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European Commission approves Stivarga tablets for treatment of patients with mCRC

Bayer HealthCare and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) announced today that the European Commission has approved Stivarga® (regorafenib) tablets for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

30 Aug 2013

Planned Parenthood affiliates among groups tapped to receive federal health law grants

News outlets also highlight various other organizations that received funding to be 'navigators.'

17 Aug 2013

Mo. lawmaker readies challenge to state coverage for sterilization, contraceptives

A lawmaker in Missouri prepares to challenge the state government's insurance coverage that includes sterilization and contraceptives. In the meantime, a group prepares to appeal a ruling upholding the health law's contraception coverage mandate to the Supreme Court.

16 Aug 2013

State highlights: Texas waits for feds' ok on higher Medicaid payments

California schools may give students insulin injections and other medications without having to call in licensed nurses, the state's highest court ruled Monday. … The unanimous decision was a defeat for the powerful California Nurses Assn., which had argued that only licensed health care workers could administer medicine under a state law that bars the unauthorized practice of nursing (Dolan, 8/12).

14 Aug 2013

Viewpoints: Obama overlooking legal constraints on employer mandate delay; Bush's 'unnecessary' heart procedure; discrimination against people with mental illnesses

In his Friday remarks, Mr. Obama also claimed that he had the "executive authority" for the mandate delay. But if he really believes that, then why did he say he would normally ask for a legislative "tweak." Either the fix requires legislation or it doesn't. His comments are certainly revealing about his attitudes on Presidential power and the constraints of the U.S. Constitution. Article II, Section 3 instructs him to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, not merely what he thinks is "the essence" of laws (8/10).

13 Aug 2013

Abortion fights in the states turn to digital world

Eleven states now ban abortion by telemedicine, the Guttmacher Institute says in a new study. In the meantime, the Government Accountability Office is investigating how Planned Parenthood and other related organizations spend public money.

13 Aug 2013

Pharmanest announces positive results from SHACT Phase II study

Karolinska Development: Pharmanest AB announced today positive results from a Phase II-study investigating the efficacy and tolerability of SHACT. The data show that SHACT is effective in reducing pain in connection with intrauterine device insertion. Karolinska Development owns 63% of Pharmanest.

1 Aug 2013

Federal appeals court rejects company's contraception coverage challenge

The court's divided decision makes it more likely the Supreme Court will have to decide if companies making a secular product have to provide contraception coverage to their employees -- a major tenet of the 2010 health care law.

30 Jul 2013

State abortion clinic restrictions could impact women's health care access

Stateline reports that abortion opponents are advancing new clinic standards that may be impossible to meet. Abortion rights supporters fear these rules could force many clinics to close, making it more difficult for some women to get a broad array of health care services.

25 Jul 2013

Birth control coverage rule not so simple

Listen to the political rhetoric around the contraception mandate, and you might think that employers must provide women with free birth control of every kind. It's not quite that simple.

24 Jul 2013

First Edition: July 23, 2013

Today's headlines include reports that the White House is enlisting celebrities to aid efforts to enroll young people in the health insurance plans that will kick in this fall as a result of the health law.

23 Jul 2013

Federal judge grants Hobby Lobby a temporary injunction against health law's birth control coverage requirement

A federal judge has temporarily exempted Hobby Lobby Stores Inc from a requirement in the 2010 healthcare law that it offer workers insurance coverage for birth control, which the retailer said violated its religious beliefs. The preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton in Oklahoma City, where Hobby Lobby is based, covers the arts and crafts chain and its affiliated Mardel Christian bookstore chain (Stempel, 7/19).

23 Jul 2013

Celgene to discontinue treatment with REVLIMID in phase III ORIGIN trial

Celgene Corporation today announced that after consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Celgene will discontinue treatment with REVLIMID (lenalidomide) in the open-label, phase III ORIGIN trial, which enrolled 450 patients in over 100 sites in 26 countries.

18 Jul 2013

Federal appeals court upholds health law's employer mandate

A panel of the 4th Circuit threw out a lawsuit from Liberty University that challenged both the law's requirement of large employers to provide insurance for workers and the administration's contraception coverage requirement.

15 Jul 2013

Texas Senate vote nearing for abortion bill; New abortion restrictions pass N.C. House

Texas on Friday is poised to enact a ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, ending a bitter political fight that stirred national debate over what critics see as laws threatening the right to abortion in the United States. The Republican majority in the Texas Senate is expected to vote Friday or early on Saturday to impose the ban on late-term abortions, and enact tough new regulations for clinics performing the procedure, and restrict administration of the so-called "abortion pill," RU486 (MacLaggan, 7/12).

15 Jul 2013

Viewpoints: GOP should focus on fixing health law; bishops refuse to accept victory

Los Angeles Times: It's Time To Focus On Fixing The Affordable Care Act, Not Gutting It Conservatives have married their political fortunes to the notion that Obamacare is a catastrophe and must be discarded in its entirety -; even though some of the signature elements of the law, such as a requirement that most people be insured, are ideas that they originated.

15 Jul 2013

First Edition: July 12, 2013

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including articles on data tracking of doctors and comparing the rollout of the Medicare Part D drug plans to implementation of the federal health law.

12 Jul 2013

Phase III study: REVLIMID meets primary endpoint in patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma

Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation, today announced that its phase III study (MM-020/IFM 07-01) of REVLIMID (lenalidomide) in combination with dexamethasone in patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival.

11 Jul 2013

Catholic hospital group says it is satisfied with administration's contraceptive compromise

The Catholic Health Association, which has sided with the administration before on the law, said the plan will allow employees to get birth control coverage without the hospitals paying for it.

11 Jul 2013

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

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

10 Jul 2013

Contraception News and Research

Latest Contraception News and Research

European Commission approves Stivarga tablets for treatment of patients with mCRC

Planned Parenthood affiliates among groups tapped to receive federal health law grants

Mo. lawmaker readies challenge to state coverage for sterilization, contraceptives

State highlights: Texas waits for feds' ok on higher Medicaid payments

Viewpoints: Obama overlooking legal constraints on employer mandate delay; Bush's 'unnecessary' heart procedure; discrimination against people with mental illnesses

Abortion fights in the states turn to digital world

Pharmanest announces positive results from SHACT Phase II study

Federal appeals court rejects company's contraception coverage challenge

State abortion clinic restrictions could impact women's health care access

Birth control coverage rule not so simple

First Edition: July 23, 2013

Federal judge grants Hobby Lobby a temporary injunction against health law's birth control coverage requirement

Celgene to discontinue treatment with REVLIMID in phase III ORIGIN trial

Federal appeals court upholds health law's employer mandate

Texas Senate vote nearing for abortion bill; New abortion restrictions pass N.C. House

Viewpoints: GOP should focus on fixing health law; bishops refuse to accept victory

First Edition: July 12, 2013

Phase III study: REVLIMID meets primary endpoint in patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma

Catholic hospital group says it is satisfied with administration's contraceptive compromise

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

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