Roche files marketing application for Avastin with European health authorities
...ortive care products and diagnostics. Its oncology business includes an unprecedented three marketed products with survival benefit; Herceptin, MabThera and Xeloda, treating a range of malignancies - breast cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and colorectal cancer. Other key products include NeoRecormon (anaemia i...Study suggests 1% risk of DVT for long-distance air travellers
...bophilic risk factor, two travelled exclusively in business class, five used aspirin, and four wore compression stockings. Richard Beasley comments: "Our results suggest an association between multiple long distance air flights and venous thromboembolism, even in individuals at low to moderate risk. The...Stevens' Cattabiani helps link doctors, hospitals worldwide
...o fully integrate healthcare information flow with business logic, thereby providing a hyper-efficient and eff...aureate in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university, located directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan, has a total...NHS set for 'airline style' transformation
...l it work? Only time will tell. But if the airline business is anything to go by, things will certainly be different, and the cosy duopoly of the NHS and mainstream private providers will be a thing of the past, she concludes....MPRI opens its doors to cancer patients
...ana University administrators and faculty, Indiana business leaders and local, state and federal government officials. "Proton therapy is rapidly being acknowledged as a major tool in the fight against cancer," said Mark Long, President and CEO of the Indiana University Advanced Research & Technology Institut...Climara Pro (TM) helps alleviate menopausal hot flashes and night sweats
...stems, oncology, and gastroenterology. Berlex has business operations in New Jersey, California and Washington. For more information, please visit www.berlex.com. Certain statements in this press release that are neither reported financial results nor other historical information are forward-looking stateme...Study shows sponsors moving non-sedating antihistamines to a third tier realized greatest savings
...,779 plan sponsors across Express Scripts' book of business in examining the financial impact on plans sponsors of their choice of prescription NSA benefit design after Claritin went OTC. "The results of the study indicate that plans should not cover OTC loratadine unless the coverage is provided simply as...Stressed at work? How taking a coffee break might make things worse
...trip to the United States with his small, cohesive business team. During the trip, he said, coffee was freely ... commonplace tea or coffee break might backfire in business situations, particularly where men are concerned. Far from reducing stress, it might actually make t...The future of drug development
..., suggest Hubbard and Love, are a consequence of a business model that uses a single payment to cover both the...rugs, other unwelcome side-effects of the existing business model are a lack of information sharing amongst researchers, and a consequent reduction in the pace ...Argonne licenses Anti-Jet-Lag-Diet software to online company
...experience more enjoyable vacations and productive business trips, free from the debilitating fatigue and sleepiness associated with jet lag. A study published in the medical journal Military Medicine proved the effectiveness of the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet: In a test involving 186 National Guard troops flying acros...Risk of infection higher for piercing ear cartilage than lobe piercing
...ruginosa, among customers of a commercial piercing business in Oregon. William E. Keene, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the Oregon Department of Human Services, Portland, Ore., and colleagues conducted an investigation of persons who had piercings at a jewelry kiosk from August to September 2000. The health officials s...The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners to host 19th Annual Conference
...dical supply and equipment companies, computer and business support companies, recruiters, and publishing houses will showcase the latest in goods and services designed to support the nurse practitioner.The AANP was founded in 1985 and is the largest, full-service national professional organization for nurse ...Breakthrough cancer treatment Avastin receives first approval in the US
...ortive care products and diagnostics. Its oncology business includes an unprecedented three marketed products with survival benefit; Herceptin, MabThera and Xeloda, treating a range of malignancies - breast cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and colorectal cancer. Other key products include NeoRecormon (anaemia i...Center for Health Law and Policy presents symposium on developing innovative therapies
...echnology companies are moving away from the risky business of developing new technologies and instead are licensing drugs that are already on the market, in part because of complex federal regulations. These stories underscore the tension between two equally important goals: protecting the rights and health ...Top medical and scientific societies commit to providing free access to research
...at little or no cost through their journals. Their business models, incorporating multiple sources of funding, have supported a global standard for high quality peer review by specialist communities in particular areas of knowledge. In this way the public is assured that the research findings being published ...UK industry is the loser from parallel trade in pharmaceuticals
...ngly look on Europe as an unfavourable place to do business and parallel trade adds to this perception. "The manufacturers tend to believe that governments should intervene to stop the activity or that there should be a united approach with Europe," Dr Szymanski points out. "Certainly, parallel trade in pharm...Institute of Medicine Advisory: April 1 public briefing on safety of dietary supplements
... Labels also should include the name and place of business of both the distributor and the manufacturer so that problems can be traced more easily to their source. In addition, although manufacturers need not seek approval to market a supplement, DSHEA does require them to notify FDA of their intent to...Blackwell Publishing acquires BMJ Books
... meant that we could not produce the return on the business that we hoped." The sale, undertaken in consultation with union representatives and BMJ employees, follows a strategic review by the company to focus on core activities of journal publishing and developing educational materials for doctors, such as ...UCLA study shows Medicaid costs can shrink
...ools, we are all empowered to achieve personal and business goals and to make healthier decisions. That's what we've seen in the over 900 directors who have become Johnson & Johnson fellows." The UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Health Care Institute's 10-year goal is to serve 400,000 Head Start families, reaching appr...1st data show CRESTOR highly effective at lowering LDL-C in patients with type 2 diabetes
.... AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. It is one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in the world with healthcare sales of over $18.8 billion and lea...