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News From Wednesday, February 03, 2010
11:13:43 PM Ironwood Pharma Up 4% Post-IPO; Imperial Postponed
Wall Street Journal - USA

Most drug development companies without FDA approvals end up cutting their IPO prices to get done in the US, even during strong IPO markets, so Ironwood's ... [more]

10:56:05 PM Scientists Map Epigenome of Human Stem Cells During Development
Science Daily (press release) - USA

This detailed mapping is a significant move towards the success of targeted differentiation of stem cells into specific organs, which is a crucial ... [more]

10:46:40 PM Zap or Chill? Targeting Fat Without Surgery
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

(In general, the FDA must sanction a medical device for a specific use before a company can market that use. But doctors are free to use devices off label. ... [more]

10:16:08 PM Tax Court Allows Medical Deduction for Sex Change Operation
Journal of Accountancy

.... was generally accepted by the medical community (and by the experts who testified in the case) as effective treatment for gender identity disorder. .... [more]

9:17:32 PM Biomedical research points to link between serotonin and Sids
Mediplacements

Work conducted by a group of biomedical scientists has confirmed a link between sudden infant death syndrome (Sids) and serotonin abnormalities. ... [more]

9:04:37 PM Pig lungs in human transplants moves step closer
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

The use of pig lungs in transplants into humans has moved a step closer with a medical breakthrough. Scientists in Melbourne, Australia, used a ventilator ... [more]

8:59:11 PM Homegrown Miracles
Newsweek

By Mary Carmichael | Newsweek Web Exclusive Who should fund and direct medical research? If you've seen the new movie Extraordinary Measures, ... [more]

8:33:10 PM OST Medical slapped with FDA warning
Boston Mass High Tech - Boston,MA,USA

The FDA alleges that the company's manufacturing plant does not conform to the agency's standards for facilities that make regulated medical devices. .... [more]

7:57:15 PM Modified Language Would Curb Medical Liability Costs
PRLog.Org (press release) - Bucuresti,Romania

.... MD today joined other leaders in Pennsylvania's business and medical community during a press conference at the state Capitol where Senator John .... [more]

6:55:40 PM Stem cells: Science, economy edge regligion at the polls
WTN News - Madison,WI,USA

MADISON - When it comes to stem cell research as a political issue, Wisconsin voters are more likely to be motivated by ideas of economic benefit and ... [more]

6:43:04 PM INVO Bioscience Announces a 36% Pregnancy Rate in a 50 Patient Study
CNN/Money - USA

CNNMoney.com (press release) INVO Bioscience, Inc. (OTCBB: IVOB), a medical device company focused on treatment options for patients diagnosed with infertility, today reported results ... [more]

6:28:34 PM UA med school plans Phoenix lab facility
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA

"This grant will allow us to build a shared-resource facility supporting all the great lifesaving research going on at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus," said ... [more]

5:49:24 PM Power3 Medical Submits Four Abstracts of Results of Clinical Validation
CNN/Money - USA

CNNMoney.com (press release) Power3Medical.com, is a leader in bio-medical research and the commercialization of neurodegenerative disease and cancer biomarkers, pathways, ... [more]

5:49:19 PM St. Jude Medical wins FDA nod for RF ablation trial
Mass Device - USA

St. Jude Medical Inc. wins Food & Drug Administration approval for a clinical trial of its Duo 12 cardiac catheter ablation device, ... [more]

5:48:47 PM Study that linked autism and vaccinations retracted
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

The journal faced harsh criticism from members of the medical community who say editors should have retracted the paper years ago, after flawed research ... [more]

5:28:11 PM LifeTech Capital Initiates Research Coverage of StemCells, Inc. With
CNN/Money - USA

CNNMoney.com (press release) StemCells does not endorse or adopt the reports, projections or statements of any analyst. StemCells, Inc. is focused on the development and ... [more]

4:49:19 PM Research and Markets: Investing in Stem Cell Companies in 2010 and Beyond
2K Play and Nickelodeon Announce Dora the Explorer Debut for Wii™

Stem cell market is on the brink of explosion. The first approval of stem cell-based therapeutic product will push the whole market forward not only .... [more]

4:09:30 PM Medical Device Manufacturer NDC Selects Epicor(R) to Improve Business ...
CNN/Money - USA

Today, NDC continues to serve the medical device industry with more than 250 employees who have unmatched knowledge and experience in all things Nitinol. ... [more]

3:37:18 PM Linden Acquires Hycor Biomedical Business from Agilent Technologies
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Linden LLC, a Chicago-based healthcare private equity firm, today announced it has acquired Hycor Biomedical Inc. from Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A | Quote ... [more]

2:51:29 PM Crowdsourcing Rewires Harvard Medical Researchers' Brain
Wired News - USA

When the United States government funds a crowdsourced social network at the oldest university in the country to make medical research more effective, ... [more]

2:16:01 PM Auxilium Announces US Food and Drug Administration Approval for
CNN/Money - USA

CNNMoney.com (press release) "XIAFLEX is the only FDA-approved nonsurgical medical treatment for Dupuytren's contracture. I want to thank the employees of Auxilium and all of the ... [more]

1:38:43 PM Lancet Retracts Controversial Autism Paper
ABC News - United States

By DAN CHILDS and LAUREN COX Now, with a formal retraction from the Lancet, the medical journal which in 1998 published this piece of research by Dr. Andrew ... [more]

12:58:37 PM ThermoFab Kicks-Off 2010 Announcing Innovative Medical Enclosure Solutions
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA

Thermofab Is The Leader In Innovative Custom Plastic Enclosure Solutions For Medical Device Companies. Their Proprietary Thermoforming Process Lets Medical ... [more]

12:51:24 PM Stem-cell shenanigans / Lawmakers should force state institute to shape up
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

.... bypass then-President George W. Bush's ban on human embryonic stem cell research and to put California in the forefront of this hugely promising field. ... [more]

11:09:27 AM Free Clinics program awarded $150000
BlueRidgeNow.com - Hendersonville,NC,USA

"The hospitals are very much a part of making the Free Clinics work," Neill said. "They couldn't stand alone. They need the medical community." [more]

11:05:46 AM 'Clique' of scientists skewing stem cell research by influencing
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

Telegraph.co.uk A small clique of scientists are skewing stem cell research by unduly influencing which breakthroughs get published in high-profile journals, experts have ... [more]

10:44:27 AM Biomedical jobs appear to be 'recession resilient'
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

By Thomas Kupper, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Employment in California's biomedical industry has remained fairly stable through the recession, according to a ... [more]

10:39:15 AM FDA Approves New Lidocaine-Containing Dermal Filler Formulation
Medscape - USA

February 2, 2010 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new formulation for a hyaluronic acid dermal filler (Juvederm XC, Allergan, ... [more]

8:31:09 AM Medical Device Network Names Zoll LifeVest as a Top Innovative Medical
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Trading Markets (press release) Zoll Medical, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced that the Medical Device Network, an online procurement and ... [more]

8:02:35 AM Family Turns to Stem Cell Therapy for Brain-Damaged Child
KLAS-TV

While the therapy is helping, the Weigels believe a German clinic can use stem cell therapy to reverse Will's brain loss. "It gives him a chance, ... [more]

7:58:35 AM Speak Out 2/3/10
Southeast Missourian

We might differ as to whose choice it is -- the court, the legislature, one's church, the medical community, the potential parents, the individual states ... [more]

7:27:12 AM Birth month determines who becomes a sports star
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

.... senior research fellow Dr. Adrian Barnett from Queensland University of Technology's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation concluded that the ... [more]

5:32:39 AM Autism Vaccine Link Refuted; Some Parents Not Convinced
Newsradio 620 - Milwaukee,WI,USA

For years, much of the mainstream medical community has argued there is no link between vaccinations and autism. Dr. Robert Newby, a pediatric ... [more]

5:07:55 AM Medical Development Group Presents "The Interoperability Challenge:
Providence Business News - Providence,RI,USA

Providence Business News You'll hear the latest in medical device open systems and an update from Dr. Julian Goldman, Founding Director of the Program on Medical Device ... [more]

5:05:35 AM Journal Retracts 1998 Paper Linking Autism to Vaccines
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

By GARDINER HARRIS A prominent British medical journal on Tuesday retracted a 1998 research paper that set off a sharp decline in vaccinations in Britain ... [more]

3:52:30 AM Skura Launches into 2010 with Strong Growth in the Medical Device Industry
Earthtimes.org - USA

OAKVILLE, Ontario - (Business Wire) Skura Corporation, the leading provider of Closed Loop Marketing solutions, announced strong Q4 growth with fifteen new ... [more]

3:03:06 AM Study: Calif. biomedical industry shaky
San Francisco Business Times - San Francisco,CA,USA

The Bay Area biomedical industry gained 539 jobs year-over-year — a 1 percent increase — but other regions of California grew their biomedical workforces at ... [more]

2:41:27 AM FDA Approves Auxilium Drug To Treat Hand Disease > AUXL
Wall Street Journal - USA

FDA's approval of the product follows the September recommendation of a panel of outside medical experts, which unanimously voted to support Xiaflex. ... [more]

1:11:29 AM Medical groups assail patenting of human genes
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY In a case that could have far-reaching implications for medical research and health care based on genetics, ... [more]

12:44:28 AM Eric Prince and David Prentice: The Blackwater/Anti-Stemcell Connection
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

A branch of that organization also sued unsuccessfully to shut down the California stem cell research program. And David Prentice, full-time employee of the ... [more]



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