Nov 17, 2008 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) –
— November 17, 2008 (FinancialWire) — Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:
) is seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration to sell a generic version of Gilead’s HIV drug Truvada.
Gilead said it has 45 days from the receipt of the notification by the FDA to commence a patent infringement lawsuit against Teva. A lawsuit would restrict approval of the generic drug for up to 30 months or until Read the rest of this entry »
in active gaming as iTech Fitness, the industry leader in active gaming
development, announces two major alliances and a collection of new
products that establish the company
s
dominance in the active gaming and exergaming industry.
The XRKade iZone will premiere at the Club Industry 2008 conference and
trade show in Chicago, which kicks off Oct. 16 at McCormick Place. For
more information on Club Industry 2008 Read the rest of this entry »
CANTON, Ill. -
For the third consecutive year, the staff of Fulton County Health Department has shown their support for the American Heart Association’s GO RED for heart disease during the month of February by wearing red on GO RED day.
Only 57 percent of women know heart disease is their leading cause of death, and most fail to make the connection between risk factors, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and their personal Read the rest of this entry »
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
,
Jan. 9
Almost Family, Inc. (Nasdaq:
), a leading regional provider of home health nursing services, announced today that
, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present at the 27th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in
San Francisco, CA.
Event: 27th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Time: Read the rest of this entry »
Shares of
Alpharma Inc.
jumped Friday, bucking a declining market, as the prospects for approval of its tamperproof morphine drug brightened following a positive Food and Drug Administration panel for a potential rival.
The stock rose $4.25, or 13.9 percent, to end at $34.75. Shares have traded between $17.55 and $38.14 over the last 52 weeks.
The company has asked the Food and Administration to approve Embeda, a tamperproof morphine pill, Read the rest of this entry »
Two men jailed for permitting the “rampant” sale of ecstasy at a Devon nightclub have lost their appeal.
Manoucehr Bahmanzadeh and Tom Patrick Costelloe, owner and manager of the Dance Academy in Plymouth, claimed their trial in July was unfair.
They said undercover police officers should not have been allowed to testify anonymously from behind a screen.
But the Court of Appeal in London ruled their identity had rightly been kept secret for Read the rest of this entry »
VANCOUVER, WA, Oct 15, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) –
Leading fitness equipment manufacturer Nautilus, Inc. (NYSE: NLS) is
taking exercise to a whole new level. New for 2008, Nautilus
introduces the Schwinn(R) 460 — an elliptical machine that lets
users vary stride lengths dynamically for nearly infinite variety and
customized comfort with every workout. Uniquely designed for home
use, the Schwinn 460 Elliptical incorporates three foot-driven Read the rest of this entry »
administrations on reproductive health issues and abortion rights. As thousands gather on the National Mall today — the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade — for the
, here are Richards’ thoughts about which Bush initiatives should be reversed.
: The Bush era has been friendly to the anti-abortion community. Over the last eight years, Bush has reinstated the global gag rule, which restricts federal funding to overseas groups that provide abortion Read the rest of this entry »
Walking down the clean sidewalk in between small canopy tents where a dozen or so vendors sell local produce, beef jerky, peach salsa, maple syrup, assorted flowers, candles and honey, it’s hard to believe you’re at a hospital.
The weekly farmers’ market is just one manifestation of the mission behind Metro Health Village in Wyoming: To make the 450,000-square-foot Metro Health hospital a central community hub.
“Towns used to be built with the Read the rest of this entry »
THE Ministry of Health has asked the public to be on the look-out for imported milk and milk products from China.
This follows reports of infant deaths and illnesses due to consumption of Chinese milk and dairy products contaminated with melamine, a chemical used in the manufacturing of plastics.
The director general of health services, Dr. Sam Zaramba, said although information from the Uganda Revenue Authority indicated that Uganda did not import Read the rest of this entry »