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HLTH to sell its Porex segment to Aurora Capital

HLTH Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Porex segment to affiliates of Aurora Capital Group, a Los Angeles based private equity firm, for $142 million.

18 Sep 2009

Report on the current nutrition and health situation in Europe

The main objective of the report at hand was to gather available and authorized data, both published and unpublished, on the nutrition and health situation in the countries of the European Union (EU).

18 Sep 2009

New information system for blind and visually impaired individuals

The artificial intelligence group at Freie Universität Berlin, under the direction of the computer science professor Raúl Rojas, has developed a new type of information system for blind and visually impaired individuals.

18 Sep 2009

Joslin Diabetes Center to provide educational material for U.S. Mills’ web site

U.S. Mills, LLC, which markets a family of healthy food brands including Uncle Sam® Cereal, announced today that the world-renowned Joslin Diabetes Center will provide educational material for U.S. Mills’ Web site, www.usmillsllc.com. The content will serve as a resource to Uncle Sam Cereal consumers, many of whom live with diabetes.

18 Sep 2009

Industrial biotechnology can reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The WWF report Industrial biotechnology – more than green fuel in a dirty economy?, which has been published today, concludes that industrial biotechnology can provide dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and provide strong progress toward a green and sustainable economy.

18 Sep 2009

China Medical Technologies approves share repurchase program

China Medical Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"), a leading China-based medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced in-vitro diagnostic products, today announced that its board of directors (the "Board") approved a share repurchase program on September 17, 2009.

18 Sep 2009

EPO and growth factor therapy safe for anemic MDS patients

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), a group of blood disorders that can lead to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in some patients, often cause severe anemia (when the body lacks a sufficient number of functional red blood cells).

18 Sep 2009

National Medal of Science awarded to J. Craig Venter

J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., founder, president and chairman of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), has been named a recipient of this year's National Medal of Science. Dr. Venter will be awarded the Medal from President Obama on October 7 at a White House ceremony.

18 Sep 2009

USAA - LTCFP's seminar highlights the critical need for long-term care insurance

This month USAA and LTCFP are presenting a free 45-minute seminar that highlights the critical need for long-term care insurance and presents the various public and private financing options that are available. It will be held at multiple times in 4 Ohio cities. The general public, including military personnel, are invited to attend.

18 Sep 2009

First edition: September 18, 2009

Today's coverage shows that all sides of the health overhaul debate are breaking down the specifics of the Baucus reform bill and developing their strategies and plans for next steps.

18 Sep 2009

Bruker declares secondary offering of common stock shares

Bruker Corporation today announced an underwritten public secondary offering of 12,000,000 shares of its common stock by two members of the Laukien family not involved in the Company’s business.

18 Sep 2009

"Our request for information gets denied by Governor's office": AWF Executive Director Brian Johnson

Last week, the Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) called on Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson (D) to release financial documents and correspondence surrounding his Departments using taxpayer money and state resources to collect healthcare provider names and addresses for the Service Employee International Union (SEIU).

18 Sep 2009

BioSante and Cell Genesys encourage stockholders to vote shares

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPAX) and Cell Genesys, Inc. (NASDAQ:CEGE), today jointly announced that RiskMetrics Group – ISS Governance Services, a leading proxy advisory firm, has recommended that BioSante and Cell Genesys stockholders vote “FOR” the adoption of the merger agreement between BioSante and Cell Genesys at their upcoming respective special meeting of stockholders scheduled to be held on September 30, 2009.

18 Sep 2009

Cejka Search offers presenters and support for various upcoming forums

Cejka Search, a national physician and healthcare executive search firm, has been instrumental in providing expert presenters and support for recent and upcoming forums this fall. These include those hosted by: Association for Staff Physician Recruiters (ASPR); Southwind Health Partners LLC; Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC); Medical Group Management Association (MGMA); HealthLeaders Media; and the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE).

18 Sep 2009

Biopharmaceutical company announces initial public offering

Omeros Corporation today announced the launch of its initial public offering of 6.82 million shares of its common stock. Omeros is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation and disorders of the central nervous system.

18 Sep 2009

Precise Biometrics successfully completes rights issue with preferential rights

Precise Biometrics AB has successfully completed a rights issue with preferential rights, which has supplied the Company with SEK 54.0 million prior to issue costs. The rights issue was subscribed to 178% and is implemented to finance further expansion and increase market penetration in prioritized segments.

18 Sep 2009

Research program to study personalized medicine

A new collaborative research program that will use the power of metabolomic profiling to help advance the concept of personalized medicine was announced September 17, 2009 by the Burnham Institute for Medical Research and the Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center at Duke University Medical Center.

18 Sep 2009

Texas attemps to offer access to quality dialysis care

Local officials, physicians and patients in need of local dialysis care expressed encouragement over what appears to be a thawing of a certification logjam of dialysis facilities across the state of Texas, though remain concerned over 38 which still remain idling to many for more than a year – to the detriment of local jobs and patients in dire need of better access to quality dialysis care.

18 Sep 2009

Mass notification systems to relay pandemic outbreaks

As students head back to school, the CDC is reporting increasing influenza activity across the U.S. (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/). With the H1N1 vaccine not yet available, what can schools do to ease parent's minds? Communicate.

18 Sep 2009

Whole life insurance policies to the rescue of retirees

Nearly 45 percent of households are "at risk" of not having enough to maintain their living standards in retirement, according to the National Retirement Risk Index, a special project of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.

18 Sep 2009