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Study suggests way to predict tumors most likely to respond to chemotherapy and radiation

Levels of a key type of immune cell are higher in head and neck cancer patients whose tumors are linked to the human papillomavirus, or HPV, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

27 Apr 2010

ASPO meeting to focus on children's ear, nose and throat health

The American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology will hold its annual meeting, April 30 - May 2, during the 2010 Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings - a joint meeting of eight otolaryngological societies in Las Vegas, NV.

27 Apr 2010

SAFC to invest $6.25M for creating 'Center of Excellence' for dry powder media manufacturing

SAFC®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group, today announced a $6.25 million investment program to expand its Lenexa, KS, facility and create a global 'Center of Excellence' for the seamless upstream and downstream production of dry powder media and reagents. The investment, part of SAFC's worldwide facilities initiative, is designed to better serve the biopharmaceutical industry by creating 'Centers of Excellence' for manufacturing and supply chain optimization.

27 Apr 2010

WHO experts to examine polio outbreak in Tajikistan

The WHO said it sent six technical experts to assess a small outbreak of polio in Tajikistan, VOA News reports, adding that WHO "says this is the first importation of polio in the European region since Europe was certified as polio-free in 2002."

27 Apr 2010

ExonHit to acquire RedPath for upfront payment of $12.5M in cash and $10M in stock

RedPath Integrated Pathology, Inc., a cancer molecular diagnostics company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, announced today that it has entered into a binding agreement to be acquired by ExonHit Therapeutics, S.A., a leading French diagnostics and therapeutics biotech company for an upfront payment of $12.5M in cash and $10M in stock, and starting in 2012, subsequent additional payment up to $9.5M dependent on the achievement of sales targets.

27 Apr 2010

Wall Street Journal examines changes to polio eradication strategy

The Wall Street Journal examines upcoming changes to the global strategy to eradicate polio with a focus on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's role in fighting the disease. "[O]rganizations behind the polio fight," which include the WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International and the CDC, "plan to announce a major revamp of their strategy to address shortcomings exposed by" the increasing number of polio outbreaks in "countries believed to have stopped the disease." The plan is expected to be announced next week.

27 Apr 2010

Complaint filed in Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara against TPL

Patriot Scientific Corporation today reported that on April 22, 2010 it filed an action in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara against Technology Properties Limited, LLC, the Company's joint venture partner in the management of the MMP portfolio of microprocessor patents, and Alliacense, LLC, the licensing division of TPL.

27 Apr 2010

AMGA reports success in first two regional meetings on ACOs

The American Medical Group Association announced that the first two meetings in a series of regional meetings focused on accountable care organizations (ACOs) were unqualified successes, drawing healthcare leaders together to network in an intimate setting and to learn from leading medical groups and organized systems of care that are exemplars of the ACO model.

27 Apr 2010

Chubb WORLDcert system simplifies process for obtaining clinical trial liability insurance documentation

A new online system from the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies will help life sciences companies deliver life-saving products to market faster by simplifying the process for obtaining clinical trial liability insurance documentation. The new system, Chubb WORLDcert, allows drug and medical device developers to quickly secure required insurance documentation for clinical trials around the globe.

27 Apr 2010

Invida to distribute and promote Ipsen's Diphereline, Somatuline Autogel and Increlex in South-East Asia

Ipsen, a global biopharmaceutical group, and Invida Group, the leading healthcare commercialization solutions partner in the Asia Pacific region, announced today an agreement for the exclusive distribution and promotion by Invida of Ipsen's drugs Diphereline® 3.75mg & 11.25mg, Somatuline® Autogel® and Increlex® in selected countries in South-East Asia.

27 Apr 2010

Scientists develop rapid point-of-care diagnostic test to measure CD4 T-cells

Scientists at Australia's Burnet Institute have developed a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for the measurement of CD4 T-cells, a marker of the immune system for people living with HIV and AIDS.

27 Apr 2010

UniGroup reaches definitive agreement to sell Vanliner Insurance to National Interstate Insurance

UniGroup, Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to sell its subsidiary, Vanliner Insurance Company to National Interstate Insurance Company, a Richfield, Ohio based specialty property and casualty insurance provider. National Interstate Insurance Company is the principal subsidiary of National Interstate Corporation.

27 Apr 2010

LCT receives grant of $500,000 for Phase II clinical trial of DIABECELL in New Zealand

Living Cell Technologies Limited, a global company pioneering the development of a cell implant to treat diabetes, has received a grant of US$500,000 for its on-going Phase II clinical trial of DIABECELL in New Zealand from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, a world leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research and the largest charitable funder and advocate for research in type 1 diabetes.

27 Apr 2010

PPD confirms Japanese approval for Takeda's NESINA NDA

PPD, Inc. today confirmed that Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited's new drug application for NESINA® (alogliptin), a highly selective DPP-4 inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, was approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on April 16. PPD's compound partnering division collaborated with Takeda to develop this product.

27 Apr 2010

Opinions: G8 summit; World Malaria Day; Family planning; Global Food Security Act

As G8 development leaders gather in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this week to discuss priorities for the upcoming summit, Josette Sheeran, executive director of the WFP, calls for world leaders to focus on the nutritional needs of mothers and children in developing countries in a Toronto Star opinion piece.

27 Apr 2010

GE Healthcare, Ascom collaborate to launch wireless hospital-wide messaging system

GE Healthcare and Ascom Wireless Solutions today released plans to launch a wireless hospital-wide messaging system, to improve workflow and communication for healthcare providers. The agreement aligns the GE Healthcare patient monitoring platform with Ascom's wireless communication solutions to enable hospitals to customize, filter and send secondary alarms to clinicians' Ascom Voice over IP (VoIP) phones, pagers and Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) handsets.

27 Apr 2010

Men with erectile dysfunction, low testosterone at higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease

Research presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology shows for the first time that men with erectile dysfunction and low testosterone have a higher than normal risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Further work from the same research group shows that obesity is also associated with an impairment of blood flow to the penis, which in turn is also associated with cardiovascular disease in men with erectile dysfunction.

27 Apr 2010

Medical News

Study suggests way to predict tumors most likely to respond to chemotherapy and radiation

ASPO meeting to focus on children's ear, nose and throat health

SAFC to invest $6.25M for creating 'Center of Excellence' for dry powder media manufacturing

WHO experts to examine polio outbreak in Tajikistan

ExonHit to acquire RedPath for upfront payment of $12.5M in cash and $10M in stock

Wall Street Journal examines changes to polio eradication strategy

Complaint filed in Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara against TPL

AMGA reports success in first two regional meetings on ACOs

Chubb WORLDcert system simplifies process for obtaining clinical trial liability insurance documentation

Invida to distribute and promote Ipsen's Diphereline, Somatuline Autogel and Increlex in South-East Asia

Scientists develop rapid point-of-care diagnostic test to measure CD4 T-cells

UniGroup reaches definitive agreement to sell Vanliner Insurance to National Interstate Insurance

LCT receives grant of $500,000 for Phase II clinical trial of DIABECELL in New Zealand

PPD confirms Japanese approval for Takeda's NESINA NDA

Opinions: G8 summit; World Malaria Day; Family planning; Global Food Security Act

GE Healthcare, Ascom collaborate to launch wireless hospital-wide messaging system

Men with erectile dysfunction, low testosterone at higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease

News outlets examine World Malaria Day 2010

Evotec to receive EUR 1.5M from German BMBF for advancing H3 receptor antagonist programme

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