively among teenagers to show significant improvement in their asthma outcomes.

27 Jan 2014

Scientists believe inter-sensory interaction model provides advance to research on social priming

Priming, an unconscious phenomenon that causes the context of information to change the way we think or behave, has frustrated scientists as they have unsuccessfully attempted to understand how it works.

27 Jan 2014

Medical News

ResearchDx expands operations to focus on Middle East clinical laboratory and diagnostics markets

Active Biotech, Teva remain committed to NERVENTRA clinical development program for multiple sclerosis

Organ and tissue donation saves lives

NYSE contacts Sunlink Health Systems to respond to unusual trading activity

ABIHM expands to become the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine

Jersey Shore University earns Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for inpatient diabetes care program

London hospital implants world’s first leadless pacemaker

SPHeRE programme in population health and health services research receives €6.3 million

Study explores potential of antibody-drug conjugates and challenges in manufacturing them

Study provides evidence of link between food selection and self-perceived guilt or innocence

Omnicell’s Pandora business analytics solutions now available in the Middle East markets

Research: Architecture of DNA maintained by protein ANP32E

NIBIO signs collaboration agreement for clinical development of new mucosal TB vaccines

Music therapy interventions may provide essential psychosocial support to young patients with cancer

MGH Institute of Health Professions proposes to add new MPAS program

ViroPharma commences tender offer to repurchase 2.00% convertible senior notes

Most high-risk CV devices approved without clinical data

Hols conveys product’s safety and cost effectiveness to managed care groups

Quality improvement initiative may enhance asthma control, outcomes for high-risk adolescents

Scientists believe inter-sensory interaction model provides advance to research on social priming

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

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

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