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Persistent, growing disparities underscore the need for national reform

The cost and quality of health care, as well as access to care and health outcomes, continue to vary widely among states, according to the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System's second state scorecard report released today.

9 Oct 2009

TOPS Versalink Spinal System to treat moderate to severe lumbar stenosis

Impliant, Inc., a developer of novel motion-sparing alternatives to traditional spinal fusion surgery, announced today that it conducted the first two implantations of its TOPS VersaLink System, the newest addition to its product portfolio.

9 Oct 2009

Number of doses, delivery system and setting impact radiation price tag

When cancer spreads to the bone, radiation treatments can help relieve the pain caused by the tumor. But how best to deliver the radiation may vary widely from one oncologist to the next.

9 Oct 2009

Plexxikon commences patient dosing in PLX3397 Phase 1 clinical trial

Plexxikon Inc. today announced that dosing of cancer patients with PLX3397 has started in a Phase 1 clinical trial. PLX3397 is a novel, oral investigational drug for treating multiple diseases, including metastatic cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.

9 Oct 2009

Clarian Cardiovascular offers transradial cardiac catheterization

Clarian Cardiovascular has established the Midwest’s only Transradial Center of Excellence in an effort to offer patients a catheterization procedure that significantly reduces recovery time and improves patient outcomes – transradial cardiac catheterization.

9 Oct 2009

FDA files complaint against Rel's Foods for selling adulterated food products

The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has filed a complaint for permanent injunction against Rel's Foods Inc. (Rel's), of Oakland, Calif., seeking to stop the company from manufacturing, producing, and selling adulterated food products.

9 Oct 2009

BioDelivery Sciences' partner Meda to launch ONSOLIS for managing breakthrough pain

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. announced that its commercial partner Meda will launch the FDA-approved ONSOLIS (fentanyl buccal soluble film) next week for the management of breakthrough pain (BTP) in patients with cancer, eighteen years of age and older, who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain.

8 Oct 2009

eClinicalWorks signs agreement with Healthwise to provide two Healthwise solutions to help its physicians

eClinicalWorks and Healthwise announced today an agreement to provide two Healthwise solutions to eClinicalWorks physician clients. Healthwise Information Therapy (Ix) Patient Instructions, take-home patient educational materials, integrates within the eClinicalWorks EMR; and the Healthwise Knowledgebase, an online health information library, has patient-specific connections within the eClinicalWorks secure Patient Portal.

8 Oct 2009

Omeros announces the pricing of its initial public offering of 6.82 million shares

Omeros Corporation today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 6.82 million shares of its common stock at a price of $10.00 per share. The underwriters have the option to purchase up to an additional 1.02 million shares to cover over-allotments, if any.

8 Oct 2009

BIOLASE Technology honored with the Deloitte Tech Evolution Award

BIOLASE Technology, Inc. today announced that it is an inaugural winner of the Tech Evolution Award, an award that recognizes an elite group of companies that offer exceptional technologies that are transforming the technology industry. BIOLASE was announced as a recipient at a reception held on October 6 at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach, CA, by Deloitte & Touche LLP, host of the Tech Evolution Award and the Technology Fast 500.

8 Oct 2009

Muscle Flex develops a strong portfolio of 'Water' related products to maintain healthy lifestyle

Muscle Flex Inc. (www.MuscleFlexInc.com) announced today that it is developing a strong portfolio of "Water" related products to market using its direct response, online ecommerce and traditional retail methods. Muscle Flex® regards "Water" as potentially the most important ingredient in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and it is estimated that as much as 75% of Americans do not drink enough good clean water.

8 Oct 2009

Dominion Diagnostics enhances laboratory testing procedure for chronic opioid pharmacotherapy

Only a short time after introducing its newly developed and validated tapentadol assay, Dominion Diagnostics (Dominion) is pleased to announce an important enhancement to another clinical laboratory test.

8 Oct 2009

Zenvia patent application: AVANIR Pharmaceuticals receives USPTO "Notice of Allowance"

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has received a “Notice of Allowance” from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announcing that it intends to grant the Company a new patent, extending the period of commercial exclusivity for its lead drug candidate Zenvia™ well into 2025.

8 Oct 2009

New Palliative Medicine Fellowship program for Pacific Northwest physicians

While end-of-life care issues have come front and center in the current health care reform debate, physicians in the Pacific Northwest can now get more intensive training and new board certification in palliative medicine and hospice care.

8 Oct 2009

Biostar Pharmaceuticals' new drug application granted clearance for clinical trials

Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Biostar" or "the Company"), a Xianyang-based developer, manufacturer and supplier of pharmaceutical products and medical nutrients addressing a variety of diseases and conditions, today announced that the Chinese Military Drug Administration has granted clearance to begin clinical trials on the Company's new drug application, the Zushima Analgesic Aerosol Spray.

7 Oct 2009

Researchers tune Diffuse Optical Tomography for early detection of breast cancer

Clemson University researchers in collaboration with researchers at the University of Bremen, Germany, are working to make the physical pain and discomfort of mammograms a thing of the past, while allowing for diagnostic imaging eventually to be done in a home setting.

7 Oct 2009

Nutra Pharma to launch prescription analgesic for severe chronic pain treatment

Nutra Pharma Corp. (OTCBB: NPHC), a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), HIV and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), has announced today its intent to launch a prescription analgesic, Nyloxin Rx, for the treatment of severe (Stage 3) chronic pain.

7 Oct 2009

Electrostimulation techniques for osteoarthritis still unclear

Despite twenty years of research on the use of electrostimulation techniques (TENS) for treatment of osteoarthritis in the knee, researchers still cannot say whether it reduces pain or physical disability. This is the conclusion of a Cochrane Systematic Review of electrostimulation trials in osteoarthritis

7 Oct 2009

Transenterix raises $55 million to manufacture and market its revolutionary laparoscopic surgical platform

TransEnterix Inc. has secured $55 million in a second round of institutional financing, paving the way for the company to manufacture and market its revolutionary laparoscopic surgical platform.

7 Oct 2009

Free educational brochure on physical therapy

Physiotherapy Associates, the nation's foremost provider of outpatient rehabilitation services, today announced that a free educational brochure on the benefits of physical therapy is available to celebrate October as "National Physical Therapy Month," as designated by the American Physical Therapy Association.

7 Oct 2009

Pain News and Research

Latest Pain News and Research

Persistent, growing disparities underscore the need for national reform

TOPS Versalink Spinal System to treat moderate to severe lumbar stenosis

Number of doses, delivery system and setting impact radiation price tag

Plexxikon commences patient dosing in PLX3397 Phase 1 clinical trial

Clarian Cardiovascular offers transradial cardiac catheterization

FDA files complaint against Rel's Foods for selling adulterated food products

BioDelivery Sciences' partner Meda to launch ONSOLIS for managing breakthrough pain

eClinicalWorks signs agreement with Healthwise to provide two Healthwise solutions to help its physicians

Omeros announces the pricing of its initial public offering of 6.82 million shares

BIOLASE Technology honored with the Deloitte Tech Evolution Award

Muscle Flex develops a strong portfolio of 'Water' related products to maintain healthy lifestyle

Dominion Diagnostics enhances laboratory testing procedure for chronic opioid pharmacotherapy

Zenvia patent application: AVANIR Pharmaceuticals receives USPTO "Notice of Allowance"

New Palliative Medicine Fellowship program for Pacific Northwest physicians

Biostar Pharmaceuticals' new drug application granted clearance for clinical trials

Researchers tune Diffuse Optical Tomography for early detection of breast cancer

Nutra Pharma to launch prescription analgesic for severe chronic pain treatment

Electrostimulation techniques for osteoarthritis still unclear

Transenterix raises $55 million to manufacture and market its revolutionary laparoscopic surgical platform

Free educational brochure on physical therapy

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Pain News and Research

Latest Pain News and Research

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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