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Affymax plans to raise $69.6M in stock saleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Onorato discusses options to keep Braddock Hospital open at community meetingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

PCH4: Number of outpatient surgery centers growingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Holy Cross will return Rothstein donationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Tennessee health ranking improves, but obesity loomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Jennerex inks deal with Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings in ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

N.C. holds health ratingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
North Carolina ranks 37th this year, the same as in 2008, in an annual ranking of states’ health. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

CDC chief: Employers play big role in health careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 17, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

CompCare dips into the red as major contracts expireEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Comprehensive Care Corp. reported a net loss of $2.6 million, or 6 cents a share, for the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with net income of $328,000, or 3 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 16, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Medicare fraud nets jail time, $21M in finesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Three Miami defendants in a Medicare fraud case were sentenced to jail time and ordered to pay a total of more than $21 million in restitution. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 16, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Bioheart narrows losses, raises $3.9MEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bioheart narrowed its losses in the third quarter, and then completed a nearly $3.9 million private stock offering. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 16, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Merge Healthcare to sell 9 million sharesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Merge Healthcare said it is offering to sell up to 9,034,033 shares of common stock at $3 per share with proceeds going to pay debt held by the company’s chairman and largest shareholder. (MRGE) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 13, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Texas Children’s patient gets heart pumpEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Texas Children’s Hospital reported this week that it became the nation’s first pediatric hospital to discharge a child with an artificial heart pump. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 13, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Smith & Nephew to buy Nucryst Pharmaceuticals technologyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Advanced Wound Management division of Smith & Nephew plc said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NCST) (SNN) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 11, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

All Children’s Hospital invites viewing of mega projectEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The new All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg is opening its doors to the public for tours. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 11, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Anheuser-Busch gives $50,000 to Fisher House FoundationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To honor Veteran’s Day, Anheuser-Busch’s Budweiser is donating $50,000 to Fisher House Foundation, a non-profit that builds homes for families of patients receiving medical care at military and VA hospitals. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 11, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

SeniorBridge buys Melbourne companyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SeniorBridge, a service provider for individuals requiring care for chronic health conditions, is expanding its business in Florida with the acquisition of Senior Care Management Services in Melbourne. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 11, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

BioVex tops off $70 million venture roundEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BioVex Inc., a developer of potential cancer-fighting technologies, has added $30 million in venture capital. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 10, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Replacements Ltd. revamps search optionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Replacements Ltd., a McLeansville-based supplier of old and new china, crystal, silver and collectibles, has launched a search upgrade to its Web site. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 10, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Dynavax Technologies to buy Symphony DynamoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dynavax Technologies Corp. plans to buy Symphony Dynamo Inc., picking up $20 million and the rights to some of its own hepatitis C drugs in the process, and putting off a $15 million payment for nearly two years. (DVAX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 10, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

St. Jude Medical leaves trade group AdvaMed over tax proposalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
St. Jude Medical Inc. is pulling out of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, citing a disagreement over congressional proposals to tax medical devices to help pay for health care reform. (STJ) (MDT) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 10, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Corcept cuts Q3 loss to $4.7 millionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Corcept Therapeutics Inc. cut its third quarter loss slightly, to $4.7 million. (CORT) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 10, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

M.D. Anderson’s Barbara Summers named AAN fellowEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Barbara Summers has been inducted as an American Academy of Nursing fellow — the industry’s highest honor. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 10, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Inverness spikes distribution agreement with ThermoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Inverness Medical Innovations has terminated a distribution agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. involving its suite of Biosite diagnostic products, opting instead to deliver the health-care devices and tests directly to consumers. (TMO) (IMA) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 10, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Bruker creates COO post, promotes CFOEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bruker Corp., a developer of medical technologies that has drawn some criticism from analysts over its operating efficiency, has promoted chief financial officer Bill Knight to fill the company’s newly created post of chief operating officer. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 9, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Sunrise narrows lossEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sunrise Senior Living Inc., which has been restructuring, narrowed its loss in its latest quarter even as revenue declined. (SRZ) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 9, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

AMRI’s quarterly earnings, revenue downEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Revenue at Albany Molecular Research Inc. slid lower again in the third quarter, but the company expects to return to growth next year. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 9, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Continucare doubles Q1 incomeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Earnings at Continucare Corp. more than doubled in its first quarter as the company benefited from greater revenue. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 9, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Metropolitan Health Q3 income falls 44%Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Metropolitan Health Networks reported that its third quarter income fell 44 percent, but it showed revenue and membership gains from the Medicare patients it services. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Stereotaxis cuts lossEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stereotaxis Inc. trimmed its loss nearly in half in the third quarter as it works to turn its first profit. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Vivus promotes COO to presidentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vivus Inc. promoted Peter Tam, its chief operating officer, to president. (XOMA) (VVUS) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 3, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Rigel reports $26.7M loss in Q3Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the third quarter ended September, Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. lost $26.7 million, down from a loss of $37.7 million in the same quarter a year earlier. (RIGL) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 3, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Brookdale curbs losses in 3QEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. reported a loss in the third quarter, but still showed improvement over the same period last year. (BKD) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 3, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

N.C. workers’ comp premiums to drop 9.6%Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Businesses in North Carolina will pay less for workers’ compensation insurance next year, according to the N.C. Department of Insurance. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 3, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Cequent closes tranche of $10.8M roundEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cambridge-based biotechnology company Cequent Pharmaceuticals has raised $2.7 million of a planned $10.8 million financing round. The funding included investments from Wellesley, Mass.-based Ampersand Ventures, New England Capital Partners in Newton, Mass., and Durham, N.C.-based A.M. Pappas Life Science Ventures. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Mednax Q3 income surges 29%Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mednax boosted its earnings by 29 percent in the third quarter as its physicians saw more patients. (MD) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

SIUE, SLU get stimulus for pain studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy and the Saint Louis University Department of Pharmacology and Physiology have won $974,024 in stimulus money to study new ways to relieve chronic pain. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Mallinckrodt painkiller gets FDA OKEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A generic painkiller developed by Covidien’s pharmaceutical subsidiary, Mallinckrodt Inc., has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Human Genome Sciences sees positive results for lupus drugEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Human Genome Sciences Inc. said its second round of late-stage clinical trials proved positive for its key lupus drug, cementing the Rockville company's recent successes and boosting its chances for selling the first federally approved lupus treatment in five decades. (HGSI) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Magic’s Howard seek 30K for Florida HospitalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard is giving $30,000 to Florida Hospital for Children through his Big Change for Kids help fund. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 30, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Doctor sentenced for HIV infusion fraudEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A Miami doctor was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to pay more than $3.4 million in restitution for his role in a Medicare and Medicaid HIV-infusion fraud. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 30, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

PerkinElmer rises on positive outlookEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PerkinElmer shares jumped in early trading Friday after the release of third quarter earnings that, despite a sharp drop in year-over-year profits, showed an improving outlook for the biotechnology and health-care technology company. (PKI) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 30, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

TomoTherapy to cut 10% of work forceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TomoTherapy Inc., the Madison producer of targeted radiation cancer treatment systems, said it is cutting 10 percent of its work force in response to soft economic and market conditions. (TOMO) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 30, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

UGA prof wins $660K stimulus grantEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The University of Georgia professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar of Molecular Biology Stephen Dalton got a $600,000 federal stimulus grant to accelerate research into a type of stem cell that can turn into virtually any cell type, the university reported Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 29, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Kansas Board of Healing Arts names interim headEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Kansas Board of Healing Arts has appointed one of its staff attorneys to be acting executive director. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 29, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

StemCells to raise $12.5M in stock saleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
StemCells Inc. said Wednesday it plans to raise approximately $12.5 million through the sale of about 10 million shares of its common stock. (STEM) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 28, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Safeguard Scientifics leads Quinnova fundingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Quinnova Pharmaceuticals raised $17.4 million in a venture capital financing Wednesday led by Safeguard Scientifics. (SFE) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 28, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Novavax Indian joint venture starts vaccine productionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Novavax Inc., which last week announced a vaccine production partnership in Mexico, is beginning work using its production technology with a partner in India. (NVAX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 28, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Neurobiological Technologies liquidation gets stockholders OKEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stockholders voted in favor of a plan to liquidate and dissolve Neurobiological Technologies Inc. (NTII) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 28, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Transcend Services has big revenue jumpEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Transcend Services Inc.’s profit increased 24 percent in the third quarter. (TRCR) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 28, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals