to commercialize its biodefense drugs in Israel.
Medison, based in Petach Tikva, Israel, gets an exclusive license to shepherd drugs from Annapolis-based PharmAthene’s pipeline to that country’s commercial marketplace — everything from gaining regulatory approval to overseeing marketing and distribution, company officials said Wednesday.
Financial terms of the multi-year agreement were not disclosed. PharmAthene (AMEX: PIP) will Read the rest of this entry »
Just in time for New Year's resolutions to “get organized,” Amazon and ClutterDiet.com announce the exclusive Amazon Kindle release of The Clutter Diet: The Skinny on Organizing Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life. The book's author is the creator of The Clutter Diet Blog, which has maintained its bestselling position on the Amazon Kindle's blog list since September, currently as #2 overall (of 1194 blogs available) and #1 in Read the rest of this entry »
West palm beach medical malpractice lawyers new source. – Justice News Flash – Many doctors practicing in Florida are not carrying medical malpractice insurance and the law does not require them to be covered. My shock to the news, doctors practicing in the state of Florida are not required to carry individual medical malpractice insurance policies, would not subside. I couldn’t stop asking the question, “How can this be? I must be missing something. Read the rest of this entry »
Men’s Health magazine says that Salt Lake City is the fittest city in the country, and Miami is the fattest.
The magazine’s rankings, noted in a
, put the Utah city at the top because of its park space, athletically motivated citizens and below-average obesity rates.
Hiking, basketball, yoga, swimming, running and kick boxing are all popular there.
Also, people there watch 23 percent less TV than the national average, the magazine says. Read the rest of this entry »
AUSTIN
— He’s handy with a scalpel, shoots a good game of pool and plays better-than-average classical guitar. But Dr. Francisco Cigarroa, a pediatric transplant surgeon, figures the next task ahead will be his toughest ever.
On Monday, he takes over as chancellor of the sprawling University of Texas System, where officials are grappling with complaints about soaring tuition costs, a growing battle over admissions policies and a hurricane-ravaged Read the rest of this entry »
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A women’s health service in western Victoria is asking Victorian MPs to support a bill to decriminalise abortion.
The legislation would remove the threat of prosecution for women, and would allow abortions after 24 weeks, if approved by two doctors.
The bill will be debated in the Lower House of Parliament today, and MPs will eventually have a conscience vote.
Patricia Kinnersly, from Women’s Health Grampians, says Read the rest of this entry »
Minnesota disease investigators once again may have solved the riddle of a nation-wide salmonella outbreak. This time the culprit is peanut butter.
Officials from the state Department of Health said late Friday that a sample taken from a tub of King Nut brand creamy peanut butter has the same genetic fingerprint as the salmonella bacteria linked to an outbreak that has sickened 400 people in 42 states, including 30 in Minnesota. Further testing Read the rest of this entry »
CHICO — Given all Barack Obama said about change during the presidential race, he might be expected to quickly revamp America’s health-care system, which virtually everyone calls a mess.
Local people who have pushed for health-care reform say, however, they don’t expect major changes in a hurry. But they do foresee the new president attending to the issue.
Tatiana Fassieux, manager of the Chico-based Health Improvement Counseling and Advocacy Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) — Minority women, especially black women, have more distrust of the medical system, which leads to delays in screening for breast cancer, new research shows.
Almost half of all women agreed that they had “sometimes been deceived or misled by health-care organizations.” Eighteen percent strongly agreed with the statement.
On another gauge of mistrust, 39 percent of black women agreed that “health-care organizations Read the rest of this entry »
, a top provider of health-care data and services, on Thursday reported it more than quadrupled its fourth-quarter earnings as cost-cutting offset lower revenue that missed analysts’ expectations.
IMS, which provides market intelligence and consulting and other services to pharmaceutical and health care companies, reported net income of $98.5 million, or 54 cents per share, in the October-December quarter. A year earlier, the Norwalk, Conn.-based Read the rest of this entry »