Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced that it has
received FDA clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
for a new test for Campylobacter. Launched as PREMIER™ CAMPY, the rapid
EIA test provides for optimized detection of Campylobacter infection,
the most commonly diagnosed bacteria for food borne illness in the U.S.
Approximately 20 million tests are conducted each year in the U.S. to
detect the illness, which Read the rest of this entry »

LONG BRANCH — The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey has awarded over $2 million in grants to hospitals throughout the state, including the Monmouth Family Health Center in Long Branch.
The funds were awarded as part of the foundation’s $5 million, five-year grant initiative created to expand access to health care for thousands of uninsured and underinsured individuals throughout New Jersey, according to a press release from Horizon.
“Health Read the rest of this entry »

IMPAX Laboratories, Inc.
(OTC: IPXL), through its generic drug
division Global Pharmaceuticals, announced that yesterday the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) granted final approval of the Company’s
Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for a generic version of
Prilosec 40 mg Delayed-release Capsules. AstraZeneca markets Prilosec
for the treatment of duodenal/gastric ulcers and GERD (gastro-esophageal
reflux disease).
The Company’s versions Read the rest of this entry »

ETOWAH – Pardee Hospital Foundation, on behalf of Pardee Hospital, recently received approval for a $38,880 grant from the N.C. Office of Rural Health and Community Care.
The grant is awarded from the Community Health Grant funds and will support, for the third year in a row, patient costs at Hendersonville Family Health Center in Etowah.
The center operates in collaboration with MAHEC’s Family Residency Program and Pardee Hospital.
The grant Read the rest of this entry »

HAWTHORNE, N.Y., Feb. 11, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (“Taro,” the “Company”) (Pink Sheets:TAROF) reported today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) for Levetiracetam Oral Solution, 100 mg/mL (“levetiracetam oral solution”).
Taro’s levetiracetam oral solution is a prescription medication used as an adjunctive therapy in Read the rest of this entry »

PRINCETON, N.J.
,
Jan. 19
announced today
that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted waived status
under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) for five
additional test cartridges used by its i-STAT handheld blood analyzer.
Cartridges for E3+, EC4+ and 6+ aid the clinician in assessing a patient’s
metabolic state within a few minutes. The glucose cartridge quickly delivers
a patient’s diagnostic Read the rest of this entry »

The granddaddy of monthly economic reports is the federal reading on the employment situation. To call this a single report
is deceptive. It actually has a bunch of moving parts that, on their own or as a group, can move stock and bond markets.
It’s
easy to think of the report in four parts. The first is non-farm payrolls, which tracks the month-over-month change in the
number of jobs in the U.S. that Read the rest of this entry »

AMHERSTBURG — The Amherstburg Family Health Team (AFHT) has received approval from the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) to implement the delivery of health-related services via videoconferencing said Mike Levitt, Administrator.
The Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that is funded by the Government of Ontario. “Telemedicine” is the delivery of health-related services and information using telecommunications Read the rest of this entry »

in Tazewell, Tenn., has received a$62,300 grant from the USDA Rural Development program.
The grant, which was awarded under the distance learning and telemedicine grant program, will be used to implement a distance learning program that will provide continuing medical education credits for physicians, nurses and other direct care staff.
The system will also provide professional development, disease management and regular healthcare education opportunities Read the rest of this entry »

YUCAIPA, Calif., Jan. 26, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ingen Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ITEC), an established medical device manufacturer with an emerging new medical product line for the respiratory market worth an estimated $4 Billion in the U.S., and $8 billion globally, announced today that it has received its first order from the National Guard Hospital based in Saudi Arabia.
According to the Department of Defense, from September of 2001 to Read the rest of this entry »