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Announcing The EdisonHealth Network LLC, a Breakthrough Approach to Centers of Excellence for Complex Surgeries

The Chelko Consulting Group, headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, and Emerick Consulting of Fayetteville, Arkansas, have formed a joint venture, The EdisonHealth Network LLC. EdisonHealth was created to provide medical destinations of excellence and related services to employer-sponsored health plans. Through EdisonHealth, members of contracting healt...

Six Investigators Awarded Lyme Research Alliance Grants

Lyme Research Alliance announced it will fund six promising studies to find a reliable diagnostic test and effective treatment options for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Stamford, CT (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Six innovative research projects have been awarded grants worth half a million dollars by Lyme Research Alliance, the nation's largest private nonprofit funder of Lyme dis...

Macrocyclics to Collaborate with Roche on Molecular Innovation for Nuclear Medicine

DALLAS, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After the successful completion of their first 2012 collaboration, Macrocyclics (an AREVA Med company) announced today a new collaborative research agreement with Roche for the continued development of novel chelating agents designed specifically by Macrocyclics for Roche's applications. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130523/DA20136...

Medical Action in $65 million credit financing facility

Medical Action Industries has entered into a new five year credit financing facility agreement for $65 million with Wells Fargo, effective May 17 2013.  The new credit financing facility refinances and replaces the previous financing agreement which had been scheduled to expire in June 2014 and which had approximately $54.6 million outstanding as of May 17, [...]The post Medical Action in $65 mi...

Grifols big pharma deals Aradigm in licensing and option agreement for Pulmaquin, Lipoquin and AERx

Grifols, a big pharma company, has entered pharma deals with Aradigm for licensing and options relating to Pulmaquin, Lipoquin and AERx. Grifols and Aradigm announced the signing of  pharma deals for the exclusive, worldwide license for Aradigm’s proprietary formulations of inhaled ciprofloxacin for the treatment of severe respiratory diseases, including non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis....

DENTSPLY International Inc. Declares Cash Dividend

York, PA - May 23, 2013 - DENTSPLY International Inc. (NASDAQ-XRAY) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0625 per share of common stock, an indicated annual rate of $0.25 per share.  The dividend is payable on July 12, 2013 to holders of record on June 28, 2013.    DENTSPLY International Inc. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of dental...

ConAgra Foods Improves Its Innovative Benefits Program With Health Care Transparency From Castlight Health

Health Care Management Suite Helps Employees Reduce Costs, Increase Engagement and Improve Outcomes ConAgra Foods, one of North America’s leading packaged food companies, has selected Castlight Health to enable its employees to make informed, value-based decisions about their health care. With Castlight’s health care management suite,...

World Wide Technology Opens New Global Headquarters

New Building Expands WWT’s St. Louis Operations; State-of-the-Art Facility Utilizes the Latest Collaboration and Green Technologies World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), a market-leading systems integrator that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions, announced today it has opened a remarkable new Headquarters building at its campus in...

New collaboration between U-M Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor offers region specialized geriatric care

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a joint effort to improve health outcomes for the region's older adult patient population, the University of Michigan Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor will collaborate to open a medical care unit specializing in geriatric care. The new UM-SJMAA Acute Care for Elders (ACE) unit brings together the area's foremost geriatr...

Alchemia and Merck Serono collaborate on HA-Irinotecan with Erbitux

Australian drug developer Alchemia (ASX: ACL) and Merck Serono, a subsidiary of Germany's Merck KGaA (MRK: DE) have agreed to collaborate by supporting the initiation of a new clinical trial of HA-Irinotecan which will be conducted by principal inves...

miRagen Therapeutics Achieves First Milestone in Strategic Alliance with Servier

Servier selects third cardiovascular target triggering the first milestone under the collaboration Servier, a privately-run French research-based pharmaceutical company and a major player in Europe and emerging markets having expertise in the development of treatments for cardiovascular diseases, and miRagen Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical comp...

Cenix, Debiopharm Launch Biomarker Collaboration

Press Statement on Behalf of the Singh Family (The Former Shareholders and Founders of Ranbaxy)

GURGAON, India, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On 22 May 2013, Daiichi Sankyo released a press statement where, among other things, it was stated that it "believes that certain former shareholders of Ranbaxy concealed and misrepresented critical information concerning the US DOJ and FDA investigations". The phrase is an obvious reference to the members and companies of the Singh family who were sh...

First Annual Healthcare Venture Philanthropy Summit Meets Today in Boston

The summit brings together thought leaders from healthcare, philanthropy, venture capital and research discussing best practices that will allow the organizations to leverage the philanthropic dollar and establish novel ways to collaborate to advance patient care. Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 The first annual Healthcare Venture Philanthropy Summit is taking place today in Boston. The event br...

UMass Medical Center University Campus Nurses Reach Agreement

WORCESTER, Mass., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After hours of negotiations, the registered nurses of UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus reached a tentative agreement with UMMMC management that provides the staffing improvements nurses sought to ensure their patients receive quality care at this level one trauma center.  The settlement averts a strike, which was se...

New data highlights urgent crisis posed on US healthcare system by DFUs and VLUs

Organogenesis Inc., a commercial leader in the field of regenerative medicine, presented new data generated in collaboration with a team of expert economists from Analysis Group (a leading health economics consultancy) demonstrating the significant h...

Israel Brain Technologies Announces Israel's 1st International Brain Technology Conference

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Israel Brain Technologies (IBT) has announced the launch of BrainTech Israel 2013, Israel's 1st International Brain Technology Conference, which will take place on October 14th-15th in Tel Aviv, recently ranked as the 2nd most innovative city in the world by the Wall Street Journal and the epicenter of the "Start-up Nation." BrainTech Israel 2013 wi...

Cenix BioScience, Debiopharm partner to develop novel therapeutic drug candidates

Cenix BioScience, a leading preclinical contract research provider and technology developer specialized in RNAi-, miRNA- and high content-driven pharmacology, and Debiopharm Group, a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group of companies with a focu...

BTG To Buy EKOS; Proposes To Acquire Theraspher

LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Heathcare company BTG (BTG.L) Thursday said it has entered into an agreement to buy EKOS Corporation, an interventional vascular business, on a debt free, cash free basis. BTG w...

Verenium To Present At Two Upcoming Conferences

SAN DIEGO, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), a leading industrial biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of high-performance enzymes, today announced that Jeffrey Black, Chief Financial Officer, will present at two upcoming conferences. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120924/MM79973LOGO) Mr. Black will present at the...

Pusan National University Announces Science Translational Medicine Publication Highlighting Landmark Demonstration of Functional Anti-Cancer Antibody Induction in Patients Following JX-594 Treatment

BUSAN, South Korea, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, in collaboration with SillaJen, Inc., a private biotherapeutics and contract research company focused on research and development of targeted biological products for cancer, announced today a publication reporting the induction of functional anti-cancer antibodies in patients treated with the oncolytic and...

RxEconsult Healthcare Social Network is Awarding Online Advertising to New Members

RxEconsult Healthcare Social Network will give away 6 months online advertising to one lucky member who joins the social network by June 23, 2013. Mount Olive, New Jersey (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 RxEconsult Professional Healthcare Social Network announces its membership drive. The social network for healthcare professionals and businesses will award 6 months free advertising to one lucky member who j...

Salespod, Inc., Enhances Sales Effectiveness with Electronic Signature Capture

Salespod, a leading agile field sales, retail merchandising and field marketing solution, now supports electronic signature capture on mobile orders and forms. Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Salespod, Inc., the maker of the agile field sales and retail merchandising automation tool Salespod, has announced the availability of electronic signature capture on its mobile forms and orders. This capab...

New Toronto Representation for Egan Visual

Egan Visual announces partnership with Blue Sky Agency in Toronto. Toronto, ON (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Egan Visual, a leading designer and manufacturer of visual presentation products, for professional, education, healthcare, and other presentation and collaboration environments, is excited to announce a new relationship with Blue Sky Agency, under which Blue Sky will represent Egan Visual in the co...

OncoGenex Announces Plans for the Initiation of the Cedar™ Clinical Trial Evaluating OGX-427 in Combination with Chemotherapy in Advanced Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

BOTHELL, Wash. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) today announced plans for the initiation of the Cedar™ clinical trial, an investigator-sponsored, randomized, open-label Phase 2 trial evaluating OGX-427 in previously untreated patients with advanced squamous cell lung cancer. This trial will be the seventh...