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Kindred Healthcare increases available credit capacity by $100 million

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. today announced that it has successfully completed an amendment to its revolving credit agreement to increase the available credit capacity from $500 million to $600 million. In connection with the amendment, the Company agreed to a 50 basis points increase to the floating interest rate pricing levels under the Credit Agreement.

13 Dec 2010

University of Utrecht orders for Bruker 527 GHz Solid State DNP-NMR system

Bruker announces the first order for a novel and unique 527 GHz Solid State DNP-NMR system, based on an ultra-high field NMR system. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) has been shown to greatly increase solid-state NMR sensitivity for numerous bio-solids and advanced materials research applications.

13 Dec 2010

Zimmer's Trabecular Metal Modular Cup awarded 20% reimbursement premium in Japan

Zimmer Holdings, Inc., a global leader in musculoskeletal care, announced today that the Trabecular Metal Modular Cup has received the distinction of being awarded the highest reimbursement premium percentage granted to-date for an orthopaedic product in Japan.

13 Dec 2010

TRL, Anaphore partner to develop novel protein therapies for autoimmune diseases

Tanabe Research Laboratories U.S.A. Inc., (TRL) announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Anaphore Inc. for the research and preclinical development of novel protein therapies for autoimmune diseases based on Anaphore's proprietary Atrimer™ technology.

13 Dec 2010

Panasonic to manufacture electronic lenses for PixelOptics' electronic focusing eyeglasses

PixelOptics of Roanoke, Virginia USA announced today that Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd. of Ehime, Japan will manufacture electronic lenses for PixelOptics' electronic focusing eyeglasses named emPower!™. The emPower! eyeglasses focus faster than the blink of an eye, have no moving parts, and change focus without making a sound. In March of 2010 at Vision Expo East in New York, New York, Pixel and Panasonic announced that they have been working together for the last two plus years to develop and optimize Pixel's electronic lenses.

From PHC Europe B.V. 13 Dec 2010

WellDoc DiabetesManager solution integrated with leading EHR system

WellDoc®, a healthcare company that develops technology solutions to improve chronic disease management outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, today announced the first integration of a clinically tested mHealth coaching platform with a leading electronic health records (EHR) system. The integration of the WellDoc DiabetesManager® solution into an EHR will streamline and enhance patient care by combining a best-in-class patient coaching platform and clinical decision support with the workflow efficiency of an EHR system.

13 Dec 2010

Pain Therapeutics completes special, one-time nondividend cash distribution

Pain Therapeutics, Inc. announced today the completion of a special, one-time nondividend cash distribution of $2.00 per share, or an aggregate of about $86 million. In connection with this event, Nasdaq® will adjust the price of PTIE by $2.00 per share at today's open.

13 Dec 2010

CEL-SCI reports net income of $10.48M for fiscal 2010 vs. $40.9M loss for fiscal 2009

CEL-SCI Corporation reported financial results today for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

13 Dec 2010

SunTech Medical, ADC launch ADView spot-check device

SunTech Medical and American Diagnostic Corporation announced today the launch of the ADView spot-check device. The ADView is a completely modular spot-check device capable of measuring blood pressure, temperature, and pulse oximetry in multiple clinical settings.

13 Dec 2010

Cedarlane to distribute TGR's new ELISA-One technology assay reagents in Canada and the US

TGR BioSciences, a leading global provider of advanced cell based assay technologies in the fields of cancer, kinase and GPCR research, is extremely pleased to announce a distribution partnership with Cedarlane Laboratories of Burlington, ON, Canada, a leading supplier of Life Science research reagents in North America.

13 Dec 2010

iTech Medical receives Health Canada approval for Muscle Pattern Recognition System

iTech Medical, Inc., a medical information technology company, announced today that it has received Health Canada approval for the Company's Muscle Pattern Recognition (MPR) System, a non-invasive clinical assessment tool being developed to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of back and neck pain, one of the most common chronic conditions in Canada.

13 Dec 2010

Ascension Orthopedics reports first implantation of PyroTITAN Humeral Resurfacing Implant in France

Ascension Orthopedics, Inc., a market leader in PyroCarbon orthopedic implants, announces the first implantation of the PyroTITAN™ Humeral Resurfacing Implant in France. The PyroTITAN was implanted in a 68-year-old patient suffering from painful primary arthritis with synovial osteochondromotosis at Imperial Park Clinic in Nice – making it a surgical first in continental Europe. The patient was discharged from the hospital the next day and reported good pain relief 10 days after surgery.

13 Dec 2010

Bionovo reports positive Menerba clinical program meeting with FDA

Bionovo, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative treatments for women's health and cancer, today announced that it had received the minutes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Clinical Guidance meeting that took place on November 8, 2010. In that meeting, the FDA agreed with the Company's proposed overall clinical development plan.

13 Dec 2010

NinePoint enters IP licensing agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital

NinePoint Medical, Inc., an emerging leader in the development of in vivo pathology medical devices, today announced it has entered into an intellectual property (IP) licensing agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Under the agreement, NinePoint has certain exclusive rights in multiple fields to 188 patents and patent applications owned by MGH.

13 Dec 2010

Biostar provides update on preliminary sales for October and November 2010

Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Xianyang-based manufacturer of a leading over-the-counter Hepatitis B medicine, Xin Aoxing Oleanolic Acid Capsules, and a variety of pharmaceutical products, today provided an update on preliminary sales for October and November 2010.

13 Dec 2010

New positive data on Generex Oral-lyn published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Generex Biotechnology Corporation announced today that the peer-reviewed scientific journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism has published new positive data in respect of Generex Oral-lyn™, the Company's proprietary buccal insulin spray product.

13 Dec 2010

PLATO Foundation launches first medical education activity during 33rd CTRC - AACR Symposium

The PLATO Foundation (Physicians Learning And Teaching in Oncology) a newly established 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization launched its first medical education activity during the 33rd Annual CTRC - AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on December 10, 2010, titled, "Controversial Topics in Breast Cancer: Straight Talk with International Experts."

13 Dec 2010

Zogenix's SUMAVEL DosePro Needle-free Delivery System wins 2010 Most Innovative Product award

Zogenix, Inc. today announced that CONNECT, a regional San Diego nonprofit organization, selected SUMAVEL® DosePro™ (sumatriptan injection) Needle-free Delivery System as a 2010 Most Innovative Product (MIP) winner at the MIP Awards Luncheon on December 10, 2010.

13 Dec 2010

Inimex, SARomics Biostructures achieve scientific milestone in IMX942 IDR collaboration

Inimex Pharmaceuticals and SARomics Biostructures announce that they have achieved a scientific milestone in their collaboration to solve the structure of Inimex's Innate Defense Regulator (IDR) IMX942 in complex with its target, the ZZ domain of human p62 (sequestosome-1). No structures were previously available for this challenging protein domain. The crystal structure determined by SARomics Biostructures provides invaluable information that will assist the functional understanding of IMX942 and the development of the new generation of IDRs.

13 Dec 2010

Quality of care for ADHD children poor under Medicaid, says new report

Whatever its final incarnation, the recently enacted landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid eligibility and is expected by 2013 to provide coverage, including mental health care, to an estimated 4.1 million children currently uninsured.

13 Dec 2010

Medical News

Kindred Healthcare increases available credit capacity by $100 million

University of Utrecht orders for Bruker 527 GHz Solid State DNP-NMR system

Zimmer's Trabecular Metal Modular Cup awarded 20% reimbursement premium in Japan

TRL, Anaphore partner to develop novel protein therapies for autoimmune diseases

Panasonic to manufacture electronic lenses for PixelOptics' electronic focusing eyeglasses

WellDoc DiabetesManager solution integrated with leading EHR system

Pain Therapeutics completes special, one-time nondividend cash distribution

CEL-SCI reports net income of $10.48M for fiscal 2010 vs. $40.9M loss for fiscal 2009

SunTech Medical, ADC launch ADView spot-check device

Cedarlane to distribute TGR's new ELISA-One technology assay reagents in Canada and the US

iTech Medical receives Health Canada approval for Muscle Pattern Recognition System

Ascension Orthopedics reports first implantation of PyroTITAN Humeral Resurfacing Implant in France

Bionovo reports positive Menerba clinical program meeting with FDA

NinePoint enters IP licensing agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital

Biostar provides update on preliminary sales for October and November 2010

New positive data on Generex Oral-lyn published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

PLATO Foundation launches first medical education activity during 33rd CTRC - AACR Symposium

Zogenix's SUMAVEL DosePro Needle-free Delivery System wins 2010 Most Innovative Product award

Inimex, SARomics Biostructures achieve scientific milestone in IMX942 IDR collaboration

Quality of care for ADHD children poor under Medicaid, says new report

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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