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BRAF Inhibitor Shows Promising Preclinical Activity Against Melanoma
June 15, 2010 10:37 am | by AACR | Comments• Phase III trial currently enrolling • Clear tumor regression seen in preclinical models • No increased toxicity observed PHILADELPHIA - Preclinical findings recently published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, showed RG7204 (PLX4032)...
FDA Cautions on Accurate Vitamin D Supplementation for Infants
June 15, 2010 9:40 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsSILVER SPRING, Md. , June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Food and Drug Administration today alerted parents and caregivers that some liquid Vitamin D supplement products are sold with droppers that could allow excessive dosing of Vitamin D to infants. (Logo: ...
DHL Global Mail Launches Specialized Shipping Service for Mail-Order Pharmacies
June 15, 2010 9:40 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsWESTON, Fla. , June 15 /- DHL Global Mail today launched a new shipping service designed specifically around the needs of mail-order pharmacies. DHL SMARTMAIL PHARMA SELECT ™ incorporates best practices the mail expediter has established over many years of serving the pharmaceutical...
Healthy Adviceâ„¢ Networks Physicians Participate in Panel at Sales Force Effectiveness Conference
June 15, 2010 9:40 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsCINCINNATI , June 15 /- Healthy Advice ™ Networks, the nation's leading provider of points-of-care health-education programs for consumers and physicians, hosted a panel of their physicians at the recent eyeforpharma Sales Force Effectiveness Conference held in Princeton, New Jersey...
CorMatrix(R) ECM(TM) Receives CE Mark for Cardiac Tissue Repair
June 15, 2010 9:39 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsATLANTA , June 15 /- CorMatrix® Cardiovascular, a medical device company dedicated to developing and delivering unique extracellular matrix (ECM) biomaterial devices that harness the body's innate ability to repair damaged cardiovascular tissue, announced today it has received CE...
Nanospheres stretch limits of hard disk storage
June 15, 2010 8:41 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsA new magnetic recording medium made up of tiny nanospheres has been devised by European researchers. The technology may lead to hard disks able to store more than a thousand billion bits of information in a square inch.
Vitamin D Supplement Products: Medication Use Error
June 15, 2010 8:39 am | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | CommentsSome liquid Vitamin D supplement products are sold with droppers that could allow parents to accidentally give harmful amounts of Vitamin D to their infant.
Florida woman sues DePuy Orthopedics over hip implant
June 15, 2010 7:38 am | by Mass Device | CommentsA Florida woman sues Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopedics, alleging that her ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement was defective and accusing the company of knowing about the device's problems but failing to warn physicians. DePuy Orthopaedics is facing the...
AtriCure gets approval for AtriClip heart system
June 15, 2010 7:10 am | CommentsMedical device maker AtriCure Inc. said regulators cleared its AtriClip system, which is designed for use in surgery treating atrial fibrillation.The Food and Drug Administration cleared AtriCure's AtriClip Gillinov-Cosgrove Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion system. The system is intended for use...
New combination effective against pancreatic cancer
June 15, 2010 6:41 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(University Hospital Heidelberg) The new cancer medication sorafenib looks promising. Sorafenib is used for advanced liver and kidney cancer and also appears to be effective against cancer stem cells in pancreatic cancer. The team led by Professor Dr. Ingrid Herr, Head of the...
New President and Chief Executive Officer Named at Access Communications, LLC
June 15, 2010 6:40 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsBERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. , June 15 /- Access Communications, LLC (Access) has named David P. Gagliano the company's president and chief executive officer (CEO). Since mid-2009, Access was under the leadership of a group of managing partners, a role in which Gagliano served in addition to...
Access Communications, LLC Wins Four Creative Design Awards from the Art Directors Club of New Jersey
June 15, 2010 6:40 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsBERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. , June 15 /- Access Communications, LLC (Access) has been awarded four distinctions of honor for its creative expertise from the Art Directors Club of New Jersey (ADCNJ). The most notable ADCNJ recognition for 2009 is the agency's Medal Award for the creative design...
Perrigo Company to Present at the 31st Annual Goldman Sachs Global Healthcare Conference
June 15, 2010 6:39 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsALLEGAN, Mich. , June 15 /- Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO;TASE) today announced that Perrigo Executive Vice President and CFO Judy Brown will present at the 31st Annual Goldman Sachs Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 15 , at 3:05 p.m. (PT) at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza...
Healthcare matchmaker WellClicks raises $1 million
June 15, 2010 6:39 am | by Mass Device | CommentsWellClicks, a startup aiming to connect consumers with healthcare providers that match their preferences, drums up $1 million in an equity offering. By Brandon Glenn WellClicks, a startup that promises to match consumers with health providers, raised $1 million from seven...
Kendle Advances Early Stage Drug Development with ElMindA's Innovative Brain Network Activation Technology
June 15, 2010 6:39 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsCINCINNATI , June 15 /- Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL ), a leading, global full-service clinical research organization, today announced it now offers Brain Network Activation (BNA) imaging providing a non-invasive platform for mapping, monitoring and understanding brain electro-physiological...
