MedWorm: Biotechnology

Dendreon says FDA will disclose Provenge’s fate by May 1

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:37:14 +0100

Dendreon Corp. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will make a regulatory decision on the biotech’s Provenge prostate cancer drug by May 1, 2010. (DNDN) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Grijalva pushing to kill Stupak amendment to health care reform

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:37:07 +0100

U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., said Friday he wants abortions covered in federal health care reforms including a public option system pushed by the Obama administration. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

McCain promises to fight public option as health reforms face key Senate votes

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:31:17 +0100

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is pledging to fight health care reform efforts as the Senate prepares to hold its first full-chamber vote on health reforms Saturday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Tampa Bay Partnership celebrates with Brookings fellow

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:04:38 +0100

The Tampa Bay Partnership celebrated its 15th anniversary at its annual meeting and community update luncheon Friday afternoon. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Kansas City-area hospitals join to fight bloodstream infections

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:51:23 +0100

Fourteen Kansas City-area and Northwest Missouri hospitals are participating in a program to fight bloodstream infections, the Missouri Hospital Association said Friday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Fitch: Dousman senior facility still strong

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:07:32 +0100

Fitch Ratings affirmed its ‘A-’ rating and underlying rating on approximately $20 million in Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority revenue bonds issued in 2003 and 2004 for Three Pillars Senior Living Communities in Dousman. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Next hospital to stop delivering babies: Mercy Suburban in East Norriton

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:34 +0100

Mercy Suburban Hospital announced it plans to stop delivering babies after June 30, 2010. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Marlton Rehabilitation Hospital names new CEO

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:40:44 +0100

Marlton Rehabilitation Hospital, a 49-bed specialty medical center, named Michael Long as its new chief executive officer Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Study: Maryland ranks No. 21 in overall health

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:40 +0100

Maryland residents are healthier this year compared with last, though high obesity rates and infectious diseases remain significant health challenges. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Miami Valley Hospital relocating health clinics

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:26 +0100

Miami Valley Hospital is preparing to relocate six clinics from its campus on Wyoming Street to a 19,000-square-foot building on South Ludlow Street. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

CambridgeSoft financing worth $31M

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:36:35 +0100

CambridgeSoft Corp. has disclosed the dollar value of a private financing it announced earlier this week, reporting in a regualtory filing that the equity funding received from Health Evolution Partners and Goldman Sachs & Co. was worth $31.3 million. The value of the deal was previously undisclosed. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Gates Foundation gives $15M to combat sleeping sickness

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:32 +0100

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $15 million to the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative to treat human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

SinoFresh says study supports H1N1 treatment

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:54:07 +0100

SinoFresh Healthcare Products Inc. said the company’s nasal spray product showed positive results in a study of the treatment of the H1N1 flu virus. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Novavax to raise $21M

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:37 +0100

Novavax, moving closer to commercializing its flu vaccines, will raise $21 million in a secondary stock offering to fund continued research. (NVAX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

12 arrested in sweep of in-home caregivers

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:36:12 +0100

An arrest sweep Thursday netted 12 people suspected of defrauding the In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program in Sacramento County out of more than $300,000. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Quantifying and resolving multiple vector transformants in S. cerevisiae plasmid libraries

BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: These results highlight the potential for multiple vector transformants to dominate yeast libraries constructed by homologous recombination. The previously unrecognized prevalence and persistence of multiply transformed yeast cells have important implications for yeast library screens. The quantitative information described herein should increase awareness of this issue, and the rapid sequencing approach developed for these studies should be widely useful for identifying multiple vector transformants and avoiding complications associated with cells that have acquired more than one unique plasmid. (Source: BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles)

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High-level HIV-1 Nef transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana using the P19 gene silencing suppressor protein of Artichoke Mottled Crinckle Virus

BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: We demonstrated that expression level of HIV-1 Nef in plant can be improved using a transient expression system enhanced by the AMCV-P19 gene silencing suppressor protein. Moreover, plant-derived Nef was purified, with enhanced yield, exploiting a two-step purification protocol. These results represent a first step towards the development of a plant-derived HIV vaccine. (Source: BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles)

Trinity Medical Center asks judge to dismiss Irondale suit

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:07:13 +0100

Trinity Medical Center attorneys said the east Birmingham hospital never agreed to build a hospital in Irondale and asked a Jefferson County judge Thursday to dismiss the city's lawsuit seeking financial damages. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

NHI buys five assisted-living facilities

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:59:46 +0100

National Health Investors, a Murfreesboro-based health care real estate investment trust, announced Thursday the purchase of five assisted-living facilities from Kansas-based Bickford Senior Living. (NHI) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

D. Brent Polk leaving Vanderbilt for job at USC

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:51:06 +0100

D. Brent Polk, who has a division named after him at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine, is leaving the university to become chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. He also will become vice president of academic affairs at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles beginning April 1. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Cracked Corn: Scientists Solve Maize's Genetic Maze

Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:48:00 +0100

The complex corn genome--coming in at a hearty two billion base pairs (compared with the human genome's 2.9 billion base pairs)--has been mapped by more than 150 researchers, who worked for years to decipher the grain's genetic code . It's the most complicated plant genome to be deciphered to date and promises to increase the efficiency of the crop itself. [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)

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Sunrise closes sale for $204 million

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:34:21 +0100

Sunrise Senior Living Inc. has completed its sale of 21 assisted-living communities to BLC Acquisitions Inc. for $204 million. (BKD) (SRZ) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Precision Wire Components sold

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:27:29 +0100

An Ohio private equity firm has purchased Precision Wire Components for undisclosed terms. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

UC taps Alivisatos as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory director

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:22:01 +0100

Paul Alivisatos, who’s been interim director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory this year, now has that job formally. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Benioff, Salesforce give $2M for Mission Bay hospital

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:12:46 +0100

Salesforce.com and its leader, Marc Benioff, have contributed $2 million to UCSF to help build a planned children’s hospital in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Regence: Swedish may end agreement

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:57 +0100

Regence BlueShield in Washington officials said they’ve received a letter from Swedish Medical Center, indicating that the Seattle hospital group will terminate its deal with Regence if a deal can’t be met. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Christus bans outdoor smoking at hospitals

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:24 +0100

Christus Santa Rosa Health System has become the first hospital system in San Antonio to implement a smoke-free policy at all of its campuses. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Former McKesson chairman convicted of fraud

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:03:48 +0100

Charles McCall, former chairman of San Francisco-based McKesson Corp., was convicted Thursday of fraud in a case that cost McKesson investors $8.6 billion. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Omeros loses $3.9M in Q3

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:31:34 +0100

Omeros Corp., a biopharmaceutical company that went public last month, reported a third-quarter loss of $3.9 million, or a loss of $1.34 per share. (OMER) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

White named president, CEO of Chandler Regional Medical Center

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:20:48 +0100

Patty White has been named the new president and CEO of Chandler Regional Medical Center, a Catholic Healthcare West facility. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Oakland's Kaiser Permanente awards $256K in SoCal nursing scholarships

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:55:48 +0100

Kaiser Permanente said Thursday it’s funding 145 scholarships for nursing students in Southern California, as part of a broader effort to subsidize $5 million in RN education this year. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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U.S. recovers $2.4B in fraud settlements

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:43 +0100

The U.S. recovered $2.4 billion in settlements and judgments in cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the Department of Justice said Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City approves $6.5M in grants

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:30:27 +0100

The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City approved $6.5 million in Safety Net grants Thursday to 46 Kansas City-area agencies. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Dayton group argues for regular mammograms

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:12:07 +0100

The Dayton breast cancer task force disagrees with new recommendations from the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force that women should not receive regular mammograms until they reach their 50s. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

UW-Madison gets $9.5M Gates Foundation grant to study flu viruses

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:04:23 +0100

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave the University of Wisconsin-Madison a $9.5 million grant to study influenza threats to human health. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Brookdale Senior Living closes sale for 18 communities

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:46:31 +0100

Tennessee-based Brookdale Senior Living Inc. has closed its deal to buy 18 senior living communities from Sunrise Senior Living Inc. for $190 million. (BKD) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Business Journal announces 40 Under 40 class

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:34:07 +0100

The St. Louis Business Journal has chosen its 2010 40 Under 40 award winners. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

OncoVista posts third-quarter loss despite revenue growth

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:28:31 +0100

OncoVista Innovative Therapies Inc. is continuing to build its revenues as the development stage company works toward becoming profitable. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

NY revives retirement buyout program to state agencies

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:13:12 +0100

New York Gov. David Paterson's budget director has ordered state agencies to continue extending retirement buyouts to employees. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

DeBakey VA center opens two mental health units for veterans

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:01 +0100

The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center has opened two new mental health units for returning combat troops and for women veterans. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

P&G recalls Vicks Sinex lots in U.S., U.K., Germany

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:07:37 +0100

Procter & Gamble Co. said Thursday it is voluntarily recalling three lots of Vicks Sinex nasal spray that were distributed in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. (PG) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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DeGette prefers abortion language in Senate health-reform bill

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:51:37 +0100

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, said Thursday she was "pleased" with language concerning abortion in a new U.S. Senate health-care reform measure, in contrast to her opposition to anti-abortion provisions in a different health bill passed earlier by the House. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Adults eligible for latest H1N1 clinics in Columbus, Franklin County

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:21:46 +0100

Columbus Public Health and the Franklin County Board of Health are widening the field in distributing the free H1N1 “swine flu” vaccine. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Epilepsy unit sales boost Cyberonics’ second quarter

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:12:23 +0100

Cyberonics Inc. has posted record sales for its fiscal second quarter. (CYBX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Mercer: Health benefits cost Phila.-area employers 6% more this year

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:02 +0100

Health-benefit costs for employers in the Philadelphia region increased 6.2 percent in 2009 to an average of $10,321 per employee, according to Mercer’s 2009 national survey of employer-sponsored health plans released Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Md. stem cell panel sees record interest for research grants

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:41:24 +0100

The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission received nearly 200 proposals for state-funded research grants, the highest number of applications to date in a year when there is less money available. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Cambridge Based Ligon Discovery Raises $1M in Seed Funding

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:32:26 +0100

(Source: Biotech Incubator Research Parks and Associations - National Wet Lab Resource Directory - Biotech News)

Florida Boomer Lifestyle Conference to focus on reinvention

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:19:20 +0100

Reinventing life after 50 is the theme of the second annual Florida Boomer Lifestyle Conference. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Affymax plans to raise $69.6M in stock sale

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:17:08 +0100

Biopharmaceutical company Affymax Inc. said Thursday it plans to offer about 4 million shares of its common stock to raise $69.6 million. (AFFY) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Onorato discusses options to keep Braddock Hospital open at community meeting

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:01:48 +0100

A court injunction is among the options being considered to stop the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from closing Braddock Hospital, even though the strategy hasn’t worked elsewhere, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato said Wednesday night. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

PCH4: Number of outpatient surgery centers growing

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:01:03 +0100

The number of outpatient surgery centers continues to grow along with their total margin, according the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, which released a report about the centers on Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Brookdale Senior Living closes sale for 18 communities

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:13:23 +0100

Nashville-based Brookdale Senior Living Inc. announced Wednesday evening that it has closed its deal to buy 18 senior living communities from Sunrise Senior Living Inc. for $190 million. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Zynex Medical will move HQ to Lone Tree

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:30:08 +0100

Zynex Medical Inc., a Colorado maker of medical devices, will move its headquarters from Littleton to Lone Tree in early 2010 to accommodate growth. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies with Multiple Thresholds using Survival Methods

Biometrical Journal — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

This article concerns the situation where multiple studies have evaluated the same diagnostic test with the same multiple thresholds in a population of non-diseased and diseased individuals. Recently, bivariate meta-analysis has been proposed for the pooling of sensitivity and specificity, which are likely to be negatively correlated within studies. These ideas have been extended to the situation of diagnostic tests with multiple thresholds, leading to a multinomial model with multivariate normal between-study variation. This approach is efficient, but computer-intensive and its convergence is highly dependent on starting values. Moreover, monotonicity of the sensitivities/specificities for increasing thresholds is not guaranteed. Here, we propose a Poisson-correlated gamma frailty model, ...

Washington state says ‘really, no smoking!’

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:14:19 +0100

The Washington State Department of Health is taking one of the toughest stands possible against smoking at its four-building Tumwater campus: Absolutely no tobacco products are allowed after May 2010. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Holy Cross will return Rothstein donation

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:55:58 +0100

Holy Cross Hospital said it intends to return a $1 million donation from embattled Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein’s foundation. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Medspira gets license to sell Mayo Clinic products

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:36:08 +0100

Medspira announced Wednesday it has entered into an agreement with Mayo Clinic to market and manufacture several products developed by the Rochester-based medical clinic. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

FPIC hit with $1.2 million assessment

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:22:30 +0100

Jacksonville-based FPIC Insurance Group will take a $1.2 million hit to its fourth-quarter earnings as a result of a Florida Insurance Guaranty Fund assessment, the medical professional liability insurance company said Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Mercer: Health benefits costs slow in '09

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:15:08 +0100

So far, 2009 has yielded the lowest annual increase in health benefit costs in a decade, according to a survey conducted by Mercer. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

State budget gap projected to top $20 billion

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:48:22 +0100

California is facing a $20.7 billion deficit in the General Fund budget over the next 18 months, the Legislative Analyst’s Office announced Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Missouri ranks 38th in health survey

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:28:17 +0100

The 20th edition of a national health report finds that Missourians have put on a few pounds. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Mercer: Employers see lowest health cost increase in decade

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:40:49 +0100

Employers saw the costs to provide health care coverage to employees rise 5.5 percent in 2009, the lowest annual increase in a decade, according to the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, conducted annually by the Mercer consulting firm. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Poniard drug OK in mid-stage cancer study

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:39:22 +0100

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Inc., which stumbled with its cancer drug picoplatin in a Phase III trial, hit the main goal of a mid-stage metastatic colorectal cancer study using the chemotherapy agent, the company said Wednesday. (PARD) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Salix Pharmaceuticals to offer 5.5 million shares in a public offering

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:02:26 +0100

Salix Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SLXP) said Wednesday it has priced a public offering of 5.5 million shares of the company’s stock. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Assurant Health inks exclusive pact with USAA

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:02:11 +0100

Assurant Health will become the exclusive provider of individual medical insurance to the more than 7.3 million members of USAA, under a marketing alliance announced Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Survey: NY workers see rise in health benefit costs

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:48:12 +0100

The total health benefit cost for workers in upstate New York rose 7.9 percent in 2009, to an average of $8,308 per employee. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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UNC’s latest grant haul raises intake of federal stimulus dollars to $127 million

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:24:37 +0100

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have received $11.8 million in National Institutes of Health challenge grants, bringing the school’s haul of stimulus dollars to more than $127.4 million. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Mount Sinai Medical Center turns profit

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:32:04 +0100

Mount Sinai Medical Center posted a huge financial turnaround in the third quarter that put it on pace for its most profitable year this decade. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

BioScapes Photo Contest: 15 Honorable Mentions

Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:00 +0100

The entrants in the 2009 Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition provide fitting tribute to nearly 1,000 years of making the invisible visible. These 15 photos were our staff favorites from the "Honorable Mentions" winners, listed in alphabetical order by photographer. > 15 Scientific American Staff Selected Honorable Mentions [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)

Beyond the Still: 6 Bioscapes Contest Videos

Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:29:00 +0100

The entrants in the 2009 Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition provide fitting tribute to nearly 1,000 years of making the invisible visible. These six videos include one winner and five Honorable Mentions. [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology)

Asterand to buy BioSeek for up to $14M

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:14:21 +0100

Asterand plc will buy BioSeek Inc., a South San Francisco company that engineered assays that help drug-development companies decide whether to move forward with preclinical programs, for up to $14 million. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Cincinnati-area hospitals boosted charity care in ’08

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:56:37 +0100

Greater Cincinnati hospitals provided more than $276 million in uncompensated care in 2008, a 15 percent increase over 2007, according to Greater Cincinnati Health Council figures released Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Mercer survey: Kansas City area has highest health care cost percentage increase

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:47:12 +0100

Kansas City-area employers expect to see a 7.4 percent increase next year in costs to provide health care coverage to employees — the highest projected increase among 25 metropolitan areas covered in a survey Mercer Health & Benefits LLC released Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Denver Health to offer swine-flu vaccinations Saturday

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:06:11 +0100

Denver Health will offer vaccinations for the H1N1 "swine" flu to a variety of high-risk groups at three locations Saturday, Nov. 21. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Nathan Littauer receives accreditation for CT scanning

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:51:36 +0100

Nathan Littauer Hospital has received CT scanning accreditation from the American College of Radiology. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Cel-Sci begins H1N1 vaccine trial

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:26:51 +0100

Cel-Sci Corp. has begun its first human clinical study of an H1N1 flu treatment. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Robert David steps in as health benefits No. 2 at CalPERS

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:26:02 +0100

Robert David, 52, has been appointed assistant executive officer for health benefits for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

HCA hires Joseph Sowell III as V.P. in charge of mergers and aquisitions

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:47:32 +0100

HCA Inc. announced today that Joseph Sowell III will become senior vice president and chief development officer, effective Dec. 1. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Medtronic receives FDA warning letter

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:44:35 +0100

Medtronic Inc. announced Wednesday that it received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration following an August inspection of the company’s Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management facility in Mounds View. (MDT) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Tennessee health ranking improves, but obesity looms

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:49:51 +0100

Left unchecked, Tennessee’s obesity epidemic will cost the state $7.08 billion in health care spending over the next decade. That’s $1,442 for every adult, whether obese or not. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Jennerex inks deal with Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings in China

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:32:57 +0100

Cancer medicine company Jennerex Inc. signed a deal with Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd. for development and sales of its lead drug. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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N.C. holds health rating

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:36:25 +0100

North Carolina ranks 37th this year, the same as in 2008, in an annual ranking of states’ health. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Evolving gene regulatory networks.

Biosystems — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:48:07 +0100

Authors: Jin Y, Hallinan J PMID: 19917456 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Biosystems)

Non-antibiotic selection systems for soybean somatic embryos: the lysine analog aminoethyl-cysteine as a selection agent

BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: Genetically engineered soybeans expressing a lysine insensitive DHPS gene can be selected with the non-antibiotic selection agent AEC. We also report here the inhibitory effects of glufosinate, (isopropylamine-glyphosate) (Roundup(R)), AEC and the ALS inhibitors Exceed(R) and Synchrony(R) against different tissues of soybean. (Source: BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles)

Accountability office upholds Health Net’s Tricare protest

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:48:21 +0100

Aetna Inc. hired a former high-level Tricare employee with access to proprietary information about Health Net Inc.’s performance that could have given Aetna a competitive edge in its bid for a lucrative military health care contract, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has concluded. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Skiles Group secures $5.3M construction contract

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:16:54 +0100

Skiles Group, a North Texas-based construction company, has secured a contract to build out a new operating department and emergency room for the Mimbres Memorial Hospital in Deming, N.M. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Diethrich honored by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:48:36 +0100

Dr. Edward Diethrich, founder and medical director of the Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital, was in Scotland last week to receive an honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

McGonagle returns to NFIB as NM director

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:44:59 +0100

Veteran small business advocate Minda McGonagle has returned to the National Federation of Independent Business as the New Mexico state director. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Colorado ranks 8th in health report

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:34:37 +0100

Colorado ranked No. 8 among the states in terms of its residents’ overall health in a report released Tuesday by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and Partnership for Prevention. (UNH) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

PATH group gets $45M for Congo AIDS help

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:32:29 +0100

A group led by global health nonprofit PATH has been given a five-year, $45 million contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve HIV/AIDS services in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Poizner launches online PPO rating tool

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:55:29 +0100

The California Department of Insurance on Tuesday debuted an online preferred provider organization report card to allow consumers to compare PPO ratings. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Columbia St. Mary's opens orthopedic hospital

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:52:20 +0100

Columbia St. Mary’s opened a new orthopedic hospital Monday, adjacent to the old facility in Glendale, to accommodate increasing patient volumes and expand inpatient care. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

ViroXis wins statewide recognition at life science conference

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:42:08 +0100

Biomedical start-up company ViroXis Corp. won the 2009 Michael E. DeBakey Memorial Life Science Award at the recent Texas Life Science Conference in Houston. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Ophthalmic swings to a Q3 profit

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:35:09 +0100

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems Inc. reported net income of $86,000 for the quarter ended Sept. 30, up from a net loss of $416,000 for the same period a year ago. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Hawaii ranks 4th in health survey

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:00:55 +0100

Hawaii slipped three spots in an annual list of health rankings, from No. 1 last year to No. 4 in 2009, according to a national health study released Tuesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Survey: Nearly half of adults don’t plan to get H1N1 vaccine

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:58:43 +0100

Although the region is likely to see more long lines this week for the next community clinic for the H1N1 vaccine, a new poll reports nearly half of adults at risk are not interested. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Three Tennessee health plans earn high ratings from U.S. News

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:56:45 +0100

U.S. News and World Report has released rankings of the nation’s health plans, gauging member satisfaction and success in preventing and treating illness. The magazine and the National Committee for Quality Assurance partnered on the rankings. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Merger costs push MTS Medication Technologies into the red

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:46:26 +0100

MTS Medication Technologies Inc. reported a net loss of $510,000 or 8 cents a share, for the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with net income of $555,000, or 8 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. (MTSI) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Study: Washington is nation’s 11th-healthiest state

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:35:18 +0100

Washington state is the nation’s 11th healthiest state, according to the 2009 edition of America’s Health Rankings, an annual report published by the United Health Foundation, the nonprofit arm of health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

H1N1 vaccine clinics set, demand remains high

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:23:13 +0100

There continues to be demand for the H1N1 vaccination and more opportunities are popping up for people to have their chance at the shot. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Georgia ranks 43rd in health survey

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:41:49 +0100

Put down that cigarette, stop munching that fully loaded burrito and pay attention here. (UNH) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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BioCryst hopes to raise $57M with stock offering

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:31:08 +0100

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. plans to raise $57.8 million through the issue of 5 million common shares of stock to fund its research and development efforts. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

National health rankings show Golden State checks in at 23rd

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:41:13 +0100

Put down that cigarette, stop munching that fully loaded burrito, and pay attention here. (UNH) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Via Christi launches in-home service

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:34:19 +0100

Via Christi Senior Services is launching a program designed to help people remain safely in their homes as they age. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Covidien profit plunges, raises outlook

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:19:30 +0100

Covidien said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit dropped to one-seventh of what it was a year ago due to charges related to divestitures and acquisitions, but also said it raised its sales-growth projection. (COV) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Discovery Labs proposes design for Surfaxin trial

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:35:32 +0100

Discovery Laboratories Inc. said Tuesday it has submitted its proposed protocol for a limited clinical trial of Surfaxin with the Food and Drug Administration. (DSCO) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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PolyMedix completes $20M stock offering

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:17:55 +0100

PolyMedix Inc. completed a $20.7 million public stock offering Tuesday. (MERR) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

ASU gets $3M in stimulus from National Institutes of Health

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:13:51 +0100

Arizona State University has been awarded nearly $3 million in federal stimulus funds from the National Institutes of Health. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Medtronic opens facilities in San Antonio, Memphis

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:58:59 +0100

Medtronic opened a Diabetes Therapy Management and Education Center in San Antonio, Texas on Tuesday. (MDT) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Medtronic opens San Antonio diabetes facility

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:52:30 +0100

Medtronic Inc. has officially opened its long-awaited Diabetes Therapy Management and Education Center at The Overlook at The Rim. (MDT) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Ex-health secretary Tommy Thompson predicts reform will pass by year's end

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:41:49 +0100

Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson predicts a health care reform bill that includes a public option and compromises on federal funds for abortion services will clear Congress before Christmas. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Former health secretary predicts reform bill will pass by year's end

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:41:49 +0100

Smith gets 1 year in prison, Brown gets probation

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:55:46 +0100

Former Missouri Sen. Jeff Smith of St. Louis was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison, and former state Rep. Steve Brown of Clayton was sentenced to two years’ probation. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

CDC chief: Employers play big role in health care

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:59:54 +0100

Employers play a key role in attacking the national problems of heart disease and stroke, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said during a visit to Kansas City. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Stiefel Labs set to close despite Greene County’s efforts

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:36:37 +0100

Despite pleas Monday from officials in Greene County, N.Y., pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is so far unwilling to reverse its decision to eliminate 260 jobs in the county. (GSK) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

For Sale: Human Eggs Become a Research Commodity

Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0100

Paying a woman for her eggs to use in stem cell research has been a bioethical no-no for years. But this past June, New York State decided to allow just that, becoming the first state to permit public money to be used in this way. The decision, which allows payment of up to $10,000, will likely jump-start donations--and thereby research. Many bioethicists, however, worry that the financial incentive could exploit women and compromise their health.Ethical issues surround egg donation because the process is not without risk. It requires a series of hormonal stimulation injections as well as an invasive procedure to retrieve the eggs. The long-term health effects and risks of complication are not well known. A woman who provides eggs for research is “assuming unknown risk for unknown be...

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Grant fuels Upstate Transplant program

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:50:49 +0100

Upstate New York Transplant Services has received a federal grant to develop an organ donation awareness program with Buffalo Medical Group P.C. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

HMSA reports $23M loss in Q3

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:01:04 +0100

The Hawaii Medical Service Association lost $23 million in the third quarter — a result of continued hits from rising health-care costs and declining investment income. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

HMSA reports $32M loss in Q3

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:01:04 +0100

The Hawaii Medical Service Association lost $32 million in the third quarter — a result of continued hits from rising health-care costs and declining investment income. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Kaiser Hawaii posts $1M loss in Q3

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:01:03 +0100

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii on Tuesday reported a $1 million loss in the third quarter of 2009, compared to a $2.9 million loss during the same period last year. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Kaiser Hawaii reports $1M loss in Q3

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:01:03 +0100

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Medical marijuana can be taxed, says Colorado Attorney General Suthers

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:44:43 +0100

As countless medical-marijuana dispensaries proliferate throughout the state, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers on Monday said “yes” to the question of taxing pot. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

New Ignite Institute could mean 400 jobs in Fairfax

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:13:30 +0100

Virginia leaders said Monday afternoon that a new personalized-medicine research institute based in Fairfax County would bring more than 400 jobs and serve as a new bioscience anchor for the county. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Electrochemical selective detection of dopamine on microbial carbohydrate-doped multiwall carbon nanotube-modified electrodes.

Biotechnology Letters — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Authors: Jin JH, Cho E, Jung S Microbial carbohydrate-doped multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT)-modified electrodes were prepared for the purpose of determining if 4-(2-aminoethyl)benzene-1,2-diol (3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine; dopamine) exists in the presence of 0.5 mM ascorbic acid, a representative interfering agent in neurotransmitter detection. The microbial carbohydrate dopants were alpha-cyclosophorohexadecaose (alpha-C16) from Xanthomonas oryzae and cyclic-(1 --> 2)-beta-D: -glucan (Cys) from Rhizobium meliloti. The cyclic voltammetric responses showed that the highest sensitivity (5.8 x 10(-3) mA cm(-2) muM(-1)) is attained with the Cys-doped MWNT-modified ultra-trace carbon electrode, and that the alpha-C16-doped MWNT-modified glassy carbon electrode displays the best selectivi...

Underwriters exercise RehabCare option

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:39:00 +0100

RehabCare Group Inc. said Monday that the underwriters of its 5.4 million-share public offering have exercised their option to purchase an additional 810,000 shares of common stock at $24 per share. (RHB) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

bioMérieux and GSK Sign Theranostics Agreement to Develop Predictive Test for Selecting Breast Cancer Treatment

bioMerieux Press Releases — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0100

bioMérieux has signed an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline to develop a predictive test to help clinicians select the most appropriate treatment for different segments of breast cancer patients. This test, based on emerging biomarkers, will be intended for use in both adjuvant and metastatic breast cancer settings, subject to regulatory approvals. Over 500,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year in the US and Europe alone and predictive tests have been shown to improve outcomes for these patients. (Source: bioMerieux Press Releases)

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NeurogesX wins FDA approval of pain patch

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:52:34 +0100

NeurogesX Inc. won approval for its Qutenza patch to treat shingles-related pain. (NGSX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Dallas company buys Gallatin-based Healthcare Performance Partners

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:25:26 +0100

The new owner of Gallatin-based Healthcare Performance Partners says it will use the acquisition to expand its client base and introduce lean manufacturing techniques to more health care systems. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Targeted Genetics reports $671K net income in Q3

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:45:38 +0100

Targeted Genetics Corp. reported third-quarter net income rose to $671,000, or 3 cents per share, compared with a loss of $2.7 million, or a loss of 13 cents per share a year earlier. (TGEN) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Wisconsin hospitals make heart care list

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:37:11 +0100

Five Wisconsin hospitals have been identified among the top 100 U.S. hospitals in a Thomson Reuters annual study looking at benchmarks for inpatient cardiovascular care. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Aurora resumes flu vaccination clinics

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:31:11 +0100

The Aurora Visiting Nurse Association is resuming seasonal flu vaccination clinics Wednesday after suspending the clinics last month because of delays in shipments from vaccine manufacturers. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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Trubion shakes up management

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:26:09 +0100

Trubion Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Monday that Dr. Peter Thompson — its president, CEO, chairman of the board and co-founder — has retired from the company “to pursue other interests.” (TRBN) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Challenges Remain for Stem Cell Therapies

About.com Biotech Biomedical — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:20:29 +0100

There are many challenges to making stem cell therapies such as regenerative medicine actually work in a therapeutic setting. We might be able to harvest stem cells, from either blastocysts or by creating pluripotent cells from already differentiated tissues, but that's really only the beginning of a medically viable process. Once a cell line is cultured in a maintainable way, the following questions remain: How to direct differentiation into the desired tissue type Optimizing growth conditions and the physical environment for cell cultures or for growing organs for transplant How to inject and transport stem cells to the target location in the body Challenges Remain for Stem Cell Therapies originally appeared on About.com Biotech / Biomedical on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 21:20:29.P...

Hirsch leaves Forest Park Hospital

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:50:05 +0100

Dr. John Hirsch has resigned as chief executive of Forest Park Hospital in St. Louis, after holding the post for less than a year, a spokeswoman for the hospital’s owner Success Healthcare confirmed. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Vanderbilt Medical Center named a top cardiovascular hospital

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:38:25 +0100

Vanderbilt Medical Center has once again landed a spot among the nation’s top hospitals for cardiovascular care. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Bon Secours details financial losses in report to Md. lawmakers

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:53:07 +0100

Bon Secours Baltimore Health System plans to sell its campus on Liberty Heights Avenue to Baltimore City Community College. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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NightLight Pediatric opens Cy-Fair practice

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:51:56 +0100

NightLight Pediatric Urgent Care has opened its second location in the Cy-Fair area. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Biomodels Scientists Report Development of a Novel Model for Cancer Treatment-Related Fatigue

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:33:03 +0100

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Poniard shares plummet on picoplatin failure

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:59:12 +0100

After a Poniard Pharmaceuticals Inc. cancer treatment failed in a clinical trial, the South San Francisco company’s stock plunged 80 percent. (PARD) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

FDA requests more details on HGSI anthrax drug

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:24:39 +0100

Human Genome Sciences Inc. said federal regulators still need more information before they can approve the Rockville company’s anthrax treatment, delivering a blow in what’s otherwise been a good month for the company. (HGSI) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Onyx wraps up $276M Proteolix buy

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:16:57 +0100

Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. finished buying Proteolix Inc. for $276 million in cash. (ONXX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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King of Prussia-based Patriot Technologies bought by Harris

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:13:35 +0100

Harris Corp. said Monday it has acquired Patriot Technologies LLC for an undisclosed sum in a move that expands its role as a provider of health-care information-technology products and services to the federal government. (HRS) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

The University of Arizona Office of University Research Parks

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:54:15 +0100

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Christ Hospital takes full ownership of Redbank center

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:48:31 +0100

Christ Hospital has bought the Redbank Surgery Center, which was previously a joint venture with 49 percent ownership by physicians and 51 percent ownership by the hospital. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Sunesis reports $4.9M loss

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:34:23 +0100

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc. lost $4.9 million in the September quarter. (SNSS) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania Approves Investments to Five Early Stage Companies

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:09:58 +0100

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D.C. board rejects Configuration bid protest

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:08:12 +0100

As controversy mounts around the D.C. contracting and procurement process, the D.C. Contract Appeals Board on Nov. 9 rejected the bid protest filed by a local furniture distributor that claims it was the lowest eligible bidder for a major city contract. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Sciele to buy Addrenex Pharmaceuticals

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:37:07 +0100

Sciele Pharma Inc. will buy Addrenex Pharmaceuticals Inc., which develops drugs that regulate the adrenergic system, in a $29 million cash deal. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Moffitt subsidiary M2Gen names James Utterback CEO

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:28:13 +0100

James Utterback is the new chief executive officer of M2Gen in Tampa, effective Dec. 7. M2Gen is a wholly owned for-profit subsidiary of H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Cardiac Science says some defibrillators may not work

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:20:10 +0100

Cardiac Science Corp. said some of its automated external defibrillators (AEDs) may not work during a resuscitation attempt, and it issued a “voluntary medical device correction” for thousands of its devices. (CSCX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)