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University of Maryland School of Nursing names new dean
Jane M. Kirschling has been named the next dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing, effective Jan. 14.
Kirschling has served as dean of the University of Kentucky College of Nursing since 2006.
At the University of Maryland, she replaces Janet D. Allan, who is retiring Dec. 31 after 10 years.
In a letter to colleagues Thursday, University of Maryland, Baltimore President Jay A. Perman said “Kirschling will take the School of Nursing to the next level.”
Perman said he expects…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 11, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ryan Sharrow Source Type: research
Three Washington University scientists share $6.2 million in grants for biotech research
Andrew Yoo, Robert Gereau IV and Michael Bruchas have been awarded grants by the National Institutes of Health to fund research into innovative ideas with the potential to transform human health.
The three are scientists at Washington University School of Medicine. The grants are part of the NIH's High Risk-High Reward program to provide "opportunities for innovative investigators in any area of health research to take risks when the potential impact in biomedical and behavioral science is high,”…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 11, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joe Dwyer Source Type: research
Nashville Medical Trade Center canceled by developers
Developers have officially pulled the plug on the Nashville Medical Trade Center.
Dallas-based Market Center Management Co. had planned to build a massive center on top of the existing Nashville Convention Center.
In a statement, Market Center Management Co. CEO Bill Winsor said they were unable to meet their leasing targets.
The following are excerpts from Winsor's statement:
Today we have reached out to partners, organizations and individuals associated with the Nashville Medical Trade Center…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 11, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Lab testing company Quest cutting hundreds of U.S. jobs
Quest Diagnostics Inc. will trim between 400 and 600 jobs nationwide by the end of 2013 in a move that will save the company $65 million.
Quest (NYSE: DGX), a lab testing company, has 42,000 employees nationwide.
In San Antonio, Quest has about 10 testing offices that provide routine lab tests, drug testing and wellness testing for employers and patients.
Source: Reuters.
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 11, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Aldridge Source Type: research
Riddle Memorial breaking ground for emergency department expansion
Riddle Memorial Hospital is starting construction for an expansion of its emergency department on Thursday.
The $15 million emergency department expansion provide space for 24 private patient rooms.
First designed in 1980 to handle 22,000 patients in a year, the hospital’s emergency department is treating about 32,000 patients a year and the number is projected to reach 40,000 in the near future.
In July, Riddle opened a rapid evaluation unit, which hospital officials say is the only such unit…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 11, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: research
Medical College, UWM get brain-stimulation grant
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee received a $100,000 grant to develop a brain-stimulation system.
The one-year grant is for the John and Jeanne Byrnes CTSI Award to study novel technologies. The goal of the project is to design, assemble and test an integrated system for optogenic brain stimulation-fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) and demonstrate its use for exploring clinically relevant applications, the schools said Thursday.
The…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 11, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rich Kirchen Source Type: research
Catholic Health to build $46M HQ downtown
Catholic Health has officially confirmed it will be the sole tenant for a planned six-story, 140,000-square-foot building proposed for a vacant parcel in the Elm-Oak Corridor, located at the base of the Kensington Expressway.
Pending various municipal approvals, construction on the $46 million project is expected to start later this year, with Catholic Health moving into the building by the summer of 2014.
Uniland Development Co., which has designated developer status for the parcel — referred…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 11, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Fink Source Type: research
Advanced Cancer Therapeutics awarded $158,000 cancer grant
Advanced Cancer Therapeutics has been awarded a $158,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Cancer Institute to support the development of a novel therapeutic agent for brain cancer.
The grant was awarded to help the privately held company, which is dedicated to bringing new cancer treatments to market, further develop a potent inhibitor of glycolysis, the breakdown of glucose by enzymes.
High glucose consumption is observed in most cancers, as glucose is a key fuel…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 11, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: David A. Mann Source Type: research
Hudgens Foundation pledges $2M to Gwinnett Technical College
The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation will give up to $2 million to Gwinnett Technical College to grow health-care and life sciences programs.
The Hudgens Foundation donated $1 million to the college’s “Legacy of Lives Campaign” to begin the Life and Health Sciences Excellence Endowment Fund and Community Challenge Initiative. The aim is to boost enrollment and programs in health care, life sciences and emergency services to benefit metro Atlanta.
Hudgens Foundation also pledged a second $1…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 11, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jacques Couret Source Type: research
AT&T seeks to patent electronic patient chart
AT&T is seeking to patent an electronic patient chart.
In a patent application made public today, AT&T notes that paper medical charts have significant drawbacks, in that they can be lost or damaged, may not be up to date, and may have illegible hand writing.
AT&T's answer is a computerized patient chart system that uses a patient room computer system. "Since the patient room computer is available during the visit, the healthcare professional can enter information on the computer system to reduce…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 11, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
PAMF parent Sutter Health consolidating 1,000 jobs in Roseville
Sutter Health, the parent of Palo Alto Medical Foundation and operator of many of the Bay Area's largest hospitals, said on Wednesday it will consolidate 1,000 back-office jobs in Roseville.
Sutter CEO Pat Fry said Wednesday morning that a new administrative center in the city near Sacramento will support all of its health care operations in Northern California. The jobs now done at dozens of sites throughout Northern California are in finance, billing, human resources, and other "non-patient functions."
The…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cromwell Schubarth Source Type: research
40 Under 40 — Andrew J. Roy, DC
Owner, Advanced Wellness and Rehab
Age: 39.
Place of birth: Wellington.
Spouse: Amanda Roy.
Children: Kaden, 12; Landon, 11; Braxton, 9; Carson, 7.
Where do you live? Auburn Hills.
First job as a kid? Lifeguard.
Fantasy job? Pro golfer.
Your career highlight: Expanding my current business in 2008 and starting a new business in 2012.
Best business advice for others? Consult your spouse or someone you trust before making a major business decision. Their input can help out greatly and keep…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Xenex wins right to sell UV-light disinfectant to VA hospitals
Xenex Healthcare Services has won a General Services Administration contract that will allow the company to sell its room disinfection system to federal agencies, including Veterans Affairs hospitals.
San Antonio-based Xenex has developed a pulsed xenon UV light disinfection system as an alternative to bleach to clean hospital rooms. The company estimates that hospital infections are the fourth-leading cause of death in the United States and cost more than $30 billion each year.
The company announced…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Aldridge Source Type: research
Oakland sues to stop U.S. seizure of medical marijuana building
Oakland sued to stop the federal government from seizing a building used by a medical marijuana dispensary.
The building, at 1840 Embarcadero, just on the bay side of Interstate 880 south of the 16th Avenue overpass, houses the Harborside Health Center. In July the local U.S. Attorney filed a forfeiture action against the property.
Represented by law firm Morrison & Foerster, Oakland does not seek any damages, but asks in the suit that the seizure be stopped and declared illegal.
Cedric Chao,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Steven E.F. Brown Source Type: research
Humana's pharmacy service RightSource to hire 170
RightSource, Humana Inc.’s mail order pharmacy service, is hiring for 170 new positions at its Phoenix distribution center and Glendale offices, including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
These openings come at a time when there is a pharmacist shortage nationwide and when pharmacy technicians are one of the most in-demand jobs in the nation. Click here for a list of the 10 fastest-growing jobs in America.
Other open positions include inventory management and shipping and packaging personnel,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Angela Gonzales Source Type: research
Universal Health Services buys Ascend Health for $517M
Universal Health Services completed its $517 million acquisition of Ascend Health Corp. on Wednesday.
The deal, which consists of a cash payment of $500 million and the assumption of $17 million in debt, was first announced in June.
Ascend Health of New York operates nine psychiatric hospitals in five states: Texas, Arizona, Utah, Oregon and Washington.
Those facilities, expected to generate an additional $200 million in revenue, will join Universal Health’s group of 197 behavioral health-care…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: research
Office Ally rolls out Support Suite service to hospitals, doctors
Office Ally launched a new service on Wednesday that will provide health care practitioners with 24/7 technology support.
Office Ally’s new Support Suite gives doctor’s office staff the ability to access instructional materials, chat live with Office Ally reps and utilize the company’s interactive troubleshooter tool to resolve common problems.
San Antonio-based Office Ally markets a patient portal, electronic health records, and a billing and clearinghouse system to health organizations.…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Aldridge Source Type: research
Parent of Red Lobster, Olive Garden cutting back hours ahead of health reform changes
Darden Restaurants Inc. — parent of the Red Lobster, Olive Garden and Capital Grille eateries in Colorado and elsewhere — is cutting back hours of workers at some of its locations in an apparent effort to reduce insurance costs related to the new health-care reform law.
The Orlando, Fla., Sentinel newspaper reports that the Orlando-based company (NYSE: DRI) "has stopped offering full-time schedules to many hourly workers in at least a few" of its locations.
The Sentinel quotes the company as…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mark Harden Source Type: research
Private donations up 9.4% at UCSC
Private donations are up at UC Santa Cruz.
According to the university, private donors gave nearly $24 million in fiscal year 2011-2012, an increase of 9.4 percent year over year.
Alumni giving is part of the bump. It hit $7.3 million this year, tripling from $2.7 million in the previous year.
Gifts of more than $100,000 increased as well.
One highlight is a $2 million pledge from Steve and Mona Bruce that will support the school’s Center for Games and Playable Media, as well as a fellowship…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Shana Lynch Source Type: research
40 Under 40 — Bradley R. Dart
Orthopaedic surgeon, Advanced Orthopaedic Associates
Age: 36.
Place of birth: Wichita.
Spouse: Erin.
Children: Addison Dart, 9; Dakota Dart, 7; Chloe Dart, 5.
Where do you live? East Wichita.
What was your first job as a kid? Landscaping.
Fantasy job: Astronaut.
Tell us about your career highlight: Operating on my first patient on the first day of my practice was a day I will not forget. He was a middle-aged male with a longstanding nonunion of his femur. He later was able to walk his daughter…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Mountain-Pacific Quality Health gets Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contract
Mountain-Pacific Quality Health’s Hawaii office has been awarded a $1.8 million contract by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to work on improving the quality of health-care services in American Samoa, Guam and Saipan.
Under terms of the contract, Mountain-Pacific will convene “Learning and Action Networks” to improve patient care by reducing the use of physical restraints and the occurrences of pressure ulcers, and also lowering the number of infections in hospitals and…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Books in brief
Nature 490, 7419 (2012). doi:10.1038/490175a
Psychiatrist and firebrand Ben Goldacre puts big pharma in the dock. Skewering an industry riddled with 'side effects' — from suppressed trial results to diseases invented for profit — and backed by poor regulation and aggressive marketing, Goldacre also offers pragmatic solutions. Further exposure of
Source: Nature - October 10, 2012 Category: Research Tags: Books and Arts Source Type: research
Voalte raises $6M for expansion
Investors have pumped $6 million into Voalte, providing capital that will help the technology firm hire new workers and move to larger quarters.
Voalte, which develops mobile software for health care, has 42 employees now and needs to triple its staff over the next 18 months, said Rob Campbell, CEO. The firm has signed a lease for 11,000-square-feet in the Sabal Palm Bank building at 5101 Fruitville Rd. in Sarasota, taking the entire second floor.
The funding came from strategic investors, led…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 9, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Margie Manning Source Type: research
State takes precautions against fungal meningitis
A nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis has not yet hit New York, but state health officials say steroids suspected of causing the illness were shipped to three facilities in the state.
The State Department of Health said it is coordinating with the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on a multistate investigation of meningitis among patients who received epidural steroid injections.
According to a DOH media release, there are no confirmed or suspected cases of fungal meningitis in New…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: research
Women Who Mean Business (slideshow)
For the past five years, The Business Review has been hosting its Women Who Mean Business awards.
On Oct. 5, about 350 Albany, New York-area businesspeople gathered at the Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia to hear what six women being honored for their business acumen had to say about their jobs and their journey.
Click the photo on the right to see who was there.
Honored by The Business Review were:
• Heather Briccetti, president and CEO of the Business Council of New York State;
• Kathleen…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Adelante Healthcare facility to get LEED platinum
Adelante Healthcare will open its seventh location in Mesa on Nov. 2.
The facility at 1705 W. Main St. is slated for LEED platinum interiors certification, which would make it the first community health center in the nation to achieve this designation, said Avein Saaty-Tafoya, CEO of Adelante
Replacing the current health center at 2204 S. Dobson Road in Mesa, Adelante Healthcare Mesa will provide family medicine, pediatrics, women’s health, internal medicine and dental care. It also will have…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Angela Gonzales Source Type: research
Lee Biosolutions expands cancer marker lineup
Lee Biosolutions Inc. has expanded its line of biomarkers to include products used to track epithelial ovarian cancer, breast cancer and liver cancer.
Based in Brentwood, Lee Biosolutions collects biological materials — human saliva, semen, urine and vaginal secretions, among others — and produces finished proteins, enzymes, biologicals, immuno-reagents and antibodies for life science research and clinical diagnostic testing. The company’s core business is diagnostic and Lee Biosolutions sells…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joe Dwyer Source Type: research
High Point Regional issues warning on fungal meningitis
Some patients who received spinal steroid injections at High Point Surgery Center are at risk for developing a rare type of meningitis, according to an announcement from High Point Regional Health System.
There are two reported cases of fungal meningitis in North Carolina, and 89 additional cases spread among the eight other affected states. Seven deaths have been reported nationally, but none in North Carolina, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
High Point…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Catherine Carlock Source Type: research
University of West Georgia nursing school gets $503,000 grant
The University of West Georgia's nursing school has received a $503,000 grant to educate more nurses for faculty roles in colleges and universities
The University System of Georgia’s (USG) Nursing Faculty Initiative award will support the expansion of the UWG's School of Nursing’s online new doctoral program — an Ed.D. degree in Nursing Education, increasing the number of students able to enroll by nearly 50 percent this first year.
The Nursing Education program is the only program of its…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Urvaksh Karkaria Source Type: research
Andrew Runge named regional COO for Mercy
Andrew Runge is the new regional chief operating officer for Mercy Clinic in the St. Louis and Washington, Mo., areas, according to Mercy officials.
Runge will oversee clinic operations and lead Mercy’s east Missouri region that includes more than 550 primary care and specialty physicians, and more than 175 nurse practitioners and physician assistants that cover more than 50 clinical specialties with 130 doctors’ offices. He replaces Donn Sorensen, who is now regional president of Mercy east…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Samantha Liss Source Type: research
Appeals judge overturns $82.6M Fresenius judgment
A federal appeals court has overturned an $82.6 million judgment against a former Nashville-based dialysis company.
Renal Care Group, which was acquired by Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. of Germany in 2005, was the focal point of one of the area's largest Medicare billing cases. The company was accused of improperly billing the Medicare program for home dialysis supplies and equipment between 1999 and 2005. Renal Care, then one of the country's largest diabetic supply companies, was ordered…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Annie Johnson Source Type: research
Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper commit to calorie conscious vending
The Coca Cola Co., PepsiCo and Dr Pepper Snapple Group are launching vending machines that list how many calories are in their beverages.
With the move, announced Monday by the American Beverage Association, the companies will increase availability of lower-calorie drinks in vending machines, display calorie reminder marketing on vending machines and add calorie labels on selection buttons.
The vending machines will launch in municipal buildings in San Antonio and Chicago in 2013 before launching.
“Healthy…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Steven R. Thompson Source Type: research
Texas among best places for women-owned businesses
Texas ranks third for the most women-owned businesses, according to the State of Women-Owned Businesses Report commissioned by American Express OPEN.
The Lone Star State has an estimated 666,600 women-owned firms that employ 603,100 workers and have roughly $105 million in revenue.
Texas’ growth in women-owned firms from 1997 and 2012 was the fifth-best in the nation at 75 percent.
The industries with the highest concentration of women-owned firms include health care and social assistance, educational…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Planning a clinical trial†
Dr. Bays’ research site has received research grants from Amarin Corp., Amgen, Ardea, Arena, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cargill Inc., California Raisin Board, Esperion, Essentialis, Forest Laboratories, Gilead Sciences Inc., Given, GlaxoSmithKline, High Point Pharmaceuticals, Hoffman Laroche, Home Access, Johnson and Johnson, Merck & Co., Micropharma, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Omthera, Orexigen, Pfizer Inc., Pozen, Proctor and Gamble, Shionogi, Stratun Nutrition, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, TransTech Pharma, Trygg Pharmaceuticals, TWI Bio, Vivus, WPU, and Xoma. Dr. Bays has received consulting fees or speaking honoraria from Amgen,...
Source: Journal of Clinical Lipidology - October 8, 2012 Category: Lipidology Authors: W. Virgil Brown, Harold E. Bays, Kevin C. Maki, Robert A. Wild Tags: Clinical Lipidology Roundtable Discussion Source Type: research
Washington U launches $2.2 billion fundraising campaign
Washington University in St. Louis is looking to raise at least $2.2 billion in a new fundraising campaign, “Leading Together: The Campaign for Washington University.”
The campaign is intended to advance what Chancellor Mark Wrighton called a comprehensive and ambitious strategic plan, which resulted from three years of institution-wide planning.
The campaign, announced at a university event Saturday night and scheduled to end June 30, 2018, already has raised more than $1 billion in a quiet…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Diana Barr Source Type: research
Machinists strike at Bombardier Learjet
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted Saturday to go on strike after rejecting a contract offer from Bombardier Learjet.
The strike will begin at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
Frank Molina Jr., the union’s District 70 president, said it will affect about 825 workers at Bombardier Learjet’s Wichita facility.
Voting members rejected the five-year offer by 79 percent. The also approved the strike by 79 percent.
The union requires two-thirds of voting members…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Daniel McCoy Source Type: research
SBA: Assess your company’s disaster readiness
When it comes to emergency planning, some business owners are proactive, reactive or somewhere in between.
The U.S. Small Business Administration is encouraging the proactive approach by hosting a webinar Oct. 16.
The webinar covers the "Ready Rating" program — a self-assessment tool that can help businesses owners think and plan ahead to protect employees and their business.
The webinar is sponsored by Agility Recovery and the American Red Cross.
Tom Heneghan, manager of preparedness at the…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Damon Scott Source Type: research
UnitedHealth seeking Brazil company
UnitedHealth Group Inc. is in talks to buy a stake in or all of Brazil's insurer and hospital operator Amil Participacoes.
Bloomberg reports acquiring a piece of the Brazil firm would give the largest U.S. health insurance company access to a growing private-insurance market in the world's second-biggest-emerging economy. Read the details here.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Veterans’ Services moves to new location
The Albuquerque office of the New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services has moved to a new location in the Northeast Heights.
The new office is located at 5201 Eagle Rock Ave. NE Suite 2A — near the Alameda Boulevard exit from Interstate 25 and just east of Balloon Fiesta Park.
The office was previously located on San Mateo Boulevard.
Officials said the new location will be a “one-stop shop” for veterans and their dependents that need assistance with filing for VA claims, state veterans’…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Damon Scott Source Type: research
Navy says Bethesda medical center expansion won't add much traffic
Bethesda residents expressed outrage over the Navy's first public explanation of how its expansion plans would affect traffic around the medical center campus along Rockville Pike at a public meeting on Thursday, the Washington Examiner reported. The Navy is planning a five-story building, a 341,000-square-foot research center and a 500-space underground parking garage.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
UNM’s RWJF center recognized in D.C.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico has been recognized by Excelencia in Education as one of America’s top programs that increase academic opportunities for Latino students.
The center was honored by officials and higher education leaders at an event at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Excelencia in Education is a nonprofit with a mission of accelerating Latino student success…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Damon Scott Source Type: research
Kansas Supreme Court to rule on pain-and-suffering cap
After three years of waiting, the Kansas Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision Friday on a state law that limits to $250,000 the amount a plaintiff can receive in a civil suit for noneconomic damages, commonly known as pain and suffering.
According to an Associated Press report, the issue arose when Kansas resident Amy Miller won a medical malpractice case in which the jury awarded her $400,000 for pain and suffering, an amount later reduced by a judge to $250,000.
Physicians and other…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
CFO Of The Year - Jon Sohn
Jon Sohn
Category:
Large Private Companies ($250 Million+)
Company:
Wheaton Franciscan Health Care
Title:
Senior vice president and chief financial officer
Jon Sohn is more than just a man who is good with numbers. As chief financial officer at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, he’s had his hand in growing the integrated health care system into a thriving organization.
In his comfortable office at Wheaton’s headquarters in Glendale, Sohn is humble about his role. Although he acknowledges…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Stephanie Beecher Source Type: research
Wesley, Via Christi recognized for organ donation availability
Wesley Medical Center and Via Christi Hospital-St. Francis were among the 18 Kansas and Missouri hospitals recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for increasing the number of organs available for transplant.
The Wichita Eagle reports Wesley won the gold award and Via Christi won the silver award.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Cell Therapeutics selling $60M of preferred stock
Cell Therapeutics Inc. said it's selling 60,000 shares of preferred stock at $1,000 per share that will raise $60 million, before expenses.
Shares in the Seattle biotech (NASDAQ: CTIC) fell more than 28 percent in pre-market trading on the news.
Cell Therapeutics said in a statement that it will use the money from the stock sale to "support the launch of Pixuvri (pixantrone) in Europe and to commence phase III trials of pacritinib as well as for general corporate purposes, which may include, among…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Jobs report: U.S. adds 114,000; Who's hiring/firing in Boston?
The U.S. economy added an estimated 114,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls in September, according to the federal government's monthly jobs report.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) monthly employment situation summary, released minutes ago this morning, showed the U.S. unemployment rate dropped in September to 7.8 percent, from 8.1 percent in August. The real number of unemployed persons was 12.1 million, down by 456,000. Economists had expected a monthly gain of 110,000 jobs, and an upward tick…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Galen Moore Source Type: research
[News & Analysis] Biomedicine: Pharma Firms Push for Sharing of Cancer Trial Data
A consortium of pharmaceutical companies hopes to improve the success rate of experimental cancer therapies by getting cancer researchers to share data from clinical trials.Author: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Source: Science: Current Issue - October 4, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Source Type: research
Boston Scientific, University of Minnesota sign ‘master research’ pact
The University of Minnesota and Boston Scientific Corp. have signed a “master research agreement” that will simplify how the medical-device maker funds research at the school.
The agreement is the first formal pact to emerge out of the University of Minnesota's Innovation Partnerships (MN-IP) program.
The school launched MN-IP in December to eliminate “protracted negotiations” between it and businesses that want to license U of M intellectual property. The program allows companies to sponsor…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katharine Grayson Source Type: research
Lake Norman region companies honored for jobs
Three north Mecklenburg businesses were named Companies of the Year for creating jobs in the Lake Norman Regional Economic Development Corp. area.
They are Ovation Wireless Management in Cornelius, Ingersoll Rand in Davidson and Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville.
The companies were honored during an appreciation lunch at Northstone Country Club in Huntersville.
These are the companies that contribute to the communities by growing their payrolls, says Jerry Broadway, executive director of the…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ken Elkins Source Type: research
Riverside General Hospital CEO arrested, reports say
Riverside General Hospital CEO Earnest Gibson III, his son and five others were arrested by the FBI Thursday, according to media reports.
"I can't comment on the particulars of the charges until the documents are unsealed," Federal Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap told the Houston Chronicle. Gibson took over as Riverside General CEO in 1983.
In August, Harris County filed suit in Harris County District Court on behalf of several entities against Riverside General Hospital, "for…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bayan Raji Source Type: research
