Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 22nd, 2007
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A.D.A.M., Inc. - Fluke Corporation Adds Benergy by A.D.A.M.
A.M. Best Co. - Best's Review: the Boom in Multiple Births Is Costing Health Insurers Dearly, Best's Review Magazine Reports
AARP - AARP Urges Governor to Use Budget to Improve New Yorkers' Quality of Life
AARP - Divided We Fail Presidential Side-by-Side to Reach 23M+ AARP Members
AARP - Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Signs on as AARP's New Health & Fitness Ambassador
Abbott - Status:
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - The Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) Market Is Expected To Reach US$1.3 Billion by 2012 According To the Report 'Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Endovascular Technology & Market Forecasts'
AccessibleEmployment.org - AccessibleEmployment.org; National Job Site to Connect Employers with Disabled Workers
Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Implementation of Reverse Stock Split and New Trading Symbol: ACPH
Adaptis - Adaptis Inks 5-Year BPO Contract With Clear Choice Health Plans
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. - Advanced Cell Technology Seeking International Partners for Its Therapeutic Programs
Advanced Recovery Rehabilitation Center - Advanced Recovery Now Offers Bioness Technology for Foot Drop
Advanstar Communications - Drug Topics Celebrates 150 Years With the Launch of a Time Capsule
Adverse Drug Reactions - New adverse drug reactions research from Pfizer Inc. described
Adverse Drug Reactions - Reports from Eli Lilly and Company advance knowledge in adverse drug reactions
Advocates for Youth - CDC Data Shows First Increase in Teen Pregnancy in 14 Years
Aethon Inc. - Aethon Introduces Dedicated Pharmacy Cart
Affymax, Inc. - Affymax to Participate on Panel at RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality - AHRQ Releases Toolkits to Help Providers and Patients Implement Safer Health Care Practices
Aging - China's Anti-Aging Revolution
Aging - Surgical and Trauma Wound Care Market to Tie Up $7 Billion in Sales by 2011
Aging - VA Announces $4.7 Million to Help Caregivers
Aida Pharmaceuticals - Rh-Apo2L Named as One of China's High-Tech Transforming Products by Chinese Government
Airgas, Inc. - Airgas Study Reveals Disaster Preparedness Concerns and Misconceptions About Dedicated Oxygen Supply and Replenishment
Alcoholism - This Holiday Season, Teach Your Kids the Science of How Drinking Alcohol Can Hurt Them
Alcoholism Therapy - Studies from Alkermes, Inc. in the area of alcoholism therapy published
Alcon, Inc. - Alcon Announces New Share Repurchase Program
Alcon, Inc. - Alcon Receives FDA Approval of TRIESENCE(TM) Injectable Triamcinolone Suspension for Use in Eye Surgery
Algorithms - Calypte Recognizes World AIDS Day with Product Donation
Algorithms - Reports summarize algorithms research from GE Healthcare
Algorithms - Sorin Group Cardiac Rhythm Management Announces the First U.S. Enrollment in the Option Study
Algorithms - Translational Genomics Accelerates Cutting-Edge Cancer Cure Research Using SGI Technology
Alice Travis - Cognitive Evolution Bridges the Intelligence Divide
Allergies - ALK-Abell=F3, the Makers of GRAZAX(R), Welcomes and Celebrates World Allergy Day Today
Allergies - AllerNotes Help Take Food Allergies Off the Table
Allergies - Barbara Bohle Awarded the WAO Henning L=F8wenstein Research Award 2007
Allergies - Your Stuffy Nose Could Mean More Than a Cold
Allina Hospitals & Clinics - Plotnikoff Named Medical Director for Abbott Northwestern's Institute for Health and Healing
AlloSource - AlloSource Named ''Company of the Year'' by the Colorado BioScience Association
Alternative Energy - Amyris Appoints Industry Expert to Lead Manufacturing
Alternative Energy - Healthcare Announced That an Overwhelming Majority of its Shareholders Approved the NexGen Biofuels Transaction
Alzheimer Disease - Drug Found to Create New Connections in Brain, Restoring and Improving Memory
Alzheimer Disease - LightBridge Healthcare Research Inc. Announces Alliance With Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer Disease - Samarion(SM) Selects the Guardian House as First Outcome-based Study Site for Industry's Only Enterprise Quality Improvement System
Alzheimer Disease - The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Relocates Therapeutics Company to Pittsburgh
Ambulatory Surgery - WolfBlock Spearheads Litigation to Protect NJ Medical Facilities
America's Second Harvest - Appropriations Veto Threats May Lead to Further Hardship for Hungry Americans
American Association of Colleges of Nursing - Enrollment Growth Slows at U.S. Nursing Colleges and Universities in 2007 Despite Calls for More Registered Nurses
American Association of Endodontists - Survey Confirms Americans Prefer Root Canal Treatment by Endodontists
American College for Advancement in Medicine - ACAM Welcomes Jeanne Drisko, M.D. as Next President
American Dairy Assoc. & Dairy Council; Ny State Dietetic Assoc. - Dietitians Urge Parents to Serve 'Milk With Meals'
American Dental Association - U.S. Department of Commerce Selects 2008 ADA Annual Dental Meeting for International Buyer Program
Amerigroup Corporation - AMERIGROUP Community Care Provides 'Doctor's Office Makeover' in Houston
AmerisourceBergen Corporation - AmerisourceBergen to Hold Investor Day in New York
Anesthesia - Experts Agree That One Case Is Too Many; Tackle Tough Issue of Anesthesia Awareness
Anesthesia - PharMEDium Announces Availability of Pre-Filled Operating Room Perioperative Compounded Drugs
Anesthesia - Republic of Korea Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Medical Equipment Market Report Available Now
Aneurysm - Medtronic Files PMA Application for FDA Approval of Talent(TM) Abdominal Stent Graft System
AngioDynamics, Inc. - AngioDynamics to Participate in the RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
Angiogenesis - Data on angiogenesis discussed by researchers at Technion, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering
Angiology - FlowCardia, Inc. Appoints Chris Barys Senior VP, Sales
Angiology - Micrus Endovascular Receives Approval to Market Stretch-Resistant Microcoils in Japan
Ankylosing Spondylitis - Ankylosing Spondylitis Drug Market Will Reach $661 Million in 2016
Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Anthera Pharmaceuticals Names Christopher P. Lowe Chief Financial Officer
Anthrax - Researchers from USA Scientific describe findings in anthrax
Anti-Infectives - Replidyne to Participate on Anti-infective Panel at RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Apoptosis - Studies from RIKEN provide new data on apoptosis
Apoptosis Cell Biology - Scientists at Genentech, Inc. publish research in apoptosis cell biology
Arete Therapeutics Inc. - Arete Therapeutics Appoints Donald Santel to Board of Directors
Arrhythmia - MedicalCV, Inc. Announces SOLAR(TM) System Cases in Milwaukee
Arrow Electronics, Inc. - Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions Expands Midmarket Offerings with IBM Internet Security Systems, Adds Health Care Expertise
Arthritis - Atria Senior Living Group Recognized by Arthritis Foundation as 'Partners In Progress'
Arthritis - New Study Uncovers Prevalence, Burden of Pediatric Arthritis in U.S.
Arthritis Therapy - Researchers from Wyeth, Research Department publish new studies and findings in the area of arthritis therapy
Artificial Organs - Largest International Certification Training for CardioWest Temporary Total Artificial Heart Features Top Heart Transplant Surgeons from Four Countries
Ascent Healthcare Solutions - Amerinet Extends Medical Device Reprocessing Partnership with Ascent Healthcare Solutions
Aspyra, Inc. - Aspyra PACS Meets Microsoft ''Platform Test for ISV Solutions'' Criteria
Asthma - New Aetna Rx-Savings(SM) Program Cuts Cost for Medications Used to Treat Chronic Health Conditions
Astigmatism - Contact Lens Shift Can Compromise Vision of People with Astigmatism with the Blink of an Eye
ATEL Ventures, Inc. - ATEL Ventures Portfolio Company, ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. Completes Initial Public Offering
Atrial Fibrillation - University Hospital of Bordeaux Officially Opens New Electrophysiology Lab
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Auriga Laboratories Obtains Rights to Market and Sell a New Product Indicated for the Treatment of ADHD
Autism - Study Finds Fever may Lead to Improved Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Avitar Inc. - Avitar Aims to Increase Its Share of $1.5B Diagnostic Market
AvMed Health Plans - AvMed Announces Senior Leadership Changes
AxoGen, Inc. - AxoGen Receives $12.1 Million in Venture Capital Funding
B. Braun Medical Inc. - The Pinnacle(TM) of Efficiency and Safety: B. Braun Launches TPN Manager at ASHP 2007
Bacterial Conjunctivitis - InSite Vision Files New Drug Submission with Health Canada for Topical Eye Antibiotic -- AzaSite(R)
Baxa Corporation - Baxa Corporation Launches MedBoard(TM) Medication Tracking System
Baxa Corporation - Baxa Corporation Launches Repeater(TM) Pump II With P2(TM) Technology
Behavior - Florida Healthcare Agency Chooses Microsoft Technology to Heal Its Reporting Maladies
Behavior - Milliman Care Guidelines Releases New Behavioral Health Product
Best Practices, Llc - 10th Annual Customer Experience Conference Coming to Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 25-27, 2008
Best Practices, Llc - Building Better Launch Teams for Pharmaceutical Commercialization Success
Best Practices, Llc - HR Metrics From the Field: Outsourcing the Right Processes for Better Efficiencies
Best Practices, Llc - Managing the Service-to-Sales Cultural Transformation - Complimentary Excerpt Available from Best Practices
Bioelectronics - BioElectronics Announces Expansion of Italian Market
Bioelectronics - BioElectronics Corporation Announces New Order; BioElectronics is Expanding into the Netherlands Market
BioForce, Inc. - Marathoners Share Tom Brady and LaDainian Tomlinson Pain Relief Affinity
Bioinformatics - Eclipsys Chief Medical Officer Bob Elson, MD, to Present on Value of e-Prescribing at Capitol Hill Briefing
BioInformatics, LLC - New Research Reveals Distinct Marketing Preferences of Chinese and Indian Life Scientists
Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. - Bioject Secures Additional Funding to Reach Total of $1.2M Raised with Strong Support from Signet Healthcare Partners
Biolog, Inc. - Biolog Initiates Launch of Its Revolutionary GEN III Microbial Identification System
Biologics - Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation Completes Acquisition of Nabi Biologics Business Unit
Biologics - Insmed Retains FD and Gibraltar Associates for Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Biologics - Insmed to Present at the IBC 5th Annual Global Follow-On Biologics Conference
Biologics - ReGen Biologics Introduces New Brand Name and Websites
Biomanufacturing - Discover Which Biomanufacturing Strategies Have the Greatest Yield Potential with This Comprehensive Biomanufacturing Strategies Report
Biomedicine - ASH Holds a Special Symposium to Interest High School Students in Biomedical Research
Biomedicine - California Healthcare Institute Urges Congress to Extend R&D Tax Credit
Biomedicine - Calypte Biomedical To Webcast Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Thursday, December 6th
Biopharmaceuticals - A New Driving Force In the CRO Industry Is the Looming Expiry of Several Patents of Blockbuster Drugs According To Biotherapeutics Report
Biopharmaceuticals - AVI BioPharma Receives Fast Track Designation for AVI-4658 for Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Biopharmaceuticals - BioSeek Initiates Systems Biology Compound Evaluation Collaboration with UCB
Biopharmaceuticals - Calypte's Chinese Manufacturing Subsidiary Obtains ISO 13485:2003 Certification of Quality Management System
Biopharmaceuticals - Canopus BioPharma Selected to Present its Drug Candidate for HIV/AIDS Treatment at the Global Summit on AIDS and the Church
Biopharmaceuticals - Decision Resources Inc. to Acquire Wood Mackenzie's Life Sciences Business
Biopharmaceuticals - Dutton Associates Announces Investment Opinion: CardioVascular BioTherapeutics Maintained at Speculative Buy Rating by Dutton Associates
Biopharmaceuticals - Former Assets of Cetek Corporation Acquired by ADVR
Biopharmaceuticals - GTC Biotherapeutics Obtains Licenses to Factor IX, Factor VIII and Fibrinogen
Biopharmaceuticals - Mary Ann Gray Elected to GTC Biotherapeutics Board of Directors
Biopharmaceuticals - Millipore and Rohm and Haas Ion Exchange Resins Partner to Develop New Chromatography Solutions for Biopharmaceutical Production
Biopharmaceuticals - Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Announces Share Repurchase Program
Biopharmaceuticals - Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Completes Sale of Nabi Biologics to Biotest AG
Biopharmaceuticals - OncoVista, Inc. Retains Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc. as Investor Relations Counsel
Biopharmaceuticals - PregLem SA Announces CHF 36 Million Series B Funding and New Licencing Agreement With HRA Pharma
Biopharmaceuticals - Protalix BioTherapeutics' prGCD Named One of the Five Most Promising Drugs Entering Phase III Trials by Thomson Scientific
Biopharmaceuticals - Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical Establishes R&D Center in Shanghai
Biopharmaceuticals - Translational Medicine in Biopharmaceutical R&D Analyzes Recent Regulatory Shifts in Biomarker Development and Application
BioReliance Corporation - David A. Dodd to Lead BioReliance Corporation
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - BioSante Pharmaceuticals to Present at Upcoming Medical and Investor Conferences
Bioscience - Leading Harvard Dermatologist Dr. Alexa B. Kimball Joins Magen BioSciences SAB
Biotech Business - Arizona BioIndustry Association Names Former AZ Commerce Executive as COO
Biotech Business - BIO, BVGH and Gates Foundation to Sponsor Partnering for Global Health Forum 2008
Biotech Business - Campbell Alliance Business Development Practice Leader to Co-Chair and Keynote at SRI Pharma Licensing Summit
Biotech Business - Close Scrutiny Needed as First Stem Cell Grants Offered to For-Profit Companies, Consumers Say
Biotech Business - Connecticut Bioscience Achievement Awards Presented at CURE Annual Meeting
Biotech Business - Cramer Executive to Speak at the 2007 Healthcare Businesswomen's Association Leadership Conference
Biotech Business - DuPont Joint Venture with Chinese Biotech Firm Strengthens Gene Discovery Research Efforts
Biotech Business - MWG and Operon Are Joining Forces
Biotech Business - OVATION Pharmaceuticals Named ''Pharma Company of the Year'' for Second Straight Year
Biotech Business - Schering-Plough Wins Three of Scrip's Top Pharma Industry Awards
Biotech Business - Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Appoints Lesley A. Stolz, Ph.D., Vice President, Corporate and Business Development
Biotech Business - This Report Examines the Methods of Expansion Adopted by China's Pharma Companies Biotech Developers and CROs to Increase the Scale of Their Drug Development Operations
Biotech Business - VistaGen Names Agustin de la Calle, Ph.D. as Vice President, Business Development
Biotech Business - Wyeth Announces Executive Promotions
BIOTECH CHINA - Foreign Trade Show Program of the Federal Government Supports German Joint Pavilion at BIOTECH CHINA 2008
Biotechnology - Kiwa Fertilizer Distribution Network (Hebei) Grows to 900 Terminals
Biotechnology Business - AEterna Zentaris Sells Echelon Biosciences to Frontier Scientific
Biotechnology Business - Amgen Foundation and Leading Universities Invite College Students to Apply for Amgen Scholars Program
Biotechnology Business - Anika Therapeutics and Galderma Complete Termination of License, Development and Supply Agreements
Biotechnology Business - Biomira Shareholders Approve Move to U.S.
Biotechnology Business - Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation Announces Management Team
Biotechnology Business - Biovail Announces Settlement Agreement Related to Cardizem(R) LA
Biotechnology Business - Celgene Corporation to Present at BMO Capital Markets Focus on Healthcare Conference
Biotechnology Business - Cell Therapeutics, Inc. Closes $6.5 Million Offering
Biotechnology Business - Court issues final order approving Biomira's move to U.S. and name change to Oncothyreon
Biotechnology Business - David Luci Joins MacroChem as General Counsel and Vice President Corporate Development
Biotechnology Business - Genzyme Completes Enrollment in Pivotal, Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Clofarabine in Adult AML
Biotechnology Business - Millennium Ships and Records the First $200,000 of Revenue Generated From the Five-Year $20,000,000 Exclusive Purchase Order
Biotechnology Business - Research and Markets: Nicholas Piramal India Limted, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited Are Among the Major Competitors for Biocon Limited
Biotechnology Business - Research and Markets: Study Every Aspect of Anika Therapeutics Inc with This New Product Pipeline Report
Biotechnology Business - Sangamo BioSciences Appoints H. Ward Wolff as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Biotechnology Business - Sangamo BioSciences Provides Update on Company's Accomplishments in 2007 and 2008 Objectives
Biotechnology Business - Sangamo BioSciences to Webcast Presentations at Investor and Analyst Briefing
Biotechnology Business - Scientists in Spain Develop a Panel of Genetic Markers for Tracing Meat from Farm to Fork
Biotechnology Business - Study results from Amgen, Inc. in the area of biotechnology business published
Biotechnology Business - Tufts-New England Medical Center Named an Abiomed Center of Excellence for Commitment to Heart Recovery for Acute Patients
Biotechnology Business - Watson and Biovail Settle Lawsuit Over Cardizem(R) LA
Biscom - North Shore Medical Center Transitions Central Scheduling to Paperless Workflow
Blood Pressure - Investigators at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation zero in on blood pressure
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida 'Insurance Store' Wins Design Award
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation - Blue Cross Foundation Invests in Community Health
Blue Shield of California - Generic Drugs? Blue Shield Makes it Easy
Bone Research - StemCor Systems Announces Acquisition of Intellectual Property to Enhance Bone Marrow Aspiration Platform
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. - BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics' New Vivarium Set to Enhance Company Research
Breast Cancer - 'Forgotten Conditions' Cost Consumers Dear Warns Leading Travel Insurer
Breast Cancer - ADVENTRX Announces Completion of Patient Enrollment in Phase 2 Clinical Trial of CoFactor(R) for the Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer - Amgen Announces Interim Results of Aranesp(R) ''PREPARE'' Study in Breast Cancer Patients
Breast Cancer - Evel Knievel Lost to Pulmonary Fibrosis; Disease Claims as Many Lives as Breast Cancer Each Year
Breast Cancer - Genentech Provides Update from Avastin FDA Advisory Meeting
Breast Cancer - Time Magazine Names Agendia Test a Best Invention of 2007
BridgeHealth International, Inc. - BridgeHealth International (BHI) Announces Lead Investors and Executive Management Team to Direct Medical Tourism Operations
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Bristol-Myers Squibb Names Alan J. Lacy to Board of Directors
Broadlane - Randolph Medical Center Selects Broadlane for Supply Chain Services
Burrill & Company - Biotech Survives Market Turbulence in November
C-Panty - Finally, Easy After-Cesarean Care for the 1.3 Million C-Section Moms
C. R. Bard, Inc. - Bard to Host December 2007 Investor Conference
Cabot Creamery Cooperative - Don't Let the Holidays Go to Waist!
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics - Sens. Kerry, Boxer and Feinstein call on FDA to Establish Maximum Level for Lead in Lipstick
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - New Report: Tobacco Regulation Would Save Utah $178 Million in Health Care Costs by Preventing 10,200 Kids From Smoking
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - New Report: Tobacco Regulation Would Save Virginia $1 Billion in Health Care Costs by Preventing 59,300 Kids from Smoking
Cancer - 32nd Annual Hutch Holiday Gala Raises Millions for Cancer Research
Cancer - Allos Therapeutics to Present at the 2007 RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Cancer - Allovectin-7(R) May Offer Patients a New Option for Advanced Melanoma
Cancer - AVEO Pharmaceuticals and Lilly Sign Collaboration for Clinical Drug Response Project
Cancer - Avid Bioservices to Manufacture Lead Cancer Stem Cell Antibody for ARIUS
Cancer - BSD-2000 Cancer Treatment System Purchased by Nanchong Hospital in China
Cancer - C-Change Receives CEO Cancer Gold Standard(TM) Accreditation
Cancer - Compendia Bioscience Signs Oncomine(TM) Licensing Agreement with AstraZeneca
Cancer - Edgeline Holdings Announces the Acquisition of Intertech Bio Has Been Completed
Cancer - Eric Rowinsky, M.D. and Martin Cannon Join Tapestry Board of Directors
Cancer - Frontier Scientific Inc. Acquires Echelon Biosciences Inc.
Cancer - ICx Technologies Works With Merck & Co., Inc. to Develop Cancer Diagnostic Technology
Cancer - Insight Genetics Establishes Operations at CET Life Sciences Center
Cancer - Motorcycle Radiation May Be Linked to Cancer Risk
Cancer - New JAMA Study Raises Issue of How Nutrients Should Be Researched
Cancer - Oracle Healthcare Acquisition Corp. and Precision Therapeutics Announce Definitive Merger Agreement
Cancer - Proteolix Announces Clinical Results With Carfilzomib to be Reported at ASH 2007 Annual Meeting
Cancer - Senesco Technologies Initiates Preclinical Studies for Cancer Target
Cancer - The Judge Group delivers Application Solutions to aid Cancer Patients in finding Clinical Trials
Cancer - WHO Study: Night Shift Work May Cause Cancer
Cancer Therapy - Investigators at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Neurology have published new data on cancer therapy
Cancer Vaccines - ADVANCE/Creation of the Swiss Institute for Vaccine Research in Lausanne, Switzerland
Cancer Vaccines - Advances in Blood Cancer Therapy to be Highlighted at American Society of Hematology Conference
Cancer Vaccines - Akorn, Inc. Announces First ANDA Submission for Serum Institute of India, Ltd.
Cancer Vaccines - Binex and MaxCyte Collaborate on Cancer Immunotherapy Research
Cancer Vaccines - Wyeth Receives Honors at the 2007 Scrip Awards
Captaris, Inc. - Laboratory Delivers Results Immediately With Captaris RightFax
Carbon Nanotubes - Xidex Wins New DOE Contract to Make Carbon Nanotube Sources for Electron Microscopes
Cardinal Health, Inc. - Cardinal Health Foundation Grants $537,000 to Rural, Public Hospitals in Support of IHI'S 5 Million Lives Campaign
Cardiology - American Red Cross Offers Compression-Only CPR Practice Kit
Cardiology - Myocor Receives Approval for Percutaneous Trial
Cardiology - Signalife Presence at XIII World Congress on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology
Care Management International - Care Management International and WNS Global Services Form Strategic Alliance to Expand World-Wide Healthcare Smart Sourcing Solutions
CareGiverHelper - Family Caregivers in Crisis Have New Hope
CareTech Solutions - The Christ Hospital Selects CareTech Solutions to Provide Comprehensive Healthcare IT Infrastructure Outsourcing Services in Competitive Bid
Catapult Technology - Catapult Technology Supports Combat Veterans at VA Medical Center This Holiday Season
CCA Industries, Inc. - CCA Industries, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend Increase for First Quarter Fiscal 2008
Celera - Celera to Webcast Panel Discussion at the RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Cepheid - Cepheid to Present at the RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
Cerner Corp. - Desert Regional Medical Center Implements Cerner RxStation to Improve Medication Management
Cervical Cancer - Third Wave's HPV High-Risk Screening Test Achieves European CE Marking
Cervical Cancer - Updated Analysis of 2001 Epoetin Alfa Study Posted
ChemDiv, Inc. - Orion Pharma Selects ChemDiv as a Partner in Drug Discovery Services
ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited - ChemGenex Appoints Donald Santel to Board of Directors
Chemical Dependency - Hanley Center and MDVIP Announce Alliance
Children's Miracle Network - Wal-Mart's Don Harris Joins Children's Miracle Network as Major Gifts Officer
China Medicine Corporation - China Medicine Retains CCG Elite for Investor Relations Campaign
China Shenghuo Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. - China Shenghuo Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. to Launch 12Ways(R) Advertisement on CCTV in January 2008
Chromatography - Investigators at ActivBiotics, Inc. have published new data on chromatography
Chromatography - New chromatography study findings recently were published by researchers at Immunalysis Corporation
Chromatography - Research on chromatography detailed by scientists at Ranbaxy Research Laboratories
Chromatography - Research reports from Astellas Pharma, Inc. provide new insights into chromatography
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - TREANDA New Drug Application for the Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Granted Priority Review Status by FDA
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - New Study Demonstrates Ramelteon Does Not Exacerbate Respiratory Depressant Effects in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe COPD
Chula Productions - The Cure for Holiday Stress
CIGNA - CIGNA International Introduces New Expatriate Benefits Information Web Site
CIGNA - CIGNA Pharmacy Management Names Sallie Sullivan Vice President of Sales
CIGNA HealthCare - CIGNA HealthCare to Continue Relationship with Northeast Georgia Health System and Northeast Georgia Primary Care
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Cipher appoints Stefan Aigner to board of directors
Citizen Outreach Project - Citizen Outreach Project to Congress: "Kill H.R. 1108"
CJ's Functional Fitness - CJ Transforms His Functional Fitness Program Into an Additional Resource for the Hurricane Katrina Survivors
Clarient, Inc. - Clarient CEO Andrews to Participate in Panel Discussion at the RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization - CSI Cleantech 2008 Call for Presenters Now Open
Clear Choice Health Plans, Inc. - Clear Choice Health Plans Selects Adaptis to Improve Member Service
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) - New CLSI Document Provides Guidelines for the Management of Nonconforming Laboratory Events
Clinical Research - The Endocrine Society Publishes White Paper Calling for Greater Minority Participation in Clinical Research
Clinical Trial Research - Favrille to Report New Data on FavId (Now Specifid) at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
Clinical Trial Research - Neuroscience Expert and Posit Science Co-Founder Mike Merzenich, Ph.D., Featured on PBS Special: 'Brain Fitness Program'
Clinical Trial Research - Phase Forward Extends Standards-Based Electronic Clinical Data Management (eCDM) Submission and Safety Review Tool
Clinical Trial Research - Sulodexide Data Safety Monitoring Committee Completes Additional Review of Phase 3 Study Data
Clinical Trial Research - Telik Announces Telintra Presentation at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
Clinical Trial Research - Titan Announces That Target Enrollment Has Been Met Ahead of Schedule in Phase III Clinical Study of Probuphine(R) for Opioid Dependence
Clinical Trial Research - Vion Pharmaceuticals To Present Preliminary Data on its Pivotal Phase II Trial of Cloretazine(R) (VNP40101M) at the American Society of Hematology Meeting
Cloning - Genetix Introduces Two New ''CloneMedia'' Semi-Solid Media Reagents
CMS/HHS studies 2005) - Iowa-S. Dakota Physicians Appeal to Presidential Candidates: 'Help Defend America's Safest and Highest Quality Hospitals'
Co-operative Group - Biggest Ever Deal Adds Fifty Branches to UK's Third Largest Pharmacy Chain
Coagulation - Jury Awards $5.25 Million Malpractice Verdict Against Fort Worth Doctor
Coherent, Inc. - Coherent, Inc. Reports Decision by the Nasdaq Stock Market
Coherex Medical - Coherex Medical Hires Top Medical Industry Veteran to Fill Global Market Development Seat
Colon Cancer - Vectibix(R) Approved in the European Union for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Columbus Health Works - Parkinson's-Specific Exercise Plan Restoring Lives
Community Health - Community Health Systems, Inc. Announces the Divestiture of Barberton, Ohio Hospital to Joint Venture Partner
Community Health - Fact Sheet: Meeting the Health Care Needs of Uninsured and Underserved Americans
Community Health - HHS Marks Expansion of 1200th Health Center, Meeting Key Bush Goal
Community Health - IPC the Hospitalist Company Signs Contract to Provide Comprehensive Hospitalist Services to University Community Hospital in Tampa
Community Health - Redwood Community Health Coalition Selects eClinicalWorks for Electronic Health Records
Compass Group - Pura Vida Coffee and Compass Group Announce Strategic Partnership
Complementary Medicine - Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. obtains Complementary Medicine approval in Australia for NKO(R)
Consumer Reports - Consumer Reports 'Best Buy Drugs' Compares Best Medicines for Less
Consumer Reports - Consumer Reports Health News
Continental Exhibitions, Inc. - Record Attendance at the 2007 National Ergonomics Conference and Exposition
Continucare Corporation - Continucare Opens First ValuClinic Location
Covance Inc.; Care - Covance and Care Partner on Rwanda Early Childhood Development Initiative
Coventry Health Care, Inc. - Coventry Health Care to Host Investor Day
Creekridge Capital LLC - Creekridge Capital Signs Private Label Leasing Program Agreement with Talyst Inc.
Criticare Systems, Inc. - Criticare Announces the MEDRAD(R) Veris(R) MR Monitoring System is Approved for Marketing in Japan
Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma - BioCryst Provides Forodesine HCl Update
CVS/pharmacy - CVS/pharmacy Announces Advisory Panel of Leading Women As Part of 'For All the Ways You Care' Campaign
Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals to Present at the NYSSA 11th Annual Biotech/Specialty Pharma Conference
Danaher Corporation - Danaher Announces Proposed Public Offering of Senior Notes
DataDirect Technologies - DataDirect Technologies Announces Latest Release of its XML Converters and XQuery Engine at XML 2007
Davi Skin, Inc. - Davi Skincare Worldwide Press Highlights for September, October and November 2007
Deep Vein Thrombosis - 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology Will Feature the Latest Research in Blood Diseases
Defense Health Board - Report on the Future of Military Healthcare, Focus of Defense Health Board Meeting
Delegation of the European Commission to the United States - European Commission Launches New Program to Increase Links Between Research Organizations Throughout the World
Dementia - Mayo Clinic's Dr. Ronald C. Petersen Awarded Leon Thal Prize for Excellence in Dementia Research
Dentistry - Under Penetrated European Dental Implants Market Offers Significant Growth Opportunities
Depomed, Inc. - Depomed Names Michael Sweeney Vice President of Product Development
Diabetes - AVOS Life Sciences Releases Diabetes Research Report
Diabetes - Endocrinology Panel Examines Interplay Between Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in New Report
Diabetes Management - Diabetes America Teams Up with Chevron Phillips Chemical for an Innovative Diabetes Management Program
Diabetic Neuropathy - Sangamo BioSciences Announces Completion of Enrollment of Phase 2 Clinical Trial of ZFP Therapeutic for Diabetic Neuropathy
Diagnostic Imaging - Magellan Health Services Program Raises Awareness of Patient Radiation Exposure
Diarrhea - Glenmark Initiates Phase 2 Trial for Crofelemer for Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Digirad Corporation - Digirad Corporation and the Methodist Hospital in Houston Sign Letter of Agreement
DNA Research - ABA Conference in Chicago Provides Litigators First Look at DNA Technology That Can Save Millions in Workers Comp and Toxic Tort Cases
DNA Research - DNA Direct Launches DNA Archive(TM), a Revolutionary Method for Home DNA Storage
DNA Research - Forensic Laboratory Software Application from Applied Biosystems Automates Data Analysis for Faster DNA Results
DNA Research - Researchers from RIKEN describe findings in DNA research
DocCheck - DocCheck(R) Establishes Worldwide Community of Healthcare Professionals
Donate Life Ohio - Colleges and Companies Ask Ohioans to Do It Now! and Register as an Organ & Tissue Donor
Dr. Arnold Klein - Facial Deformity Danger?
Drug Delivery - Cenomed BioSciences Announces Licensing Agreement with ThioPharma, Inc.
Drug Delivery - Starpharma Signs Collaborative Research Agreement with Stiefel Laboratories, Inc.
Drug Development - Aptuit Acquisition of Evotec AG CPD Business Completes Unique Global API Development Supply Chain
Drug Development - Lexicon Initiates Phase 2a Trial of LX6171 Drug Candidate for Cognitive Disorders
Drug Development - New Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Scientific Staff Hired by ADVR
Drug Development - Pharmatek Announces New Seminar Series
Drug Development - QPS Announces Signing Agreement to Acquire Bio-Kinetic Clinical Applications, Gaining Phase I and Early Clinical Services
Drug Development - Reports from Biosynexus Incorporated add new data to research in drug development
Drug Development - Research results from GlaxoSmithKline update knowledge of drug development
Drug Development - SGX Pharmaceuticals Submits Investigational New Drug Application for SGX523, a Highly Potent, Selective, Orally Bioavailable cMET Inhibitor
Drug Development - Transport Pharmaceuticals Receives Coveted Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award
Drug Resistance - Antibiotics from Theravance/Astellas and Johnson & Johnson/Basilea Are the Most Promising in the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Drug Market
Drug Resistance - Cepheid Launches New GeneXpert(R) Tests in Europe for Simultaneous, Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus Aureus and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Drug Resistance - New Study Links Animal Agriculture to More Than 20% of MRSA Infections in the Netherlands
Drug Resistance - Research from Coleraine, Co. in the area of drug resistance published
Drug Resistance - Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four Team Up with the Elks USA, the Acting Surgeon General, and SAMHSA to Fight Underage Drinking!
DuPont - DuPont Group Vice President Briefs Investors on Performance Materials Segment
Dyadic International, Inc. - Dyadic Receives Delisting Notice from American Stock Exchange and Provides Updates Regarding Gordian Strategic Process and Other Events
Dynatronics Corporation - Dynatronics Announces $250,000 Increase in Stock Buyback Program
Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. - Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend
Eceptionist, Inc. - Eceptionist(R) Announces Release of Triage Manager
Eclipsys Corporation - Eclipsys Announces Strong Market Momentum for Sunrise Pharmacy
eFoodSafety.com, Inc. - eFoodSafety.com, Inc. to Commence Efficacy Studies on Citroxin(TM) Utilizing Trans-Dermal Delivery System for Eradication of MRSA ''Super Bug''
EH&E - EPA Focus on Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste: White Paper Helps Hospitals Avoid Fines
Eli Lilly and Company - Lilly Announces New President of Animal Health Division
Eli Lilly and Company - Lilly Announces Pat James to Assume New Role
Eli Lilly and Company - Lilly Showcases Pipeline Opportunities to Wall Street, Sets 2008 Financial Guidance and Outlines Transformation Strategy
Emisphere Technologies, Inc. - Emisphere Names Adam Friedman Associates IR Agency of Record
Emphysema - Alpha-1 Foundation, AARC Cooperate on Study to Test 5,000 COPD Patients for Alpha-1
Endoscopy - Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Expands Line of CLEAR-TRAC(TM) Surgical Cannulas
EntreMed, Inc. - EntreMed to Present at the New York Society of Security Analysts Industry Conference
Environmental Defense - EPA Plan to Evade Required Cuts in Mercury Pollution Challenged in Court by States, Tribes, Health and Environmental Groups
Enzyme Research - Pharmacopeia Announces Additional Positive Findings from Phase 1 Multiple Ascending Dose Study of PS433540 (DARA)
Enzyme Research - Scientists at Japan Tobacco, Inc. target enzyme research
Enzyme Research - Studies from Genzyme Corporation reveal new findings on enzyme research
Enzyme Research - Studies from SAIC-Frederick, Inc. in the area of enzyme research described
EpiCept Corporation - EpiCept Corporation Announces Pricing of Public Offering
EpiCept Corporation - EpiCept Corporation to Present at the New York Society of Security Analysts 11th Annual Biotech & Specialty Pharma Conference
Epidemiology - New findings from RTI International describe advances in epidemiology
Epilepsy - Research from UCB Pharma S.A. reveals new findings on epilepsy in children
Epilepsy - Yale Neurosurgeon Named American Epilepsy Society President
Erectile Dysfunction - Horphag's Prelox(R) Provides Over-the-Counter Solution in Battle Against Erectile Dysfunction
ESi - ESi Announces Strategic New Hire in Boston
Essilor - Essilor Acquires Prescription Laboratories in the United Kingdom and the United States
Euro Rscg Life - World's Largest Fully Integrated, Global Health Marketing and Communications Group Announces Key International Leadership Team Expansion
Evotec Ag - Evotec Completes Divesture of Chemical Development Business to Aptuit
EXACT Sciences Corporation - EXACT Sciences to Webcast Panel Presentation at the 2007 RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Exactech, Inc. - David Petty Named President of Exactech; Joins Board of Directors
Farmers Insurance Group - Farmers Insurance Bikes for Babies in Vegas
FDA Alliance - FDA Advisors Declare 'FDA Science and Mission at Risk'
febit holding gmbh - febit Appoints David Mahoney Director of Global Intellectual Property and U.S. Legal Affairs
Fibroids - InSightec Selected as a 2008 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer
Fibroids - Repros' Lead Product Proellex to Enter Phase 3 for the Treatment of Uterine Fibroid Indications
Fibromyalgia - 'Circle of Care' Collaborative Aims to Reduce Barriers To Recognition and Treatment of Fibromyalgia
Financials - Angelica Announces Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Results
Financials - Covidien Reports Fourth-Quarter and Fiscal 2007 Results
Financials - Fitch Affirms Scheurer Hospital's (Michigan) Rev Bonds at 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable
Financials - SheerVision, Inc. Files 10K and Announces Record 2007 Revenues
Financing - Skinny Nutritional Corp. Announces Financing Commitment From United Capital Funding
Financing - Talyst Capital(TM) Leasing Program Provides Hospitals, Health Systems a Fast Path to Pharmacy Automation
Financing - UPDATED: Evalve(R) Completes $60 Million Series D Financing
Finesse Solutions, Llc - Finesse Introduces TruBio(TM) IOQ
First Consulting Group - First Consulting Group Releases FirstPoint(TM) 1.0 for Life Sciences and becomes Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
First Dental Health - First Dental Health's Public Education Campaign Targets High Price of Dental Coverage
Fitch Ratings - Fitch Publishes Third Quarter Global Pharmaceutical R&D Pipeline Report
Fitch Ratings - Fitch Teleconf Reschedule: Outlook for U.S. Healthcare and Pharma Sectors, 12/5, 11AM EST
Food Poisoning - Bioniche Recognized as One of the Top 10 Life Sciences Companies in Canada
Framework Convention Alliance - Nations from the Region of the Americas Collaborate to Save Lives and Reduce Economic Losses by Cracking Down on Illicit Tobacco Trade
Frutels, Llc - Marketing Powerhouse Wendy Banks Joins Frutels' Advisory Board
Fry Construction Company, Inc. - Fry Construction Is Featured in Key Industry Publication
Funky Monkey Snacks - Why Fruit Gets Short Shrift in U.S. Diet: Online Poll
Ganeden Biotech - Ganeden Biotech Obtains Self-Affirmed GRAS Status for Probiotic Ingredient, GanedenBC30 (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086)
Gastroenteritis - Merck's ROTATEQ(R) Reduced Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Due to G9P1A(8) Rotavirus by 100 Percent as Shown by Post-hoc Analysis of Data
Gastroenteritis Vaccines - Reports from Merck & Company, Inc. describe recent advances in gastroenteritis vaccines
Gene Therapy - Frost & Sullivan Commends Millipore's Success in Developing the Enhanced Mammalian Gene Expression UCOE Technology
Gene Therapy - Neurologix Receives Grant from the Epilepsy Research Foundation for Gene Transfer Research
Gene Therapy - New gene therapy study findings have been reported from Merck & Company, Inc.
Gene Therapy - OncoVista Licenses Phase II Clinical-Stage Drug from OSI Pharmaceuticals
Gene Therapy - OPKO's Bevasiranib Named One of Most Promising Drugs Recently Entering Phase III Trials
Gene Therapy - Research data from Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH update understanding of gene therapy
Gene Therapy - The Frost Group Invests $20 Million in OPKO Health
GeneGo, Inc. - TNO Extends Licensing Areement With GeneGo Again and Provides Toxicogenomics and Nutritional Systems Biology Services to Their Clients
GeneLink, Inc. - GeneLink Signs Exclusive Retail Licensing and Distribution Agreement with Solgar Vitamin & Herb
Genetics & Genomics - Coriell Institute for Medical Research Launches Delaware Valley Personalized Medicine Project in Briefing Hosted by Rep. Rob Andrews
Genetics & Genomics - McGraw-Hill Professional Relaunches Digital Genetics Resource on Robust New Platform
Genital Wart - Onset Therapeutics Announces FDA Submission for Novel Product for Topical Treatment of Genital Warts
Georgia Restaurant Association - New Georgia Food Code Brings Major Changes, Major Benefits to all Georgia Diners
Glaucoma - Glaucoma Research Foundation 30th Anniversary Gala Set for Jan. 23, 2008
Glioblastoma Therapy - New glioblastoma therapy study findings have been reported by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Neurology
Global Detection and Reporting, Inc. - Drug Detection Company, Global Detection and Reporting, Inc., Added to Fireman's Fund Insurance Company iCustomer Series(R) Portal as Preferred Vendor
GNC - GNC Franchising Expected to Grow Through 2008
Golden Living - John Derr, R.Ph., Named Chief Information Officer for Golden Living
Gynecology - Studies from RAND Corporation further understanding of gynecology
Halo Technologies, Inc. - Video: Halo Technologies Introduces the World's Only Germ-Killing Vacuum(TM)
Harris Interactive Inc. - U.S. Adults Not Very Confident that Physicians Have the Complete Picture, According to a New WSJ.com/Harris Interactive Survey
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. - HBIO Divests the Majority of its Capital Equipment Business
HCA - HCA Announces Completion of Sale of Cedars Medical Center
Headache and Migraine - Nasal Therapeutics to Enter Migraine Headache Market With New Migraine Relief Homeopathic Nasal Spray
Health Access Solutions - Health Access Solutions Marks One-Year Milestone with North America Medical Management (NAMM); Access Express(TM) Software Installed at 13 NAMM IPAs
Health Care REIT, Inc. - Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Offering of 3,500,000 Shares of Common Stock
Health Grades, Inc. - HealthGrades Provides Update on Stock Repurchase Program
Health Information Trust Alliance - Healthcare Industry and Business Leaders Announce Initiative to Develop a Common Health Information Security Framework
Health Insurance - BestWeek: Cigna's $1.5 Billion Buy of Great-West Reflects Growing Competitive Pressures
Health Insurance - Consumer Reports: 'A World of Pain' for Uninsured Seeking Insurance on Their Own
Health Insurance - NEW WEBSITE HELPS CONSUMERS AND EMPLOYERS MAKE SMART CHOICES ON HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (HSAs)
Health Maintenance Organizations - Health Access Solutions Licenses Access Express(TM) Software to Hill Physicians Medical Group; Hill Physicians Offers the Most Extensive HMO Healthcare Network in Northern California
Healthcare Businesswomen's Association - Healthcare Businesswomen's Association's Leadership Conference to Feature Washington Leaders
HealthExtras, Inc. - Catalyst Rx Receives Highest Ratings in 2007 Customer Satisfaction Report
HealthLeader-InterStudy - New Medical School and Children's Hospital Boosts El Paso, Texas Healthcare Market
HealthLeaders Media - HealthLeaders Media Announces Launch of New Website
HealthLeaders-InterStudy - Michigan Health Plans Continue Focus on Generics for Cost Savings
HealthSpring, Inc. - HealthSpring to Webcast Its Investor Day on January 23, 2008
HealthSure - Stressed? You Will Be Next Monday!
HealthTrans - Concerned about Adverse Events HealthTrans Removes Avandia
HealthTrans - HealthTrans Appoints Lois Mastin as VP of Clinical Operations and Pharmacy Services
HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. - HearAtLast Spokesperson Walter Gretzky and President Robert Oswald to be Featured on Three TV Segments in Conjunction with Ottawa Store Opening
Heart Attack - Portola Initiates Phase II Clinical Program in Heart Attack Patients With Its Novel Antiplatelet Agent, PRT060128
Heart Attack - Safety Concerns Prompt Prime to Remove Avandia(R) from Formulary
Heart Bypass Surgery - Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Participates in Ground-Breaking Heart Recovery Technology Study
Heart Failure - CardioMEMS Closes $33 Million Series E Financing and Appoints New CFO
Heart Failure - Thoratec Announces Unanimous FDA Advisory Panel Recommendation for Approval of HeartMate II(R) for Bridge-to-Transplantation
HEI, Inc. - HEI, Inc. Files Form 15 to Voluntarily Deregister its Shares With the SEC
Hematology - 113 Abstracts Evaluating Celgene Products to Be Presented at the 49th American Society of Hematology Meeting
Hematology - ASH Honors Two Congressmen and NIDDK Director for their Public Service and Leadership in Hematology
Hematology - ChemGenex Announces Poster Presentations at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology
Hematology - Inspirational Medical Teachers Honored with Mentor Awards from the American Society of Hematology
Hematology - Millennium Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast of American Society of Hematology Investor Event
Hematology - Pluristem to Present at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology
Hemophilia B - Nastech Enters Into Feasibility Study to Develop a Non-Injectable Dosage Form of Factor IX to Control Bleeding
Highmark - Highmark Inc. Awards $7,500 in Grants to Nonprofit Organizations
Highmark Inc. - Unique Program Means Better Care for Highmark Members
HIV/AIDS - First-Ever Saddleback AIDS Youth Summit Addresses a Future Without HIV On World Aids Day:
HIV/AIDS - HGX Selected as Creative Agency for National AIDS Fund New Brand
HIV/AIDS - HIV Collaborative Fund Receives Gates Foundation Grant for AIDS Treatment and Prevention Advocacy
HIV/AIDS - HIV/AIDS Grants Benefit Communities Throughout Northern California
HIV/AIDS - Immtech and BioAlliance Sign Licensing Agreement for Pafuramidine
HIV/AIDS - Mylan Announces Tentative FDA Approval Under PEPFAR for Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Tablets
HIV/AIDS - Run-in-a-Million Run from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Raise Awareness About AIDS and HIV Testing
HIV/AIDS - Striving for an Hiv-free Generation
HIV/AIDS - Test for Life Marks World AIDS Day, Heightens Awareness of HIV/AIDS Testing in the U.S.
HIV/AIDS - The United States Conference of Mayors Observes World AIDS Day
HIV/AIDS - Tubbs Jones Commemorates World AIDS Day
HIV/AIDS - WSJ Article Prompts AHF to Renew Call for CDC to Release Stark New HIV Data
Hodge / Niederer / Cariani / Lindsay - Dennis Joyce Joins Executive and Board Search Firm Hodge / Niederer / Cariani / Lindsay
Hologic, Inc. - Hologic Announces Pricing of Convertible Senior Notes
Hologic, Inc. - Hologic Announces Public Offering of Convertible Senior Notes
Homeland Security - White House Appoints PRTM Management Consultants' Director to Homeland Security Post
Homewatch CareGivers - National Home Care Agency Offers Advice on Avoiding Elder Abuse
Honeywell International - Honeywell and Arnot Ogden Medical Center Turn Wood Chips Into Energy Savings
Humana Inc. - Humana Completes Acquisition of KMG America
Humana Military Healthcare Services - Humana Military Healthcare Services Receives Seventh URAC Accreditation
Huntington Disease - Buck Institute and Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. Partner to Develop Treatment for Huntington's Disease
Hypertension - FDA Approves Diovan(R) for Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children
Hypertension - FDA Issues Approvable Letter for Nebivolol for the Treatment of Hypertension
Hythiam, Inc. - Hythiam Comments on Recent Trading Activity
Hythiam, Inc. - PROMETA Treated Patient Subject of MTV's True Life Reality Show
Immunization - Bavarian Nordic Receives $25 Million Milestone Payment From HHS for Fulfilling Contract Milestones
Immunization - Nventa completes enrollment and initial dosing of second cohort in Phase 1 HspE7 safety trial
Immunotherapy - Allovectin-7(R) May Offer Jupiter Medical Center Patients a New Option for Treating Advanced Melanoma
Immunotherapy - Research conducted at Genentech, Department of Immunology has updated our knowledge about immunotherapy
Imperiali Inc. - Imperiali Inc. and Kaiser Himmel Corporation Announce Letter of Intent for Major Share Acquisition
Implanted Ports - Smiths Medical Receives Clearance for New Safety Needle to Help Protect Clinicians and Minimize Patient Discomfort
Implicit Bioscience - Implicit Appoints Helen Roberts to Lead Business Development
Incontinence - Incontinence Products in Ireland Report Offers a Comprehensive Guide to the Size and Shape of the Market at a National Level
Independence Blue Cross - Independence Blue Cross Gives Grants to Support Health Care for the Uninsured
Inflammation - Data on inflammation detailed by researchers at Novartis
Influenza - ImmuneRegen BioSciences and DelSite Biotechnologies to Collaborate on Development of Pandemic Flu Treatment
Influenza - Newly Formed Infectious Diseases Advisory Council Issues Statement on Influenza Vaccination Rates
Influenza - Vical Expands Clinical Testing of DNA Vaccine Against H5N1 Pandemic Influenza
Innovex - Innovex to Promote PharmaMar's Yondelis(R) Cancer Treatment
InSite Vision Incorporated - Advisory: InSite Vision Invites Investors to End-of-the-Year Web-Cast of Company Overview
Insolia Inserts - High Heel Health
Institute for Supply Management - Business Activity at 54.1%; November Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business(R); New Orders Index at 51.1%; Employment Index at 50.8%
Institute on Aging - Carolers Bring Holiday Cheer to Homebound Seniors
International Neuromodulation Society - International Neuromodulation Society Announces Eighth World Congress in Acapulco, Mexico
International Sports Sciences Association - More Energy & Immunity With Vitamin Supplements This Winter
inVentiv Health, Inc. - inVentiv Health Provides Updated Information on December 11th Investor Day
Invest in Germany - LifeScience Alley 2007: German Healthcare Market Offers Gateway to Europe
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Quality of Care - Researchers from Novartis publish new studies and findings in the area of irritable bowel syndrome quality of care
Ischemia - Theregen Completes Enrollment of Anginera Phase I Safety Trial; Prepares for Phase II Submission
ISTO Technologies, Inc. - ISTO Technologies Announces New Chief Financial Officer
iWorx - iWorx Introduces Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Analyzer
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. - Jacobs Receives Contract for a New Teaching Hospital Project in Belgium
Javo Beverage Company, Inc. - Healthcare Purchasing Group MedAssets Authorizes Javo Beverage's Coffee Program
Kalorama Information - Medical Industry Offers Food Ingredient Companies More Than One Billion Reasons to Think Healthy
Kidney Calculi - Mission Pharmacal Sells Gold Standard Kidney Stone Diagnostic Tests to Quest Diagnostics
Kimberly-Clark Corporation - It's Okay for Women to Laugh at Those Embarrassing Body Changes
LABS Inc. - LABS Inc. Acquisition of Assets of Laboratories at Bonfils is Finalized
Langford Ic Systems, Inc. - Defining 'Clean'-First Step in Product Design
Laser Energetics, Inc. - Laser Energetics to Form Joint Venture to Market its BrightStar(TM) Alexandrite Laser for Dental Applications
Laser Systems - Reliant Technologies Receives Industry's Only FDA 510(K) Clearance for a Fractional Ablative Resurfacing Device
LeClairRyan - Law Firms Seiden Wayne and LeClairRyan to Merge
Let's Talk Recovery, Inc. - Rehab Expert, Let's Talk Recovery, Inc., Begins New Leading-Edge Sobriety Treatment
Leukemia - National Cancer Institute Study to Determine the Optimal Time for CLL Patients to Begin Treatment
Lice Infestation - Schools Have New Weapon for Head Lice Screening
Lice Infestation - Topaz Pharmaceuticals Receives $20 million Series a Financing
Life Sciences - New data from Hitachi, Ltd., Research Department illuminate research in life sciences
Life Sciences - New life sciences research reported from Eisai Co., Ltd.
Life Sciences - Recent studies from Cleardirection Ltd. add new data to life sciences
Life Sciences - Research from GlaxoSmithKline in life sciences provides new insights
Life Sciences - Research on life sciences detailed by scientists at Dow Chemical Company
Life Sciences - Research reports on life sciences from Novo Nordisk provide new insights
Life Sciences - Researchers at Technion, Biomedical Engineering Department have published new data on life sciences
Life Sciences - Study results from AstraZeneca broaden understanding of life sciences
Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. - Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc.'s First Warning System(TM) in Preparation for Completion in 2008
Liko - New Online 'Help Desk' Offers Safe Lifting Assistance to Healthcare Facilities
LipoScience, Inc. - John H. Landon Joins LipoScience Board of Directors
Liver Cancer - Can-Fite: IND submission for Phase I Clinical Trials with its Drug for Liver Diseases CF102
LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation - LodgeNet Presents at UBS 35th Annual Media Week Conference
Long Term Care Associates, Inc. - National HealthCare Recognized for Outstanding Sales Leadership by Long Term Care Associates, Inc.
Los Angeles Jewish Home - Construction Begins on Los Angeles' First New Continuing Care Retirement Community Facility in Over a Decade
Lucid, Inc. - William Shea Elected as Chairman of Lucid, Inc.
Luminex Corporation - Luminex Corporation Launches FlexmiR Select
Lupus - S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Gala Raises Record $3.2 Million for Lupus
Managed Care - American Imaging Management Enters into Agreement with Scott & White Health Plan
Managed Care - Daniel Edmonds-Waters Named Vice President, Health Plan Business Performance Management & Sales Operations, for Kaiser Permanente
Managed Care - Empire Physicians Medical Group Joins SCAN Health Plan Physician Network
Managed Care - Health Plan for Military Families Achieves Member Satisfaction Rating Among Highest In America
Managed Care - Kaiser Permanente Opens 15th Medical Facility in Georgia
March of Dimes - More Babies Born Prematurely, New Report Shows
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - FatWire and Element115 Deliver the Right Prescription for Summit Health
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Primary Endpoint of Pivotal Phase III Clinical Trial Achieved for Remoxy(TM)
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Product Quest Acquires Exclusive License to Market Scherer Labs Products
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Raven biotechnologies, inc. and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Extend Evaluation Period of Selected Raven Antibodies
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Regulus Therapeutics Appoints Kleanthis G. Xanthopoulos, Ph.D. as President and Chief Executive Officer
Mass Financial Corp. - Mass Financial Corp. Updates Lawsuit Filed Against Elekta AB, Seeks Substantial Damages
Mass Spectrometry - In the Forefront of Research into Protein Folding and Macromolecular Complex Assembly
Mass Spectrometry - UC Davis Pushes Limits of Infectious Disease Research with New Waters Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
MDS Nordion - MDS Nordion Provides Update to Customers on AECL's Medical Isotope Supply Disruption
MDS Nordion - MDS Nordion Provides Update to Medical Isotope Customers
Med Gen Inc. - Med Gen Reports 191% Increase in Year to Date Revenue
MEDai, Inc. - MEDai's Predictive Modeling Impacts the World of Healthcare Underwriting
MedAire Inc. - MedAire Renews Agreement With NetJets Europe
Medcare Products, Inc. - Patient Lift Manufacturer, Medcare Products, Obtains Women-Owned Certification
MedCath Corporation - MedCath Completes Disposition of Heart Hospital of Lafayette
MedCath Corporation - MedCath Receives Zoning Approval for Hualapai Mountain Medical Center
Medcenter - Medcenter and Medscape Announce the Launch of New Physician Portal in Latin America, Spain and Portugal
MedcomSoft Inc. - MedcomSoft appoints former U.S. presidential health advisor, James Haveman, to health Care advisory board
MedeFinance - Former CTO of Kaiser Joins MedeFinance
Medgenics - Medgenics Announces First Day of Trading
MEDHOST, Inc. - MEDHOST Attains Gold Certified Partner Status In Microsoft Partner Program
Medicare and Medicaid - Bravo Health and West Penn Allegheny Health System Partner to Offer Seniors Improved Access and Choice in Healthcare
Medicare and Medicaid - Bravo Health Membership Tops 100,000
Medicare and Medicaid - California Academy of Family Physicians Video Web Cast: Medicare Cuts Threaten Patients' Access to Care
Medicare and Medicaid - Capital BlueCross HMO Plan is Ranked No. 1 in Pennsylvania for Member Satisfaction
Medicare and Medicaid - CMS Begins Third Annual Medicare Provider Satisfaction Survey
Medicare and Medicaid - CQRC Statement on the NY Times Article on Medicare's Home Oxygen Benefit
Medicare and Medicaid - Dramatic Growth Projected in Visits by Elderly Patients to Emergency Departments Underscores Urgency of Medicare Physician Payment Fix
Medicare and Medicaid - Former Texas Assistant Attorney General Pat O'Connell Joins Baron & Budd, P.C., to Lead Whistleblower Litigation Practice
Medicare and Medicaid - Groups Call On Senator Charles Schumer to Lead Senate In Strengthening Medicare
Medicare and Medicaid - HealthMetrix Research Finds Medicare Advantage Plans Offer Seniors Opportunity to Lower Their 2008 Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs
Medicare and Medicaid - Infocrossing Awarded Multiple-Year Contract to Provide Fiscal Agent Services to MO HealthNet Program
Medicare and Medicaid - Kentucky Pharmacists Urge Senator McConnell to Put Patients First
Medicare and Medicaid - NCPA Testifies Before House Small Business Committee
Medicare and Medicaid - PCMA Launches New Print Ad Campaign Highlighting Costs Associated With the Independent Drugstore Lobby's Agenda
Medicare and Medicaid - PCMA Supports Bipartisan Legislation Calling for E-Prescribing Requirement in Medicare
Medicare and Medicaid - Research and Markets: 2007 Business Intelligence Report on Prescription Benefits Management Company 'Health Net' Features Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Overview
Medicare and Medicaid - Statement from American Association for Homecare on New York Times Article about Home Oxygen Therapy
Medicare and Medicaid - Two New Caregiver Groups Join Seniors' Advocate Coalition Opposing Medicare Cuts
Medidata Solutions - Medidata Solutions and INC Research Reach One-Year ASPire to Win Milestone
MEDILINQ, Inc. - DenteMax Forms Business Alliance With MEDILINQ
MedPage Today, Llc - MedPage Today(R) Launches Enhanced Site Redesign, Solidifying its Position as Medical News Leader
MedQuist Inc. - MedQuist Announces Corporate Restructure and Reduction in Workforce
MedTouch - MedTouch Clients Recognized by Industry for Best Web Site Designs
MedTouch - MedTouch Identified as ''Company to Watch'' by Venture Capital/Technology Publication
Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Memory Pharmaceuticals Receives Nasdaq Notification Related to Minimum Bid Price
Menopause - 2007 Aesculapius Award Recipients Announced
Mental Health - Acumentra Health Assists Oregon Medicaid Program in Integrating Medical and Behavioral Healthcare Improvement Projects
Mental Health - Acumentra Health Wins Bid to Perform External Quality Review of Washington's Medicaid Managed Care Program
Mental Health - Holiday Event for Grieving Families
Mental Health - Local Charity Soldiers of Love Launches Peer Specialist Program to Aid Mental Health Crisis in New Orleans
Mental Health - New mental health in children research from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. discussed
Mental Health - Research and Markets: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services - Industry Profile
Mental Health Therapy - Findings in mental health therapy reported from RAND Corporation
Merck & Co., Inc. - Merck Anticipates Earnings per Share Growth in 2008; Reaffirms Long-Term, Double-Digit Compound Annual EPS Growth from 2005 to 2010, Excluding Certain Items
Metabolism - Research on metabolism detailed by scientists at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Metropolitan Worldwide, Inc. - Metropolitan Announces Reverse Split and New Stock Symbol
Microcapsules - Data from LCT BioPharma, Inc. provide new insights into microcapsules
Microscopy - IRIS International Ships 1,000th iQ(R)200 Automated Urine Microscopy Analyzer to the International Market
MilkPEP - Play by Steve Nash, Assisted by Milk
Misys Healthcare Systems - Dr. Jacob Reider, M.D. of Misys Healthcare Systems Named To List of Top Five Percent of Doctors in the United States
MM2 Group, Inc. - MM2 Group Secures Listing on Frankfurt Stock Exchange
MMS - Announcing Prime Vendor Contract with LIHPA
Molecular Chaperone - New findings from RIKEN in the area of molecular chaperone published
Molecular Imaging - Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Receives 2007 Frost & Sullivan Molecular Imaging Technology Innovation of the Year Award
Molecular Imaging - Frost & Sullivan Lauds Avid Radiopharmaceuticals for its Molecular Imaging Technology That Can Enable Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
Monoclonal Antibodies - Abeome and Millipore Launch Monoclonal Antibody for Stem Cell Research
Monoclonal Antibodies - Panacea Pharmaceuticals Announces Selection of PAN-622 - a Fully Human Sequence Monoclonal Antibody Against HAAH - As Its Lead Cancer Therapeutic Product
MphasiS Healthcare Solutions - Custom Benefits Administrators Selects MphasiS Healthcare Solutions' JackRabbit for Real-Time Reporting Capabilities
MS Society - Sainsbury Trust Funds "Vital" MS Research
Multiple Sclerosis - Early Treatment with COPAXONE(R) Demonstrated Robust Protection against Progression to Clinically Definite Multiple Sclerosis in the PreCISe Study
Myeloproliferative Disorders - Incyte To Webcast a Discussion of Its JAK Inhibitor, INCB18424, During the American Society of Hematology 49th Annual Meeting
Nanophases - Nanophase Introduces Innovative, Easy-to-Use Nanoengineered Products for Water-Based Coating Formulations
National Academies - Atomic Bomb Survivor, Scientists Mark 60 Years of Long-Term Radiation Study
National Community Pharmacists Association - NCPA Testifies Before California Board of Pharmacy on E-Pedigree
National Council on Aging - NCOA Commends Long Term Care Commission Report
National Federation of the Blind - National Federation of the Blind to Award $100,000
National Organization of Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Associations - Statement on Executive Life of New York Matter
Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. - Celtic Pharma Provides Update on XERECEPT(R) Clinical Program
Neuroblastoma - Inhibiton Therapeutics Announces ICA-1 Compound Effective in In-Vitro Testing in Various Cancer Cell Lines
Neurochem INC. - Neurochem announces departure of Dr. Philippe Calais, President, Global Business
New World Pasta - Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Introduces Whole Wheat Blend Pastas with Omega-3 and New 7-Grain Blend Variety
Nexcelom Bioscience LLC - Nexcelom Bioscience Extends Automated Cell Counting Product Platform with Launch of Cellometer(R) Auto M10(TM)
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Therapy - Research conducted at Genentech, Department of Molecular has provided new information about non-hodgkin lymphoma therapy
NotifyMD, Inc. - NotifyMD Announces Partnership with VocalEZ
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - NovaBay Pharmaceuticals to Present at the New York Society of Security Analysts Biotech/Specialty Pharma Conference
Novavax, Inc. - Novavax CEO to Present at BMO Capital Markets: Focus on Healthcare Conference
NutriSystem - Heart-healthy Weight-loss Just In Time for New Year's Resolutions
Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation - Nventa announces change in Board of Directors
Obesity and Diabetes - Reports outline obesity and diabetes research from Kaiser Permanente
Obesity and Diabetes Prevention - Research on obesity and diabetes prevention reported by scientists at AstraZeneca
Ocean's Flavor - Salt Talks: FDA Hearing Focuses on Policies/Regulation
Omnicell, Inc. - Omnicell Debuts Industry's First Total Automated Patient-Specific Management Solution
Oncology - CMPMedica U.S. Promotes Eight Executives
Oncology - US Oncology Appoints Glen Laschober EVP & Chief Operating Officer
Optimax - Ever Asked a Mannequin for Style Advice?
Orbel Corp. - Orbel Opens New Electroplating and Photo Chemical Milling Facility in Easton, PA
Organ Donation - American Society of Transplantation Applauds Rep. Inslee for His Efforts to Pass the Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act
Ortec International, Inc. - Ortec Selected to Present among Leading Life Science Companies at New York Society of Security Analysts Conference
Orthofix International N.V. - Orthofix to Participate in RBC 2007 Healthcare Conference
Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corporation - NASDAQ Grants Oscient Pharmaceuticals' Request for Continued Listing
Osteoarthritis - Orthopedic Surgeon Contributes Knowledge on Research and Treatment in Weekly Blogs on MyOsteoarthritisCentral.com
Osteoarthritis - Study Shows Pine Bark Naturally Reduces Osteoarthritis Knee Pain
Otolaryngology - Regional Otolaryngology Head and Neck Associates, LLC (ROHNA) Goes Live on Encoda, LLC Hosting Services
Ovarian Cancer - Biocept Announces Study to Isolate Circulating Tumor Cells from Blood
Ovarian Cancer - Clinical Studies of OvaRex in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Fail to Meet Primary Endpoint
Ovarian Cancer - Driven By Genentech/Roche/Chugai's Avastin, the Ovarian Cancer Drug Market Will More Than Triple to $1.6 Billion by 2016
Ovarian Cancer - GeoPharma Acquires Rights for an Early Stage Diagnostic Urine Test for Ovarian Cancer
Pacer Health Corporation - Pacer Health Corporation Announces Grand Reopening of South Cameron Memorial Hospital
Pancreatic Cancer - EntreMed Commences Phase 2 Study with MKC-1 in Pancreatic Cancer
ParadigmHealth - ParadigmHealth Earns Prestigious NCQA Certification
Paralysis - Christopher Reeve Honored as Heroes' Hero By CNN
Parexel International Corporation - Perceptive Informatics Appoints Medical Imaging Scientific Advisors
Parks Associates - Over Three Million Seniors to Benefit from Networked Medical Sensors at Home in 2012
Partnership for a Drug-Free America - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and Partnership for a Drug-Free America Introduce New Methamphetamine Prevention Program
Patents - Amarillo Biosciences Files Patent Application to Treat Chronic Cough with Oral Interferon
Patents - Fitch: Steady Demand, Pricing Pressures for US Healthcare in '08
Patents - Neogen Acquires Assets of Rivard Instruments
Patents - Neoprobe's Lymphoseek Issued Japanese Patent
Patents - NutriSystem 'Advances' Weight-Loss Category
Pathology - Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories Selects InterSystems CACHE Database
Patient Care Technology Systems - Christiana Care Optimizes Enterprise Patient Flow with Integration of Patient Tracking and Bed Management Systems
Pediatrics - Berlin Heart Enrolls First Patient in US Multi-Center EXCOR(R) Pediatric VAD IDE Study
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture - Dog Law Officers' Crackdown on Unsatisfactory Kennels Protecting Animals, Consumers
Pennsylvania Department of Health - Health Secretary Reminds Kids to Stop Germs - Wash Hands
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General - Pennsylvania Attorney General Corbett Announces Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for Violating Cartoon Advertising Ban
Pennsylvania Office of the Governor - Governor Rendell Says Funds Are Within Reach to Cover the Uninsured, Continue Mcare Abatement Program
Peripheral Neuropathy - Patient Enrollment Completed in Phase IIb Trial of EpiCept(TM) NP-1 in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
PetFirst Healthcare - Winter Brings Pet Hazards
Pfizer Inc / Adolor Corporation - Pfizer and Adolor Enter into Exclusive Worldwide Collaboration to Develop and Commercialize Novel Pain Compounds
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association - PCMA Launches New Round of E-Prescribing Advertising
Pharmacodynamics - Studies from Johnson & Johnson add new findings in the area of pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics - Investigators at Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. publish new data on pharmacokinetics
Pharmacokinetics - Knopp Neurosciences Presents Results of Phase 1 Ascending Single-Dose Study of KNS-760704
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board - Survey Shows Broad Support Among Americans for Pharmacy Technician Certification
Pharmacyclics, Inc. - Pharmacyclics to Present at the 2007 RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
PharmaVigilant - PharmaVigilant Announces Launch of New Product, and the First End to End Solution in the Industry: I-Vault
Pharmavite - Nutrient Levels May be Reduced for 135 Million Americans Taking Prescription Medications
Pharmaxis Ltd - Pharmaxis Commences Operations in United States
PharMEDium Services, Llc - PharMEDium Announces Electronic 222 Ordering Initiative
Pharmion Corporation - Pharmion Corporation to Host Investor and Analyst Event at ASH 2007
Pharyngitis - Say Goodbye to Sniffles and Sore Throats
Phoenix Data Systems, Inc. (PDS) - Phoenix Data Systems, Leader in EDC Technology, Reports 3rd Quarter Results
Physical Fitness - University of British Columbia Research Shows Health Benefits of GameBike (TM)
Physicians Coalition for Injectible Safety - Holiday Self-Improvement Trends
Pitney Bowes - The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Join Forces to Deliver Holiday Cards to Wounded Soldiers
Planned Systems International, Inc. - Planned Systems International Wins Contract to Provide Enterprise-Wide Provider Database to Military Health System
Planned Systems International, Inc. (PSI) - Planned Systems International (PSI) Awarded Contract to Provide Tier III Maintenance Support for the Workload Management System for Nursing (WMSN)
Pre-Trials Research - Ceregene Promotes Dr. Raymond Bartus to Executive Vice President
Premier Inc. - Carteret General Hospital Expects First-Year Savings to Top $1 Million by Joining Premier Hospital Alliance
Prescription Hope - $7 Brand Name Prescriptions for Low Income and Un-Insured Avoid Prescription Discount Cards!
Presidio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Presidio Pharmaceuticals Announces Relocation of Corporate Headquarters to Mission Bay, San Francisco
ProAssurance Corporation - Drayton Nabers Rejoins ProAssurance Board of Directors
Procter & Gamble - Duracell(R) and Actress Abigail Breslin Announce Winners of 'Power a Smile' Casting Calls
Prostate Cancer - Early Post-prostatectomy Rehabilitation Improves Men's Natural Sexual Function, Healing and Quality of Life
Prostate Cancer - Ultrasound Treats Localized Prostate Cancer
Proteomics - New findings in proteomics described from Novo Nordisk
Proteomics - Reports from Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. highlight recent research in proteomics
PSEG - Volunteers Brighten the Day
Psychiatry - Millions of Children Held Hostage by Psychiatric Disorders
QPS - Quest Pharmaceutical Services Announces Official Name Change
Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Questcor to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 2007 Focus on Healthcare Conference
Radiology - ACR Image Metrix Chief Scientific Officer Named 2007 RSNA Outstanding Researcher
Radiology - Optimal Readings Expands Radiology Optimization Services Through Acquisition of Pin Point Radiology
Regence - myRegence.com Wins Three Gold Awards from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends
Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon - Regence Partners with Multnomah Education Service District to Bring Free Health Services to more than 20,000 Students in Need
Regulatory Actions - Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Announces Tentative FDA Approval for Generic Lexapro(R)
Regulatory Actions - Cipher Appeals FDA's Decision On CIP-TRAMADOL ER
Regulatory Actions - IMPAX Submits Additional Information to FDA Related to ANDA for Generic Version of Opana(R) ER
RehabCare Group, Inc. - RehabCare to Participate in RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
Rehabilitation Research - Lighthouse International Brings State-of-the-Art Technology to Canada
Rehabilitation Research - Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Therapeutic Golf Program Receives a $20,000 Matching Grant From the USGA
Rehabilitation Research - Montgomery Hospital Opens State-of-the-Art Joint Restoration Center
Rehabilitation Research - RehabCare and the Reading Hospital and Medical Center Develop New Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
RemedyMD, Inc. - RemedyMD Recognized as First Approved Third-Party Data Provider by the Surgical Review Corporation
Renaissance Health Publishing, Llc - Renaissance Health Publishing, LLC Asks Key Credibility Questions of ConsumerLab.com
Reproductive Science Center of New England - Doctors Note Increase in Same-Sex Couples Using IVF to Start Families
ResCare, Inc. - ResCare Acquires U.K. Job Training Company
ResCare, Inc. - ResCare Announces Amendment to Credit Facility
ResCare, Inc. - ResCare to Participate in Bank of America Credit Conference
Research and Markets - 2007 Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market - Electronic Medical Record Chapter
Research and Markets - 2007 Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market - Revenue Cycle Management Chapter
Research and Markets - Carl Zeiss Meditec AG Deals and Alliances Profile Examines Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's Key Business Structure and Operations, History and Products and Highlights Their Recent Major Financial Deals
Research and Markets - Changing Customer Preferences Buoy Prospects of European Natural Extracts Manufacturers
Research and Markets - D&MD's Guide To Due Diligence In Life Science Transactions 2nd Edition Provides a Comprehensive Overview On Due Diligence and a Proven Path To Success for Professionals Working In the Life Sciences Industry
Research and Markets - Health and Wellness Trends Aiding Growth of Food Additives and Ingredients Market in the U.S. and Europe
Research and Markets - Military Healthcare Market Overview 2007 Provides an Understanding of the Trends Which Affect This Sector
Research and Markets - Research and Markets: 'Caremark Rx Business Intelligence Report 2007' Provides Unparalleled Insight and Analysis about This Leading US Specialty Pharmaceutical Distributor
Research and Markets - Research and Markets: 2007 Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market - Ambulatory Chapter
Research and Markets - Research and Markets: All the Information You Need on PharMerica Corporation is Contained in This Essential Business Report
Research and Markets - Research and Markets: HealthExtras' PBM Segment Revenue Increased by 89% to $1.2 Billion in 2006 from $650.9 Million in 2005
Research and Markets - Research and Markets: Humana Business Intelligence Report 2007 - During 2006, 67% of Humana's Premiums and Administrative Services Fees Were Derived from Contracts with the Federal Government
Research and Markets - Research and Markets: New Report Provides Analysis of Deals and Alliances at Misys Healthcare Systems, Inc.
Research and Markets - Research and Markets: Novation is One of the Leading Group Purchasing Organizations in the US - Learn More with This Comprehensive Business Report
Research and Markets - Research and Markets: Omnicare Is the USA's Largest Provider of Pharmaceuticals and Related Ancillary Pharmacy Services To Long Term Healthcare Institutions Learn More With This 2007 Report
Research and Markets Ltd. - Ethics, Law and Society 2007 Presents a Selection of Papers and Commentaries on Topics in Bioethics, Ethics and Society, and Business and Professional Ethics
Research and Markets Ltd. - European Peripheral Stents Market Deals with the Challenges Faced by the Stents Industry in Europe Highlighting Drivers and Restraints as Well as the Geographic Trends That Are Influencing the Industry in Europe
Research and Markets Ltd. - Germany Cardiovascular Devices Medical Equipment Market Report Offers Detailed and Comprehensive Coverage of Market Revenue, Volume, Distribution and Company Share Information
Research and Markets Ltd. - Increased Research in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Arenas Propels the Protein Purification Market
Research and Markets Ltd. - Laboratory Based Haematology Diagnostics Dominate Even As POC Based Tests Make Strong Gains
Research and Markets Ltd. - New Report Canadian Pharmaceutical Sales Management Analyzes Present Trends to Provide the Steps Pharmaceutical Sales Managers Must Take to Stay Competitive - and Beat the Market
Research and Markets Ltd. - New Report Examines Current Product Pipelines at Andrx Corp
Research and Markets Ltd. - Research and Markets: 3M Company Product Pipeline Report Offers Key Company Details and Data for New Business and Competitors
Research and Markets Ltd. - Research and Markets: Examine ReAble Therapeutics Finance LLC's Major Financial Deals Whilst Learning Their Key Business Structure and Operations
Research and Markets Ltd. - Research and Markets: New Card Guard AG's Profile Examines Business Structure and Operations, History and Products, and Provides Summary Analysis of Key Revenue Lines and Strategy
Research and Markets Ltd. - Research and Markets: New Product Pipeline Report Examines Developments at Corgentech Inc.
Research and Markets Ltd. - Research and Markets: This Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd Company Analysis Offers Key Financial Data Ratio and SWOT Analysis
Research and Markets Ltd. - Research and Markets: This Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited Study Covers Information on the Business Structure Areas of Operation Products and Services Offered by the Company
Research and Markets Ltd. - The Market for Immunomodulators Was Valued at $43Bn in 2006, and is Expected to Grow at a CAGR of 13% to Reach $80bn by 2011
Research and Markets Ltd. - US IT Spending on Business Intelligence to 2012 Pharmaceutical Technology (Databook)
Respiratory Disease - Medical Acoustics' Revolutionary Diagnostic and Therapeutic Device, the Lung Flute(R), Now Registered in the European Union
Responsible Family Company - Responsible Family Company's Program to Prepare Caregivers for Emergencies Wins Awards
Retinal Vein Occlusion Therapy - Findings from Istanbul Retina Institute, Inc. broaden understanding of retinal vein occlusion therapy
Revolution Health Group LLC - Revolution Health Acquires HealthTalk
Revolution Health Group LLC - Revolution Health Announces Strategic Partnership, Financial Investment in SparkPeople
Revolution Health Group LLC - Revolution Health Network Now Second Largest Health Property on the Internet
Rite Aid Corporation - Rite Aid Corporation Extends Exchange Offer
Rite Aid Corporation - Rite Aid Reports 0.9 Percent Same Store Sales Increase for November
Roche - Roche to Nominate Independent Directors for Election at Ventana's 2008 Annual Stockholders Meeting
Rosetta Genomics Ltd - Rosetta Genomics Strengthens Senior Management in Preparation for its First Commercial Launch of microRNA-Based Diagnostic Products in 2008
RxHub - Humana Launches ePrescribing Program Through Partnership with RxHub
RxHub - RxHub Attends Capitol Hill Briefing on Modernizing Healthcare through Electronic Prescribing
RxHub, LLC - RxHub Supports Premier ePrescribing Leadership Conference for ePrescribe Florida
Rxium Llc - RxPop (RxPop.com) Accepts 16 New Licensed Online Pharmacies Into Its Service
Safe Home Products - Survey Indicates That U.S. Consumers Who Shop Online Will Do More Than 50% of Their Holiday Shopping Over the Internet, According to Online Retailer Safe Home Products
SafeStitch Medical, Inc. - SafeStitch Medical, Inc.; Name Changed from Cellular Technical Services Company
Sage Software - Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. Announces Intergy by Sage and Intergy EHR by Sage installations for 2007
Sage Software - Sage Software Joins e-Prescribing Coalition for Presidential Petition
Sangui BioTech International, Inc. - Sangui Partnership Enters a New Phase:
Santarus, Inc. - Santarus Licenses Rights to GlaxoSmithKline for ZEGERID Immediate-Release Omeprazole Products in over 100 Countries
Schizophrenia - New Whole Genome Homozygosity Association Method Uncovers Nine Genetic Risk Factors Associated with Schizophrenia
Sciele Pharma, Inc. - Edward J. Schutter Appointed to President and Chief Operating Officer of Sciele Pharma, Inc.
SciHealth - SciHealth Inc. Helps Mary Washington Hospital Improve Emergency Department Performance
SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West - El Camino Hospital Workers Ratify New Contract
Sepragen Corporation - Sepragen Announces the Completion of Cyto Biologic Technologies Acquisition
Sepsis - Fremont-Rideout Health Group Launches Groundbreaking Programs for the Treatment of Shock
Sequoia Healthcare District - Sequoia Healthcare District Approves Terms for Sequoia Hospital Rebuild
Sex Education - FRC: Teen Birth Rate Increase Demonstrates Need for Authentic Abstinence Education
Shire Plc - Permission Granted to Challenge the High Court Ruling to Restrict Alzheimers' Drugs Access on the NHS
Siemens Financial Services, Inc. - Siemens Financial Services, Inc. Announces Completion of Credit Facility With Merit Mountainside, LLC
Signature Hospital Corp. - Veteran Hospital Operations Executive Joins Signature
Sizzler Usa - Sizzler Makes Holidays Brighter for Hospitalized Children with National Toy Drive for Children's Miracle Network
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. - Skilled Healthcare Announces Management Changes
Skinvisible, Inc. - Skinvisible Signs Marketing Agreement for India
Sleep Disorders - Five Clinical Studies to Receive $2.5 Million Under Foundation's 2007 Clinical Discovery Program
Small Enterprise Growth Fund - Small Enterprise Growth Fund Invests in One of Maine's Top Small Businesses
Smart Balance Inc. - Smart Balance Inc. Issues Additional Historical Financial Information for Investors
Solid Cancer - Metastatix Commences Phase 1 Clinical Trial of MSX-122 in Cancer Patients
SonoSite, Inc. - SonoSite Begins Customer Shipments of M-Turbo System
Stanford University School of Medicine - Computer Calls Can Talk Couch Potatoes Into Walking, Stanford Study Finds
Stem Cell Research - CellCyte Genetics Corp. Appoints Fred Mill As Director of Engineering, Device Division
Stem Cell Research - New stem cell research study findings have been reported by researchers at Technion
Stem Cell Research - StemCells, Inc. Exploring Acquisition of Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC
Stem Cell Research - Vion Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of Clinical Trial of Cloretazine(R) (VNP40101M) in Combination with Stem Cell Transplantation
Stemedica Cell Technologies - Stemedica Cell Technologies Strengthens Clinical Leadership Team
SterlingTech Software - SterlingTech Software Receives State of New Jersey Grant for ISO Certification
StoresOnline - StoresOnline Participates in Festival of Trees
Strategic Diagnostics Inc. - Strategic Diagnostics Inc. to Present Application Data on Proprietary Antibody Development System
Streamline Health Solutions, Inc.; Emergis Inc. - Streamline Health(R) and Emergis Partner to Offer Integrated Document Workflow Solutions to Clinicians
Stryker - Stryker Increases Annual Dividend by 50%
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Infant Development Program from EASY Baby Takes On the Sixty-Percent Increase in Developmental Delays in Children
Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, Inc. - Brian Walby Named Principal of SullivanCotter, Detroit
Superior Dental Care Alliance - Superior Dental Care Alliance Launches Maximum Advantage Program
Surgery - SentrX Animal Care to Showcase New Adhesion Prevention Film
Surgery - Sorin Group Announces First U.S. Implant of Mitroflow Aortic Pericardial Heart Valve
Synergetics USA, Inc. - Synergetics USA, Inc. Wins Another Triple Crown of Awards
Take Care Health Systems - Take Care Health Clinics Open at Nashville Walgreens
Take Care Health Systems - Take Care Health Clinics Open at Pittsburgh Walgreens
TargeGen, Inc. - TargeGen Announces Planned Initiation of Clinical Trial of JAK2 Inhibitor TG101348 in Myeloproliferative Disease Patients, and Presentations at ASH
Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Tenet Completes Sale of Shelby Regional Medical Center
The 60 Plus Association - Leader Urges Congress Not to Worsen FDA Crisis
The American College of Physicians - Internists Diagnose Health Care System Ills, Prescribe Remedies to Achieve Universal Coverage, Better Quality, and Lower Costs
The Amerigroup Foundation - AMERIGROUP Foundation Delivers Winter Safety Tips and Warm Hats Just in Time for New Jersey's Freezing Winter
The Bank of New York Mellon; The Ssi Group, Inc. - The Bank of New York Mellon and the SSI Group Announce Healthcare Services Alliance
The Beryl Institute - 'The Power of Impressions' 2008 Conference to Explore Customer Service in Healthcare
The Detroit Science Center - Final Month to See Our Body: the Universe Within at the Detroit Science Center
The Florida Department of Citrus - Escape the Cold and Flu Season With a Free Vacation to the Sunshine State
The HealthCentral Network - HealthCentral.com's New Stop Smoking Site Provides Expert Advice, Supportive Community to Help Smokers Quit
The Medicines Company - Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Publishes One-Year ACUITY Trial Results
The Medicines Company - The Medicines Company to Participate in the RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association - Daniel R. Barnett, M.D., J.D., of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, First Recipient of NHCAA Medical Director Award
The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association - NHCAA Presents 2007 Fraud 'Investigation of the Year' Award to U.S. Departments of Justice, HHS, and Treasury for Convicting Internet Pharmacy 'Drug Kingpin'
The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association - NHCAA Presents CNBC and Kurtis Productions' Original Primetime Series 'American Greed' With 2007 Excellence in Public Awareness Award
The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute - PBMI Expands 2008 Drug Benefit Conference to Better Serve Benefits Professionals
The Polymer Technology Group, Inc. - Biomaterials Leader Polymer Technology Group (PTG) Earns ISO 13485:2003 Certification; Company Also Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Recertification
The Principal Financial Group - It's Time to Check Up On Dental Health
The RightThing, Inc. - Various Industries Reap the Benefits of RPO
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Selected by China Doping Control Center to Supply Testing Instrumentation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing
Thomson Healthcare - Saint Barnabas Health Care System Expands Business Relationship with Thomson Healthcare
Thrombosis - Hatch Medical and Phase One Medical Sign Brokerage Agreement
Tonic - TONIC Announces Every T Counts Project
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. - Washington Sports Clubs Relocates to State-of-the-Art Facility in South Bethesda, Maryland
TRC Nutritional Laboratories, Inc. - TRC Nutritional Labs Reports GMP Certification
Tricast, Inc. - 'InvoiceCHECK' Cuts Prescription Benefit Waste
Tris Pharma - Edison Innovation Fund Helps Tris Pharma Expand
Trivalent Vaccines - AVANT Immunotherapeutics Achieves Immune Responses Against Cholera, Typhoid and Enterotoxigenic E. coli with a Single-Dose, Oral Combination Vaccine
TriWest Healthcare Alliance - TriWest Contributes $10,000 to Operation Cares for South Dakota's Military Families
TriWest Healthcare Alliance - TriWest Contributes $15,000 to Missouri National Guard Fund
TriWest Healthcare Alliance - TriWest Contributes $25,000 to Nevada National Guard
Type 1 Diabetes - Study results from Technion in the area of type 1 diabetes published
Type 2 Diabetes - Encouraging Results Spur PhytoMedical's Continued Development of Diabetes Compound by Way of New Dosing Study, a Significant Milestone
Type 2 Diabetes - New Report Reveals Diabetes a Greater Problem in Chicago Than Other Communities
U.S. Care Management - Frederic Goldstein, President and CEO of U.S. Care Management Talks to the Wall Street Transcript
Ulcerative Colitis - Celebrating UC Success Essay Contest Seeks Inspirational Stories of People Living with Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
Ulcerative Colitis - Study Data Show Asacol(R) (Mesalamine) is Effective in Treating All Extents of Ulcerative Colitis Including Isolated Proctitis
Unicef - George Harrison Fund for UNICEF Announces Donation for Bangladesh Cyclone Relief
Unilever - Philly International Airport Tops 'AXE's Best and Worst Airports to Make a Connection'
UnitedHealth Group - UnitedHealth Group to Host Investor Conference
UnitedHealthcare - New York State Department of Civil Service Selects UnitedHealthcare to Administer Pharmacy Benefits for More Than 1 Million State Employees
Universal Hospital Services, Inc. - Universal Hospital Services, Inc. Announces Extension of Exchange Offer for its Second Lien Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2015
University of Michigan Health System - A Major Gift of Art and History: U-M Receives 45 Significant Medical Paintings From Pfizer
Vaperma Inc. - Dedini and Vaperma Team Up to Improve Ethanol Production in Brazil
Ventas, Inc. - Ventas Grants Stock Awards to Promote Long-Term Retention and Reward Performance
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia - Ceragenix Announces Promising Antimicrobial Coating Data
VeriChip Corporation and Digital Angel Corporation - VeriChip Corporation's and Digital Angel Corporation's Self-Contained Implantable RFID Glucose-Sensing Microchip Currently Featured on FoxNews.com and is Expected to be Featured on Fox News Channel Today
Verticals onDemand - New Datamonitor Report ''Decision Matrix: Selecting a CRM Vendor in the Pharmaceutical Industry'' Suggests Rapidly Growing Trend towards On-Demand CRM Applications
Visiprise, Inc. - Visiprise Manufacturing Wins START-IT Top 50 Technologies Award
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care(R) - VITAS Innovative Hospice Care(R) Recognized for Diversity
Walgreens - Walgreens November Sales Increase 9.5 Percent
WaveLight, Inc. - WaveLight's VP of Sales to Oversee Marketing
Wedgewood Pharmacy - Wedgewood Introduces Refresh(TM) Exchange-Program: Free Exchange of Expired Veterinary Compounded Medications Solves Key Industry Problem
Wedgewood Pharmacy - Wedgwood Introduces Peppermint- and Alfalfa-Flavored Pergolide Gourmeds(TM)
Weight Loss - URAC Names Sensei for Weight Loss as a Finalist in First-Ever Best Practices in Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards
Weight Watchers(R) - Don't Let the Holiday Season Weigh You Down
Weight Watchers(R) - Tis' the Season to be Jolly ... and Stress-Free: Survey Reveals Women's Stress Levels During the Holidays
Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. - Weitz & Luxenberg Disappointed by Watered Down 'Ban Asbestos' Bill
Wellness - Employee Health Includes Financial Health, Too
WellPoint, Inc. - WellPoint Announces Webcast of Its Conference with Investment Community
White House Press Office - Interview of the Vice President
Wild Blueberry Association of North America - Wild Blueberries Shown to Fight Oxidative Stress
Women's Health - NEWSWEEK: Cover: Health for Life: Fertility & Diet
Women's Health - Topical treatment for age spots, from Harvard Women's Health Watch
Work+Life Fit, Inc. - Employees Want the Next President's Agenda to Make Work Life Flexibility Easier for Companies and Individuals
World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) - WWT Wins Best Healthcare Application Award at National CIPTUG Conference
WPCS International Incorporated - WPCS Selected for World Trade Center Project
Wright Medical Group, Inc. - Wright Medical Group, Inc. Schedules 2008 Financial Guidance and Modeling Call
Xcorporeal, Inc. - Xcorporeal's Common Stock Approved for Listing on the American Stock Exchange
YMCA of the Usa - YMCA Conference Sparks Healthy Change in Communities Nationwide
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