Archive for June, 2008
AIDS Healthcare Foundation: Criticism Mounts As CDC Delays Stark New HIV Data
Monday, June 30th, 2008
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is calling upon the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to immediately release its latest incidence of HIV infections in the United States after an editorial in the respected British medical journal, The Lancet, and recent public remarks by Dr.
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Roche Introduces Program To Facilitate Corporate Pandemic Stockpiling Of Tamiflu(R)
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Roche announced the introduction of a flexible purchase program that will allow U.S. businesses to maintain access to their own stockpile of Tamiflu® for use in a pandemic situation, with limited upfront investment and more adaptability to deal with unknown factors inherent in pandemic planning.
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Facebook Concepts Indicate Brains Of Alzheimer’s Patients Aren’t As Networked, Stanford Study Shows
Monday, June 30th, 2008
This is your brain on Facebook. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine used concepts borrowed from the popular social networking site to analyze the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. They found that patients' brains were less well-connected than the brains of people without the disorder.
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Orexo Report Abstral (Rapinyl) Approval In Europe
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Orexo AB (OMX: ORX), the Swedish pharmaceutical company, announces that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of Rapinyl, for breakthrough cancer pain.
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OptiMedica Unveils New PASCAL Slim Line™ Photocoagulator At World Ophthalmology Congress
Monday, June 30th, 2008
OptiMedica Corp., a global ophthalmic company, has announced the debut of its new PASCAL Slim Line Photocoagulator at the World Ophthalmology Congress, Hong Kong (June 28 - July 2).
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Aerocrine: China Opens Up To Aerocrine’s Asthma Test
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Aerocrine AB (STO:AEROB) announced that its handheld airway inflammation monitor, NIOX MINO®, has been registered for marketing and sale in China. Aerocrine's method of measuring airway inflammation, using exhaled nitric oxide (NO) tests, has also been incorporated into China's national guidelines for asthma management. Tests for airway inflammation have received a reimbursement code.
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America’s Youth Delaying First Consumption Of Alcohol
Monday, June 30th, 2008
The latest research released by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a positive indicator that The Century Council's continuing efforts are working.
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Liver Phase I Results Presented At WCIO 2008 & Best Of ASCO(R)
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Celsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLN) announced that the interim results from its second Phase I liver cancer confirmation study of ThermoDox in combination with Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) treating patients with primary and metastatic liver cancer were presented at both Oral and Poster presentation at the WCIO 2008 and Best of ASCO® conference.
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Bipartisan Group Of Senators Asks Senate Leadership In Letter To Oppose Delaying Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Bidding Program
Monday, June 30th, 2008
A bipartisan group of five senators has written a letter asking Senate leaders to oppose a House-approved bill (HR 6331) to delay implementation of the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, CQ HealthBeat reports. The letter -- addressed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and signed by Sens.
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Communities Nationwide Recognize National HIV Testing Day; U.S. First Lady Addresses Importance Of Testing
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Communities nationwide on Friday will promote and offer no-cost HIV screenings to mark National HIV Testing Day, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports (Torbati, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 6/26). According to HHS, an estimated 250,000 people in the U.S. are HIV-positive and are not aware of their status.
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