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First Edition: July 10, 2013

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including articles about House Republican plans to seek a delay in the health law's requirement that nearly all Americans get health insurance.

10 Jul 2013

Ohr Pharmaceutical enrolls first 60 patients in OHR-002 Phase II clinical trial for wet-AMD treatment

Ohr Pharmaceutical, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutics for large unmet medical needs, today announced that it has enrolled the first 60 patients in the Company's ongoing OHR-002 Phase II clinical trial evaluating Squalamine Eye Drops for the treatment of the wet form of age-related macular degeneration.

10 Jul 2013

Pharmacyclics submits ibrutinib NDA to FDA for two B-cell malignancies

Pharmacyclics, Inc. today announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the investigational oral Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, ibrutinib, for two relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancy indications: mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.

10 Jul 2013

State highlights: Mass. bill would pay spouses for providing care; Ore. lawmakers pass midwife, pot regulations; Sorting out Calif. health legislation

If your spouse were disabled, or had a debilitating disease such as Alzheimer's, would you want to be paid to care for them at home? Under state law, residents who qualify for MassHealth benefits can hire a personal care attendant, or PCA, to help with daily tasks. They can choose a stranger, a sister, an uncle or most any other family member, but not their spouse. A bill in the Legislature would change that (Bever, 7/9).

10 Jul 2013

Pfizer's Prevenar 13 receives European approval to include adults for prevention of invasive disease

Pfizer Inc. announced today the company's pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Prevenar 13 (pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine [13-valent, adsorbed]), received European approval for an expanded indication to include adults aged 18 to 49 years for active immunization for the prevention of invasive disease caused by vaccine-type Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae).

10 Jul 2013

OMB estimates deficit will shrink this year, but without entitlement changes it will start ticking up again

The White House budget office expects the deficit to go down to $496 billion in 2018 before heading to $593 billion in 2022.

10 Jul 2013

MedSnap introduces iPhone app for health providers to improve medication use and safety

According to a recent IMS Health study, poor medication use by clinicians and patients costs $200 billion each year in the U.S., or 8 percent of all U.S. healthcare expenditures. To improve medication use and safety, MedSnap, LLC introduces MedSnap ID, an iPhone application for clinicians, health systems, hospitals, clinics, ACOs, pharmacies and home health providers.

10 Jul 2013

Viewpoints: Employer mandate: Suspension of the law or bump in the road?

Columnists and editorial boards examine the implications of the postponed employer mandate deadline. In a nutshell, the administration could not figure out how to make sure that businesses with more than 50 full-time employees are providing a minimum level of health insurance.

10 Jul 2013

Merck to deliver Composite Software data virtualization case study at Pharma Data Analytics Conference

Merck & Co., Inc., a global healthcare leader operating in more than 140 countries to deliver innovative health solutions, will present a Composite Software data virtualization case study at the Pharma Data Analytics Conference on July 10 in Philadelphia, PA.

10 Jul 2013

Molecularly imprinted polymer receptors for nicotine recognition in biological systems

Researchers from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute in Nehru Marg, India have added another piece to the puzzle of how to synthetize an artificial nicotine receptor.

10 Jul 2013

Consider these tips to make the most of your doctor's visit

You wake up and wrestle your day like it's an Olympic event, accomplishing more in the first nine minutes than the rest of the world will in the first hour, as they groggily hit the snooze button. With your precise approach to life, you tackle every project with equal parts preparation, organization and gusto. You aim for perfection.

10 Jul 2013

School’s suspension policy can prevent students from drinking

"Just say no" has been many a parent's mantra when it comes to talking to their children about drugs or alcohol. Schools echo that with specific policies against illicit use on school grounds. But do those school policies work?

10 Jul 2013

Americans live longer, but may be more prone to disability that hinders independence

New studies this week suggest that more Americans will suffer a disability that threatens their independence near the end of their lives.

10 Jul 2013

Acetaminophen overdose survivors have lower overall health following acute liver failure

Spontaneous survivors of acetaminophen overdose have significantly lower overall health compared to survivors or transplant recipients following acute liver failure caused by non-drug induced liver injury according to a new study published online in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society.

10 Jul 2013

H7 influenza may spillover repeatedly into humans, say scientists

The H7N9 avian flu strain that emerged in China earlier this year has subsided for now, but it would be a mistake to be reassured by this apparent lull in infections. The virus has several highly unusual traits that paint a disquieting picture of a pathogen that may yet lead to a pandemic, according to lead scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

10 Jul 2013

Study: Popular search engines share search data about medical conditions with third parties

Researchers find that popular websites share search data with advertisers and other third parties. The National Security Agency is tracking your phone calls. And online snoops may be keeping tabs on your Internet health searches, too.

10 Jul 2013

With health marketplace shift, doctors weigh changes in intern hours, role with patients, payment models

Many changes in the way America's doctors deliver care are challenging long-held notions of how health care functions for patients.

10 Jul 2013

Resurgence in cardiovascular R&D is urgently needed to curb new epidemic of CVD

A resurgence in cardiovascular R&D is urgently needed to curb a new epidemic of cardiovascular diseases, according to leading cardiologists and industry representatives in the Cardiovascular Round Table (CRT).

10 Jul 2013

UBC researchers develop vaccine to halt spread of West Nile Virus in birds

University of British Columbia researchers have developed a vaccine that may halt the spread of West Nile Virus among common and endangered bird species.

10 Jul 2013

New national survey raises question over long-term success of health information exchange

While record numbers of hospitals and doctors participate in electronic health information exchange efforts, which enable medical histories to follow patients as they move between healthcare providers, the long-term success of these programs is in question.

10 Jul 2013

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First Edition: July 10, 2013

Ohr Pharmaceutical enrolls first 60 patients in OHR-002 Phase II clinical trial for wet-AMD treatment

Pharmacyclics submits ibrutinib NDA to FDA for two B-cell malignancies

State highlights: Mass. bill would pay spouses for providing care; Ore. lawmakers pass midwife, pot regulations; Sorting out Calif. health legislation

Pfizer's Prevenar 13 receives European approval to include adults for prevention of invasive disease

OMB estimates deficit will shrink this year, but without entitlement changes it will start ticking up again

MedSnap introduces iPhone app for health providers to improve medication use and safety

Viewpoints: Employer mandate: Suspension of the law or bump in the road?

Merck to deliver Composite Software data virtualization case study at Pharma Data Analytics Conference

Molecularly imprinted polymer receptors for nicotine recognition in biological systems

Consider these tips to make the most of your doctor's visit

School’s suspension policy can prevent students from drinking

Americans live longer, but may be more prone to disability that hinders independence

Acetaminophen overdose survivors have lower overall health following acute liver failure

H7 influenza may spillover repeatedly into humans, say scientists

Study: Popular search engines share search data about medical conditions with third parties

With health marketplace shift, doctors weigh changes in intern hours, role with patients, payment models

Resurgence in cardiovascular R&D is urgently needed to curb new epidemic of CVD

UBC researchers develop vaccine to halt spread of West Nile Virus in birds

New national survey raises question over long-term success of health information exchange

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