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Allscripts Care Management solution selected for Legacy Health's hospitals

Allscripts announced today that Legacy Health has selected the Allscripts Care Management solution for its six hospitals and two post-acute care facilities, helping to manage and coordinate care for the 90,000 patients it serves each year.

11 Jan 2010

Cardiac Science and Gust Bardy launch innovation center to develop cost-effective medical products and services

Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, has joined with Gust Bardy, MD to create an innovation center focused on the development and commercialization of simple, cost-effective medical products and services that positively impact public health.

11 Jan 2010

RMMC selects Allscripts' EHR and Practice Management solutions

Allscripts announced today that Renaissance Medical Management Company (RMMC) has selected the company's Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management solution to automate and connect clinical and administrative processes for a minimum of 51 family practice and internal medicine physicians.

11 Jan 2010

A.P. Pharma receives final milestone payment of $2.5M from Paul Capital Healthcare

A.P. Pharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced it has received the final milestone payment of $2.5 million from an affiliate of Paul Capital Healthcare.

11 Jan 2010

Mirna Therapeutics receives ETF award to develop miRNA therapeutics for multiple cancers

Mirna Therapeutics announced today that the Company received a $5 million award from the State of Texas through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (“ETF”). The ETF was created with the goal of growing new and existing businesses to accelerate the introduction of new products and services in the marketplace. This is the largest award of this type that has ever been granted.

11 Jan 2010

Sanofi-aventis commences tender offer for Chattem through River Acquisition

Sanofi-aventis announced today the commencement of a tender offer through its wholly-owned subsidiary, River Acquisition Corp., for all outstanding shares of common stock of Chattem, Inc. for $93.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any required withholding taxes. The tender offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, dated January 11, 2010, and in connection with the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 20, 2009, among sanofi-aventis, River Acquisition Corp. and Chattem, Inc.

11 Jan 2010

WuXi AppTec enters into partnership with QIAGEN

WuXi AppTec Inc. today announced that it has entered into a partnership with QIAGEN to provide an integrated single solution for molecular biomarker development, validation and personalized healthcare targets to their respective client bases.

From QIAGEN Manchester Limited 11 Jan 2010

Vertex Pharmaceuticals plans proof-of-concept clinical trials in RA and epilepsy

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today provided an update on key 2010 business priorities in conjunction with the 28th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. The company also discussed recent progress in its lead development programs in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and cystic fibrosis (CF) and outlined proof-of-concept clinical trials planned in other serious diseases for 2010.

11 Jan 2010

AMAG Pharmaceuticals provides update on the commercial launch of Feraheme Injection

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today provided an update on the commercial launch of Feraheme® (ferumoxytol) Injection for intravenous (IV) use, including preliminary fourth quarter 2009 Feraheme net product revenues estimates, as well as an update on the Company’s international and label expansion efforts.

10 Jan 2010

Second-quarter fiscal 2010 results announced by Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions

Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. today announced its financial results for the three and six months ended November 30, 2009.

10 Jan 2010

Experts from Johns Hopkins Medicine comment on healthcare reform

Johns Hopkins Medicine has several experts who can discuss health care reform as evident in these two opinion pieces.

9 Jan 2010

Selection of therapeutic workshops to be presented at the Twelfth Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference

“This year’s BIO CEO & Investor Conference will provide a unique forum to showcase therapeutic areas with key catalysts – from new and dynamic therapies to cutting edge investment opportunities,” said Alan Eisenberg, executive vice president of Emerging Companies & Business Development at BIO.

9 Jan 2010

Home-laundered scrubs have greater bacterial contamination than other alternatives

A study comparing the aerobic bacterial bioburden associated with surgical scrub attire shows significantly greater contamination among home-laundered attire than scrubs laundered by the healthcare facility, scrubs sent out by the facility to a third-party company for laundering, or single-use/disposable scrubs.

9 Jan 2010

SEIU-UHW members call for NLRB to schedule elections early

Healthcare workers at 26 California hospitals and nursing homes are seeking elections to join more than 55,000 other union members who have already chosen to stay united in the Service Employees International Union - United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), rather than switch to an organization formed by the union's ousted leaders.

9 Jan 2010

Clinical Foundations' edition provides comprehensive review of hospital-acquired infections

Clinical Foundations, a patient-focused education program dedicated to helping respiratory care professionals stay current on clinical trends, has recently published a new edition titled “Pathogens Associated with the Intensive Care Unit Environment –Considerations for the Respiratory Therapist.”

9 Jan 2010

Phonak's "Hear the World Tour" exhibit to raise hearing loss awareness at Miami

The Hear the World initiative by Phonak will bring the Hear the World Tour - a traveling photography exhibit - to Macy's at Dadeland Mall (Miami, FL) to raise awareness about hearing loss, a growing issue that affects 31 million Americans. After officially joining forces in October 2009, Phonak and Macy's kicked-off a cross-country hearing awareness tour that debuted in Dallas and San Francisco in the fall.

9 Jan 2010

U.S. Government supports ICPD; next five years crucial to meet reproductive healthcare goals

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a major speech today to mark the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). Her strong message showed top-level U.S. Government support for the ICPD and other such UN goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, by 2015.

9 Jan 2010

Philips Healthcare selects Callidus Software's Objective Management solution to manage its sales force

Callidus Software Inc., the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), today announced that Philips Healthcare has selected Callidus Monaco's Objective Management solution to develop and manage its sales force. Under the agreement, signed in the fourth quarter of 2009, Philips Healthcare will use Callidus' application to deploy and manage strategic sales objectives for its sales representatives in the United States.

From Philips Healthcare 9 Jan 2010

The Jean Coutu Group reports financial results for third-quarter of fiscal year 2010

The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. (the "Company" or the "Jean Coutu Group") reported its financial results today for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 ended November 28, 2009.

9 Jan 2010

EGS announces improved clinical outcomes from its new TIF procedure

EndoGastric Solutions (EGS), the recognized leader in the emerging field of Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS), today announced that data from two single-center series demonstrate improved clinical outcomes from a third-generation technique for its Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF) procedure. The data includes two case series totaling nearly 70 patients from two independent investigators, Reginald Bell, MD (Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO), and William Barnes, MD (Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services, Inc., Salem, KY).

9 Jan 2010

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Allscripts Care Management solution selected for Legacy Health's hospitals

Cardiac Science and Gust Bardy launch innovation center to develop cost-effective medical products and services

RMMC selects Allscripts' EHR and Practice Management solutions

A.P. Pharma receives final milestone payment of $2.5M from Paul Capital Healthcare

Mirna Therapeutics receives ETF award to develop miRNA therapeutics for multiple cancers

Sanofi-aventis commences tender offer for Chattem through River Acquisition

WuXi AppTec enters into partnership with QIAGEN

Vertex Pharmaceuticals plans proof-of-concept clinical trials in RA and epilepsy

AMAG Pharmaceuticals provides update on the commercial launch of Feraheme Injection

Second-quarter fiscal 2010 results announced by Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions

Experts from Johns Hopkins Medicine comment on healthcare reform

Selection of therapeutic workshops to be presented at the Twelfth Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference

Home-laundered scrubs have greater bacterial contamination than other alternatives

SEIU-UHW members call for NLRB to schedule elections early

Clinical Foundations' edition provides comprehensive review of hospital-acquired infections

Phonak's "Hear the World Tour" exhibit to raise hearing loss awareness at Miami

U.S. Government supports ICPD; next five years crucial to meet reproductive healthcare goals

Philips Healthcare selects Callidus Software's Objective Management solution to manage its sales force

The Jean Coutu Group reports financial results for third-quarter of fiscal year 2010

EGS announces improved clinical outcomes from its new TIF procedure

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